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Adam Weishaupt and the Secrets of the Bavarian Illuminati – Beginning with the birth of Weishaupt in 1748 right through to his death in 1830, this cartoon exposé reveals the rituals, passwords, symbols, signs and ciphers of the Illuminati.48 pages, colorPart 1: Origins» Adam Weishaupt...

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the 'aesthetics' of an artwork or a piece of design. But aesthetics goes beyond the simple experience of art. It is also a branch of philosophy concerned with the whole nature of experience itself, explored through our perceptions, feelings and emotions.

The Germans were among the first to raise a parachute force and they used them with tactical success in Belgium and Holland at the outbreak of World War II. The isolated island of Crete seemed to be the perfect place to use them in a large scale operation. The British forces were in disarray on Crete,...

When should you adopt an aggressive business strategy? How do we make decisions when we don’t have all the information? What makes international environmental cooperation possible? Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our moves depends on the decisions of...

Ian Gibson repasa la vida de Federico García Lorca en un cómic biográfico. Federico García Lorca es el poeta y dramaturgo español más famoso del mundo. Y quizás el desaparecido más llorado de la Guerra Civil de 1936-1939. En este cómic, Ian Gibson -su biógrafo y uno de los hispanistas...

The third volume of the Understanding China Through Comics series, Barbarians and the Birth of Chinese Identity, tells of the founding of the Song Dynasty and its attempts to reinvigorate a flagging economy and government while defending against invading barbarians and the eventual invasion of China by Genghis Khan and the Mongols.

Take a trip through the realms of hell with a man whose temporary visitor’s pass gave him a horrifying—and enlightening—preview of its torments. This true account of Sam Bercholz’s near-death experience has more in common with Dante’s Inferno than it does with any of the popular feel-good...

An entertaining and informative illustrated guide  that makes world history accessible, appealing,  and funny.

Andrew Hickey, author of An Incomprehensible Condition: An Unauthorised Guide To Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers, takes a brief, discursive, tour through the many worlds of Grant Morrison's Multiversity series. Not authorised in any way by DC Comics, this is not a guidebook, and not annotations. Rather,...

The term 'feminism' came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes much further back. This completely new and updated edition of "Introducing Feminism" surveys the major developments that have affected women's...

Trabajo monográfico que muestra una diversidad de temas políticos y sociales en la historieta Mafalda de Quino. Ofrece un vistazo a la figura principal de Mafalda y a varios de los personajes utilizados en la tira cómica para dar fuerza a la crítica de los asuntos mundiales de la época.

Dessinatrice à Charlie Hebdo depuis plus de dix ans, Catherine Meurisse a vécu le 7 janvier 2015 comme une tragédie personnelle, dans laquelle elle a perdu des amis, des mentors, le goût de dessiner, la légèreté. Après la violence des faits, une nécessité lui est apparue : s'extirper du...

Avec plus d'une dizaine d'histoires très variées autour du féminisme, de la politique ou de la sexualité, cette jeune blogueuse casse les clichés sur bon nombre de sujets. À l'opposé des stéréotypes, elle dévoile notamment son expérience de jeune maman au travers d'une série d'anecdotes...

The Korean Pocket: The slow destruction of the German Army started in Stalingrad, North Africa and the Crimea, and picked up momentum when six divisions were trapped in the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket. It was a large battle. One-third of the German forces involved were wiped out and the rest lost all...