2 EISNER AWARD NOMINATIONS / Best Graphic Memoir and BestWriter/Artist Craig ThompsonSet of twelve comic books. Includes Hello Chunky Rootmini-comic and a sticker.From ages 10 to 20, Craig Thompson (author of Blankets,Goodbye Chunky Rice, Habibi, Carnet De Voyage, Space Dumplins) and his littlebrother Phil toiled in Wisconsin farms weeding and harvesting ginseng. Themedicinal herb fetched considerable profits in China and funded Craig’s youthfulobsession with comic books. Comics, in turn, allowed him to escape his rural,working-class trappings.For the first time in his career, Thompson is serializinghis story. Part memoir, part travelogue, part essay— all comic book—GinsengRoots is a sweeping narrative that unearths surprising connections betweenclass divide, agriculture, holistic healing, the 300-year-long traderelationship between China and North America, childhood labor, and the bondbetween two brothers.
In the ninth addition to the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley faces his nemesis, Murray Hill, on the high seas.Thanks to the evidence Ben uncovered in his investigation of the Croatoan, the CIA has tracked his nemesis, Murray Hill, to Central America, where they believe he is boarding the world’s biggest cruise ship, The Emperor of the Seas, on its maiden voyage around the world.His mission: Pose as part of a family, with Alexander and Catherine Hale as his parents, Erica as his sister, and his best friend Mike as his brother, to find out what Murray is plotting.At first, it sounds exciting to have a mission on the most glamorous ocean liner on earth, but as usual, nothing goes according to plan. There is action, danger, and plenty of surprises as Ben and his team quickly find themselves in hot water.
*注意：此書為POD (Print on Demond)少量印製The hardships of life at sea and the realities of distant cities provide young Redburn with a startling introduction to the world
Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering hi
What happened on Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic and how do we know? Some of those who sailed with Columbus left very different accounts of what happened. Indeed, for decades after 1492, w
What happened on Columbus's first voyage across the Atlantic and how do we know? Some of those who sailed with Columbus left very different accounts of what happened. Indeed, for decades after 1492, w
