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They Called Us Enemy

George Takei · Top Shelf Productions
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.George...
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Ms. Marvel: Kamala Khan

G. Willow Wilson · Marvel
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman?...
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The Handmaid's Tale

Atwood, Margaret · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social...
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Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage

Fabien Grolleau · Nobrow
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

This sweeping, intelligent and immersive biographical graphic novel from award-winning creators, joins legendary scientist Charles Darwin as a young man, as he embarks on his voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle.It is the year 1831. A gifted but distracted young man named Charles Darwin has been...
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Lip Hook

David Hine · SelfMadeHero
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Somewhere in the British Isles, at the end of a neglected road, there is a village called Lip Hook. For its inhabitants, the village is more than the end of the road - it's the end of the world. Beyond it, there is nothing but mist-shrouded marshland. Few travelers take the road to Lip Hook,...
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Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander

Frank Miller · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

This historical epic, set in the world of 300, tells of the upsurge and decline of the Persian King's empire, and the ascent of the Grecian realm through Alexander.Written and illustrated by comics luminary and legend, Frank Miller (Sin City, The Dark Knight, 300) , and colored by Alex...
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Gigantic Library Edition

Rick Remender · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover

Critically acclaimed writer Rick Remender (Fear Agent, The End League) teamed up with groundbreaking artist Eric Nguyen (X-Men, Sandman Mystery Theatre) in the merging of big, visually exciting art with a story examining America's consumer-based culture and now this unique and electrifying...
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Why Superman Doesn't Take Over The World: What Superheroes Can Tell Us About Economics

O'Roark, J. Brian · Oxford University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Why do heroes fight each other?Why do villains keep trying even though they almost never win?Why don't heroes simply take over the world?Economics and comics may seem to be a world apart. But in the hands of economics professor and comic book hero aficionado Brian O.!Roark, the two form...
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Love Letters to Jane's World

Paige Braddock · Lion Forge
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

This essential Jane's World collection debuts twenty years after Jane Wyatt first appeared in Paige Braddock's trailblazing comics strip about a young lesbian woman making her clumsy way in the world and the friends who help (or hinder) her along the journey. The Eisner-nominated...
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A Fire Story

Brian Fies · Abrams ComicArts
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest, unflinching depiction of his personal...
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