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The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom

David F. Walker · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed man of the nineteenth century, based on his autobiographical writings and speeches, spotlighting the key events and people that shaped the life of this great American.Recently returned to the cultural...
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New Super-Man Vol. 2: Coming to America

Gene Luen Yang · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang continues his first original series at DC with NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 2!

To uncover the truth behind his mother's murder, the New Super-Man must reawaken his full power under the tutelage...
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Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition

Tom King · DC Comics
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover

The precursor to one of the biggest events in DC history and the road to DOOMSDAY CLOCK starts here in BATMAN/THE FLASH: THE BUTTON DELUXE EDITION. This deluxe graphic novel features a lenticular cover for the first printing!The cataclysmic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 continue here!...
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Woman World

AMINDER DHALIWAL · Drawn and Quarterly
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The hilarious and wildly popular instagram comic about a world with no men

With her startling humor, it's no surprise that Aminder Dhaliwal's web comic Woman World has a devoted audience of more than 150,000 readers, updated biweekly with each installment earning an average...

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In Real Life

Cory Doctorow · First Second
Format: Book

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely...
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The Great Pet Escape

Victoria Jamieson · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

The class pets at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School want OUT . . . and GW (short for George Washington) , the deceptively cute hamster in the second-grade classroom, is just the guy to lead the way. But when he finally escapes and goes to find his former partners in crime, Barry...

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Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition

Stan Lee · DK
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

"[A] book that mankind has been hungering for, a book that is--now and forever--a shining beacon of wonder, a titanic tribute to talent unleashed" --Stan Lee

Discover the essential facts about Marvel Comics' timeless heroes such as Captain America, Spider-Man, and Iron...
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Patience

Daniel Clowes · Fantagraphics Books
Pages: 177
Format: Print book

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2016: from the creator of Ghost World.

Patience is a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially "Clowesian" and utterly...
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To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

HARPER LEE · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"This gorgeously rendered graphic-novel version provides a new perspective for old fans but also acts as an immersive introduction for youngsters as well as any adult who somehow missed out on the iconic story set in Maycomb, Alabama."--USA Today

A beautifully crafted...

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Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham

Tom King · DC Comics
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A new era for the Dark Knight begins here in BATMAN VOL. 1: I AM GOTHAM, part of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling, all-new line of volume one graphic novels, DC Universe Rebirth!

He is Gotham City's hero, its Dark Knight, its greatest protector. He is Batman. And he is not alone.
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LEGO Legends of Chima #2: The Right Decision

Yannick Grotholt · Papercutz
Format: Book

The eight heroes travel through the Outlands, on their quest to find the Legend Beasts, when the Eagles Castle comes under attack from the Bats! Laval and his friends take on the bats, but Eagle warrior Equila crashes his Ultra Striker in a tree. Hanging precariously, the vehicle threatens...
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Beowulf

DAVID RUBIN · IMAGE COMICS
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

BEOWULF HC SANTIAGO GARCIA and DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf, which has endured for a thousand years and inspired anepic poem of the same name, became a foundational piece of English literature, and inspired generations of authors, from Tolkien to a goodnumber of Hollywood...
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Berlin Book Three: City of Light

JASON LUTES · DRAWN & QUARTERLY
Format: Paperback

The conclusion to a masterful graphic novel trilogy that follows Berlin's citizens as Nazism rises The third and final act of Jason Lutes's historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament,...
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A Clash of Kings: The Graphic Novel: Volume One

GEORGE R R MARTIN · Bantam
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The first volume of a four-part, full-color graphic novel adaptation of the second book in George R.R. Martin's landmark Song of Ice and Fire series, the inspiration for HBO's Game of Thrones.

The four-part graphic novel adaptation of A Game of Thrones proved that...
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Doomsday Clock Part 1

Geoff Johns · DC Comics
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The world of Watchmen collides with the DC Universe in the most shocking story in DC history! Written by master storytellers Geoff Johns and Gary Frank--As the Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight, the DC Universe will encounter with its greatest threat: Dr. Manhattan. But nothing is hidden...
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