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New Leisure Books in May

on May 26, 2010

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Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 1

In our book of the month, a graphic novel, Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto is framed as a traitor by the agents from a rival clan. With his wife murdered and with an infant son to protect, Ogami chooses the path of the ronin, the masterless samurai. The Lone Wolf and Cub wander feudal Japan, Ogami's sword for hire, but all roads will lead them to a single destination: vengeance. A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse Manga with new, larger editions of over 700 pages, value priced. The brilliant storytelling of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of Goseki Kojima create a graphic-fiction masterpiece of beauty, fury, and thematic power. This volume collects material previously published in Dark Horse graphic novels Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road, Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 2: The Gateless Barrier, Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger

Code Word D-Day

"Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat." Photograph by CphoM. Robert F. Sargent, June 6, 1944 from the National Archives and Records Administration. D-Day, the code word designating June 6, 1944, the day for the invasion of the Cotentin Peninsula in Nazi-occupied Normandy by Allied forces during the Second World War. The invasion was the largest amphibious landing in history. Within one week of D-Day, the Allies had landed, in the face of hostile obstacles, and by August 25, 1944 had liberated Paris. Go to the guide . Features Stream the film From D-Day to the Rhine . Read the book The longest day : June 6, 1944 . Read the eBook B edford Boys : One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice. Listen to an eyewitness account from Bill Tucker, veteran of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, remembering the Cotentin Pe

February is Black History Month

Read about the history of African Americans, including books, articles, media, primary and open access sources. Go to the guide! Read one of our great new eBooks from OverDrive like The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead on your device. Watch NBC's Martin Luther King, Jr.: Look Here (30:00) from 1957. View historical photographs from the Library of Congress. Download full text classics like Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington.

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