Local Heroes

  • Local Heroes
    By Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson

    A graphic novel looks at the citizens of Astro City, including a defense attorney, a hotel doorman, and a comic book writer.

  • Local Heroes: The Rebirth of Heroism in America
    By William R. Berkowitz, Bill Berkowitz

    Mimi Farina BREAD & ROSES Y OU can script your calls to movie theaters , as Ellen Cassedy did , yet later on bring corporations to their knees . You can sit all day with your dolls upstairs , yet carry the fight at Love Canal .

  • Local Heroes: How Loch Fyne Oysters Embraced Employee Ownership and Business Success
    By David Erdal

    Local Heroestells the extraordinary and inspiring story of Loch Fyne Oysters, the highly successful and environmentally pioneering seafood company on the west coast of Scotland. The founders were unlikely entrepreneurs-...

  • Local Heroes: Portraits of American Volunteer Firefighters
    By Marek Fuchs, Ian Spanier, Grace Martinez

    Firefighters are the unsung local heroes of every community.

  • Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance
    By Kathryn Stoner-Weiss

    Robbins , The Tsar's Viceroys , p . 6 . 7 Riasanovsky , A History of Russia , p . 261 . 8 Ibid . , p . 262 . Robbins , The Tsar's Viceroys , pp . 8–9 . Significantly , the term namestnik was appropriated informally in 1991 to describe ...

  • Local Heroes
    By Kurt Busiek

    A witty portrait of life in a metropolis inhabited by super-powered heroes and villains, the critically acclaimed ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES offers a realistic portrayal of the effect that these...

  • Local heroes: Asbury Park, NJ

    Local heroes: Asbury Park, NJ

  • Local Heroes
    By Sue Saunders

    ... ONLOOKERS and some of the actors T ( including ELLEN and GEORGE ) are already sitting , or standing and chatting in the acting area , or they could be setting up the scenery , dealing with the props and putting the final touches to ...