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21) Breakwater
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A loner and an introvert, Chris has worked in one of Brighton's movie theatres for years. It's the kind of job that people drift through. When a new colleague joins, Chris feels she's found a real friend to spend time with and share things with. But as Chris and Dan become closer, she realises that he's dealing with complicated mental health issues that are playing havoc with his ability to work and take care of himself. As she becomes a bigger and...
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Based on the short story by Hugo Awardwinning author Cixin Liu! One mysterious day, over twenty thousand otherworldly spaceships settle into stable orbit around Earth. Six months later, in a certain Asian village, a young girl named Zhihan discovers an old man who fell from the skybut the strangeness doesnt end there. Soon, many more elderly drifters in peculiar outfits begin descending all over the world, claiming they created human civilization....
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The most honest town in America is tempted by a mysterious stranger passing through... 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. Hadleyburg, a town with the reputation of being the most honest in America, is visited one day by a mysterious man who has come to right a wrong that was once done to him by its inhabitants: too egotistical, they'd forgotten the basic rules of hospitality. His strategy is thus to strike where it hurts them most: shattering...
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For fans of The Hobbit & Lord of The Rings looking to learn more about the genius behind their favorite epics. JRR Tolkien was not always the old Oxford professor pipe in the mouth, refining his extraordinary work. In 1915, at age 23, he leaves for the front with his high school friends, whom he loves like brothers. They take part in the Battle of the Somme, which ultimately kills 450,000 people. The horror of war will brand his relationships to friendship,...
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A sweeping tale of love and war based on the adventure novel by Jules Verne. A free Greece is emerging from the ashes of four centuries of subjugation. The fight against piracy and the slave markets of the Aegean is one of the priorities of the newborn state. The story begins a few days before the decisive naval battle of Navarino, where the allied forces of Great Britain, France, and Russia are set to put an end to the naval domination of the Ottoman...
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Descended from a long line of book collectors, highschool student Mifuyu is surrounded by books in every aspect of her life. Her great-grandfather established the famous Mikura Hall, a library in the heart of town,and even the townspeople are all avid readers. Theresjust one problemMifuyu hates books! But whena thief in Mikura Hall triggers an ancientcurse, shes left with no choice but to reclaimthe stolen books herself by entering thevery stories...
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Haunted by a lost friendship, Seong-Ji (re)discovers herself during nocturnal explorations of a dreamlike Seoul. Longtime friends Seong-ji and Ji-won are excited to begin university in Seoul, swearing to stay close in the big city, but from the moment they arrive, they begin to drift apart. Her focus split between her rigorous accounting program and her overnight job at a grocery store, Seong-ji tries to make peace with the loss. Its during...
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This is the fascinating life story of Robert Louis Stevenson, the beloved author of classics such as "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," from his early days as an aspiring writer to his first published works, his love affair and then marriage to Fanny Osbourne, his success as an author, his many travels across Europe and the U.S., and finally his voyage to the islands of the South Pacific, where he eventually built the...
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A new manga adaptation of the only H.P. Lovecraft story published as a book during his lifetime, by modern horror master Gou Tanabe! In the winter of 1927-28, the isolated coastal settlement of Innsmouth, Massachusetts was assaulted by U.S. government agentsits waterfront burned and dynamited, its people taken away to internment camps. Yet that was neither the beginning nor the end of the horror uncovered by a young antiquarian who traveled...
30) Blab! Volume 1
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BLAB!the Harvey Award-winning anthology of cutting-edge comics, art, and culturehas returned to its comics roots with a stellar lineup of contributors. Noah Van Sciver depicts the tragic demise of Crime Does Not Pay editor Robert Wood. Ryan Heshka recounts the rise and fall of Superman creators Siegel and Shuster. Sasha Velour portrays the making of film director F.W. Murnaus Nosferatu. Childrens book illustrator Giselle Potter examines Peter Rabbit...
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Tim Bird travels east out of London to the North Sea, through the outskirts of the City, suburban streets and marginal spaces, loosely following the route of the River Thames to the estuary and beyond. From The City To The Sea is a comic about this landscape and how personal stories and historical memories become embedded in this place.
32) Windy Day
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A young girl sets out on her own to fly her kite and encounters a pirate cloud full of goblins looking to cause trouble. She is rescued by a big black wolf who scare the goblins away and stays to help her fly her kite as high as possible. Their friendship teaches her courage (which is what she names the wolf). An adorable, simple children's story by three-time Eisner nominee Tony Sandoval. The illustrations are magicaland the tale itself is very cute....
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Modern-day kids Annie and Nico go on a magical history tour to understand one of societys lowest points Slavery. The right of ownership over individuals found in all major societies, exploiting masses of people and contributing to the wealth and power of privileged civilizations. From the oriental slave trade to transatlantic slave trade that pillaged Africa of its peoples and riches, Annie and Nico explain this tragic phenomenon with compassion,...