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The walking dead : a continuing story of survival horror

Kirkman, Robert,


Includes extras not in the trade paperback edition. Originally published in single magazine form. "A continuing story of survival horror" -- Cover. Bk. 1. (The walking dead #1-12 ). Days gone bye ; Miles behind us -- bk. 2. (The walking dead #13-24). Safety behind bars ; The heart's desire -- bk. 3. (The walking dead #25-36). The best defense ; This sorrowful life -- bk. 4. (The walking dead #37-48). The calm before ; Made to suffer -- bk. 5. (The walking dead #49-60). Here we remain ; What we become -- bk. 6. (The walking dead #61-72). Fear the hunters ; Life among them -- bk. 7. (The walking dead #73-84). Too far gone ; No way out -- bk. 14. (The walking dead #157-168). The whisperer war ; A certain doom -- bk. 15. (The walking dead #169-180). Lines we cross ; New world order. Each volume is a hardcover collection of 12 issues of the story of police officer Rick Grimes and a few human survivors who battle hordes of decomposing zombies.
Date Published:2011

Includes extras not in the trade paperback edition. Originally published in single magazine form. "A continuing story of survival horror" -- Cover. Bk. 1. (The walking dead #1-12 ). Days gone bye ; Miles behind us -- bk. 2. (The walking dead #13-24). Safety behind bars ; The heart's desire -- bk. 3. (The walking dead #25-36). The best defense ; This sorrowful life -- bk. 4. (The walking dead #37-48). The calm before ; Made to suffer -- bk. 5. (The walking dead #49-60). Here we remain ; What we become -- bk. 6. (The walking dead #61-72). Fear the hunters ; Life among them -- bk. 7. (The walking dead #73-84). Too far gone ; No way out -- bk. 14. (The walking dead #157-168). The whisperer war ; A certain doom -- bk. 15. (The walking dead #169-180). Lines we cross ; New world order. Each volume is a hardcover collection of 12 issues of the story of police officer Rick Grimes and a few human survivors who battle hordes of decomposing zombies.

Date Published:2011

Death note

Ohba, Tsugumi,


Vol. 13. Death note : how to read is a guide to the Death Note manga series, containing information including complete character biographies, detailed story-line summaries, production notes, and behind-the-scenes commentaries.
Date Published:2006

Demon slayer : kimetsu no yaiba

Gotoge, Koyoharu, 1988-,


Translation of: Kimetsu no yaiba. First published in Japan in 2016 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Description based on volume 1. In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal until his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his family and turns his sister into another demon, forcing Tanjiro on a dangerous journey to destroy the demon and save his sister.
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Kimetsu no yaiba. First published in Japan in 2016 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Description based on volume 1. In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal until his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his family and turns his sister into another demon, forcing Tanjiro on a dangerous journey to destroy the demon and save his sister.

Date Published:2018

Heartstopper

Oseman, Alice,


Shy and softhearted Charlie sits next to rugby player Nick in class one morning. A friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer they come to understand the surprising and delightful ways in which love works. Adapted into a Netflix series in 2022.
Date Published:2020

Attack on Titan

Isayama, Hajime, 1986-,


Originally published in Japan by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. In the traditional manga format ; reads from right to left. For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming human-kind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about change everything.
Date Published:2012

Originally published in Japan by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. In the traditional manga format ; reads from right to left. For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming human-kind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about change everything.

Date Published:2012

The summer I turned pretty

Han, Jenny,


Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
Date Published:2010

Bone

Smith, Jeff, 1960 February 27-,


v. 1. Out from Boneville -- v. 2. The great cow race -- v. 3. Eyes of the storm -- v. 4. The dragonslayer -- v. 5. Rock Jaw, master of the eastern border -- v. 6. Old man's cave -- v. 7. Ghost circles -- v. 8. Treasure hunters -- v. 9. Crown of horns. Comic book saga of an unlikely hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil.
Date Published:2005

Frieren : beyond journey's end

Yamada, Kanehito,


Reads from right to left. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure...
Date Published:2022

Reads from right to left. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure...

Date Published:2022

Fullmetal alchemist

Arakawa, Hiromu, 1973-,


As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.
Date Published:2010

Black butler

Toboso, Yana, 1984-,


In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left.
Date Published:2010

Stardust crusaders

Araki, Hirohiko, 1960-,


The book is published "manga-style", in authentic Japanese right-to-left format. Translation from Japanese of: Jojo no kimyåona båoken. "Contains graphic violence and some mature themes" -- Colophon. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure tells the story of the Joestar family, a family whose various members discover they are destined to take down supernatural foes using unique powers that they possess.
Date Published:2018

The maze runner

Dashner, James, 1972-,


Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Date Published:2009

My hero academia

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-,


Pages read from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks" at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course!
Date Published:2014

The Scorch trials

Dashner, James, 1972-,


Sequel to: The maze runner. After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race.
Date Published:2010

The fault in our stars

Green, John, 1977-,


Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at a cancer support group forces her to re-examine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
Date Published:2012

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne,


The tributes -- The games -- The victor. A dystopian novel set in a In a future North America, where the oppressive Capitol forces each district to send two teenagers to compete in a televised fight to the death. When sixteen‑year‑old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her younger sister, she must survive the brutal arena using her resourcefulness and hunting skills while being constantly watched by the public. As she navigates danger, alliances, and the Capitol’s manipulation, Katniss’s actions begin to challenge the system’s control, highlighting themes of survival, inequality, and rebellion.
Date Published:2008

The tributes -- The games -- The victor. A dystopian novel set in a In a future North America, where the oppressive Capitol forces each district to send two teenagers to compete in a televised fight to the death. When sixteen‑year‑old Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her younger sister, she must survive the brutal arena using her resourcefulness and hunting skills while being constantly watched by the public. As she navigates danger, alliances, and the Capitol’s manipulation, Katniss’s actions begin to challenge the system’s control, highlighting themes of survival, inequality, and rebellion.

Date Published:2008

Prisoner B-3087

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
Date Published:2013

Code of honor

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
Date Published:2015

Black Panther. A nation under our feet /

Lee, Stan, 1922-2018,


"Black Panther created by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby."
Date Published:2016

Refugee

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Date Published:2017