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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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BELGIUM

For Kids

Asterix in Belgium


by Rene Goscinny | Albert Uderzo

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In the beloved series of adventures, Asterix and Oberix find themselves amongst the Belgians. It' a classic comic the whole family will enoy. (BLG22, $10.95)

Castafiore Emerald

Castafiore Emerald


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Twenty-first in the series, and one of the few not involving exotic travels, a gypsy fortune-teller's prophecy for Captain Haddock begins coming true, Bianca Castafiore's emerald vanishes and Tintin is hard put to clear everything up. (BLG36, $10.99)

Explorers on the Moon

Explorers on the Moon


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 1967
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Tintin and his fellow explorers encounter seemingly insurmountable danger on the first manned rocket to the moon. (SCI252, $10.99)

King Ottokar's Sceptre

King Ottokar's Sceptre


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Originally published in 1938, in this eight book in the series Herge sends his globetrotting young reporter Tintin to the kingdom of Syldavia to stop a villainous gang from stealing the royal scepter and overthrowing the government. (EUR323, $8.99)

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • FAMILY

This fantastic collection includes seven hardcover books (each containing 3 classic Tintin stories) and an additional bonus volume, Tintin & Co. by famed Tintinologist Michael Farr, all in a slipcase. (WLD159, $150.00)

The Calculus Affair

The Calculus Affair


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

This cold war spy tale, 18th of the The Adventures of Tintin, finds Captain Haddock and Tintin racing through Switzerland and France in search of their missing friend, winding up in Borduria -- an Eastern European nation no less interesting because it is entirely invented! (EUR324, $10.99)

Tintin and Alph-Art

Tintin and Alph-Art


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The last, unfinished tale in the Adventures of Tintin, published posthumously, set not in an exotic location but in the world of modern art. (BLG35, $10.99)

 

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