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Cinebook Ltd Aldebaran Vol. 3: The Creature
Book SynopsisMark and Kim, who have lost the rest of the group, are left with the wounded Ling-Li. Luckily, Alexa quickly meets up with them, and they're on their way to the sea again. But when the governor and Father Loomis catch up with them, they take them straight to the mantris. In "The Betelgeuse Planet", the second cycle takes the theme of the colonisation of space further than most sci-fi comics by looking at its ecological aspect. Leilah Nakad studies the Lums, and cute animals living on the planet Betelgeuse. Seven years earlier, she led a 3,000-strong group who was to settle on Betelgeuse. But the spaceship is still flying around, lost in space. Driss and Alexa investigate.
£13.49
Cinebook Ltd Orbital 2 - Ruptures
Book SynopsisCaleb (a human) and Mezoke (a Sandjarr) are paired up and trained as special agents to keep the intergalactic peace. This is a controversial and historic alliance given their races' longstanding enmity, and a lot of people are watching them. Their first mission is to keep war from breaking out between humans and Javlodes on the planet Senestam. Caleb acts as a mediator between the warring factions while dealing with an attack by Stilvulls (highly destructive insects) - and he also has to contend with his feelings for charming doctor Kim Vandersel. Mezoke is on the planet Upssal, trying to appease the Javlodes.
£7.59
Usharp Comics, an imprint of Highland Books Ltd Laser Ninja
Book SynopsisFire! Their whole world goes up in smoke. Mum, boyfriend and daughter gamely face the future - but that will not stop life's complications - each must cope in their own way: escape, reminiscences, snacking. Until Lou gets her hands on Mum's dairy...
£999.99
Classical Comics Great Expectations: Quick Text
'I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them'. No classical collection would be complete without this well-loved Dickens title. The wonderful tale of Pip, Miss Havisham, and the spiteful Estella is retold here with fresh enthusiasm contained within rich Victorian ambience, for a wonderful reading experience.
£9.49
Classical Comics Importance of Being Earnest the Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisA reduced, simplified dialogue version of the Original Text for a fast-paced read. Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use imaginary friends to inject some excitement into their seemingly dull lives. Jack Worthing invents a brother, "Ernest", whom he pretends to be in order to visit his beloved Gwendolen in the city. Meanwhile, friend Algy Moncrieff uses the name "Ernest" while visiting Jack's beautiful young ward, Cecily in the country. Much confusion ensues as the two women find out they have been deceived by their "Ernests". Some would call this a society comedy; others, a Victorian farce. Regardless of the term used, this full colour graphic novel captures the era effortlessly. With an intricate attention to detail, wonderful characterisation and dramatically expressive and humorous artwork, this really is a graphic novel to cherish.Table of ContentsDramatis Persona The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Oscar Wilde De Profundis Wilde Timeline The Original Four-Act Play Page Creation
£9.49
Dalen (Llyfrau) Cyf Asterix Agus Cleopatra (Gaelic)
Book SynopsisTo prove that Egypt is still a great nation, Cleopatra will build Caesar a palace within three months, and orders her best architect, Donidotamun, to get the job done - but he needs help from Asterix, Obelix and Oghamaix. The Gauls head for Egypt... where the queen''s pretty nose leaves its mark on them, and they leave their mark on the Sphinx!
£9.80
Dalen (Llyfrau) Cyf Asterix the Roman Sodger (Scots)
Book SynopsisObelix is head over heels in love with Purestotta, but she''s distraught when she realises her fiancé Herthrobbix has been forced to join Caesar''s army. To make her happy again, Asterix and Obelix decide to join up and rescue Beanocomix. As they both head off to turn Caesar''s war upside down, they make sure that love conquers all!
£9.80
Dalen (Llyfrau) Cyf Tintin sa Tibeid
Book SynopsisTintin''s friend, Teang, has been killed in a plane crash in the Himalayas. But after a strange dream, Tintin is convinced that Teang is still alive. Together with Caiptein Haileabó he sets out on an impossible mission, an adventure high into the mountains. They must find Teang at all costs... but someone - or something else - has found him first!
£999.99
Dalen (Llyfrau) Cyf Asterix the Gallus
Book SynopsisThe magic potion''s secret is closely guarded by Asterix and his fellow Gauls as they resist the Roman invader. The potion, brewed by the druid Ogamaix, gives those who drink it superhuman strength. It is coveted by the local Roman Centurion who has a cunning plan to get his hands on the potion, but is he clever enough to outwit Asterix? A Scots translation.
£9.80
Classic Comic Store Ltd Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisAge range 9 to 12 Shakespeare's tragedy of the star-crossed lovers. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
£8.04
Classic Comic Store Ltd Black Beauty
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£8.04
Classic Comic Store Ltd Hamlet
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£8.04
Classic Comic Store Ltd Gold Bug and Other Stories
Book SynopsisIncludes three Poe tales: The Gold Bug; The Tell-Tale Heart; and The Cask of Amontillado. Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colourful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
£8.04
SelfMadeHero Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Book SynopsisAfter Jekyll's experiment, the harrowing effects of his split personality transform him from a respected member of society into a sinister figure terrorising the streets. Klimowski and Schejbal have been lauded for capturing 'the real horror and tension of the original' in their masterful re-telling.
£11.69
SelfMadeHero Chico & Rita
Book SynopsisCuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unite them, but their journey brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.
£14.39
SelfMadeHero Hellraisers
Book SynopsisHellraisers tells the story of four of the greatest boozers of all time: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Robert Sellers and Jake cleverly weave the four biographies seamlessly into one fast-paced adventure of drunken binges, orgies, parties and fun. Told through the eyes of Martin, a wannabe Hellraiser, the story begins in a typical London pub at Christmas time. One by one, each of the four Hellraisers take this disillusioned soul on a personal tour of their childhoods, rise to stardom and chaotic personal lives.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Deadbeats
Book SynopsisOn the run from the mob, a trio of 1920’s Chicago Jazz musicians take a job from an elderly reverend, playing for what they think is his wife’s funeral in the backwoods of Illinois. Unfortunately, the funeral is actually an elaborate cult ritual to raise the spirit of an evil sorcerer who swiftly begins raising the dead and terrorizing the innocent townsfolk. With monsters, moonshiners and mobsters on their trail, the friends must draw upon their various talents to stop this evil, save the townspeople and escape with their lives.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero When David Lost His Voice
Book SynopsisThe doctor's verdict is final: David has cancer. There is still a possibility of remission, but it is very small. And if the tumour kills him, David won't have a chance to see his baby granddaughter Louise grow up. We see his wife become progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death, in Vanistendael's sensitive portrayal of a family battling cancer.
£15.29
SelfMadeHero The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor
Book SynopsisPoland,1941. Sixteen-year-old Hertzko Haft is sent to Auschwitz. Separated from his family and his fiancée, he draws a will to survive from the thought of seeing them again. His ability to survive, though, comes from something else – a unique talent. When Haft is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, he knows the price of a loss. But his extraordinary physicality and skill make Haft a formidable boxer, and he manages to escape death. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he manages to escape the Nazis as well. After the war, Haft emigrates to the US and earns a living as a heavyweight prizefighter. But his new-found fame fails to reunite him with the fiancée he left behind in Poland. Finally, after losing to heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in 1949, Haft retires from the ring. Soon after, he is married, and building a new life for himself in Brooklyn, New York. The Boxer is a gripping and complex graphic novel – a powerful and moving story about love and the will to survive.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Hysteria
Book SynopsisHysteria is a graphic novel account of the first steps, errors and frustrations of Sigmund Freud’s career, which would lead to the foundation of a revolutionary new clinical therapy: psychoanalysis. The book traces Freud’s early training in neurological research and medicine; the crucial turning point of his studies with Jean-Martin Charcot at La Salpêtrière; and his establishment of a therapeutic practice in Vienna. Perfectly matching text and illustrations, Hysteri recounts Freud’s interest in his colleague Josef Breuer’s ‘Anna O’ case study, as well as giving an account of his own case histories of hysteria, particularly the treatment of Fräulein Elisabeth von R. The studies brought to life in this authoritative, beautifully illustrated graphic novel are collected in Freud and Breuer’s co-authored Studies in Hysteria, which marked the birth of psychoanalysis.
£13.49
Myriad Editions For the Love of God Marie!
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£15.29
Sloth Publishing Ltd Erika And The Princes In Distress
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£16.19
Sloth Publishing Ltd Bludzee
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£18.69
Valley Press She Was a Hairy Bear, She Was a Scary Bear
Book SynopsisThe unique collection of drawings, paintings and photographs that make up She Was A Hairy Bear, She Was A Scary Bear provide a loosely autobiographical account of creator Louisa Bermingham's idiosyncratic relationship with the world.Using her seemingly inconsequential but deeply resonant protagonist, created using her own hair, to explore themes of power, beauty, self-esteem, responsibility, acceptance, conformity, loneliness and happiness, she takes readers on a surprising, often humorous journey through contemporary womanhood.
£8.24
Markosia Enterprises Ltd Ritual: The Resurrection: 2
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£10.19
Barbican Press Pansy Boy
Book SynopsisPansy Boy is a stunningly beautiful picture book about a child's journey to overcome bullying and be proud of who he isTold as rhyming poem, the story comes to life with vivid graphic art.Out in the natural world, a boy is in love with its beauty. Flowers and birds in flight amaze him. But school beckons, and with it bullying from other children. How can he defend himself? Among the wonders of London’s Kew Gardens, Pansy Boy learns the language of the flowers. Where bullies pinned his life with their hate, he plants a pansy. He hopes his plan will empower the school to value what is delicate and different.Pansy Boy is inspired by the childhood of author and illustrator Paul Harfleet, the founder of The Pansy Project, a worldwide movement which plants pansies at the sites of homophobic attacks around the world. The book comes complete with a field guide to the flowers and birds contained in its pages."In the garden of Kew he read for hours, and learned the language of the flowers..."Trade Review"Written and illustrated beautifully... the kind of book that celebrates difference" - The Guardian "Beautiful, heartfelt, uplifting... Pansy Boy is a story of childhood innocence told through stunningly detailed illustration" - James Wong, Botanist, TV personality and author"Heartfelt and Powerful" - Rachel Holmes, Chair of the Judges for the Polari Prize 2018"Beautiful and thoughtful" - Kirklees Libraries"Pansy Boy acts as a platform for discussing the nuances of homophobia and bullying" - Let's Talk Picture Books Blog
£18.05
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure
Book SynopsisWithout a map or much of a plan, Untitled Ape and Cat journey through flooded cities and stormy seas, across frozen plains and snowy mountains, and even up into the world of the clouds on their quest to find Ape's home in the jungle. But Ape's mysterious and sinister past is starting to catch up with him, and it becomes more and more difficult to keep his personal history from Cat... What happened to Ape? Why doesn't he have a name? And how can he find a way to complete his journey to return to his old life and make sure his friends and family are safe? These are the questions that graphic novelist Steven Tillotson wrestles with and ultimately answers in his saga of trial, tribulation, and friendship.Trade Review“Surreal and quirky, but also beautiful, dark, poetic, frightening, sinister, scary, heart-warming, magical and most important of all, really rather funny. Tillotson’s artwork is beautiful throughout with a sublime digitally painted style, mixing some classic, almost vintage line work with character designs that feel contemporary and cutting edge. It really is its own beast (just as its hero is) and for that reason we heartily recommend that you just take yourself on a journey with Untitled Ape, as its definitely an epic adventure that you will not forget in a hurry.” - Pipedream Comics
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Ismyre
Book SynopsisIn the city of Ismyre, Ed the sculptor works to make small, beautiful scultural pieces (and a big upcoming commission for the local governor). When his sculptures begin to disappear, a detective friend investigates - and starts thinking that these thefts may be linked to the eco-terrorism in the city. Exploring themes of loneliness in cities, ecology, craftsmanship, and the self doubt that goes with making things, Ismyre is a quiet and fantastical mystery tale, set in an old world of ordinary magic.Trade Review“A strange and charming mystery… an endearing read and one which you will find yourself going back to again and again, as each read reveals a little bit more about the strange and enigmatic world that B. has created.” - Pipedream Comics
£999.99
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Follow Me In
Book SynopsisKat has no responsibilities and nothing to tie her down. She'd graduated university with no plans. She was an artist, but hadn't drawn in five years. She was lost. And she'd been avoiding admitting to herself something that all of those around her knew: that her boyfriend, Richard, has some serious problems with alcohol. Looking for a fresh start, the two of them quit their jobs and embark on a journey to Mexico for what what they expected to be the adventure of a lifetime. Their experiences changed both of their lives, and Kat rediscovered a love of art, grew a lifelong attachment to Mexico, and uncovered the strength to move on. The debut graphic novel from Katriona Chapman is a beautifully illustrated recounting of a trip she made around Mexico back in 2003, interspersed with pages of her sketchbook from that time and explorations of the culture, history, and bio-diversity of Mexico. Follow Me In is part memoir, part coming-of-age story, part love letter to Mexico, and is a major work from one of the best comics makers in the UK.Trade Review"A beautiful, devastating and hauntingly fragile triumph. A perfect synthesis of comics, graphic narrative and illustration.” - Broken Frontier
£17.09
Avery Hill Publishing Limited A City Inside
Book SynopsisShifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman's life, starting from her childhood home, to the first love that she will never forget, to the creation of the idea of herself that she can grow old with and the home that she can grow old in. Tillie Walden creates a poetic graphic novel exploration of the process of growing older; the journey towards finding out who you are and building a life for yourself.Trade Review"The confidence of this work is startling...her turns of phrase heartbreakingly earnest...this slim volume feels like a mission statement and a herald of oncoming talent." - Publishers Weekly
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Mimi And The Wolves: Volume 1
Book SynopsisMimi enjoys a quiet, productive life in her tree house in the Flat Fields with her companion Bobo -- until a mysterious and disturbing recurring dream of demons and a long-haired deity becomes impossible to ignore. In the Evergreen Woods live dangerous creatures who can help her, but will she leave the comfort of her home to find answers? An epic tale of affairs, alliances, and friendships in a quest for power and self-discovery, this graphic novel tells the story of an everyday life that suddenly becomes dark, ominous, complicated, and magical.Trade Review“Exquisite comics craft… Pizzo is a consummate visual storyteller.” - Broken Frontier
£13.49
Avery Hill Publishing Limited The Tower In The Sea
Book SynopsisOff the coast of Ismyre, a group of illicit magicians have built a school for orphans, educating them in the ways of long forgotten divinations. From high up in this forbidden home, a young scholar keeps dreaming visions of a terrible future and looks out across the ocean for answers. As her dreams become more frequent, and more terrible, she must figure out how to act herself. B. Mure returns to the world of Ismyre for another quiet and fantastical mystery tale, set in an old world of ordinary magic.Trade Review“Utterly charming. These are stories that mix intrigue and magic with heartfelt friendship. Mure has a real knack for portraying relationships and emotions.” - Geekly
£8.54
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Breakwater
Book SynopsisA 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 bigger part of his life, and he becomes less stable, she's the only one who's there for him - and the only one who can decide how to help him have a better future. With gorgeous, lush pencil artwork, Breakwater tells the story of a woman abruptly plunged out of her depth, and her struggles to be a good friend when friendship is complicated.Trade Review“I've not been affected by a graphic novel like this for a while. A haunting, contemplative graphic novel that brilliantly captures the strange ebbs and flows of working in a cinema, and the ennui of a life put on hold. It's a book with a lot to say, and it says it with the artistry of a creator at the top of their game.” - Herald Scotland
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Quiet Thoughts
Book SynopsisKaren Shangguan's warm and lyrical narratives capture fleeting moments and sensations while her shifting perspectives take in all of existence from the emptiness of space to the intimacy of human interactions. This book takes readers through a contemplative journey that explores how it feels to be alive with lovely, personal pencil-and-ink artwork. Quiet Thoughts provides time to enjoy and think about quiet things such as thoughts, feelings, sensations, and the nature that's all around us.Trade Review“Consistently beautiful . . . Shangguan’s collection provides a playful engagement with the comic medium, testing and teasing the boundaries.” - Broken Frontier
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Sour Pickles
Book SynopsisPickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition from education to career. Surrounded by nepotism, Pickles' friend Radish suggests an alternative method to achieve success that results in crumbling teeth and deteriorating mental health. And work gets done, but do things really get better? Clio Isadora's thoughtful, incisive debut full length work examines capitalism and the value of a college education today.Trade Review“Alternately whimsical and gritty, funny and tragic, and consistently finding new things to say about a well-trodden topic, this first outing’s a strong indicator of good things to come.” - Publishers Weekly
£10.79
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Sleeping While Standing
Book SynopsisThese are the moments of Taki Soma's life: her early childhood in Japan in the early 80s, moving to Minnesota, the separation of her parents, childhood trauma, teenage angst, death, drugs, comics, health issues, love, fertility, pets and zombies. Sleeping While Standing is an unflinching look at both joyful and harrowing moments, but threaded through with levity and love. In her author/illustrator graphic novel debut, Soma takes us through the important events in her life that shaped who she is today, told in her genuine, compelling, and humorous authorial voice.Trade Review"Soma deftly uses space, pattern play and unique effects to create texture and evoke emotion. A beautiful memoir about love, loss, and everything in between." - Geekd Out
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Sennen
Book SynopsisSennen's life is mostly perfect - spending her days tending the fields in her idyllic village and her evenings with her beloved family, all tucked into the crook of a green and beautiful valley. And if it wasn't for the masked figures descending from the hills with increasing regularity to take their harvested food to deliver to their Gods, she'd have no worries at all. But when the demands for tribute strike closer to home, Sennen is forced to flee the paradise of her valley and venture into the home of the Gods to save her family and their way of life - only to discover that those we worship are not always what they seem, and the lives we lead are not always so simplistic after all. Sennen, the debut graphic novel from exciting new British author and artist Shanti Rai, tells a timeless tale of adventure, and the discoveries we make as we explore beyond the boundaries of our childhood, into the uncertainty of the adult world.Trade Review"A sensitive and beautiful coming-of-age story with some unexpected twists. Rai displays an assured understanding of how to play with panel layouts to reflect mood and theme." - Broken Frontier
£10.79
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Pet Peeves
Book SynopsisBobbie's life is going nowhere fast. She's working at a bar, wanting to play music but never having the time or energy. The only bright spot is her dog - always cheerful, always cuddly, and always there for her. As the relentless day-in, day-out of work piles up, music and roommates and social plans begin to seem less and less important as Bobbie struggles to make rent and have any time to be creative. The only thing she has time for outside her job is her dog... and her dog is going to do everything he can to keep it that way. This debut solo graphic novel from breakout author Nicole Goux explores the struggles of a young artist - haunted not only by debt and society, but by more sinister (though adorable) canine forces.Trade Review“A boldly experimental, creepily compelling, itchily abrasive yet understated urban horror story trading marauding monsters for animosity, angst, disappointment and despair.” - Now Read This
£11.69
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Macbeth
Book SynopsisWhen three witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will one day become the King of Scotland, an epic of unhappiness, treachery, and blood begins. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's ambitions lead to an ever-growing path of murder as Macbeth grows ever-closer to the throne. But where will it all end? Only with death and with madness. Influenced by the witches and magic of Macbeth, K. Briggs's lush new graphic novel rendition of the classic provides a new interpretation of the Scottish play. Briggs, as a Shakespeare reader (and performer) from age twelve, brings their lifelong love of the Bard to this work.Trade Review“A magnificent, abstract, emotional interpretation. Briggs speaks to every aspect the play has — and more. A luscious, freewheeling display of illustrative and intellectual prowess.” - DoomRocket
£15.29
Avery Hill Publishing Limited The Wilderness Collection
Book SynopsisWhat is our relationship with physical and emotional environments? How do we react to and live in the world around us? This book explores the dimensions of how geography affects the psyche, from the known to the unknown. In colorful, gorgeous pen-and-ink illustrations, the transformation of landscapes from immediate and personal to fantastical and nostalgic captures the sense of place. Viewing each image creates your own personal experience of space. Starting with more immediate spaces and ending with faraway planets, this book is an emotional, creative journey.Trade Review“This is a graphic missile targeting recollection and imagination; one that hits with serenely devastating impact. If you are still human or at least a primate looking for a challenge, this will make you think: you won’t be able to help yourself…” - Now Read This
£13.49
SelfMadeHero FUN: Spies, Puzzle Solvers and a Century of
Book SynopsisIn December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, “Fun.” A century later, this absorbing puzzle continues to attract (and infuriate) millions of devotees every day. But the world’s most popular—and seemingly mundane—pastime has a surprising history, filled with intrigue and adventure. Paolo Bacilieri’s FUN transports us from turn-of-the-century New York to present-day Milan, taking in stories of ingenious puzzle makers, ardent solvers, and intellectual luminaries. Part detective story, part docudrama, and interlaced with a fiction of Bacilieri’s own imagining, FUN questions the crossword’s “harmless” status. Sure, it’s fun—but could it also be a form of resistance, of cryptic communication, of espionage?
£14.39
SelfMadeHero Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie
Book SynopsisZiggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he made the most significant transformation of his life: from “David” to Bowie. In 1969, shortly after the release of his first hit single, David and his girlfriend Angie move into Haddon Hall, a sprawling Victorian villa in the London suburbs. Part commune, part creative hub, the house becomes home to a community of musicians, hippies, and hangers-on. As egos clash and parties get out of hand, David keeps writing: “Changes,” “Kooks,” “Life on Mars”—songs that will propel him to global fame. Charting Bowie’s personal life, the development of his music, and the transformation of his image, Haddon Hall is an evocative portrait of a young artist presiding over a musical revolution.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East
Book SynopsisIn the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. cover the tumultuous period that began with Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama’s decision, in 2013, not to intervene in Syria. Taking in the First Gulf War, the rise of al-Qaeda, the military response to the September 11 attacks and the present conflict in Syria, Best of Enemies: Part Three is propelled by a clash between four US presidents and their Middle Eastern antagonists: on the one hand, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; on the other, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Bashar al-Assad. Covering thirty years of conflict and diplomacy, Best of Enemies: Part Three is a breezy and engaging guide to the events that shaped our current politics, from the rise of populism and the so-called Islamic State to the global refugee crisis.Trade Review"provide[s] an overview of a broad swath of conflict-ridden history, and I recommend it." -- GeekDad
£13.49
SelfMadeHero I Feel Machine: Stories by Shaun Tan, Tillie
Book SynopsisSince the turn of the century, technology has transformed the way we communicate and consume, how we work and fall in love and navigate the world. We are increasingly reliant on it—but few of us know anything about the science that is driving this technological change. Kurt Vonnegut famously said that to leave technology out of fiction is to misrepresent life. Here, six acclaimed graphic novelists present reports from the digital frontier. Exploring everything from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, I Feel Machine is by turns cautionary and celebratory, touching and terrifying. It challenges and confronts the digital world using the most technologically efficient machine ever invented: the book. Trade Review"In some ways aiming to be the Black Mirror of graphic anthologies, I Feel Machine features six cartoonists each exploring the intersection between humanity and technology" -- ComicsBeat“Satirical and frequently unsettling, this is as cautionary as it is entertaining.” -- Booklist
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Lip Hook
Book SynopsisSomewhere in the British Isles, at the end of a neglected road, there is a village called Lip Hook. For its inhabitants, the village is more than the end of the road—it’s the end of the world. Beyond it, there is nothing but mist-shrouded marshland. Few travelers take the road to Lip Hook, but one foggy night, a car speeds perilously toward the village. The driver is a dangerously beautiful woman, the passenger a man with a gunshot wound and a suitcase containing a treasure he has risked his life for. Cash-strapped but in need of a place to hide, the two fugitives seek shelter at the Hanged Man Inn, where the woman persuades the innkeeper to accept payment in kind. As days pass and the woman extends her services to more of Lip Hook's men, among them the village priest, a false faith grips the community—and reason, logic, and humanity begin to disappear.Trade Review"Lip Hook takes some of the best conventions of the British folk horror genre and uses them to perfect effect." -- ComicsBeat
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Cannabis: An American History
Book SynopsisIn 1518, during his violent colonial campaign, Cortés introduces hemp farming to Mexico. In secret, locals begin cultivating the plant for consumption. Cannabis makes its way to the United States by means of the immigrant labour force. Once the plant has been shared with black labourers in the USA, it doesn’t take long for American lawmakers to decry cannabis as the vice of "inferior races”. Enter an era of propaganda designed to whip up fear amongst the public. Dishonest and discriminatory campaigns, spearheaded by legislators and the press, spread vicious lies about a plant that has been used by humanity for thousands of years. The result: cannabis is given a schedule 1 classification, alongside heroin. In this entertaining and expertly crafted graphic novel, Box Brown offers a rich, persuasive and eye-opening guide to the complex and troubled history of weed in America.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Mozart in Paris
Book SynopsisIn 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leaves Salzburg for Paris. The French capital promises to liberate the 22-year-old from the suffocating grip of his father, and from a city that is unable to accommodate his genius. But there is no grand entrance for the former child prodigy. When Mozart arrives in Paris, he is cash-strapped, unknown and his French is poor. His mentor, the critic Baron von Grimm, introduces him to a number of Parisian nobles. But recognition is hard-won, and at times the French court appears indifferent to Mozart's talents and disapproving of his spontaneity. Tracing the composer’s six-month stay in the city of lights, Mozart in Paris dramatizes the confrontation between a sparkle-eyed genius and mundane reality. Frantz Duchazeau spotlights a frustrating yet formative period of the composer’s life — and in doing so creates a living, breathing portrait of a man whose music, as Einstein famously said, “was so pure that it seemed to have been ever-present in the universe, waiting to be discovered by the master.”
£13.49
SelfMadeHero The Dance of Death
Book SynopsisHans Holbein’s 16th-century masterpiece, The Dance of Death, reminds its readers that no one, no matter their rank or position, can escape the great leveller, Death. In a foreboding series of woodcuts, Death, depicted as a skeleton, intrudes on the lives of people from every level of society, from the sailor to the judge, the ploughman to the king. By highlighting our common fate, Holbein exposes the folly of greed and ambition, and in doing so brings a corrupt and callous elite crashing back down to earth. In this darkly satirical update, Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson sharpens and reshapes Holbein’s vision for the 21st century. Death seizes the City banker by his braces and offers a light to the oligarch; it joins the surgeon in theatre and the Hollywood star on the red carpet. Filled with wit and doom-laden drama, Martin Rowson’s The Dance of Death is a masterful reimagining of a book which, in its uncompromising treatment of the rich and powerful, paved the way for the great, levelling craft of political cartooning.
£9.49
