Tiwary, Vivek J.
Summary: The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles-from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of "The Man Who Made The Beatles," The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Tiwary, Vivek J.
Summary: Tells the story of Brian Epstein, the discoverer and manager of the Beatles, in graphic novel format, highlighting his struggle against a society that reviled his homosexuality, Judaism, and Liverpool upbringing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIWShulman, Mark
Summary: By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portable Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EINFrattino, Andre R.
Summary: "Tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo-where she was forced to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops-in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOGURI, IVA FRAColmenares, Andrés J.
Summary: "Nine-year-old Iggie is the new kid in the town of Peculiar Woods, and nothing about his new home is familiar. So how is he supposed to make friends when he's not allowed to talk to strangers? On his first night in the strange new town, Iggie gets lost in the woods, where he discovers he can speak to inanimate objects. He soon teams up with his blanket, Faye, a talking chair and yoga enthusiast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COLAndrews, Ryan
Summary: Ben and his friends are determined to find out where the paper lanterns of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival go, so they follow the river as far as they can until the only followers left are Ben and Nathaniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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Summary: "When the X-Men are confronted with a deadly vampire threat, Namor takes matters into his own hands on a mission that might bring the entire might of the Marvel Universe's vampires down on their heads--and destroy Atlantis in the process! What lurks in the depths of the ocean where the sun does not reach? What Namor thought was a fable to scare the children of Atlantis comes to terrifying life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NAMSummary: The first issues of nine of comics' most compelling new titles are collected in this shelf-busting compendium. Discover new horror, drama, fantasy, and science fiction by some of comics' top talent-- writers and artists who will draw readers into their worlds and hook them in a single issue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WILRobinson, Andrew R.
Summary: After crash landing on a space station called Conjunction, the Guardians search for Pandorian Crystals while avoiding fighting in the Conjunction Arena and being busted by Nova Corpsman Titus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GUABrockington, Drew
Summary: Sonia Patel hopes having a full summer in her new house in Metropolis Grove will let her make friends before school starts, but new pals Duncan and Alex do not believe her when she tells them she has actually seen Superman in their town.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BROBrockington, Drew.
Summary: Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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Summary: "In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance? In Accidental Czar, Andrew S. Weiss, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 PUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 741.5 WEIBrockington, Drew
Summary: "With national pride and valuable scientific research on the line, the CatStronauts race against the CosmoCats and others to be the first cats to Mars"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BROWeing, Drew.
Summary: A graphic novel about a big lug and aspiring poet who run up tabs at the local bars by day and haunt the docks by night. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he learns firsthand about life on the open seas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WEIAndō, Natsumi
Summary: "Tsubasa thinks that her pretty and popular twin sister, Arisa, has the perfect life. Everyone at school loves Arisa--unlike the hot-tempered Tsubasa, whose nickname is 'The Demon Princess.' But when Arisa attempts suicide, Tsubasa learns that her seemingly perfect sister has been keeping some dark secrets. Now Tsubasa is going undercover at school-- disguised as Arisa-- in search of the truth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2013
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Summary: When one of Pom Pom's botany experiments goes awry on the International Space Station, the CatStronauts must find a way to tame the weeds gone haywire and get back to Earth without help from Mission Control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BROWeing, Drew
Summary: After moving to Echo City, Charles finds himself at the mercy of the town's monsters, but lucky for him there is Margo Maloo, monster mediator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WEISummary: Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDRE THE GIANT BROTobin, Paul
Summary: Multi-Eisner award-winning writer Paul Tobin pens a fantasy epic of the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher--one of the few remaining monster hunters from the critically acclaimed video game fantasy The Witcher by CD Projekt Red!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TOBSmith, Kevin
Summary: Oliver Queen, a.k.a. the Green Arrow, comes back to life, unaware that he was dead, and encounters superheroes including Hal Jordan, Aquaman, and Batman as he struggles to adjust to a world vastly different from the one he left.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SMIBechko, Corinna
Summary: "A graphic novel anthology expanding on Disney's live-action feature film Aladdin. Four tales bring the individuality and spirit of Aladdin and friends to the forefront, and connect to the events of the film in stories set before and during the film"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISSummary: These individual stories focus on some of the Turtles' closest friends and fiercest enemies, including Casey Jones, April O'Neil, General Hrang, and Bebop and Rocksteady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing, a division of Idea & Design Works, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TEEBunn, Cullen
Summary: As two sets of memories tear at his mind, Jimmy Hudson goes into hiding and the X-Men try to help their friend, but Daken has more lethal plans for Jimmy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 XMEBongiovanni, Archie
Summary: "Three teenagers - Natalia, Jax, and Rashad - are magically transported from their modern lives to the legendary Stonewall Inn in the summer of 1969. Escorted by Natalia's eccentric abuela (and her pet cockatiel, Rocky), the friends experience the police raid firsthand and are thrown into the infamous riots that amde the struggle for LGBTQ rights front-page news."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2022