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Graphic novels Great Britain Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography Ocean Puzzles Puzzles Juvenile literature Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England Catherine Howard -1542 Titanic (Steamship) Washington, George 1732-1799Summary: A filmmaker follows conceptual artist David Greg Harth during the final year of his quixotic, two-decade quest to fill a Bible with celebrity signatures; an art project that turned into an all-consuming obsession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: This collection of one hundred and one anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, features amusing and fascinating vignettes from her long life, including her coming of age during World War I and the 1936 abdication of her brother-in-law.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ELIZABETH RUSSummary: David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2018
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Summary: "Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TIAWilliams, Gareth
Summary: "An insightful history of the first hundred years of DNA, Unraveling The Double Helix tells the story one of the greatest triumphs of modern science. Unraveling the Double Helix covers the most colorful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of "nuclein" in the late 1860s to the publication of James Watson's The Double Helix in 1968. These hundred years included the establishment of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572.8 WILHinds, Gareth
Summary: Retells in graphic novel format Shakespeare's tragedy of two star-crossed youths who fall in love despite the tensions between their warring families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Pr 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.5 HINRussell, Gareth
Summary: Takes us into every room of Hampton Court Palace-the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James's version of the Bible and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ball, illustrating what was at play politically, socially and economically at the time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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Summary: "Written with narrative flair and historical authority, this biography of the tragic life of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, breaks new ground in our understanding of the young, doomed woman who became queen at a time of unprecedented social and political tension. On the morning of July 28, 1540, as King Henry VIII's former confidant Thomas Cromwell was being led to his execution, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying work, an indivisible blend of poetry, criticism, theology, and searing memoir. As Marilynne Robinson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: Retells in graphic novel format Homer's epic tale of Odysseus the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 HINMoore, Gareth
Summary: From number games and logic puzzles to code breakers and enigmas, it's packed with secret-agent and spy challenges to put kids' mental agility and lateral-thinking skills to the test.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buster Books 2022
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Summary: "A product of Anglo-American capitalism, built by a generation that had never known trauma and was bored by its own prosperity and success, the Titanic set sail into a world that was about to change forever. Modernity was shaking the class system, the Industrial Revolution was creating new kinds of wealth, and revolutionary fervor would lead to The Great War. Exploring the infamous disaster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.9163 RUSWilliams, Gareth (EDT)/ Pentz, Peter (EDT)/ Wemhoff, Matthias (EDT)/ Margrethe, Queen of Denmark (FRW)
Contents: Contacts & exchange / Sunhild Kleingärtner and Gareth Williams -- Vikings in Arabic sources / Gareth Williams -- Wiskiauten / Timo Ibsen -- Reuse of foreign objects / Sunhild Kleingärtner -- Warfare & military expansion / Gareth Williams -- The way of the warrior / Neil Price -- Continental defences against the Vikings / Simon Coupland -- Viking camps in England and Ireland / Gareth Williams --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 948.022 VIKHinds, Gareth
Summary: The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages — and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds’s masterful illustrations. Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero’s final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HindsCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y GRAPHIC HINMoore, Gareth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton Kids 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9339 ROWWIMAN, CHRISTIAN
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Publisher / Publication Date: STORL 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 WIMWiman, Christian
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.509 WIMWiman, Christian
Summary: Once in the West, Christian Wiman’s fourth collection, is as intense and intimate as poetry gets—from the “suffering of primal silence” that it plumbs to the “rockshriek of joy” that it achieves and enables. Readers of Wiman’s earlier books will recognize the sharp characterizations and humor—“From her I learned the earthworm’s exemplary open-mindedness, / its engine of discriminate shit”—as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1982
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.36 GARNarbeth, Colin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mayflower Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 769.55 NARVigan, Delphine de
Summary: "Mathilde et Thibault ne se connaissent pas. Au coeur d'une ville sans cesse en mouvement, ils ne sont que deux silhouettes parmi des millions. Deux silhouettes qui pourraient se rencontrer, se percuter, se croiser. Un jour de mai. 'Les heures souterraines' est un roman vibrant et magnifique sur les violences invisibles d'un monde privé de douceur, où l'on risque de se perdre, sans aucun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lattès 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 DEV FRENCHJackson, Garnet.
Summary: A simple biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2000
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Summary: "Take a nostalgic look back on the Nintendo Entertainment System in this exclusive hardcover collectoŕђةs edition book. A fascinating retrospective on 17 NES classics including complete walkthroughśђؤincluding Super Mario Bros. 3, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda! A journey through three eras of NES history. Commentary and history from Nintendo visionaries who pioneered this era of gaming. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prima Games 2016