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Papyrus 5: The Anger of the Great Sphinx
Papyrus 5: The Anger of the Great Sphinx
Lucien De GIETER. Illustrated by Lucien De Gieter
Cinebook 03/2012, paperback, 48pp, 9781849181150, $12.95
The gods of ancient Egypt are angry, and it's up to a brave young man to appease them and reawaken the greatness of the people of the Nile.
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SPOOKS 1: The Fall of Babylon
SPOOKS 1: The Fall of Babylon
Xavier DORISON & Fabien NURY. Illustrated by Christian Rossi
Cinebook 03/2012, paperback, 48pp, 9781849180993, $15.95
When a situation becomes too weird, it's time for the U.S. Government to call upon Morton Chapel and his SPOOKS ...
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XIII 12: The Trial
XIII 12: The Trial
Jean VAN HAMME. Illustrated by William Vance
Cinebook 03/2012, paperback, 48pp, 9781849181143, $12.95
Time for XIII to help expose his worst enemy - the most powerful man in the world ...
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Spirou & Fantasio 3
Spirou & Fantasio 3: Running Scared
TOME. Illustrated by Janry
Cinebook 03/2012, paperback, 48pp, 9781849181167, $12.95
A brutal occupier, merciless rebels, the hostile Himalayans, and a truck full of bizarre patients ... Nothing to be scared of!
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Darwin's Diaries 2
Darwin's Diaries 2: Death of a Beast
Sylvain RUNBERG Illustrated by Eduardo Ocaña
Cinebook 01/2012, paperback, 56pp, 9781849181105, $12.95
Death still hovers over Yorkshire, and it begins to strike closer to Charles Darwin!
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Dracula - The Graphic Novel - Original Text
Bram STOKER
Classical Comics 11/2011, paperback, 144pp, 9781906332259, $22.95
The classic brought to life in full colour - using stoker's wonderfully original words!
ALSO AVAILABLE IN QUICK TEXT
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The Bluecoats 5: Rumberley
Raoul CAUVIN Illustrated by Willy Lambil
Cinebook 01/2012, paperback, 48pp, 9781849181082, AU$12.95
Left behind with the wounded, Blutch and Chesterfield must defend their fellow union soldiers against southern troops...and civilians!
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NORTHCOTE HOUSE

'Janet Frame' by Claire Bazin [Northcote House]
Janet Frame
Claire BAZIN
Northcote House, 11/2011, paperback, 140pp, 9780746310113, $29.95
This study examines the whole of Janet Frame's output, starting with the fiction (novels, short-stories and poems) before focusing on the two autobiographical novels Owls Do Cry and Faces in the Water
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Pykett's 'The Nineteenth Century Sensation Novel'
The Nineteenth Century Sensation Novel [2nd Edition]
Lyn PYKETT
Northcote House 11/2011, paperback, 170pp, 9780746312124, $29.95
This revised and expanded version, retitled The Nineteenth-Century Sensation Novel, responds to the recent studies of the genre, and expands both the range of authors covered and its discussion of the authors originally included
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'James Baldwin' by Douglas Field [Northcote House]
James Baldwin
Douglas FIELD
Northcote House, 10/2011, paperback, 128pp, 9780746312070, $29.95
This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of african-american writer James Baldwin (1924-1987)
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'Olive Senior' by Denise DeCaires Narain [Northcote House]
Olive Senior
Denise DeCaires NARAIN
Northcote House, 11/2011, paperback, 164pp, 9780746310991, $29.95
The Jamaican writer, Olive Senior, has been writing and publishing since the 1980s. Her oeuvre includes poetry and short stories as well as journalism, a sociological study of Caribbean women and a comprehensive encyclopaedia of Jamaican culture
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'Rosamond Lehmann' by Judy Simons [Northcote House]
Rosamond Lehmann
Judy SIMONS
Northcote House, 11/2011, paperback, 120pp, 9780746309797, $29.95
This book locates Rosamond Lehmann's fictional achievement in the context of her times and in particular describes its positioning within the turbulent period between the two world wars and the changing aesthetic of modernity
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~Quotes: scene individable, or poem unlimited~

Was not all the knowledge
Of the Aegyptions writ in mystic symbols?
Speak not the scriptures oft in parables?
Are not the choicest fables of the poets,
That were the fountains and first springs of wisdom,
Wrapt in perplexed allegories? –

Ben Jonson
The Alchemist; Act 2, Scene 3
Alchemist [The]