Lutes, Jason
Summary: "The third and final act of Jason Lutes's historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament, the citizenry becomes even more divided. Lutes steps back from the larger political upheaval, using the intertwining lives of a small group of Germans to zero in on the rise of fascism and how swiftly it can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LUTLutes, Jason
Summary: "Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2018
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LUTKonami, Kanata
Summary: Chi's adventures continue as her new family moves to a new home, she meets other cats, and learns to like the vacuum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc. 2016
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Summary: "Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Inc. 2016
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Summary: "Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KONKonami, Kanata
Summary: "After six years in North America the Chi's Sweet Home saga has finally come to an end! Chi, Blackie, Cocchi and the rest will wrap up their adventures near Green Park in this final collection. But before Chi moves on to her new role as a 3DCG anime star, will she find her true home? Or will she decide to move away in search of new adventures?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical Inc. 2016
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Summary: The apartment manager has seen a cat around the building and wants it found and removed. Is it Chi?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2010
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Summary: Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2011
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Summary: Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2011
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Summary: As SkyClan struggles to survive after a flood destroys their home, Leafstar must decide what the next step for them should be. Meanwhile, Sol is demanding that he be made a warrior, but Leafstar doubts he will ever be able to embrace the warrior code.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WARShadmi, Koren
Summary: "A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone. We recognize Rod Serling as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the 'Angry Young Man' of Television. Before he became the revered master of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Life Drawn, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SERHill, Joe
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 HILO'Connor, George
Summary: Retells in graphic novel format the story from Greek mythology of Hephaistos, the god of fire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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Summary: "Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation--an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa--seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a wry soap opera revolving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ABOLemire, Jeff
Summary: Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife, and their unborn son. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. Jack...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2012
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Abouet, Marguerite
Summary: Collects the adventures of Akissi, a young West African girl who is always getting into trouble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC ABOAzuma, Kiyohiko
Summary: The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2009
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Summary: Tells the story of Julian's Grandmaere's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Palacio 2019Shulman, 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 EINYomtov, Nelson
Summary: "Story of men who tunneled to escape a German prisoner-of-war camp. Learn about the planners, task leaders, and key players of the escape from Stalag Luft III"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 YOMSmythe, Rachel
Summary: "The rumor mill of Olympus is constantly churning, but Persephone and Hades are all anyone can talk about. With the constant gossip creating intense pressure on the pair, they decide to slow down their budding romance and focus on sorting out their own issues first. But that's easier said than done. Hades struggles to find support in his personal life, with Zeus trivializing his feelings and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SMYWulf, Andrea
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2019
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Summary: In 1940, as Calais, France, falls to the Germans during World War II, an American boy named Peter Panzerfaust rallies a group of orphans to work together to survive and find their way to safety.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics/Shadowline 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 PETO'Connor, George
Summary: "The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2015