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Americans move westward

1800-1850
2009
Captioned illustrations highlight important events ranging from the Louisiana Purchase to the time when the Oregon territory became American land.

The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

1920-1940
2009
Offers a graphic exploration of significant people and events during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.

War's end

profiles from Bosnia, 1995-96
2005

Dr. Seuss & Co. go to war

the World War II editorial cartoons of America's leading comic artists
2009
A collection of over 300 political cartoons by Dr. Seuss and other cartoonists during World War II.

Barefoot Gen

2005
Presents an autobiographical story in graphic novel format about the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.

A midsummer night's dream

the graphic novel : original text
2011
A graphic novel adaptation of Shakepeare's comedy in which the marriage of Theseus, Duke of Athens to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, serves as the backdrop to the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and six amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies of the forest in which most of the play is set.

A Christmas carol

2014
A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel in which a miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Mother Teresa

modern saint of the poor
2012
A biography, in graphic novel format, of humanitarian Mother Teresa, a nun who helped the unfortunate in Calcutta.

Madison Square tragedy

the murder of Stanford White : 25 June, 1906
Stanford White was one of New York's most famous architects. As he became more popular and in-demand, he also became quite self-indulgent. When he met young Evelyn Nesbit, a Broadway show girl, he knew he had to get to know her better. He began to take care of her widowed mother and her family and as he did so, his attachment to Evelyn grew. Although White was years older than Evelyn, she continued the friendship. But realizing that White would never leave his wife, Evelyn eventually married a young Pittsburgh heir with a dark side who developed a deep hatred for White and what he may or may not have done to Evelyn, setting up the most scandalous murder case of the time.

The law of Ueki Vol 16

2009
Ueki faces off against the awesome power of Hanon in order to determine who will be King of the Celestial World.

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