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Handpicked by Andrea September 2017
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At RFPL I work as an Adult & Teen Services Librarian. I also focus on promoting our digital services such as hoopla and Overdrive. I enjoy reading graphic novels, various nonfiction topics, and anything I can get access to on hoopla. Thanks for browsing!
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American Gods: audiobook
by Neil Gaiman
A storm is coming . . . Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined-it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own.
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Humanz
Humanz is the fifth studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz. It is the band's first studio album since 2010's Plastic Beach, and features collaborations from several artists including Grace Jones, Kali Uchis, Vince Staples, Popcaan, D.R.A.M., Anthony Hamilton, De La Soul, Danny Brown, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Pusha T, and Benjamin Clementine.
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Joanne
Joanne is the fifth studio album by American singer Lady Gaga. Gaga collaborated with several producers on the album, including Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, BloodPop and RedOne, and co-produced the majority of the material. The music of Joanne features "stripped-down" soft rock and dance-pop styles in order to emphasize the singer's vocal abilities. Lyrically, the album delves on the theme of family and life's emotions, with the death of her father's sister, Joanne Stefani Germanotta, having a deep influence on the record.
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Red Queen: audiobook
by Victoria Aveyard
When her supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion.
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Waiting On a Song
Waiting on a Song is the second studio album by American musician Dan Auerbach. Dan Auerbach is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.
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Also available on OverDrive, click here to borrow it!Based on the popular blog of the same name, this collection of sweet, funny and at times heartbreaking personal stories, accompanied by childhood photographs, shares more than 100 memories of growing up LGBTQ. Original.
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Cook Korean!
by Robin Ha
A charming introduction to the basics of Korean cooking in graphic novel form, with 64 recipes, ingredient profiles, and more, presented through light-hearted comics. Playful and instructive, Cook Korean! is the intersection of cookbook and graphic novel in one easy-to-use package dedicated to this increasingly popular Asian cuisine.
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Great Graphic Novels for Adults
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Fragments of Horror
by Junji Itō
A selection of horror manga features such terrifying topics as an old mansion that turns on its inhabitants and a funeral where the dead are not laid to rest
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Something New : tales from a makeshift bride
by Lucy Knisley
Presents an illustrated memoir of what happens after the proposal, fascinated and horrified by the wedding industry the author set out to put her own stamp on the tradition and create the most adorable DIY wedding imaginable
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Valerian : the complete collection
by Pierre Christin
This first volume of the collection contains books 1 and 2 of the series: The City of Shifting Waters - in its original two parts, 9 pages longer format - and The Empire of a Thousand Planets. It also includes book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered. Finally, linking the volumes of this collection together, a long, exclusive interview with the authors and director Luc Besson is illustrated with new art as well as numerous sketches, studies and photographs from the latter's upcoming big-screen adaptation.
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