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The arctic incident

the graphic novel
2009
Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland, when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia.

Night of the living chatchke

2009
"Nancy Drew travels to Turkey with her father, attorney Carson Drew, who plans to negotiate the sale of an ancestral estate belonging to one of his clients. When Nancy finds that mysterious artifacts have been disappearing from the estate, she turns her suspicions to Harland Severino, a rich man who desperately wants to purchase it. Nancy does some sleuthing that leads her beneath the property into an environment no one could've guessed what lay there: the ancient ruins of a city long forgotten by time, filled with priceless ancient artifacts that grave robbers will do anything to get at!" -- from publisher's web site.

Fidel

2010
Explores the life of Fidel Castro, examining perceptions of his role as either a dictator or a liberator, focusing on how he is seen by Latin Americans over his fifty years of leadership, and covers the pressure he has received from the United States and the Soviet Union and his influence on other insurgencies and uprisings around the world.

The complete idiot's guide to U.S. history, graphic illustrated

2009
A graphic guide to United States history that explains major events, places, and people and how they helped to shape the nation.

The life of a colonial innkeeper

2014
Details the chores, business, and everyday affairs of colonial innkeepers, includes information on famous colonial innkeepers.

The Salem witch trials

2012
Retells, in graphic novel format, the story of the Salem Witch Trials, during which eighteen people were hanged, five died in jail, and another was killed after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s.

Ancient Africa

2004
Contains comic stories in which Chester the Crab explores life in ancient Africa, covering Egypt, North African trade, Mali's empire, and the Middle Passage.

The first Americans

2003
Chester the Crab teaches children about the earliest people in America, describing the culture, traditions, history, and daily life of the Inuit, Pueblos, Plains Indians, Iroquois, and Northwest Indians.

Las aventuras de Marco Polo

2006
Presents a comic book version of the story of thirteenth-century explorer Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan.

El hundimiento del Titanic

2006
Presents a comic book version of the story of the sinking of "unsinkable" ship "Titanic" in 1912.

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