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88664) I never did like politics: how Fiorello La Guardia became America's mayor, and why he still matters
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians--a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times....Fiorello La Guardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians--on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance?"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018, ©2017.
Edition
PB.
Language
English
Description
In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power-including the shogun's seat! In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men,...
88677) Mao: 13
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Sunday edition.
Language
English
Description
"One of our friends confesses to setting the Goko clan treasure house on fire centuries ago. But why did they do it? Then, Mao has a revelation about Byoki the cat demon, the gang takes on a corrupt polluting industrialist, and Mei, the guardian of the Garden of Longevity, reveals new facets to her personality. Plus, a mysterious water wielder appears--whose side is he on?"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
The last half of Japan's Showa era, on which this volume concentrates, was as different from the first half as day is from night. It was an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, despite being rife with internal contradictions. Because it is recent history, it is less analysed, messier, and harder to summarise, yet Mizuki is more than up to the challenge. At the end of this series, we see Shigeru Mizuki coming to terms, not only with his own history,...
88679) A bag of marbles
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1941, ten-year-old Joseph Joffo and his older brother, Maurice, must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.
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