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The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In eight new stories, a master of the form extends and magnifies her great themes - the vagaries of love, the passion that leads down unexpected paths, the chaos hovering just under the surface of things, and the strange, often comical desires of the human heart. Time stretches out in some of the stories: a man and a woman look back forty years to the summer they met - the summer, as it turns… Shares: Vida social y costumbres, Mujeres, Women, Social life and customs

Fun Home Alison Bechdel · 2000 · ★ 4.1 · 235p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's… Shares: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Graphic Novels

Escenas matritenses Ramón de Mesonero Romanos · 1862 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Challenging El interés de Mesonero Romanos por su ciudad natal dio como fruto algunas de sus obras más importantes, como esta, en la que reflejó la moralidad matritense. Shares: Vida social y costumbres, Humor, Social life and customs

Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Stan Sakai’s original series starring the rabbit ronin is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse’s complete digital presentation of Usagi Yojimbo! A tokagé lizard trapped atop a watchtower creates a villagewide spectacle in “The Tower”! When some of the villagers use the situation as an opportunity for cruelty, Usagi climbs to the rescue. But with broken steps, a howling wind,… Shares: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Humor

Savage Dragon Erik Larsen · 1993 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Moderate COUNTDOWN TO ISSUE #200 REACHES ITS PENULTIMATE ISSUE! Malcolm Dragon tackles the deadly Demonoids! It's an allout underworld war as the Lava Lords, Ant-Menaces, and Demonoids battle it out for world dominationÑand whoever winsÑwe lose!! The surface world is on fire and the son of the Savage Dragon is in over his head! Shares: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Humor

Vol 714 pour Sydney Hergé · 1968 · ★ 4.0 · 62p · ≈ 2h · Moderate “ The world’s most famous travelling reporter goes Down Under. Tintin, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus are on their way to Sydney, Australia. Through a chance meeting they are invited to travel on board the private jet of billionaire Lazlo Carreidas. But then they fall victim to a plot to kidnap Carreidas and are captured by Tintin's arch enemy Rastapopoulos.” – Publisher Shares: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Graphic Novels

Jimmy Corrigan Chris Ware · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A graphic novel chronicles four generations of the Corrigan men, from 1893 to 1983. "This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired 'everyman' (Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth), who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. An improvisatory romance which gingerly deports itself… Shares: Muñequitos, Novela gráfica, Comic books, Graphic Novels

Comics Zhiqing Li · 1998 Comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a single definition of comics; some… Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

Shen tong xiao zhen tanMotohiro Katō

Shen tong xiao zhen tan Motohiro Katō · 1999 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

Tian sheng miao shou Kazuki Yamamoto · 2002 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

Yin he zhan guo qun xiong zhuanJohji Manabe

Yin he zhan guo qun xiong zhuan Johji Manabe · 1994 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

Swamp Thing Alan Moore · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction. Alan Moore took the Swamp Thing to new heights in the 1980s with his unique narrative approach. His provocative and groundbreaking writing, combined with masterly artwork by some of the medium's top… Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

3x3 eyes 高田 裕三 · 1993 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 3×3 Eyes is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Kodanshas Seinen}} manga magazines Young Magazine Kaizokuban and Weekly Young Magazine from 1987 to 2002, spanning to a total of 40 volumes. The English language translation was published by Dark Horse Comics, but was discontinued after eight volumes in 2004. Shares: Comic books, Graphic Novels

Act of will Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Audra is an impoverished children's nanny from Leeds who sacrificed everything for her only daughter. Christina is a talented art student who won world renown as a fashion designer – yet who has known pain and heartache. Kyle is a rebellious young woman who chafes against her mother's success – and in whom her grandmother's spirit of duty and sacrifice is reborn. Moving from the bleak Yorkshire… Shares: Mujeres, Women

Confessions of an economic hit man Perkins, John · 2004 · ★ 3.9 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries. Shares: Biografía, Biography & Memoir

Öteki renkler Orhan Pamuk · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In the three decades that Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has devoted himself to writing fiction, he has also produced scores of witty, moving, and provocative essays and articles. He engages the work of Nabokov, Kundera, Rushdie, and Vargas Llosa, among others, and he discusses his own books and writing process. We also learn how he lives, as he recounts his successful struggle to quit… Shares: Vida social y costumbres, Social life and customs, Biography & Memoir

La galère d'Obélix Albert Uderzo · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A band of slaves led by Spartakis have taken over Julius Caesar's personal galley and sail to the only place safe from the Romans: Asterix' Gaulish village. Obelix, in the form of a child, is kidnapped by the Romans. Shares: Novela gráfica, Comic books, Humor, Graphic Novels

A Spy in the House of Love Anaïs Nin · 1954 · ★ 3.7 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for brief encounters with near-strangers. Fired into faithlessness by a desperate longing for sexual fulfilment, she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York. But when the secrecy of her affairs becomes too much to bear, Sabina makes a late night phone-call to a stranger from a bar, and begins a… Shares: Sexual Behavior, Women, Social life and customs

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