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Author
Language
English
Description
Adeline Pelham drives up in a sleek, red sports car to an Amish farm and upends the family inside, claiming to be a long lost daughter from another mother.
Sylvia Miller's Old Order family is upended with the arrival of Adeline Pelham. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of a painful secret. As Sylvia and her mother struggle to come to terms with the news, it is a challenging time to welcome an Englisher--...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
183 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade noodles, and an array of delicious accompaniments, with insights and tips from notable ramen luminaries. Playful and instructive, this hybrid cookbook/graphic novel introduces the history of ramen and provides more than 40 recipes for everything you need to make the perfect bowl at home including tares, broths,...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the first global history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the present day. Comics, manga, bandes dessinees, fumetti, tebeo, historietas, no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. This is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of humanity's relationship with ice since the dawn of civilization, Of Ice and Men reminds us that only by understanding this unique substance can we save the ice on our planet--and perhaps ourselves. Ice tells a story. It writes it in rock. It lays it down, snowfall by snowfall at the ends of the earth where we may read it like the rings on a tree. It tells our planet's geological and climatological tale. Ice tells another story...
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
99 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-winning 2014 film The Imitation Game, was the brilliant mathematician solicited by the British government to help decipher messages sent by Germany's Enigma machines during World War II. The work of Turing and his colleagues at Hut 8 created what became known as the "bombe" which descrambled the German navy's messages and saved countless lives and millions in British goods and merchandise. Despite his heroics, however,...
Author
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Recounting the stories of five individuals denied access to medical care due to a lack of adequate insurance, a physician at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston--which emphasizes people over payments--interweaves their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good healthcare is with good insurance.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of the cartoonists and illustrators from the Connecticut School, written by the son of the artist behind the popular strips "Prince Valiant" and "Big Ben Bolt," explores the achievements and pop-culture influence of these artists in the aftermath of World War II.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A deluxe edition with special endpapers and a yellow spine. From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life's universal lessons, featuring 100 colour and black-and-white drawings. 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' asked the mole. "Kind," said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
10) Romeo and Juliet
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of western literature. Created by William Shakespeare, it is tale of two very young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically, end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulet's and Montague's find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new reading experience with this...