HARDCOVER:
1. THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY, by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson
2. BATMAN, VOL. 3, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
3. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 6, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
4. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
5. FAIREST: IN ALL THE LAND, by Bill Willingham and Others
SPOTLIGHT:
HAWKEYE, VOL. 1,
Matt Fraction and David Aja
The breakout star of this summer's blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice! With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes! SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world. You won't believe what is on The Tape! What is the Vagabond Code? Matt Fraction pens a Hawkeye thriller that spans the globe...and the darkest parts of Hawkeye's mind. Barton and Bishop mean double the Hawkeye and double the trouble...and stealing from the rich never looked so good.
COLLECTING: Hawkeye 1-5, Young Avengers Presents 6
PAPERBACK:
1. THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1, by Robert Kirkman and Others
2. THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2. by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
3. BATMAN, VOL. 1, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
4. THE COMPLETE CALVIN AND HOBBES, by Bill Watterson
5. THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 19, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
SPOTLIGHT:
BOXERS
Gene Luen Yang
China, 1898. Bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants.
Little Bao has had enough. Harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers - commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from "foreign devils."
Against all odds, this grass-roots rebellion is violently successful. But nothing is simple. Little Bao is fighting for the glory of China, but at what cost? So many are dying, including thousands of "secondary devils" - Chinese citizens who have converted to Christianity.
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Boxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel in two volumes - the parallel stories of two young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his clear-eyed storytelling and trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion and lays bare the foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.
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Discover the other side of the Boxer Rebellion in Saints - the companion volume to Boxers.
MANGA:
1. ONE PIECE, VOL. 69, by Eiichiro Oda
2. ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1, by Hajime Isayama
3. ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 9, by Hajime Isayama
4. ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 2, by Hajime Isayama
5. DEMON LOVE SPELL, VOL. 5, by Mayu Shinjo
SPOTLIGHT:
DEMON LOVE SPELL, VOL. 5
Mayu Shinjo
A supernatural romance by the creator of Ai Ore! and Sensual Phrase
Miko is a shrine maiden who has never had much success at seeing or banishing spirits. Then she meets Kagura, a sexy demon who feeds off women’s feelings of passion and love. Kagura’s insatiable appetite has left many girls at school brokenhearted, so Miko casts a spell to seal his powers. Surprisingly the spell works—sort of—but now Kagura is after her!
Shrine maiden Miko has sealed the powers of the sexy incubus Kagura, who has vowed to protect her. Kagura and Miko ask her father for permission to move out of the shrine and live together on their own. Surprisingly Miko’s father readily agrees, but just what has this powerful priest done to Kagura?
Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen plus audiences.
DISCLAIMER: All blurbs come from Goodreads.com, all list come from NYTimes.com.
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