19th century

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19th century

You wouldn't want to live in a wild west town!

dust you'd rather not settle
Invites the reader to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life throughout important eras in history, including the Wild West.
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Victorian England

Text and illustrations describe several facets of Victorian England, explaining their effects on the people of the time; covers topics such as Queen Victoria, industrialization and population growth, politics, the middle class, protests, reform, and science.
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Bleak house

Presents Dickens's 1853 novel which tells the story of several generations of the Jarndyce family who wait in vain to inherit money that is tied up in a legal dispute in England's notoriously slow moving Court of Chancery.
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The game of silence

Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.
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The professor's daughter

The daughter of a renowned archeologist and the well-preserved Imhotep IV, who has just woken up after a 3,000 year sleep, fall in love, but many things stand in their way, not the least of which is her father, whose plans for Imhotep include putting him on permanent display at the British museum. Presented in graphic novel format.
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Impressionism

Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.
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Black Beauty

A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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A bride's story

"Laila and Leily's wedding day arrives! But the marriage ceremony may be even more taxing for the girls than their search for a pair of grooms. Sitting still and silent as their guests celebrate and eat is a trial that will push the girls' patience to its limit, not to mention that of Sami and Sarm! As the twins finally make their vows and commit themselves to their husbands, the gravity of the moment finally sets in. Though they have dreamed of marriage for years, only now do they realize that everything in their lives is about to change..."--Dust jacket.
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D. Gray-Man

Allen has been revealed to be the embodiment of one of a special class of demons known as the Noah, but some of his friends don't want to believe he'd really go over to their side. Finding Allen and getting him to clear up the matter, however, proves to be a difficult and extremely dangerous proposition! --p.[4] of cover.
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Sense and sensibility

Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic love. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between them, and true love finally triumphs.
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