The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the Year. Animal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong. Now George Orwell's dark, timeless fable has been turned into a graphic novel for the very first time, illustrated…
'June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.' In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another…
Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblance, both tender and objective, of their fragile existence, capturing the mundane thrills and hourly tragedies of a waning adolescence, as he follows a tenuous narrative thread through the fragmented lives…
Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oedipus Complex have become a part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we know what they really mean? "Introducing Freud" successfully demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. Irreverent and witty but never trivial, the book tells the story of Freud's…
Wydanie w języku polskim. Małe, idylliczne miasteczko, w którym wszyscy znają się po imieniu. Każdego roku te imiona zapisywane są na kartkach i wkładane do drewnianego pudełka. Tylko jedno zostanie wylosowane, ale w tej loterii nikt nie chce być zwycięzcą... O tym miasteczku opowiada „Loteria”, którą w 1948 roku opublikował "The New Yorker". Tekst ten wywołał skandal, wielu czytelników magazynu…
Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of…
In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States he started writing and drawing Palestine, which combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of comic-book storytelling to explore this…
The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. This is a beautiful and intimate story full of tragedy…
"Bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award–winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create Pumpkinheads: a smart and swoony Rainbow Rowell romance in full colour graphic novel form, about two teens discovering what it means to leave behind a place – and a person – with no regrets. Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all…
Graficzna adaptacja jednej z najważniejszych powieści XX w., która przyniosła Orwellowi literacką nieśmiertelność. Londyn w powieści jest ponurym miastem w totalitarnym stanie Oceanii, gdzie Wielki Brat zawsze patrzy, a Policja Myśli praktycznie potrafi czytać w myślach. Winston Smith znalazł się w poważnym niebezpieczeństwie z tego prostego powodu, że jego pamięć wciąż funkcjonuje. Wciągnięty w zakazany romans, znajduje odwagę, by dołączyć…
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.…
The critically acclaimed Superman: Red Son now collected in a brand-new edition! In this vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, the ship carrying the infant who would grow up to become Superman lands in the midst of 1950s Soviet Union, where he is raised on a collective. As he becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, the world changes drastically…
Wydanie w języku polskim. Siedzą i godzinami klepią w klawiaturę? Z nosami w książkach i słownikach? Ha, tylko z pozoru! Życie tłumaczy to ciąg pasjonujących przygód i nadzwyczajnych doświadczeń, tyle że większość z nich dzieje się we wnętrzu ich głów. To pierwszy (może nawet na całym świecie, ale co do tego nie mamy pewności) komiks, który opowiada o tłumaczach i…
