Gareth Hinds
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In stories and poems written well over a century ago, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as the original American master of gothic horror. Now, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into the graphic novel format for Poe fans new and old. Blood, bones, and flickering firelight set the mood for Hinds's vision of Poe's macabre and tragic worlds. In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man takes a terrifying revenge on a friend
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Series
Graceling volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
257 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 840L
Physical Desc
248 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.
4) The Iliad
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 910L
Physical Desc
8 unnumbered pages, 246 pages, 18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced off in an epic battle that rewrote history--the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer's legendary account of this decade-long ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. In this thoroughly researched and artfully rendered graphic novel, renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer's epic. Dynamic illustrations...
6) Macbeth
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 650L
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Macbeth, a general in the king's army, is returning from battle when he comes upon three witches who tell him that one day he'll be king. At first Macbeth dismisses their predictions, but an evil seed takes root in his mind, and soon he is convinced and impatient. At the urging of his wife, he resolves to take the throne by the most direct path: a dagger in the heart of King Duncan. But 'blood will have blood,' and when others grow suspicious of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 960L
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad? In stories and poems written well over a century ago, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as the original American master of gothic horror. Now, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into the graphic novel format for Poe fans new and old. Blood, bones, and flickering firelight set the mood for Hinds's vision of Poe's macabre and tragic worlds. In "The Cask...
8) Beowulf
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Reinforced trade edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that museums were initially temples built to worship the nine muses, the goddesses of the arts? That Janus was the god of the doorways and hallways, and we have named our janitors after him? Where did these words--and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, echo, and narcissus--come from? From the ancient stories of the Greeks--stories that rang so true and wise that the names of the characters have survived for centuries...