Presents ten stories from France about the joys of traveling, whether in person or in the imagination

Product Description: After hours of peregrinations into the steaming bowels of the monstrous boat, the sailors find themselves in front of the huge speed abater machine. Catastrophe follows and from then on, the men live in hell... A deeply human and highly unusual suspenseful tale by an exciting new talent...read more

Using jargon-free language and a comparative framework, this text combines intensive individual country studies of seven contemporary political systems, and systematic comparison of these countries in terms of six key areas.

The critically acclaimed series continues as Isaac finally gets off the boat but is altered forever from his intense experience at sea. After a flighty life of leisure and women on a tropical isle fueled by a lucky discovery of treasure, he itches to be back home and find his love of so many years ago, Alice. While he reunites with his now much older father, Alice remains elusive. Young Adult and up.

Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Time freezes, nobody moves and dark creatures lurk in the darkness. Only a small group of teenagers know about the secret hour- only they are free to move about at midnight. They call themselves the Midnighters. A thrilling, intriguing, and provocative first novel of a new series.

Isaac, a struggling but gifted painter in pre-revolutionary France with pressing financial troubles and a strong-minded fiancée, takes a temporary job as a naval painter on a ship delivering supplies to the New World, only to discover that things are not quite what they seem. The boat is not out on a short cruise, but a lengthy and dangerous expedition led by Captain John the Pillager, a successful and charismatic pirate possessed by a touch of madness to rival Melville's Ahab. Winner of the 2002 Alph Art Award for Best Graphic Album

Isaac, a talented but impoverished painter in seventeenth-century France, leaves his beloved Alice for a temporary job as a ship's painter, only to discover that the Captain, known as 'Jean the Pillager,' has a more dangerous voyage in mind.

In the first story of the Early Years of vast world of Dungeon, the Keeper--barely an Mature--leaves his family to go find fortune in a time of chaos and darkness. All ages.

Isaac, a talented but impoverished painter in seventeenth-century France, leaves his beloved Alice for a temporary job as a ship's painter, only to discover that the Captain, known as 'Jean the Pillager,' has a more dangerous voyage in mind.

Isaac, a talented but impoverished painter in seventeenth-century France, leaves his beloved Alice for a temporary job as a ship's painter, only to discover that the Captain, known as 'Jean the Pillager,' has a more dangerous voyage in mind.

Product Description: Isaac is a talented 18th-century artist but has no money to start a life with his love, Alice. When a rich captain hires him to come along on his ship and document their voyages, Isaac takes the chance. Unfortunately, Isaac becomes the newest recruit on a pirate ship...read more