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Series
Graceling volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
256 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
28 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"After his parents are brutally murdered, Ahiahia is raised by his grandmother in a camp surrounded by enemies. His grandmother knows that eventually the camp will turn on Ahiahia, just as it did his parents, so she chants a protection chant over the clothing that she lovingly sews for him, over the amulet and necklace she gives him, even over the dog that is his companion. When he is attacked, Ahiahia must use his agility, hunting skills, and the...
Author
Series
Deadman Wonderland volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Description
"Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle-school student Ganta Igarashii finds himself sentenced to death in the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison known as Deadman Wonderland. The inmates of this insane penitentiary fight for survival every day to provide entertainment for the masses. Ganta is determined to survive Deadman Wonderland and clear his name, but the price may be his soul ..."--Amazon.com
Author
Series
Deadman Wonderland volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
180 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Description
"As Ganta begins to understand his new disturbing power, he becomes more determined to destroy the Red Man. However, his strange abilities prove to be an obstacle to Chief Makina who is resolute in maintaining peace and order in her territory. With conspiracy and monstrous attacks from every angle, Ganta manages to arrive at Ward G, a mysterious, detached location in Deadman Wonderland where the horrendous bloodbath continues"--Publisher's web site....
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
288 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
In this first omnibus volume from Geary's increasing storied Treasuries of Murder: The trilogy of murders from the Victorian Age that made up the very first volume of this series ; "Jack the Ripper" as only Geary can narrate it with his slightly ghoulish sense of irony ; "The Fatal Bullet" about the assassination of President James Garfield ; and "The Beast of Chicago" about H.H. Holmes, possibly the first series murderer with chilling methodical...
Author
Series
Deadman Wonderland volume 3
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Description
"Ganta's desperate struggle for survival continues as the second round of the Carnival of Corpses kicks off, but when he is matched against Minatsuki, Ganta learns that his new friends are not what they seem-- and it may cost him his life! Yo, having infiltrated Ward G, trespasses into the ring and reveals that Minatsuki is his sister. Although memories of Ganta's childhood friend, Shiro, return to him when he needs it the most, his savior may prove...
Author
Series
School judgment volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country ... who also happen to be elementary school students. The accused this time is a boy named Tento. His crime? The murder of a beloved member of the classroom! Luckily for him, the state has sent him a defense attorney--Abaku Inugami. But is this wild young lawyer skilled enough...
Author
Series
School judgment volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
186 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country...who also happen to be elementary school students. The Masked Dude has been distributing a magical powder to the children of class 6-3 to put on their boring food. The powder is so addictive that the children who are hooked get sick if they don't eat it. Pine finds Reiko Shiratori,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
132 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
"The murder ballad holds a rock-solid position in US roots music and the Great American Songbook for decades. Telling the stories of sometimes true and often not-so-true-crimes and other horrific events, they are raw stories full of unrequited love, betrayal, life, and death. The song form stems from the Anglo-Saxon ballad tradition, where stories were orally passed on to a mostly illiterate population. Dutch cartoonist Erik Kriek was inspired by...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
80 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Description
"Stanford White is one of New York's most famous architects having designed many mansions and the first Madison Square Garden. His influence on New York's look at the turn of the century was pervasive. As he became popular and in demand, he also became quite self-indulgent. He had a taste for budding young showgirls on Broadway, even setting up a private apartment to entertain them in, including a room with... a red velvet swing. When he meets Evelyn...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
131 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss,...
14) Caricature
Author
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
101 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Description
The dramatic short stories included in Caricature have drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their complex naturalism and sense of humor. Anchored by the title story, considered the first apotheosis of Clowes' seminal Eightball underground comic book series, Caricature also includes eight other stories, including "Green Eyeliner," a six-page full-color short story originally published in Esquire as the first work of comics to be featured in the magazine's...
15) Dwellings
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Welcome to Elwich--an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery-eyed children, lovingly adorned homes line the historic boulevards ... and only the crows can see the deep, festering rot that lurks beneath the pristine surface. Murder. Demonology. Possession. Obsession. Elwich has them all on offer--and behind every dwelling awaits a horrifying new story to be told. Shock, terror, and wry humor pepper every page of Emmy...
Author
Series
School judgment volume 3
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
193 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country...who also happen to be elementary school students. Tento once again finds himself in a tight spot when he's accused of trying to murder the school's Madonna, Reiko Shiratori, and locking her unconscious body in a shed. Can Abuka ronpa his friend to freedom? Meanwhile, the...
17) Gachiakuta: 1
Author
Series
Gachiakuta volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
188 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich, who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any...
18) Gachiakuta: 2
Author
Series
Gachiakuta volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any...
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