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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 Flying McCoys - Comics for a...

  Glenn McCoy

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  This zany strip enters the comic-collection scene with circus-like zeal. All that's missing is a parade of elephants and a clown-car escort.Gary and Glenn McCoy's delightfully absurd comic panel blends superheroes, office humor, huggable animals, and twisted relationships in a bizarre marriage of Gary Larson, the New Yorker, Conan O'Brien, and Mad Magazine. Put succinctly, the brothers McCoy present "comics for a bold new world." Creating a world where greeting cards heal hospital patients, police officers pull over children driving bumper cars, babies use the patch to quell the pacifier habit, and nudists find out what constitutes a streaker in their colony, the St. Louis area natives alternate writing and drawing duties for the daily panel.The brothers each have been nominated for multiple National Cartoonists Society awards, and Glenn has won in three categories. Gary McCoy's past as a comedian (he won HBO's Stand-Up Stand-Off contest for the St. Louis area in 1995) also shines through in the strip's offbeat humor.Their impressive freelance client list reads like a who's who in cartooning: Disney, DreamWorks, and Hyperion, to name just a few.

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  The Unnamable

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  Equal parts Lovecraftian horror story and defense of Lovecraft's own writing style and penchant for unutterable, unnamable, unthinkable monstrosities, this story tells the tale of a young writer attempting to convince his skeptical friend that there might actually be things in the world that are unnamable.

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  The Shadow of a Man

  E.W. Hornung

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  Set in rural Australia, E. W. Hornung's mystery novel The Shadow of a Man follows a pair of newlyweds who are determined to make their improbable union work, no matter the odds. But little do they know exactly how high the odds are stacked against them—and the lengths that some will go to sabotage their love. Will the pair be able to overcome the obstacles in their way and live happily ever after?

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  The Good the Bad & the Gassy

  Annie Auerbach

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  Brothers Stinky and Stan Grosse embark on extraordinary -- although smelly -- adventures! From the dense jungle of the boys' imagination where they stumble upon a lost temple, (in their backyard) to a class trip to a science museum, you'll just have to follow your nose to find out where the boys will end up next...

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  Collins – Super Scientists: For...

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  Three real life stories of six incredible scientists whose discoveries changed the way we look at our world. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move!  
  Introduce your children to three inspirational scientists from history, and find out their life stories, with three fascinating non-fiction biographies. 
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  · Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace 
  · Copernicus, Galileo and Newton 
  · Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter 
  Copyright: Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace © 2014 Anna Claybourne, Copernicus, Galileo and Newton © HarperCollinsPublishers Limited 2014, Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter © Anna Claybourne 2017

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