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Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai's classic novel, often considered his masterpiece. Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman from an aristocratic family that has fallen into poverty since the war. The book follows Kazuko's journey as she and her family struggle to survive and adapt to the harsh new conditions. In addition to having to move from Tokyo to...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Hunting for the strength to avenge his murdered friend, Akira set his sights on reaching the bottom of an ancient labyrinth. There, Akira discovers a huge, talking black cat -- a servant of the Demon King and unexpected ally. After they form a pact to join forces, a magic circle whisks Akira away to the home of his new companion Emilia, the land of the elves. There, unexpected secrets about Emilia's history come into dangerous focus!
7904) Hacienda: Issue 1
Author
Publisher
Dave Ortega
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The debut in a new series of short stories in the vein of "Love and Rockets," "Crickets," and "Eightball." The two stories in this issue deal with themes of history and memory as they relate to acts of collective forgetting. In "Spirit Search" a ghost hunting TV series tells one version of the history of an old hacienda, while what actually happened is told in tandem. Meanwhile, two video editors offer their jaded commentary. In "The Campesino Trilogy,"...
Author
Series
Scumbag volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Central Intelligence sends Ernie to the moon to stop Madam Hive, the leader of a cult hellbent on brain-washing the world into loving one another. Ernie, never one to turn down "free love", is conflicted. Is Agent Scumbag capable of doing the right thing? Can he even tell what that is?"
Author
Series
Old man Logan volume 7
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"OLD MAN LOGAN'S PAST comes back to haunt him when a former love drags him into battle with the deadly ninja clan, who have bolstered their forces like never before. And just when he thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, Logan encounters the mysterious Scarlet Samurai! She is willing to do anything to put an end to Logan once and for all - and she just might have the power. Does Old Man Logan have enough grit left in him to fight his way...
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Matthew Scudder is dying, one bottle at a time. A young prostitute named Kim Dakkinen is dying too, her life measured out in tricks. She wanted out, had asked for Scudder's help, but suddenly she wasn't dying anymore, she was just dead. The former cop turned P.I. promised to protect her, but he failed. Now his atonement is to find her killer. But the secrets in the dead hooker's past are dirtier than her living, and searching for a killer in a city...
7910) Marvels snapshots
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
See a world of Marvels through fresh eyes. A quarter of a century ago, writer Kurt Busiek and painter Alex Ross gave you a new perspective on your heroes with the groundbreaking, Marvels. Now Busiek invites some of the industry's most distinctive voices to do it all over again. Featuring stories set throughout the history of the House of Ideas, starring the everyday people living in the age of the extraordinary, these are the Marvels Snapshots!
7911) O Josephine!
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
June 2019.
Language
English
Description
"Jason has caught the hiking bug and decides to walk the Wicklow Way, where he encounters more sheep than he had bargained for. Leonard Cohen's storied life has been well archived, but never with so many Jason-esque liberties taken. (Did you know he beat Fidel Castro in chess? Learned the Heimlich from Frederico Garcia Lorca?) Two detectives are on a mysterious stakeout, but as secrets and motives are revealed their snooping becomes fatal. And, finally,...
7912) Barbarella
Author
Publisher
Humanoids
Language
English
Description
Jean-Claude Forest's timeless Erotic Sci-Fi series recounting the spatial adventures of the beautiful titular character is now available in a brand new English-language adaptation. In Book 1 (first collected in 1964), Barbarella's spaceship breaks down, she finds herself trapped on the planet Lythion. There, she has a series of adventurous, and bawdy, encounters with a variety of strange beings, from robots to angels. In Book 2, "Wrath of the Minute-Eater"...
7913) The Boston Tea Party
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"By December of 1773, American colonists had grown increasingly frustrated. Among their complaints was that the British government had imposed a tea tax on colonists. The Americans objected because it was taxation without representation-that is, they had no say in who was elected to parliament. As tensions grew, plans formed to protest the tax by pouring hundreds of containers of tea into the Boston Harbor. One of the first acts of protest in America,...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sharon Carter, the S.H.I.E.L.D. operative known as Agent 13, is one of the world's most capable and determined secret agents! Grandniece of World War II agent Peggy Carter, Sharon proudly upholds her family's fight for truth and justice. Now, thrill to some of her greatest battles! From her first encounter with Captain America as they battle Batroc the leaper, to Sharon's tenure as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.! But when Cap and Sharon team up to face...
7916) JLA: justice for all
Author
Series
JLA volume 5
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
"In this collection, Batman, Superman, the Flash, Wonder Woman and the rest of the JLA face a multitude of threats from all directions. First the team must battle against the Ultra-Marines, an elite squad of government super beings led by the indestructible General. Next, the group finds themselves traveling through dimensions and fighting alongside the legendary members of the JSA. And as Gotham City lays ravaged by an Earthquake, the JLA secretly...
Author
Publisher
Valiant Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Livewire finds herself face-to-face with a brand-new foe! Investigating the disappearance of a young psiot girl, Livewire stumbles upon OMEN's answer to the psiot "problem," a facility where young psiots are taken and taught to control their powers. Is this facility the safe haven Livewire's dreamed of or is there something more sinister to this sanctuary?
Author
Publisher
Ablaze
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When things go bump in the night, they bump back. If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire, then there's only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers. The Nightcrawlers take on their first case when a friend from school believes werewolves replaced his parents. They get more than they bargained for when their investigation leads them right in the middle of a confrontation between their caretaker William...
Author
Publisher
Inhabit Education Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After running away from residential school, Bernard Andreason and his two best friends begin a harrowing 130-kilometre journey from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, one which only Bernard would survive. In this heartbreaking and beautifully told graphic memoir, Bernard recounts his time in residential school and the tragic journey that took the lives of his two best friends. We then follow Bernard as he returns home, haunted by his past and struggling to find...
Author
Publisher
Soaring Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Why doesn't marriage come with a manual? I Do I Don't: How to Build a Better Marriage tells the story of Ben and Grace on their journey of learning and practicing the tools and skills needed for a lifetime of intimacy. Each chapter introduces a new relationship skill, and ends with Putting It In Practice, a set of easy-to follow exercises to help the reader develop a personal understanding of the skills needed to build and strengthen any relationship."--Back...
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