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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?
The 7 Deadly Sins
Graphic Novel - History
1867. The Wild West. A kidnapped child. A fallen priest. A deadly crew of death row criminals, led by an African American outlaw, embark on a bloody quest of redemption and revenge to gain what they’ve searched for their entire lives: freedom.
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.
A Christmas Carol
Graphic Novel - History
From Stephen L. Stern, writer of Markosia’s masterful Beowulf Graphic Novel, and acclaimed artist Douglas A. Sirois, comes this superb full-color adaptation of Dickens’ timeless classic. Sacrificing none of Dickens’ rich language and filled with cinematic artwork, A Christmas Carol is a wonderfully faithful adaptation of the quintessential Christmas story.
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.
Reads Volume Two Issues One to Four - The Complete Collection
Graphic Novel - Abstract
Featuring work from the likes of Tim Bird, Owen D. Pomery, EdieOP, Luke Halsall and Ricky Miller, this anthology series collects together stories about Alfred Hitchcock, the Silver Age of comics, some cute creatures and the adventures of some eccentric naturalists.
Nowhere USA
Graphic Novel - History
NOWHERE USA is set in post-9/11 Afghanistan where Private First Class David White counts the days until he is released from active duty and sent home. Surrounded by soldiers with no regard for human life and an onslaught of IED attacks, David finds himself more and more isolated. When informed that his crew will not be sent home but instead stationed for an additional six months or more, David nears his breaking point.
With rising external tensions from the Afghan people and internally with his fellow American soldiers, David takes a desperate risk to get home. The surreal results could cost him everything.