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1) A man's skin
Author
Series
Publisher
Ablaze Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Renaissance Italy, Bianca, a young lady from a good family, is of marriage age. Her parents find her a fiancé́ to their liking: Giovanni, a rich merchant, young and pleasant. The wedding looks set to go smoothly even though Bianca cannot hide her disappointment at having to marry a man she knows nothing about. But before the marriage, she learns the secret held and bequeathed by the women of her family for generations: a "man's skin"! By donning...
2) Plunge
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In 1983, a state-of-the-art drilling ship, the Derleth, vanished near the Arctic Circle. Decades later, it has begun sending a distress call... Tracing the signal to a remote atoll in the Bering Strait, the Rococo oil company hires the Carpenter brothers and their salvage crew to investigate the ghost ship. Joined by a marine biologist and an oil executive, the brothers set out on a grim mission to learn what caused the disappearance and recover...
Author
Series
The Sad Ghost Club volume 1
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.) This is the story of one of those days - a day so bad you can barely get out of bed, when it's a struggle to leave the house, and when you do, you wish you hadn't. But even the worst of days can surprise you. When one sad ghost, alone at a crowded party, spies another sad...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding.
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fly to Japan and come discover all there is to know about sushi. After revealing the secrets of chocolate to us, Franckie Alarcon offers a gourmet panorama of this exceptional dish that has conquered the planet! But do you really know sushi? The author traveled to Japan to meet all the players involved in the making of this true work of culinary art. From the traditional starred chef to the young cook who is shaking up the rules, including all the...
7) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 18
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Forget what you know. This book changes everything. Someone's found her voice and she has A LOT to tell you"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A loving home and husband; two grown sons; a lakeside cabin with a picnic table where their initials are carved; and the chance encounter at a party that destabilizes it all. Elise is in her mid-fifties and is satisfied with life. But the moment she sees Dagmar, she's entranced. What begins as eye contact transitions to harmless texting, and quickly swells into the type of lust and yearning Elise did not know her life was lacking. Both are happily...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime...
12) Twistwood tales
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Come and join Bucket Boy and the whole Twistwood gang as they live their lives in the forest. Travel through a magical land and meet an enchanting cast of smart, snarky, and sweet characters from the popular webcomic, Twistwood Tales. From the worrisome Loghead, to the not-so-helpful Dr. Crowley, to the terrifying Fairy-Gourd Mother, and many more, the forest of Twistwood contains plenty of kind and magical creatures. Follow along as the characters...
Author
Series
Lore Olympus volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Offers a contemporary retelling in graphic novel format of the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Countless tombstones stand in rows throughout a small community, forming a bizarre tableau. What fate awaits a brother and sister after a traffic accident in this town of the dead? In another tale, a girl falls silent, her tongue transformed into a slug. Can a friend save her? Then, when a young man moves to a new town, he finds the house next door has only a single window. What does his grotesque neighbor want, calling out to him every evening from...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Twin homeless orphans Elliot and Liza take part in the Raven Quests--magical tasks that when completed promise the victors untold riches--but when a quest goes terribly wrong and Liza is poisoned, Elliot sacrifices everything to find the cure.
17) Darkly she goes
Author
Publisher
NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time there was a fallen knight, who believed that saving a princess would allow him to atone for his crimes. Once upon a time there was a dark princess, who believed that it was up to her to atone for the crimes of her parents... Banished for a fault that forever taints his reputation, Arzhur wanders from tavern to field of battle in search of the next contract which will fill his purse. One night, three mysterious old women offer him...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On the shadowy, noir-tinged streets of Manila, two friends seek a cure for a mysterious malady. To add to their problems, the Magic Prohibition Act has been adopted, and Lambana - the supernatural realm of the Diwata - has fallen. Slinky sirenas and wraith-like spirits populate this parallel universe of lurking danger and corruption. Will Lambana spill its secrets and provide the healing balm that's needed? Or will Conrad and Ignacio fail in their...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press-- from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets-- was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti-racist time travel adventure serial Bungleton Green, to Morrie Turner's radical...
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