A Christmas Carol
English
Sara
Graphic Novel - History
In the second terrible winter of the siege of Leningrad, seven women snipers find themselves caught up in the struggle against the German invaders.
Their deadliest shot is Sara, whose inner demons may yet prove her undoing - but with the enemy to their front and the agents of the Soviet state lurking in the shadows, how long can any squad survive the terrifying maelstrom of war?
Midnight Kiss
Graphic Novel - Adventure
Collecting issues 1-5 of the critically acclaimed series. In a secret multi-verse where every fantasy character is real – Matt Sable and Nightmare De’Lacy hide a human child from two Supernatural hitmen, travelling to Oz and meeting Alligator Kings and Tin Men, while Detective Eindhorn and Jerry Cornelius investigate a dead Angel in LA. Flying monkeys never looked so good.
The Witches of World War II
Graphic Novel - History
In the darkest hours of World War II, Doreen Valiente, an expert on British folklore and the occult, is approached by British intelligence who tell her they know she's a witch...and that's how she can best serve her country.
Together with the "most evil man in the world," a hard-nosed white witch, the grizzled founder of Wicca, and a professional exorcist and con man, Valiente will travel deep into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe and gamble her life, her belief, and her powers on a mission to help capture Rudolf Hess, second in command to Adolf Hitler himself.
Devil Dealers
Graphic Novel - Adventure
The world's greatest card shark. A woman outracing the Devil. A fiddler who'll make the sun come up. A chess player with a master plan. And a bluesman who can bring anyone to tears. They're the best at what they do, and they're going to show the Devil how things are done. Written by Ross May (Tales of the TMNT) and art by Brett Wood (The Silver Bullet).
Toybox Turmoil
Graphic Novel - Adventure
When a young boy settles down for a quiet afternoon playing with his favourite action figures, he has no idea what he is about to set in motion. For while he is simply having fun with a few toys, he is in fact playing God to the lives of flesh and blood characters in another world, pulling their strings and controlling their lives.
Witchfire
Graphic Novel - Adventure
Elspeth is a humble girl who wants nothing more than to marry her true love…But he’s already married. And she’s pregnant. Outcast and alone, Elspeth has an unusual visitor: a ghost with fairy magic to heal the sick—but this forbidden power demands a sacrifice greater than she’d ever imagined.
Book of Ruth
Graphic Novel - History
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.
Madame Livingstone: The Great War in the Congo
Graphic Novel - History
Based on the true story of two vastly different men—one Belgian, one African—who take on one impossible mission: the sinking of a German battleship in the Congo during WWI.
Gaston Mercier, lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Army, arrives in Congo in 1915 on orders to sink a critical German warship. To find the ship’s position, he is assigned a guide, a local man nicknamed "Mrs. Livingstone".
All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa
Graphic Novel - History
Six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country’s colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. From immigrants and miners to tram workers and washerwomen, these ordinary, working-class women and men defied a nation and defended the disempowered. A graphic history written six parts, each illustrated by a different South African artist.
Dust Ship Glory
Graphic Novel - History
Elaine M. Will’s adaptation of Andreas Schroeder’s novel Dustship Glory tells the story of Damanus ‘Tom’ Sukanen, a Finnish immigrant farmer who came to Canada during the economic Depression of the 1930s. Haunted by his past and devastated by the economic slump and drought conditions that laid waste to the Canadian prairies in the 1930s, Sukanen responded by building a full-sized ship in his farmyard, hundreds of miles from the sea. Will is the Xeric Award-winning Canadian author and cartoonist behind the critically acclaimed mental health drama graphic novel, Look Straight Ahead.