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We Are Pan
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Political
Family or freedom? Discover the astonishing history of the mass evacuation of Cuban children, leaving communism—and their loved ones—behind. We Are Pan is based on the true story of Operación Pedro Pan, a joint effort between the U.S. government and the Catholic Welfare Bureau to evacuate 14,000 children from Cuba to the U.S. between 1960 and 1962.
The Egyptian Princesses
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Magic
A tale of adventure, conspiracy, and black magic amid the myths and mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
Red Harvest
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Family
Political
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...
Shanghai Red
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Family
Red is one of hundreds of people who were shanghaied out of Portland in the late 1800s. Drugged, kidnapped, and sold to a ship 's captain for $50, she wakes up on a boat headed out to sea for years, unable to escape or reveal who she is. Now, she 's coming back in a blood-soaked boat to find her family and track down the men responsible for stealing her life out from under her. Eisner-nominated...
Confederate Monster
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Gore
Monsters
Mythical
Science
Supernatural
Zombies
THE SOUTH WILL RISE… UN–DEAD!
In the final months of the American Civil War, a secret Confederate plot is unfolding. Desperate to turn the tide toward their favor, the Confederates have pursued a ghastly ghost story as a last resort. A horrific tale about a mad scientist who is believed to have brought a hideous dead monster back to life! Strangely enough, this foreign fairy tale has...
Book of Ruth
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Faith
Friendship
Leading Ladies
Love
Widowed as a young woman, Ruth leaves behind everything she knows and follow her bereaved mother-in-law to Bethlehem. While Naomi rails against God for his seeming abandonment of her family, Ruth holds only a quiet, and sincere faith that God has a plan. It is her courage and unwavering faith that shine like a beacon for all who feel lost, especially a retired soldier turned farmer named Boaz.
For Justice
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Love
The seldom-told true story of France's most famous Nazi Hunters and heroes of the Resistance: The Klarsfelds.
In the Valley of Death
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Fighting
1916 had been a bad year for both sides in the First World War. On Saturday, July 1st it became a sunlit picture of Hell as the Battle of the Somme begins. The first day of the conflict will become one of the bloodiest in the history of warfare and will contribute to the structure of a war that will define the shape of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Shaka Rising
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Fighting
Military
Murder
Political
Superhero
A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom.
Late 18th century. It is a time of bloody conflict and great turmoil. The slave trade expands from the east African coast. Europeans spread inland from the south. And one young boy is destined to change the future of southern Africa.
The Lone and Level Sands (2009)
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Faith
Mythical
Political
Pharaoh Ramses II hasn't seen his long-lost cousin Moses in nearly forty years. Yet while pressed by the Hittites to the North and construction delays in the South, Ramses must make time for this ancient desert rascal, the long-ago mystery he represents, and the impossible demands of an alien deity. by A. David Lewis, Marvin Perry Mann, and Jennifer Rodgers.
New York Triptych
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Mafia
New York, early 1930s. A mysterious, laconic Irish colossus known as 'Giant' sweats blood, along with his fellow immigrants, to build the skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center. For a while, he has not received a reply to the typewritten letters he continues to send, as well as money, to the other side of the ocean, to Mary Ann, the wife of one of his colleagues who died accidentally.
101 Outstanding Graphic Novels
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Dystopian
Humor
LGBTQ+
Modern
Space
Superhero
The popular primer on the best graphic novels, initially called The 101 Best Graphic Novels, is back in its third updated edition. Expert librarian Stephen Weiner with the crowdsourcing help of professionals in the field, from artists to critics to leading comic store owners has sifted through the bewildering thousands of graphic novels now available to come up with an outstanding,...