NYT - Hardcover Graphic Books

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#1 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully...

2) A Texan's promise

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Gray, Shelley Shepard

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#3 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 239 week(s).

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When Clayton Proffitt, foreman of the Circle Z Ranch in Texas, discovers Vanessa Grant is the victim of her stepfather's advances, Clayton knows he must spirit her away to safety, and as they make their way west, a deep bond develops between them.

3) White chrysanthemum

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Bracht, Mary Lynn

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#4 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 12 week(s).

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Korea, 1943, under Japanese occupation: As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, Hana enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day she saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a 'comfort woman' in a Japanese military brothel. South Korea, 2011: Emi has spent more than sixty years trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made....

4) Alamo all-stars

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Hale, Nathan

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#6 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. It has been on the list for 32 week(s).

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Shares the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican government and features the exploits of historical legends, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett. "Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But what, exactly. should we remember? Who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died,...

5) 1002 fascinating facts and figures

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6) The one hundred nights of hero: a graphic novel

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Greenberg, Isabel

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#9 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another epic tale of derring-do. Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see love prevail in the face of terrible adversity! You will read of betrayal, loyalty, madness, bad husbands, lovers both faithful and unfaithful, wise old crones, moons who come out of the sky, musical instruments that won't stay quiet, friends and brothers and fathers and...