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(P/B) HEART OF DARKNESS
"The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires" In this deeply atmospheric rendering of Conrad's classic,we join colonial trader Marlow as he recounts his journey into the heart of Africa. Artist Anyango uses intricate pencil drawings that disintegrate to abstraction as Marlow travels further towards the dying Kurtz and the heart of darkness... Interspersed with excerpts from Conrad's The Congo Diary, Mairowitz and Anyango create a powerful vision of Conrad's finest and most enduring novella. Famously, it was Conrad's ...
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(P/B) MACBETH
"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!" In this exciting manga version of Shakespeare's tale of murder and the supernatural, Samurai warriors have reclaimed a future post-nuclear world of mutants.Three witches plant the seed of criminal ambition in the warlord Macbeth. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) BUNUEL
Bunuel: In the Labyrinth of the Turtles depicts a decisive moment in the life of the great Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel: the moment when he doubted surrealism and contemplated embracing a more social type of cinema. At this crucial turning point in his career, he wanted to change the world by showing the hidden heart of reality. Bunuel was deeply affected by the harshness of Las Hurdes and the extreme misery of the people who lived in this remote region, so with his friend, the movie producer Ramon Acin, he began work on the pseudo-docum...
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(P/B) DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
"I realised I was leading a double life..." Robert Louis Stevenson liked to tell the story of how The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) came to him one night in a dream, while staying, for the sake of his health, in the provincial English seaside town of Bournemouth. He wrote the first draft in three days - then burned it when his wife suggested some changes. The second version was finished by the end of the week, and has scarcely been out of print since. The 'double life' that the book's hero (the respectable doctor Henry Jek...
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(P/B) SOPHIE'S WORLD: A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY ( VOLUME 1)
One day, Sophie receives a cryptic letter posing an intriguing question: "Who are you?" A second message soon follows: "Where does the world come from?" It is the beginning of an unusual correspondence between our curious young heroine and her mysterious penpal. As the questions begin to pile up, Sophie is propelled headlong into a startling adventure through the history of Western philosophy. Her search for answers will see her explore each of the major schools of thought, as she tries to uncover the true nature of the letters, her secret...
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(H/B) THE (TRUE!) HISTORY OF ART
This small book contains big revelations. It unveils the mysteries behind the world's great paintings. Or it might not. The (True!) History of Art takes an outrageously speculative look at the stories behind the works of Monet, Rembrandt, and other masters of art. In a series of hilarious parodies, Sylvain Coissard and Alexis Lemoine answer the nagging questions of art history: what caused Munch's subject to scream? Why is Van Gogh's Yellow Bedroom so suspiciously tidy? Why is Cezanne wearing a bandage in his famous self-portrait? The (Tru...
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(P/B) FRINK AND FREUD
In 1909, while on a fundraising lecture tour in America, Sigmund Freud met Horace Frink, an early disciple of his theories of psychoanalysis, whose traumatic childhood and complicated personal life came to cast a dark shadow over Freud's professional career. Inspired by this little-known and tragic true story, artist Lionel Richerand and philosopher Pierre Peju have woven a spellbinding and thought-provoking fable of two divorces, three deaths, and a menage a quatre. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) BLOSSOMS IN AUTUMN
Ulysses is a 59-year-old widower who, since retiring, has been in the grip of loneliness. The former removals man is without direction or purpose. He can't even find solace in the company of his children: his daughter is dead, his son consumed by work. 62-year-old Mrs Solenza is a former model. Once a magazine cover star, she now runs the family business: a cheese shop owned by her late mother. She, too, is alone. Two lives drift sadly by, inching ever closer to old age. Until, one day, they collide - and an emotional earthquake happens. ...
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(P/B) GUANTANAMO KID
Saudi Arabia offers few prospects for the bright young Mohammed El-Gharani. With roots in Chad, Mohammed is treated like a second-class citizen. His access to healthcare and education are restricted; nor can he make the most of his entrepreneurial spirit. At the age of 14, having scraped together some money as a street trader, Mohammed seizes an opportunity to study in Pakistan. One Friday in Karachi, Mohammed is detained during a raid on his local mosque. After being beaten and interrogated, he is sold to the American government by Pakist...
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(H/B) THE DANCE OF DEATH
Hans 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,...
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(P/B) THOREAU AND ME
Cedric, a forty-something painter living in Paris, has begun to question his life choices. Surrounded by uncertainty - and worse, despair - in the face of mass consumerism and climate change, he discusses his plight with the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, proto-environmentalist and author of Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Although almost two centuries separate the men, their viewpoints show the striking parallels between the commercialism of the 19th century and the capitalist alienation of today. Inspired by Thoreau's return to nature, Ce...
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(P/B) CANNABIS
In the 16th century, during his violent colonial campaign, Cort?s introduced hemp farming to Mexico. In secret, locals began cultivating the plant for consumption. Cannabis made its way to the United States by means of the immigrant labour force. Once the plant had been shared with black labourers, it didn'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 among the public. Dishonest and discriminatory campaigns, spearheaded by legislators and the press,...
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(P/B) MEMOIRS OF A BOOK THIEF
Daniel Brodin - bibliophile, book thief, self-proclaimed poet - enters the heated atmosphere of the Caf? Serbier, home of the Parisian literati. A poetry night is taking place and, when one luminary suggests giving the floor to an unknown, Daniel impulsively puts himself forward. Under pressure, he recites not one of his own surrealist poems but an obscure piece of Italian verse he's certain no one will know. It's plagiarism - but it's a triumph. At last, success. Daniel's recital marks his entrance into the Parisian avant-garde: a band of...
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(P/B) THE BOOK OF FORKS
he Motherless Oven and The Can Opener's Daughter may have raised more questions than they answered, but The Book of Forks explains everything. Castro Smith finds himself imprisoned within the mysterious Power Station, writing his Book of Forks while navigating baffling daily meetings with Poly, a troubled young woman who may be his teacher, his doctor, his prison guard... or something else entirely. Meanwhile, back home, Vera and Scarper's search for their missing friend takes them through the chaotic warzone of the Bear Park and into new ...
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(P/B) I FEEL MACHINE
Stories by Krent Able, Box Brown, Julian Hanshaw, Erik Svetoft, Shaun Tan & Tillie Walden. Technology advances at break-neck speed. It transforms the way we communicate and consume, how we work and fall in love and navigate the world. Edited by Julian Hanshaw and Krent Able, I Feel Machine explores the strange interplay between humanity and technology. Six visionary short fictions, by turns cautionary and celebratory, offer an electrifying glimpse into our collective future. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) I FEEL LOVE
Stories by Krent Able, Anya Davidson, Julian Hanshaw, Benjamin Marra, Cat Sims and Kelsey Wroten. Love makes the world go round. It can also turn your heart as black as coal. In a series of short fictions, Krent Able, Anya Davidson, Julian Hanshaw, Benjamin Marra, Cat Sims and Kelsey Wroten explore love's dark, twisted underbelly, and offer a much-needed antidote to everything that is sweet, cloying and conventional. Through wife-swapping, slash fiction, medieval aliens, childbirth, swamp monsters and a mysterious black balloon, I Feel Lo...
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(P/B) ART MASTERS
The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) would come to define the vibrant New York art scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Punk, jazz, graffiti, hip-hop: his work drew heavily on the cultural trappings of lower Manhattan, to which he fled-from Brooklyn-at the age of 15. This stunning graphic novel captures the dramatic life and exhilarating times of this archetypal New York artist, covering everything from the SAMO graffiti project to his first solo show, from his relationship with Andy Warhol to the substance ...
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(P/B) MAGRITTE
Giddied by the prospect of promotion, Charles Singulier makes the whimsical decision to buy a bowler hat. It is a satisfying purchase, but there's a problem: this particular hat once belonged to the Surrealist painter Ren? Magritte, and by donning it Charles has unwittingly entered the artist's unbridled, off-kilter world. The choice is clear: uncover the secrets of Magritte's life and work - or be doomed to wear the hat forever. Charles embarks on an exploration of Magritte's imaginative landscape, examining the ideas and penetrating the ...
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(P/B) STRAYS
A young man fleeing a disaster comes to live in the city with his sister, making ends meet by taking a job as a delivery man... only to encounter a flood of old friends and acquaintances on his daily route. At first elated by the company of these waifs and strays, he finds that their desperation for work begins to trouble his conscience - but what happens when you can't help everyone? In his distinctively detailed graphic style, Chris W. Kim presents an elusively disquieting parable of modern isolation, and of the ties that bind - or fail ...
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(P/B) THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
Victor Hugo's scathing indictment of the injustice and inequality within Britain's political system tells a story of abduction, mutilation, loss and prejudice. The narrative follows Gwynplaine, the two-year-old heir to a rebel lord, who is abducted upon the orders of a vindictive monarch, who has him mutilated (to produce a permanent, grisly smile), then abandoned. After years of living frugally he is re-introduced to the aristocratic life, and resolves to become the voice of the voiceless, whether he is heard or not. (From the publisher) ...
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