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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger...
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Series
Great Pacific volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"When fugitive oil heir Chas Worthington settles the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plants a flag, and declares it his own sovereign nation, the reality of the environmental catastrophe is only the beginning of his odyssey. From acclaimed writer Joe Harris (Ghost Projekt, Spontaneous) and artist Martin Morazzo (Absolute Magnitude) comes a sprawling adventure across earth's newest, strangest frontier!"
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona. Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely...
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Pub. Date
2010
Description
Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, language, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Rome. Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, weapons, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece. Questions and answers about the desert and animals and humans who live there. Question and answer format provides scientific information on volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters. Questions and answers...
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