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“utterly unputdownable”–The New York Times A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, the award winning author of Aya of Yop City. Poor Akissi! The neighborhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost…
Dostoyevsky’s novel of damnation and redemption follows a desperate student Raskolnikov who commits murder without remorse. Pursued by the authorities his conscience grows louder as the noose around his neck tightens. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions…
Britain. An island paradise, rich with gold and silver – and the world’s most powerful military machine wants it all for itself. The country and its tribes have been hammered into one unified colony, under one law – Roman law. When the king of the Iceni dies, his wife, Boudicca, is left with a decision:…
During the cold war, the US government sought to establish an overseas military presence in the Indian Ocean. This graphic novel is a shocking account of British complicity in the forced exodus of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland to make that plan possible. Between 1965 and 1973 the inhabitants of the Chagos archipelago were…
The plucky, troublemaking Akissi is back with her mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she has to keep herself from drowning, stand up to a bully, make peace with her arch nemesis–the prettiest girl in school, and evade a witch doctor’s potion. Inspired by her childhood on The Ivory Coast, writer Marguerite Abouet takes…
Our favorite troublemaker is back in this graphic novel collection of wild childhood adventures set on the Ivory Coast by award-winning author Marguerite Abouet (Aya of Yop City) and artist Mathieu Sapin. With the first volume selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018, Akissi is back for round three with more stories of…
Imagine a vault so cavernous that it could contain all the world’s greatest treasures and relics, from mummified remains of ancient monarchs to glistening swords brandished by legendary warriors. Who could be in charge of such a vault and how did he come into possession of such a unique collection? Who is…Professor Brownstone?
Have you ever wanted something so bad you’d kill for it? Did you ever kill someone to get it? When three witches tell general Macbeth that one day he’ll be the next king of Scotland, that prophesy will send him spiraling into a vortex of madness and murder. Torn between his conscience and his lust…
Les Mystères de Paris relèvent du feuilleton, comme La Cousine Bette, comme Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, chefs-d’oeuvre de Balzac, comme tout Dumas et presque tout Sand; et, comme Hugo dans Les Misérables. Sue donne à son feuilleton une extraordinaire dimension dans le noir. Le mélo est là , assurément. Et colossal, coupant le souffle avec…
Les Mystères de Paris relèvent du feuilleton, comme La Cousine Bette, comme Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, chefs-d’oeuvre de Balzac, comme tout Dumas et presque tout Sand; et, comme Hugo dans Les Misérables. Sue donne à son feuilleton une extraordinaire dimension dans le noir. Le mélo est là , assurément. Et colossal, coupant le souffle avec…
Les Mystères de Paris relèvent du feuilleton, comme La Cousine Bette, comme Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, chefs-d’oeuvre de Balzac, comme tout Dumas et presque tout Sand; et, comme Hugo dans Les Misérables. Sue donne à son feuilleton une extraordinaire dimension dans le noir. Le mélo est là , assurément. Et colossal, coupant le souffle avec…
Les Mystères de Paris relèvent du feuilleton, comme La Cousine Bette, comme Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, chefs-d’oeuvre de Balzac, comme tout Dumas et presque tout Sand; et, comme Hugo dans Les Misérables. Sue donne à son feuilleton une extraordinaire dimension dans le noir. Le mélo est là , assurément. Et colossal, coupant le souffle avec…
It’s 2005, three years after Mask’s incarceration. The Morgan household in Scotland is fraught with tension. Due to… Roddy’s teenage angst compounded by his Hair o’ the Dog whisky sampling, Kenny and Maggie’s fragile romance not coping with their crime-fighting partnership. Until… They find themselves in South America, USA and Italy in the aftermath of…
In the early 20th century, a team of explorers follow a war veteran on his search for an ancient city, lost somewhere in the Amazon Jungle. But with a leader like Percy, who knows what will happen next? Some say Percy knows all the secrets of the forest, but is he even sane? Did he…
No inÃcio do século 20, uma equipe de exploradores segue um veterano de guerra em sua busca por uma cidade antiga, perdida em algum lugar da selva amazônica. Mas com um lÃder como Percy, quem sabe o que acontecerá a seguir? Alguns dizem que Percy conhece todos os segredos da floresta, mas ele é mesmo…
Kato Kintu challenges the evil King Bemba to a duel. But Kintu loses terribly and flees into exile on an island. There, he gains wisdom and experience. Will it be enough for Kintu to return, unite his people, and free them from the strongest warrior in the world? Based upon the true story of the…
