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  Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma:...

  Melanie Lee

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  For 12-year-old Ash, change seems an inevitable, and sometimes unpleasant, constant. Her superpowers come and go, rumours are spreading about Team ASH’s missions, and Ah Ma’s worsening dementia affects her memory and behaviour. Thankfully, the Good Ol’ Days daycare centre in their neighbourhood offers seniors a safe environment and fun activities to keep them engaged on weekdays. 
   
  But when its future is suddenly threatened by a mysterious, rich couple with plans to turn it into a luxury spa retreat, Team ASH must quickly intervene to save Good Ol’ Days. As they reunite in the final instalment of this heartwarming trilogy for what may be their final — and most high-stakes — mission yet, they learn that change may not be easy, but that care and community can make the journey a little less lonely.

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  Shockwave

  Michael Mathiesen

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  Life on planet Earth is in danger on all fronts, much of it is self-inflicted.  If we don't all become enlightened in some magical, mystical and majestic way, we could be in the final phase of the end of everything.  However, we have one very subtle and as yet unknown quality that no one has ever dreamed possible and it's about to be announced for everyone to know and cherish. It will be our redeeming quality. First we will have move the planets around in their orbits and make one of them a second sun, but after that, we're golden. Not too much to ask when you know about how Time flies about the universe in waves.  This story is a ride on the Time waves of our lives, hitting the planet now and everyone needs to get on board.  
  In Shockwave, time is no longer a passive backdrop—it’s a volatile force sending invisible shockwaves more and more frequently towards our planet. They may even be part of our Evolution. Sam Harper, an amateur scientist and science fiction author notices that his life has a dual pathway, one with his first and favorite wife and another with his most antithetical wife. The two pathways criss-cross to demonstrate the way that the multiverse works. There are several important and totally unique accomplishments that humanity will make in the next few hundred years. One of them is so important, so huge, so unique in the universe it reaches the attention of God who speaks to us through one of the Artificially Intelligent chatbots who rules over the entire planet. The way that the future unfolds for us and the way that the universe responds to the events in this unique story is the biggest shockwave of all and will remain in your consciousness for the rest of your life because it is the greatest truth ever known.

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  Kakaki The Medicine Woman

  Anónimo

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  Kakaki, The Medicine Woman is a haunting exploration of gender empowerment across native cultures and archetypes in 19th century Canada.

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  Frida Kahlo - An Illustrated Life

  María Hesse

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  “A vibrantly illustrated biography of Kahlo . . . [Hesse’s] drawings and graphics [flow] seamlessly with the narration.” —Houston Chronicle 
   
  One of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is renowned for both her paintings and her personal story, which were equally filled with pain and anguish, celebration and life. Thousands of words, including her own, have been written about Kahlo, but only one previous biography has recorded her fascinating, difficult life. Frida Kahlo by María Hesse offers a highly unique way of getting to know the artist by presenting her life in graphic novel form, with striking illustrations that reimagine many of Kahlo’s famous paintings. 
   
  Originally published in Spanish in 2016, Frida Kahlo has already found an enthusiastic audience in the Spanish-speaking world, with some 20,000 copies sold in just a few months. This translation introduces English-language readers to Kahlo’s life, from her childhood and the traumatic accident that would change her life and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right. María Hesse tells the story in a first-person narrative, which captures both the depths of Frida’s suffering and her passion for art and life. 
   
  “Despite the often light mood of the artwork, the book never shies from weighty consideration of the physical pain and personal loss that gave way—in fleeting but significant moments—to Kahlo’s artistic triumph.” —Publishers Weekly

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  The Effluent Society

  Norman Thelwell

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  Artist Norman Thelwell is best known for his cartoons depicting plump, petulant ponies and their young riders, but The Effluent Society shows another aspect of his work and character. Thelwell was passionate about the countryside and nature. During his life he became increasingly concerned about the impact of development, pollution and society's treatment of the environment. When The Effluent Society was first published in 1971, his concerns were way ahead of their time. Today, environmental and conservation issues are in the mainstream and have become a global priority.
  
  Although the cartoons focus on a serious topic there is no mistaking Thelwell's inimitable style. He used his talent and humour to convey a powerful message: the need to protect the environment. He also takes a wry look at modern life and so-called progress. Thelwell admitted that out of all his books, The Effluent Society was the one that gave him the greatest 'personal satisfaction' and, as such, the re-issue of this title is a fitting tribute to the artist.

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  Comic Book Punks - How a...

  Karl Stock

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  The influence of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond, but the journey comics took from little-regarded kids' magazines to literary prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic book fans and creators in the early 'seventies to be a global cultural pivot-point, but this was the start of a disparate movement of punks, dropouts, and disaffected youths who reinvented a medium and became the imaginative heart of a global success story. 
   
   
   
  Based on years of interviews with a generation of leading writers, artists, and editors, Karl Stock reveals the true story of the wild times, passion, and determination that helped, hindered, and saw the reinvention of comics. 
   
   
   
  Stock brilliantly tells the story of the triumphs and disasters that rewrote the rulebook on what comics could be and who they should be for.

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