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Michel Kichka's newest autobiography tells how a comics-obsessed kid from industrial Belgium became an author and militant media illustrator from Israel. As he shows in the book, the Covid pandemic and resulting lockdown were fertile breeding ground for the creative energy Kichka needed for this intimate and funny traipse around Jerusalem -- and down memory lane.

The year is 1838. Louis Daguerre has just invented photography, and he is wondering: should he share it with the world, or keep it a secret? But the day a student from Greece helps to improve his invention, he decides it must be known to the greater public. Thanks to the young man's ingeniosity, photography will travel around the globe, marking the start of a new era of visual memories. "Portraits" goes beyond the origins of photography to explore the pain of migration and the often powerful attachment to one's homeland.

Harlem, 1931. Prohibition is still in effect, the Great Depression is getting worse by the day, and people are desperate for hope. For a decade, Stephanie St. Clair, a.k.a. Queenie, an immigrant from the French Antilles, has been running a lottery in Harlem that has provided just that: a chance for a way out. But with the end of Prohibition looming, bootlegger Dutch Schultz is looking to diversify his business before the booze industry dries up. And he sees Harlem as ripe for the picking, especially with the police and politicians for sale to the highest bidder - at least if you're white. It may be wintertime in New York, but things are heating up in Harlem.

A sensitive barbarian and philanthropist, Constantine travels the wild world of Karskyal to convert him to social struggles and enlightenment. He meets Alia who also wants to discover the world, especially to fight. They will team up with her sword, he will be equipped with her books, and will overcome several trials until they face the Mort-Moon despot in an unlikely election campaign.

In a Scotland wracked by the last throes of the Jacobite rebellion, a tragic tale of ambition, politics, betrayals and love unfolds. Book one of two. Scotland, 1743. In Blackwater Castle, in the Highlands, the Duke of Plaxton is looking for a new portrait painter. A member of Clan Grant, supporters of the Act of Union with England, the duke has a son, William, whose heart leans towards the Jacobite cause, and a daughter, Amelia, betrothed to an English lord she has never met.
It's there, in this crucible of rebellion and ambitions, that arrives Joseph Callander, local boy back from years spent in Italy, and talented painter ...

The Rock of Gibraltar, held by the British, is the key to the Mediterranean. The Germans, having convinced the Spanish to enter the war on their side, put in place a joint plan of attack, Operation Felix.
On the 31st of December 1940, Germany will have a chance to dazzle the world with this audacious tactical manoeuvre. Julius Klieber, Captain of the Gebirgsjäger will take part in the attack... But secretly, he is investigating possible treason...

Haunted by horrible nightmares, Harlan Draka wanders the countryside, shamelessly making money pretending to be a Dampyr- half human/half vampire- ridding villages of what they naively believe are evil vampires. But when he is summoned by soldiers who are under attack by real vampires, Harlan learns the horrible truth: his nightmares are reality!

An examination of some of rock'n'roll's most iconic figures - The Velvet Underground & Andy Warhol - and the loaded push-pull relationship that distorted their lives and echoed throughout popular culture.
Many cultural critics would agree that Andy Warhol gave the Velvet Underground their break simply by bringing them under his wing. While they reached a certain level of notoriety and local celebrity in their time and have since acquired a lasting cult following, their success was in large part fostered by Warhol's patronage. But at the time, this relationship was muddied by a certain level of codependence and an insatiable appetite for fame and irony, leaving Reed to ponder quietly: Would we have succeeded without Warhol's help? This doubt begins to spread like a malignant force, eventually leading to the band's undoing as they break away from Warhol and, perhaps, give up their golden ticket to success.
Explore the story behind the group The New York Times called "arguably the most influential American rock band of our time," through good times and bad, as captured in emotive style by multi-award winning artist Koren Shadmi (Twilight Man, Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater).

As the plague rages through England, Hayden Springworth is busy trying to find hidden treasure at the end of a rainbow. But an encounter with Isaac Newton will shatter the young lord's antiquated beliefs. Sent to the southwest of France as a spy, Hayden continues his research on rainbows in secret. That is until he meets a strange young girl who seemingly has the power to bring rain with her wherever she goes...

Being sisters is never easy. But when you're as different as Sarah, Cassiopeia, and Lucille, it's even harder! The first is haunted by recurring dreams, the second lives with her head in the clouds, and the last spends most of her time with her cat. Then one day they discover a mysterious photo of their mother pregnant. Where was it taken, and who is the baby? And most importantly, why was this photo hidden away in the depths of the attic? To find out, they'll have to venture into the tangled forest of the Grémillet family secrets!

Living with narcolepsy is no picnic. Andy falls asleep everywhere, all the time, especially at the most critical moments. But one day, his condition gives him the opportunity to discover The Dream Factory. Posing as an intern, the teenager infiltrates the organization created to regulate everyone's dreams and nightmares. With security agents hot on his tail, Andy is determined to find out why he falls asleep so often...

A sweeping tale of love and war based on the adventure novel by Jules Verne.A free Greece is emerging from the ashes of four centuries of subjugation. The fight against piracy and the slave markets of the Aegean is one of the priorities of the newborn state. The story begins a few days before the decisive naval battle of Navarino, where the allied forces of Great Britain, France, and Russia are set to put an end to the naval domination of the Ottoman fleet off the Greek coasts. Against this historical backdrop, in British-held Corfu, a naval adventure unfolds in the archipelago that is literally ignited by the salvos of cannons and pirate onslaughts. At the same time, the French lieutenant Henry d'Albaret, in ruthless pursuit of the renegade pirate Nikolas Starkos, seeks to find his beloved Angelina, who has mysteriously disappeared...

Clément and his brother travel to Istanbul with the goal of finding the grave of Carole, the first born child of their maternal grandparents. Carole died shortly after her birth and just a few years before her parents, Armenians in Istanbul, would leave for France. Clément interviews his grandparents and his mother, aware that certain things are remaining unsaid. After numerous unsuccessful searches in Turkey, he begins to realize that what he and his brother have accomplished is a work of introspection rather than an investigation into an established fact. A magnificent literary exploration - accomplished with visual flair - of our conscious and unconscious realities; of the influence relationships and family history hold over our psyches.

Brunehilde is a wolf-charmer.When her travels take her to a remote valley in southern France, she is horrified to discover famine, pestilence, and mass deforestation. Worse still, children are being found dead in the woods. For the villagers, the murders must be the work of a demon: a wild beast, a wolf. But for Brunehilde - a nomadic healer widely seen as a witch - nothing is less certain. She knows better than anyone that the real monster is Man.

He's the dumbest dog west of the Pecos River, and even when he's not sharing one of Lucky Luke's adventures, he's still a walking disaster!

Kristina Swany, a rebellious young Human, discovers the hidden side of the Intergalactic Confederation - crime, misery and corruption. She will have to carve a place for herself in the shadows.

Legendary historical races of the 60s and 70s as experienced by Michel Vaillant, star driver of the Vaillante race team, multiple champion and occasional man of adventure. First volume of the series.

It's impossible to win a match with Death, but some will still try.

Four high school girls who have problems fitting in decide to join forces and form their own club, which they feel will empower them to better face the world and their own individual problems. Their first goal is to get girl No. 5 to join them: Paloma, a troubled and anti-social teenager who's lived in more than fifteen foster homes since she was six. But before the Misfits can welcome Paloma into the fold, they must first get her to confront her difficult and tragic past.