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  • All of the Marvels

    A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

    by Douglas Wolk ...
    **Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related BookA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceThe first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics’ interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the “epic of epics”—and to the past sixty years of American culture—from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale** ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Reading Comics

    How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

    by Douglas Wolk ...
    Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim to Chris Ware -- and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • James Brown's Live at the Apollo

    by Douglas Wolk ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    In this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem – an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together what took place (and what was recorded) that night, and illustrates beautifully the enduring power of one of James Brown's – and popular music's – defining moments: Live at the Apollo. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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    All of the Marvels

    A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told

    by Douglas Wolk ...
    Narrated by Douglas Wolk ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 27 min

    **Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related BookA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceThe first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics’ interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the “epic of epics”—and to the past sixty years of American culture—from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale** ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Marvel The Color of Marvel

    More than 60 Years of Iconic Comics Art

    by Marvel Entertainment ...
    Series series Marvel
    A beautifully curated visual journey through Marvel Comics, this gorgeous book explores the essential role of color in graphic storytelling, from subtle mood shifts to bold, iconic moments.Experience Marvel’s dynamic storytelling in an eye-opening spectrum of color with this gallery of comics covers, pages, and panels. Featuring more than 300 images from across Marvel Comics’ history, this book ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Astonishing X-Men

    Gifted

    by Peter David ...
    Narrated by Richard Rohan, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 17 min

    Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the team with the express purpose of astonishing the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the mutant cure reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally—and some unexpected adversaries ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

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  • DC Encyclopedia New Edition

    by Scott Beatty, Dan Brooks ...
    The official and definitive guide to the dynamic and engrossing characters of the DC multiverse – now updated with more than 1,000 entries.Written by DC experts, the fifth and latest edition of the comprehensive DC Encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 Super Heroes and Super-Villains, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, The Joker, and Harley Quinn.The most captivating and complete DC ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    In Hitler's Munich

    Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism

    by Michael Brenner ...
    Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 23 min

    In the aftermath of Germany's defeat in World War I and the failed November Revolution of 1918–19, the conservative government of Bavaria identified Jews with left-wing radicalism. Munich became a hotbed of right-wing extremism, with synagogues under attack and Jews physically assaulted in the streets. It was here that Adolf Hitler established the Nazi movement and developed his anti-Semitic ideas ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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    Shock Value

    How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

    by Jason Zinoman ...
    Narrated by Pete Larkin ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but while Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Copola were making their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film—aggressive, raw, and utterly original. Based on unprecedented access to the genre's major players, New York Times critic Jason Zinoman's Shock Value ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

    by Josephine Riesman ...
    Narrated by Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours

    The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, a writer and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture—at a steep personal costHUGO AWARD FINALIST • EISNER AWARD NOMINEE • “True Believer is in every imaginable way the biography that Stan Lee deserves—ambitious, audacious, daring, and unflinchingly clear-eyed about the man’s significance, his shortcomings, his transgressions ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    The Habsburgs

    To Rule the World

    by Martyn Rady ...
    Narrated by Simon Boughey ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 58 min

    The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries—from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.**"A feat of both scholarship and storytelling." —**Wall Street JournalIn The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built—and then lost—over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    American Comics

    A History

    by Jeremy Dauber ...
    Narrated by Jeremy Dauber ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 51 min

    This is the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination.Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through the progress of comics in the twentieth century and beyond. Follow the history from the golden age of newspaper ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook