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Asserting that Coetzee’s representation of the body as subject to dismemberment counters the colonial representation of the other’s body as exotic and erotically-charged, this study inspects the ambivalence pertaining to Coetzee’s embodied representation of the other and reveals the risks that come with such contrapuntal reiteration. Through the study of the narrative identity of the colonial other and her/his body’s representation, the book also unveils the author’s own authorial identity expos...

From American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang: an innovative look at China's Boxer Rebellion told from two points of view, in two companion volumes. China, 1898. An unwanted fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn't even given a proper name by her family. She finds friendship - and a name, Vibiana - in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. The Boxer Rebellion is murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. Torn between her nation and her Christ...

Fighting on a secret front of World War II Paul and Marie's bucolic French country town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII, but the siblings still live in the shadow of war. Their father is a Prisoner of War, kept hostage by the Germans. When their friend Henri's parents disappear and Henri goes into hiding because of his Jewish ancestry, Paul and Marie realize they must take a stand. But how can they convince the French Resistance that even children can help in their fight against injus...

During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a match was set up between Dynamo Kiev's players, playing as FC Start, and a German side. Kiev won. And when the Germans fielded a better side, Kiev beat them too. And again, and again. Until the half-starved FC Start players faced an international-calibre German side, under the threat of execution if they didn't let the occupiers win... An astonishing true story. Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired encourages and s...

Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this summer, no one arrives to take them home.Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they've been abandoned - cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean. How will they survive?'Brilliant, beautiful...as unpredictable as the sea itself' Philip Reeve, author of The Mortal Engines'This is the best book I've read this year. Extraordi...

Flame starts the idea of a kid named E.J. He is known as the main character, an extraordinary kid that has the ability to use melanin as a power. He encounters obstacles beyond measure by his enemies that want to destroy him. But later on he learns to master his melanted powers to not only combat his enemies but to save the entire universe. 

Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled ride as Asanda and Atem goes through their arduous journeys. From the moment their paths intertwine. They are confronted with relentless adversaries and formidable challenges that test their skills. With each trial, their courage strengthens. But will their willpower be enough to triumph over the forces that seek to plunge their adventure into oblivion? Volume 02 is a thrilling continuation of the Muntu Warriors saga. Filled with jaw-dropping battles, unexpected...

Truly tired with the way of his normal life, Andika is determined to seek and search for a greater call to adventure. Andika, Neosantara Saga is a story that brings us to the mystical alternate realm of neosantara. This is a new and bold interpretation of the Malay Archipelago that has never been told.

The thrilling continuation of the YALSA award-winningcomic by Brandon Dayton. In a mythical Russia, a mysterious young boy israised by an order of monks. As he grows to manhood, bizarre dreams and the callof destiny disturb the ideals of brotherhood and peace that define his idyllichome.

Red is one of hundreds of people who were shanghaied outof Portland in the late 1800s. Drugged, kidnapped and sold to a ship’scaptain for $50, she wakes up on a boat headed out to sea for years, unable toescape or even reveal who she truly is. Now she’s coming back in a boatcovered in blood to find her family and track down the men responsible forstealing her life out from underher. Eisner-nominated writer CHRISTOPHER SEBELA(HIGH CRIMES, HEARTTHROB, WE(L)COME BACK), JOSHUA HIXSON (THE BLACK WOO...

Pirate queen Anne Bonny is back with her crew of ladybuccaneers after a harrowing escape from a Caribbean prison! But can they find asafe haven on land or sea after Calico Jack Rackham’s betrayal and thegovernor’s promise to hunt down and execute Anne? The second volume of AMAN AMONG YE hits the high seas thanks to writer Stephanie Phillips (HarleyQuinn) and artist Josh George (2000AD Future Shock, Grimm Tales ofTerror). COLLECTS AMAN AMONG YE #5-8

Harvey Award winner for Best Children or Young Adult Book! The year is 1946. Teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee just moved with their parents from Chinatown to the centre of Metropolis, home to the famous hero, Superman. Tommy makes friends quickly, while Roberta pines for home. Then one night, the family awakens to find their house surrounded by the Klan of the Fiery Kross! Superman leaps into action, but his exposure to a mysterious green rock has left him weak. Can Roberta and Tommy help him sma...

'There is no such thing as absolute right or absolute wrong in this world.' Though he spends much of his time dealing with ghosts and grudges, even exorcist Baek-On sometimes forgets the chasm that divides the world of humans from that of the spirits. Their ways of thinking and understanding are not the ways of men. Misunderstanding the motives of a well-meaning spirit, Baek-On questions the justice of his actions against beings so different than he...

Ahora también una gran producción cinematográfica titulada Alas blancas, coprotagonizada por Helen Mirren y Gillian Anderson. Libro ganador del Premio Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner 2020. En esta historia la abuela de Julian le cuenta cómo ella, Sara, fue acogida por una familia en un pueblo francés ocupado por los nazis durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Le explica cómo fue perseguida por ser judía y cómo el niño al que todos rechazaban se convirtió en su salvador y mejor amigo....

The final installment in Carla Jablonski's Sydney Taylor Honor-winning Resistance trilogy. World War II thunders to a conclusion in this third and final installment of Jablonski and Purvis' critically-acclaimed historical trilogy. As the Allied Forces move to retake France from its Nazi invaders, siblings Sophie, Paul, and Marie Tessier must risk their lives once more and journey into the belly of the beast: Paris. They are on a mission to deliver top-secret intel for the Resistance movement ....

A specter is haunting the Atlantic! After growing up together on the luxurious SS Lark, Neeta Pandey and Emery Botwright are ready to start their lives. Emery wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and sail the Lark forever, while Neeta yearns to travel the world. But neither will have any future at all if the Lark’s new owner, Mr. Honeycutt, has his way.   Mr. Honeycutt . . . The first-class passengers adore him, while he makes the ship a nightmare for the crew. Twisted by unnatural appe...

True to his word, Mayor Harper has brought in a Marshall to get rid of 'Lonesome', thrown in jail by a repentant sheriff. But it takes more than that to stop the lone rider in his quest for revenge, and he is soon back on the trail of Markham, the mad preacher. When a band of Ruffians - pro-slavery vigilantes and sworn enemies of Markham - intercept our hero, an unexpected encounter will provide him with an opportunity to learn more about the mysterious figures pulling all the strings... Ages 12...

"When a mysterious young woman takes refuge within Silex's Edinburgh church, it brings supernatural trouble for the gargoyle and his assistant, Craig"--

Both volumes of the WWII aerial combat classic now in one complete deluxe size hardcover edition! A WAR IS A DIFFICULT THING TO KILL The Second World War is almost over, but no one seems to have told the Germans – as Royal Air Force pilot Jamie McKenzie finds out when he’s assigned to deadly shipping strikes along the enemy coast. Flying the Mosquito fighter-bomber against heavily armed targets is dangerous enough at the best of times, but after incurring the wrath of his vengeful command...

From fake psychic to true believer, circus performerAnna finds herself dealing with the supernatural more and more, and isdetermined to use her growing powers to confront her sister's murderer. Has shefinally figured out whodunit, and can she prove it before a demon does herin?

Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself 'stuck' back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She witnesses the lives of Japanese-Americans wh...