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Series
Apothecary diaries volume 7
Language
English
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Description
"Proving herself indispensable yet again by saving Jinshi from a horrific fate. Maomao is given the chance to explain her rash behavior during the holy ritual. But when she continues her investigation into the foiled plot, a bizarre outcome awaits, leaving the plucky apothecary impressed by the sheer nerve of the culprit behind it. But admiring the exploits of another won't get Maomao very far when Jinshi tasks her with a feat of her own-- to present...
Author
Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An American rabbi enters Soviet Russia to investigate reports of persecution among the Jewish community. Though heavily monitored once he enters the state, one day the rabbi manages to sneak away in a taxi and discovers a secret that will change his life forever"--
3) Petrograd
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1916, and the First World War is tearing the European continent to shreds. It is an apocalyptic war, with the fate of millions of people in the balance. But in the Russian city of Petrograd, all that seems a world away. Especially to British intelligence officer Cleary. He drinks and parties with the rich and powerful; he flirts and cavorts with workers and countrymen--his life is all late, drunken nights, bleary-eyed mornings, and the...
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a feudal Japan where creatures of myth and folklore are real, a demon sets out to reforge an ancient weapon to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is a six-inch-tall would-be samurai, who also happens to be the final and most important piece of the weapon"--Back cover.
5) Discipline
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Series
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"During the Civil War, many Quakers were caught between their fervent support of abolition, a desire to preserve the Union, and their long-standing commitment to pacifism. When Charles Cox, a young Indiana Quaker, slips out early one morning to enlist in the Union Army, he scandalizes his family and his community. Leaving behind the strict ways of Quaker life, Cox is soon confronted with the savagery of battle, the cruelty of the enemy (as well as...
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Series
Vinland saga volume 13
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Thorfinn's travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in his friends, in his new wife, and in the dream that he's never let go, of a new land free of brutality and slavery. At last, the moment has come to set foot on Vinland--not the misty ideal he has carried there, but...
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Series
From the red fog volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ivan, Ruwanda's partner, has a tragic past. Betrayed by his father, he seeks the love he lost in a ruthless band of assassins. Meanwhile, Ruwanda, just can't get along with Mei, a being overflowing with an abundance of love. Plotting Mei's murder, but wavering because of love, will Ruwanda and Ivan be overcome by the red fog...or will love triumph in the end?"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black...
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholatic
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old George Calder can't wait to explore every inch of the Titanic, even if his little sister, Phoebe, has to tag along. But when George sneaks away without her and ventures into the first class baggage room, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever"--Provided by publisher.
11) The alchemyst
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries? The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects-the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And...
Author
Publisher
Chin Music Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this blend of fiction and nonfiction, two young Japanese American sisters try to make sense of a world where their government imprisons them in World War II concentration camps while some of their friends and neighbors come to their aid.
13) Papaya salad
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him."--
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Series
Moriarty the patriot volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of Sherlock Holmes' greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock's rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control--will Moriarty's dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero...or a monster? In the late 19th century, Great Britain rules over a quarter of the world. Nobles sit...
Author
Publisher
Interlink Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"It is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. Her town is controlled by Assad's brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However, as the months pass, the situation becomes increasingly complex and violent. Told in stark, beautiful black-and-white imagery, Freedom Hospital illuminates a complicated situation with gut-wrenching...
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Series
March volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
17) Okinawa
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Series
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English
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"A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu Higa, which reflect on this difficult history and pull...
18) The waiting
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This "is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, her family married her in a hurry to a a man she didn't know, [after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls]. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn't come. The young family--now four--fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from...
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin waged a brutal war against the Soviet peasantry leading to the Holodomor, the terror-famine that killed at least 4 million Ukrainians during the fall and winter of 1932-33. Red Harvest is based on the tragic events that took place in Soviet Ukraine and other parts of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1933. Stalin and the ruling Communist Party began their program of forced large-scale collectivization of individual farms...
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Series
From the red fog volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Born in darkness, a young boy steps into the light. Raised in a cellar steeped in solitude, his entrance into English society at the turn of the nineteenth century is anything but painless. From place to place he journeys, seeking companions who share his unusual interests. But always, always a red fog follows, consuming everything in its path."--Page [4] of cover.
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