In our latest paperback volume, welcome a new character to the cast of Peanuts - Olaf! Snoopy''s brother Olaf comes to visit, and, humiliatingly, winds up winning the ''Ugly Dog'' contest. In other news, Peppermint Patty is stuck in dreaded summer... Zobraziť viac
Marcia is a nurse in a hospital near Rio and lives in a favela with her boyfriend, Aluisio, and her daughter, Jaqueline, whom she had very young with another man. Jaqueline, a troubled young adult, makes life difficult for her mother and Aluisio... Zobraziť viac
Two high school students are found dead, stoking fears amongst the student body and surrounding community of a serial killer on the loose. Yet summer is approaching, and the future is fraught with uncertainty - if only things could go back to normal... Zobraziť viac
A dinner date devolves into a Dadaist farce. Death decides his victim s fate over a high-stakes game of chess. Kafka is ensnared in a con-founding bureaucracy of his own imagination. Spock beams down to 1920s Paris to live a double life as an avant-... Zobraziť viac
Written in 1910 in his 70th year, Mark Twain, having lived through 14 wars waged just by his own country on others, declined to publish this poetic despairing reproof against patriotism. His regular illustrator Daniel Beard even urged Twain to issue... Zobraziť viac
The ''Once Party'' menu, for ages 11 and up, can only be ordered once (of course). But there''s a catch: not everyone who does gets the special prize. Those who do, go to a room where they can view five minutes of one of three moments in their future.... Zobraziť viac
Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropomorphized owl. They hang out a lot with Werewolf Jones. This may sound like a pure stoner comedy, but it transcends the genre: these characters struggle... Zobraziť viac
At 40, cartoonist Paco Roca has finally achieved his childhood dream - to spend all day at home in his pyjamas! However, his blissful, loungewear-clad reverie is beset with a host of mundane problems: He dreads small talk with ''the world''s biggest... Zobraziť viac
Alex and Carole, friends since childhood, are now (literal) partners in crime. But the heist - to steal the Ingres painting The Grande Odalisque from the Louvre in Paris - is too much for the duo to handle, so they bring in Clarence, a bureaucrat''s... Zobraziť viac
''The collapsing bodies look like marionettes. The clouds of dust captured by drones have a surreal beauty. The crumpling buildings look like houses of cards. Even so, it''s upsetting, panic-inducing. How can you not think about the human lives, just... Zobraziť viac
Master cartoonist Mikael Ross (The Thud) tells the story of Beethoven''s years leading up to Beethoven''s first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. The Beethoven family lived a difficult life in Bonn. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the... Zobraziť viac
In this latest volume of Peanuts, romance is in the air: Charlie Brown''s flirtatious winking in class sends him to the school nurse, Linus''s attempts to woo ''Lydia'' of the many names are met with mockery - and Peppermint Patty and Marcie''s fierce... Zobraziť viac
Buenos Aires, 2001. When Vilma passes away, few friends and relatives care to attend her funeral. This conspicuous absence sparks the curiosity of her 19-year-old granddaughter, Rocio, who moves into the house her grandmother has left her. In this home... Zobraziť viac
Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out his tires. He knocks on the door of the only house he sees and is greeted by an uncomfortably friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his attractive... Zobraziť viac
Our protagonist comes from a broken home. Quite literally. Freak accidents at the steelworks where his parents work have left his mom snapped and his dad flattened. One day, he mistakenly swallows a glob of molten metal giving himself the strange power... Zobraziť viac
In the not-so-distant future, twenty-something Betty lives in a fascistic society that menacingly polices mental health. When she is caught crying in public, the Peacekeepers take her to an Orwellian health facility to control her emotions. There, she... Zobraziť viac
Barbara has big goals. As the fiery captain of her U19 soccer team, the Rosigny Roses, she''s determined to win a championship before graduating high school and leaving the grungy Parisian suburbs in the dust. So when her club threatens to divert their... Zobraziť viac
A collection of insightful interviews with the creator of the most popular comic strip of all time... Zobraziť viac
Somewhere in northern Europe, a five-star spa and conference hotel caters to anyone who can afford it. But, at every turn, where luxuriance should reign, things are amiss. A demanding VIP client disappears without a trace. A business seminar is cut... Zobraziť viac
The characters are imbued with far more pathos and depth than seems plausible given the stock comic premise ― drugged-out, slacker roommates. One More Year continues to give substance to the characters and personalities of its protagonists in ways that... Zobraziť viac
