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Berserk. 41 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2021 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. The world of manga was devastated by the May 2021 death of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura, but Miura-sensei left behind one final volume to cap his thirty-plus-year commitment to his signature vision. While Miura's epic remains unfinished, Berserk Volume 41 is a fitting curtain call for the beloved series, filled with joy, sadness, laughter, and imagination. Though Casca has at last been released from the prison of her own mind, she cannot escape the reminders of the terrors she has experienced. And nothing triggers the return of these harrowing memories than Guts the Black Swordsman, who faced those same horrors in his relentless quest to bring Casca to a place where she might be healed. But the reappearance of a strange, mute boy could well be the key to bringing peace to Casca's troubled soul.
Date Published:2022

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2021 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. The world of manga was devastated by the May 2021 death of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura, but Miura-sensei left behind one final volume to cap his thirty-plus-year commitment to his signature vision. While Miura's epic remains unfinished, Berserk Volume 41 is a fitting curtain call for the beloved series, filled with joy, sadness, laughter, and imagination. Though Casca has at last been released from the prison of her own mind, she cannot escape the reminders of the terrors she has experienced. And nothing triggers the return of these harrowing memories than Guts the Black Swordsman, who faced those same horrors in his relentless quest to bring Casca to a place where she might be healed. But the reappearance of a strange, mute boy could well be the key to bringing peace to Casca's troubled soul.

Date Published:2022

Vinland saga. 8 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"Troubled Waters"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2014 and 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 15 and 16. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes a preview of "The Black Museum, The Ghost and the Lady." Free at last, Thorfinn sets off on an expedition to Vinland, to establish a place free of war and slavery. In an effort to fund his project, Thorfinn visits Iceland where Halfdan, a wealthy man who shared a dark history with his late father, awaits. Meanwhile, the marriage between Halfdan's son Sigurd and Leif's relative Gudrid are well under way, but Gudrid dreams of becoming a sailor, not a bride. A battle soon breaks out as Gudrid attempts to escape aboard Leif's ship. With Sigurd hot at their tail, Thorfinn and the crew press eastward to the city of Miklagard, picking up an orphaned baby and a dog along the way...
Date Published:2016

"Troubled Waters"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2014 and 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 15 and 16. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes a preview of "The Black Museum, The Ghost and the Lady." Free at last, Thorfinn sets off on an expedition to Vinland, to establish a place free of war and slavery. In an effort to fund his project, Thorfinn visits Iceland where Halfdan, a wealthy man who shared a dark history with his late father, awaits. Meanwhile, the marriage between Halfdan's son Sigurd and Leif's relative Gudrid are well under way, but Gudrid dreams of becoming a sailor, not a bride. A battle soon breaks out as Gudrid attempts to escape aboard Leif's ship. With Sigurd hot at their tail, Thorfinn and the crew press eastward to the city of Miklagard, picking up an orphaned baby and a dog along the way...

Date Published:2016

Vinland saga. 7 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"Deaths and Decision"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2013 and 2014 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 13 and 14. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. His army starving for resources, King Canute schemes to confiscate Ketil's farm. Ketil and his sons become fugitives, barely escaping the capital aboard Leif Ericson's ship, but Canute follows in pursuit with his best men. Upon Ketil's return, he finds his beloved slave Arnheid has helped her former husband, a runaway who has killed many of Ketil's bodyguards, escape. Beset by betrayal on all sides, there may be no way out for Ketil, but Thorfinn finally has his freedom. Yet, the son of Thors feels bound to Denmark by his unfinished business with Canute ...
Date Published:2015

"Deaths and Decision"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2013 and 2014 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 13 and 14. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. His army starving for resources, King Canute schemes to confiscate Ketil's farm. Ketil and his sons become fugitives, barely escaping the capital aboard Leif Ericson's ship, but Canute follows in pursuit with his best men. Upon Ketil's return, he finds his beloved slave Arnheid has helped her former husband, a runaway who has killed many of Ketil's bodyguards, escape. Beset by betrayal on all sides, there may be no way out for Ketil, but Thorfinn finally has his freedom. Yet, the son of Thors feels bound to Denmark by his unfinished business with Canute ...

Date Published:2015

Vinland saga. 6 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"Within the King's Grasp"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2012 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 11 and 12. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn's only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn's hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar's infatuation with Arnheid takes an unexpected turn when her former husband - an escaped slave - barges onto the farm, insisting she run away with him ..
Date Published:2015

"Within the King's Grasp"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2012 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 11 and 12. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. As Canute plots to become ruler of the entire Danish world, Thorfinn's only ambition is to see a harvest profitable enough to buy his own life back. But the fates of prince and slave will come together once again, as Canute plans to seize Ketil Farm from its kindhearted master. What sinister tricks does the have up his sleeve, and could they dash Thorfinn's hopes for freedom? Meanwhile, Einar's infatuation with Arnheid takes an unexpected turn when her former husband - an escaped slave - barges onto the farm, insisting she run away with him ..

Date Published:2015

Vinland saga. 5 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"A Life Without Purpose"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2010 and 2011 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 9 and 10. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 5. After the assassination of King Sweyn and the execution of Askeladd, Thorfinn lost the object of his vengeane, his sense of purpose, and his freedom. Now a broken young man, he labors far from the battlefield, clearing a forest for his slave master's farm alongside the amiable Einar. But a sudden and brutal tragedy will shock Thorfinn out of his apathy, and force him to answer the question, 'Do I still want to live?
Date Published:2014

"A Life Without Purpose"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2010 and 2011 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 9 and 10. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 5. After the assassination of King Sweyn and the execution of Askeladd, Thorfinn lost the object of his vengeane, his sense of purpose, and his freedom. Now a broken young man, he labors far from the battlefield, clearing a forest for his slave master's farm alongside the amiable Einar. But a sudden and brutal tragedy will shock Thorfinn out of his apathy, and force him to answer the question, 'Do I still want to live?

Date Published:2014

Vinland saga. 4 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"A King is Born"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 7 and 8. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 4. After his father plotted to kill him, Prince Canute tries to take the throne for himself, while Thorfinn watches from afar as the vengeance he has waited so long to achieve might be stolen out from underneath him
Date Published:2014

"A King is Born"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 7 and 8. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 4. After his father plotted to kill him, Prince Canute tries to take the throne for himself, while Thorfinn watches from afar as the vengeance he has waited so long to achieve might be stolen out from underneath him

Date Published:2014

Vinland saga. 3 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"A Bloody Coming of Age"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2007 and 2008 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 5 and 6. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 3. In a gambit to become the power behind the Danish and English thrones, Askeladd has taken the prince, Canute, and plunged deep into a winter storm behind enemy lines. Canute's father, King Sweyn, gives him up for dead in his haste to suppress English resistance. But Askeladd's small band can't outrun the tenacious maniac Thorkell forever, and when the warriors finally clash, a storm of sweat and gore ensues that will turn a boy into a man and a hostage into a ruler of men!
Date Published:2014

"A Bloody Coming of Age"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2007 and 2008 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 5 and 6. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 3. In a gambit to become the power behind the Danish and English thrones, Askeladd has taken the prince, Canute, and plunged deep into a winter storm behind enemy lines. Canute's father, King Sweyn, gives him up for dead in his haste to suppress English resistance. But Askeladd's small band can't outrun the tenacious maniac Thorkell forever, and when the warriors finally clash, a storm of sweat and gore ensues that will turn a boy into a man and a hostage into a ruler of men!

Date Published:2014

Vinland saga. 2 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"England at war"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2006 and 2007 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 3 and 4. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 2. The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd's band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory brings no peace to the elderly Danish King Sweyn, who worries that his untested, sensitive son Canute will never be ready to take the throne. The king's attempt to force his son to become a man places the young prince within the grasp of the gleeful killer Thorkell! Whoever holds Canute holds the key to the thrones of England and Denmark--and Askeladd has his own reasons for joining the fray
Date Published:2014

"England at war"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2006 and 2007 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 3 and 4. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near, part 2. The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd's band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory brings no peace to the elderly Danish King Sweyn, who worries that his untested, sensitive son Canute will never be ready to take the throne. The king's attempt to force his son to become a man places the young prince within the grasp of the gleeful killer Thorkell! Whoever holds Canute holds the key to the thrones of England and Denmark--and Askeladd has his own reasons for joining the fray

Date Published:2014

Vinland saga. 1 /

Yukimura, Makoto, 1976-


"For honor an vengeance"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2006 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 1 and 2. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near. Set in the 11th century, this epic historical manga follows the life of Thorfinn, a young man raised by a band of Viking mercenaries after they brutally murdered his father, the legendary warrior Thors. Driven by a consuming desire for revenge against the band's cunning leader, Askeladd, Thorfinn becomes a lethal fighter while enduring the harsh realities of the Viking invasions of England. Throughout his violent odyssey, Thorfinn clings to childhood memories of stories told by the explorer Leif Ericson about "Vinland," a peaceful, fertile land across the sea, free from war and slavery. This volume explores themes of vengeance, honor, and the struggle to maintain humanity in a brutal world.
Date Published:2013

"For honor an vengeance"--Back cover. First published in Japan in 2006 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Vinland saga, volumes 1 and 2. Manga format; reads back to front, right to left. Includes bonus story: For our farewell is near. Set in the 11th century, this epic historical manga follows the life of Thorfinn, a young man raised by a band of Viking mercenaries after they brutally murdered his father, the legendary warrior Thors. Driven by a consuming desire for revenge against the band's cunning leader, Askeladd, Thorfinn becomes a lethal fighter while enduring the harsh realities of the Viking invasions of England. Throughout his violent odyssey, Thorfinn clings to childhood memories of stories told by the explorer Leif Ericson about "Vinland," a peaceful, fertile land across the sea, free from war and slavery. This volume explores themes of vengeance, honor, and the struggle to maintain humanity in a brutal world.

Date Published:2013

Invincible. 13 /


"Originally published in single magazine format as Invincible #71-78"-- Indicia. The Viltrumite War begins, and nothing will be the same! Devastating battles ensue as the Coalition of Planets attempts to take the fight into the Viltrumite Empire's stronghold--with Invincible caught in the middle! Who will come out the winner?
Date Published:2026

Berserk. 42 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2023 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. The shocking appearance of Griffith on Elf Island has provoked rage and terror in Guts and Casca...and carved a rift into the enchanted isle itself, setting loose a corrosive horde of devourers from beneath the earth! If the Black Swordsman cannot rely upon even his legendary blade, escape by ship seems the only hope for survival...but not everyone is leaving Elf Island together!
Date Published:2025

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2023 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. The shocking appearance of Griffith on Elf Island has provoked rage and terror in Guts and Casca...and carved a rift into the enchanted isle itself, setting loose a corrosive horde of devourers from beneath the earth! If the Black Swordsman cannot rely upon even his legendary blade, escape by ship seems the only hope for survival...but not everyone is leaving Elf Island together!

Date Published:2025

Berserk. 40 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2018 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Deep within the nightmare realm of Casca's dreams, Schierke and Farnese battle endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has imprisoned Casca's mind for so long. But the dreamworld dangers are no mere phantasms of the unconscious--they are a lethal reality to the intruders from the material world!
Date Published:2019

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2018 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Deep within the nightmare realm of Casca's dreams, Schierke and Farnese battle endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has imprisoned Casca's mind for so long. But the dreamworld dangers are no mere phantasms of the unconscious--they are a lethal reality to the intruders from the material world!

Date Published:2019

Berserk. 39 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2017 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. To cure the afflicted Casca, Guts and company battle Elf Island's magical defenses and finally reach Elfhelm, where the elven ruler opens the corridor of Dreams, projecting Schierke and Farnese into the forbidding wasteland of Casca's mind. But horrors lurk there, some more foul than any in the material world!
Date Published:2018

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2017 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. To cure the afflicted Casca, Guts and company battle Elf Island's magical defenses and finally reach Elfhelm, where the elven ruler opens the corridor of Dreams, projecting Schierke and Farnese into the forbidding wasteland of Casca's mind. But horrors lurk there, some more foul than any in the material world!

Date Published:2018

Berserk. 38 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2016 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Guts and company reach the isle of Skellig in hopes that Elven magic can cure the afflicted Casca. Meanwhile, Guts's Band of the Hawk comrade Rickert journeys to Falconia, the seat of power for Griffith, the Hawks' former commander. But the glittering towers of Falconia cast deadly shadows!
Date Published:2017

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2016 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Guts and company reach the isle of Skellig in hopes that Elven magic can cure the afflicted Casca. Meanwhile, Guts's Band of the Hawk comrade Rickert journeys to Falconia, the seat of power for Griffith, the Hawks' former commander. But the glittering towers of Falconia cast deadly shadows!

Date Published:2017

Berserk. 37 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2013 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Guts the Black Swordsman has again donned the accursed Berserker armor to battle the titanic Sea God--from the inside! To slay the creature, its heart must be pierced, but even if he can manage this impossible task deep within the leviathan, how will Guts get back out?
Date Published:2013

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2013 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Guts the Black Swordsman has again donned the accursed Berserker armor to battle the titanic Sea God--from the inside! To slay the creature, its heart must be pierced, but even if he can manage this impossible task deep within the leviathan, how will Guts get back out?

Date Published:2013

Berserk. 36 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. What Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions had seen as an island refuge from monstrous sea creatures and the ghost ship of the demonic Bonebeard is in fact the very lair of the malefic sea god that controls them. With no avenue of escape, Guts must once again don the Berserker armor to give his company any chance of survival. But without the protective influence of the sorceress Schierke, Guts risks being forever lost within the cursed armor and becoming an even greater threat to his comrades!
Date Published:2012

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. What Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions had seen as an island refuge from monstrous sea creatures and the ghost ship of the demonic Bonebeard is in fact the very lair of the malefic sea god that controls them. With no avenue of escape, Guts must once again don the Berserker armor to give his company any chance of survival. But without the protective influence of the sorceress Schierke, Guts risks being forever lost within the cursed armor and becoming an even greater threat to his comrades!

Date Published:2012

Berserk. 35 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2010 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. After a hellish battle against ravenous sea monsters, Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions are forced to seek refuge on a small island so that their ship can be repaired. But this island is not the safe haven they'd hoped for -- it's a sinister place rife with dark energy, watched over by an ancient, vengeful god. And with a full moon on the rise, that god's power is about to be unleashed
Date Published:2011

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2010 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. After a hellish battle against ravenous sea monsters, Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions are forced to seek refuge on a small island so that their ship can be repaired. But this island is not the safe haven they'd hoped for -- it's a sinister place rife with dark energy, watched over by an ancient, vengeful god. And with a full moon on the rise, that god's power is about to be unleashed

Date Published:2011

Berserk. 34 /

Miura, Kentarō


Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Faced with the Kushan emperor's horrific new form, and the bloody swath of destruction and spawning demons he leaves in his wake with each step, the soldiers in Griffith's new Band of the Hawk must assume their true unholy forms to battle the emperor, revealing their true faces to the citizens of Midland. How will these tormented refugees react when they discover that their would-be rescuers are as monstrous as their opponents? And could this titanic confrontation threaten to unleash even greater horrors upon the human world?
Date Published:2010

Book reads in right-to-left format. "Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover. Contains a color fold-out page. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Hakusensha, Inc Tokyo"--Verso. Faced with the Kushan emperor's horrific new form, and the bloody swath of destruction and spawning demons he leaves in his wake with each step, the soldiers in Griffith's new Band of the Hawk must assume their true unholy forms to battle the emperor, revealing their true faces to the citizens of Midland. How will these tormented refugees react when they discover that their would-be rescuers are as monstrous as their opponents? And could this titanic confrontation threaten to unleash even greater horrors upon the human world?

Date Published:2010

My friends : a novel

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-


A novel about a group of four teenagers whose friendship is forged over one summer, creating a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger's life twenty-five years later.
Date Published:2025

I, Medusa : a novel

Gray, Ayana


Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else's story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents -- both gods, albeit minor ones -- she dreams of leaving her family's island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home. In Athens's colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena's favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy's promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered. Her locs transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity -- not as a victim, but as a vigilante -- and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.
Date Published:2025

Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else's story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents -- both gods, albeit minor ones -- she dreams of leaving her family's island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home. In Athens's colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena's favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy's promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered. Her locs transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity -- not as a victim, but as a vigilante -- and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.

Date Published:2025