Dust Ship Glory
English
They Called us Enemy
Graphic Novel - History
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's—and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over 100,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government 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.
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".
Shaka Rising
Graphic Novel - History
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.
King Shaka: Zulu Legend
Graphic Novel - History
Now king of the southern chiefdoms, Shaka seeks to uplift his people, consolidate alliances, and expand the reach of his power, but challenges both external and internal threaten his rule. A rogue military unit exacts revenge on its enemies. Land-hungry Europeans ingratiate themselves with Shaka while plotting their own path to power. And closer to home, Shaka’s own brothers conspire in secret.
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.