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During World War II, religious pacifist David Miller and a group of conscientious objectors made an extraordinary choice: they signed up for government-sponsored medical experiments that intentionally infected them with hepatitis. Their goal was simple but dangerous–help scientists understand a disease that was sickening American soldiers fighting on the front lines. Infected for Science tells…
A gripping and lushly illustrated graphic novel on World War II that looks through the eyes of major players such as Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt In 20 captivating chapters, interspersed with informative chapter openers as well as a bibliography for further reading, The History of World War II unravels…
In 1914, Canada went to war as a subject of Britain. In 1939, it made the choice to fight all on its own. Canada at War follows the developments and setbacks, wins and losses, of a nation learning to stand up for itself under the toughest possible conditions: in the midst of the most difficult…
2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction – Longlist American Library Association Best Comics for Adults 2023 Booklist Editors’ Choice: Best Graphic Novels 2023 Washington Post Book World Editors’ Staff Pick 2023 The Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2023 A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by…
It is 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. A Japanese reporter named Sohei Tohge is covering the Berlin Olympic Games for the Japanese press. As he sits in the Japanese press box watching the many track and field events of the day, he receives a call from his younger brother Isao, who has been studying in…
Dominica’s Story: A Life of Courage, Hope, and Love is a powerful, inspiring memoir of one woman’s journey through war-torn Ukraine, survival during World War II, and the enduring strength of the human spirit. Told with grace and honesty, Dominica’s story is a moving tribute to resilience, family, and faith. This quick, uplifting read is…
In part two of Message to Adolf, with World War II escalating things have become quite heated for the Adolfs. Adolf Kaufman is now enrolled in a Hitler Youth Academy. While there he quickly is taught to distinguish between races and religions. He would eventually hand out stars of David to Jews in his community….
The true story of Japan’s surrender in World War II and how it nearly didn’t happen! In the final days of World War II, Japan lay in ruins and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been obliterated. A tense drama unfolds in Tokyo as Japan teeters on the edge of Armageddon. Japan’s Longest Day…
LA OBRA MAESTRA DE SUSUMU HIGA SOBRE LA BATALLA DE OKINAWA, CON LA QUE GANÓ EL JAPAN MEDIA ARTS GRAND PRIZE, EL PRESTIGIOSO GALARDÓN QUE OTORGA EL MINISTERIO DE CULTURA DE JAPÓN. La batalla de Okinawa fue uno de los episodios más trágicos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Susumu Higa nos da su visión inmisericorde…
The Bomb is a gripping, deeply researched account of the race to build the atomic bomb. This definitive graphic novel narrative is a highly readable and acclaimed exploration of the scientific breakthroughs, political maneuvering, and moral dilemmas that shaped one of history’s most consequential moments. As nuclear weapons reemerge in global headlines and debates about…
Fought in the winter of 1944-1945, the coldest season in over 100 years, the Battle of the Bulge still ranks as the single largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. Thirty-one American divisions – fully one-third of the U.S. Army raised during World War II – saw action in this battle. This battle…
This epic graphic novel from acclaimed comic’s writer and artist Wayne Vansant collects his incredible mini-series that depicts the early days of the United States in the Second World War. Days of Darkness covers the darkest days of World War II, when the United States went from the tragedy of Pearl Harbor to the triumph…
Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-winning 2014 film The Imitation Game, was the brilliant mathematician solicited by the British government to help decipher messages sent by Germany’s Enigma machines during World War II. The work of Turing and his colleagues at Hut 8 created what became known as the “bombe” which descrambled the German navy’s…
Tales of the Waffen SS and here award winning comic writer and artist Wayne Vansant provides the stories of the German Panzer troops during World War II. This edition collects for the first time Wayne’s previous tales that were released as individual comics or as short tales. Included is the acclaimed Battle Group Peiper and…
When French tank crewman René Tardi was captured by the Germans on May 22, 1940, his life was forever changed. He is shipped off to a P.O.W. camp, Stalag IIB, where he endures a brutal day-to-day existence for nearly five years. Once the war winds down, he faces a long, grueling journey back to France,…
In this story we meet our paratrooper as a boy and follow him through a troubled youth ending with the WW ll draft, the grueling training of jump school, and assignment to the European Theater. Here he becomes part of the D-Day jump at Normandy and the battles to follow in France, Holland, and Belgium….
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