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New Releases (low-res pdfs):
Introduction to Classical Comics' forthcoming Macbeth INTERACTIVE Motion Comic
Announcement about Two New Series from Cinebook
Latest Cinebook arrivals [May 2010]
Latest Cinebook arrivals [June 2010]
Associated University Presses (AUP) New Releases [March-June 2010]
Latest Cinebook arrivals [July 2010]
June/July 2010 Releases from David R. Godine

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Real Reads

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From David R. Godine ...

The Goat-Faced Girl: A Classic Italian Folktale
Hardback, 1st Edition, 9781567923933, AU$28.95

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Like many good fables, this story opens with a foundling left - rather inconveniently, if not surprisingly - in the woods. A large lizard, ever conscious of tripping hazards, picks up the infant and takes her home, where she soon grows into a pretty, pampered, and generally useless young woman named Isabella. Despite her adoptive mother's efforts (for the lizard is really a witch in disguise) to shape her up, the girl prefers the alluring life offered her by the charming Prince Rupert, a world of cooks and servants, palaces and jewels, luxury and indolence.

Luckily, the lizard woman is a canny, concerned parent. She does not suffer fools lightly and is not about to let her daughter's too-easy transition to palace life go unchallenged. And so she arranges a surprise transformation for her daughter - one that puts the prince's marital plans on hold and gives the witch just enough time to hammer home a few lessons about the downside of idleness, the inanity of vanity, and the satisfactions of self-reliance.

In this witty, modern interpretation of a classic Italian folktale, Leah Marinsky Sharpe has crafted a light-hearted mother-daughter fable with a moral that is sure to strike a chord with readers of all ages. The illustrations by Jane Marinsky glow with rich colour and playful humour. Together, words and pictures provide a zesty treat for parents and children alike.

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Major New Series from Cinebook starting soon ...

XIII

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Over the last 25 years, the dark, engrossing graphic novel series XIII has attracted a cult following in French-speaking countries and beyond, with readers eagerly awaiting every one of the 19th instalments published so far.

Launched in 1984 by two Belgian authors, Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, XIII has been turned into a video game by Ubisoft as well as a TV mini-series starring Stephen Dorff and Val Kilmer, which premiered on France's Canal+ in October 2008 and on NBC in the US in February 2009.

Such is the popularity of the graphic novel that a gallery of its characters drawn by Vance was used to illustrate special-edition XIII scratch card tickets in France since 2000.

The central character in XIII is an amnesiac on the run, caught in the crossfire as he tries to understand his true identity while attempting to make sense of various conspiracies swirling around him. With many twists and turns, it's a compulsive read for teenagers and adults alike and has already been translated into several languages.

Initially serialised in Spirou magazine in 1984, XIII was created by Jean Van Hamme, the author behind Thorgal and Largo Winch — the latter in comic and book form as well as on the big screen, and William Vance, illustrator of the bestsellers Howard Flynn, Bruce Hawker, Bruno Brazil, and Bob Morane and Marshall Blueberry.

From May 2010 to May 2013, Cinebook will publish XIII in English at the rate of one new volume every two months. Only three episodes of the cult Franco-Belgian bande dessinée originally saw the light of day in English in the late 1980s, so this new Cinebook series will enable fans new and old to discover and rediscover this mystery.

Suitable for: 15+ years

XIII instalments to be published in 2010:
XIII 1: The Day of the Black Sun, 9781849180399, $15.95
XIII 2: Where the Indian Walks, 9781849180405, $15.95
XIII 3: All the Tears of Hell, 9781849180511, $15.95
XIII 4: Spads, 9781849180580, $15.95