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Author
Publisher
Arbeiter Ring Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
1933: In a small German state, the last democratic election is about to take place before a failed artist named Hitler seizes power. Now: A man dies during a political act inspired by a sculpture. The artist who created it flees to Europe to escape her guilt. Through a chance meeting she discovers the truth of the 1933 election. The past becomes pivotal as she decides her future.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From the creators of the hugely popular Instagram comic War and Peas, this offbeat four-panel comic features a dark, fairy-tale aesthetic and a twist ending each time. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers combine twisted humor with a beloved cast of characters including the grim reaper (seen here as an unintentionally lethal man of leisure), a robot in hopelessly in love with his scientist creator, and a promiscuous yet self-assured witch....
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Forty-something Louise lives in a big house with her husband and four children. Her life should be perfect. But Louise is keeping a secret, even from herself: she yearns for a relationship with another woman. First-time creator Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen has drawn on her own experience to document this poignant, funny, beautiful and ultimately uplifting story of coming out in middle age. When I Came Out is the tale of one woman's discovery that...
4) The furnace
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"One decision. Thousands of lives ruined. Can someone ever repent for the sins of their past? When Professor Walton Honderich was a young grad student, he participated in a government prison program and committed an act that led to the death of his friend, the brilliant physicist Marc Lepore, and resulted in unimaginable torment for an entire class of people across the United States. Twenty years later, now an insecure father slipping into alcoholism,...
5) Erased: 5
Series
Erased volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ultimately, Satoru Fujinumas efforts to alter the past, preventing his classmates murders and ending the decades-long spree of their would-be killer, were successful. However, his actions were not without consequences, not only for himself but for everyone in his life. Told through the eyes of Satorus friends and family, this collection of short stories reveals their perspectives on the events surrounding Kayos rescue, Satorus accident, and the future...
Author
Publisher
Roar, [an imprint of] The Lion Forge LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new world that she has no skill in navigating. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a girl's awakening to the racial insularity...
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Cassandra has a gift. Animals can show her what they're thinking. And she's done keeping her talent a secret. In the first volume of the Cassandra: Animal Psychic series, Cassandra decides to start helping pets and their people. The trouble is, other parts of Cassandra's life are changing too. Her mom has a boyfriend she really likes, but his daughter can't stand Cassandra. And Cassandra's best friend is about to leave town. Not even her trusty dog...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Betrayed by her fleeting first love and her father's cold rejection, Aglaia the Oceanide conceives at a very young age a fierce hatred of men. She is by turns a reluctant wife, a passionate lover, an absent mother, a heroic fighter, and a revolutionary queen--and through it all, her destiny is inexorably linked to the complexity of her character in this deeply human, contemporary, and iconoclastic comedy. Cartoonist Anne Simon showcases a deft touch...
Publisher
H1 Ignition, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The lives of six teenagers are changed forever when tragic chaos ensues in their high school. Now the power to restore order is literally in their hands. Its the first day back at Phoenix Academy Highbut this year, theres no back-to-school excitement in the air; as returning students and faculty are haunted by the memories of last years horrific attack. So many friends and colleagues were lost, and some of those who survived underwent changesthey...
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With the Avengers splintered, Nick Fury and Maria Hill try to keep the world spinning, even as cosmic forces threaten all life on Earth. What deadly event could cause them to call in Captain Marvel? Then, in classic comics stories, meet Carol Danvers, A.K.A. Ms. Marvel! Determined to prove herself the best of the best in a world full of fearsome foes, Carol later takes on the mantle of Captain Marvel and the responsibility of protecting the entire...
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