An exiled princess, a knight and his young companion travel across a kingdom in turmoil to rally support so the princess can reclaim her throne. On a journey fraught with danger, they briefly find sanctuary in an isolated community of woman warriors before departing for the city of Ohman. Not only is a mysterious treasure said to be hidden there, but a peasant uprising, inspired by a mythical text about equality, is in full, bloody swing. In the first volume of this sweeping graphic novel, each person’s convictions will be put to the test.

In the Jewish quarter of Algiers at the beginning of the 20th century, a certain Rabbi’s cat seeks the answer to one fundamental question: can you teach the Torah to a cat blessed with the power of speech? The answer is a gorgeous tale of rare intelligence. The long-awaited eighth volume of this best-selling series is out now!

Les grands espaces, wide-open spaces. They are the stuff of our childhoods. Real or imaginary, they spark our imagination, and encourage sensitivity and critical thinking. More than that, wide-open spaces stimulate creativity, and set a child on a path towards becoming an artist. The original story of a childhood spent in the country, by the celebrated author of “La Légèreté” (Lightness).

Gabriel Lesaffre leads a life of debauchery until the day he falls in love with his distant cousin and starts a family. Amidst the comforts of his newly bourgeois life, Gabriel can’t seem to chase his demons away and disappears for five years without a trace. Through persuasion and manipulation, he succeeds in obtaining custody of his two adolescent children and takes them away with him to Africa. This graphic novel tells the story of the broken Lesaffre family, the children’s new colorful life in an unknown part of the world, and their fight to keep their father safe from the dangers of gambling and alcoholism.

London, 1831. The young naturalist Charles Darwin, keen to embark on the journey of a lifetime, is soon to take his place onboard the HMS Beagle. This vessel is destined not only for far‐away lands full of promise, but also for many challenges. During his travels through the steamy tropics, Darwin has many encounters, from Conrad Martens, a painter aboard the ship, to a trio of Indian missionaries. While his discovery of the variety of flora and fauna fill him with awe and perplexity, his brush with slave drivers prompts him to question the moral values of his peers.

Set between November 1941 and December 1942, this is the chronicle of a year at the Lycée Leconte de Lisle on Reunion island, and the friendship that develops between two adolescent boys in the months leading up to the liberation of the island, under occupation by Vichy France. A remarkable, expertly-told coming-of-age story of two young people bound just as much by their growing pains as they are by their desire to fight for liberty and justice.

“My name is Abigail Hobbs and I am 17 years of age. I live in Salem, a town with a population of 600. I am writing to you today because tomorrow I will be dead; hanged, along with 20 other young women from my town accused of witchcraft.” Set in a small village in the puritanical America of the 17th century, this is the story of Abigail Hobbs and other young women like her fighting for survival in a society where a ruthless patriarchy and religious fanaticism reign strong.

The Israel of the media, too often reduced to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, does not correspond to Israel that author/artist Michel Kichka has grown to know since his emigration there at the age of 20. Forty-one years later, Kichka retraces the story of his adult life in Jerusalem, telling it through his encounters, his memories, and the political events that have shaped the country. The result is a moving autobiographical account of a life in a land of conflicts, but also a land of miracles.

Just as he is about to take part in the New York Marathon, the protagonist of this sprawling graphic novel receives a text from his girlfriend, who tells him it’s over between them. In desperation, he buys an old motorcycle and sets off on a different marathon, crossing the country to save his relationship. Along the way, we discover his thoughts, his joys, his pain, and the legendary places of America. This is a rich and subtle tale of that which is most precious: life itself.

The life and story of David Crook, a communist who fought against Franco and spied for the KGB, and whose groundbreaking writings changed the way the world looked at China. It was there that this revolutionary Englishman, born in London in 1910, spent most of his life and witnessed a country undergoing tremendous upheaval and cultural revolution. Despite the injustices he encountered there — including five years in solitary confinement — Crook remained faithful to his adopted second homeland, dying in Beijing at the age of 90.