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1. Steve Sheinkin

Bomb

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents. This is the story of the plotting, risk-taking, deceit, and genius that created the atomic bomb.

1. Steve Sheinkin

Diamond Fever!

Steve Sheinkin is an acclaimed author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. His fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories include Impossible Escape, Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. stevesheinkin.com Jon Chad lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter. He is the illustrator of Science Comics: Solar System, and the author of Leo Geo, Science Comics: Volcanoes, Science Comics: The Periodic Table of Elements, and Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball. Jon Chad's newest graphic novel series, The Solvers, uses comics, and superhero action, to teach mathematics to young readers. jonchad.com

1. Ilan Stavans
2. Steve Sheinkin

El Iluminado

“El Iluminado is a revelation—a story that surprises at every turn, where the dusty histories of New Mexico’s crypto-Jews are brought to life with sharp wit and striking visuals. It’s the kind of graphic novel that stays with you well past the final page, inviting you to look deeper and think harder about our hidden histories.” - Christopher González, coauthor of Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film and TV "Stavans has done it again. . . . His writing breathes life into the characters, and co-conspirator Sheinkin brings a rhythmic pace to the panels that moves the mystery to its suspenseful end; his precise yet suggestive visual creations plant us firmly in a breathtaking New Mexico. Not since Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose have I come across such a scintillating ecclesiastical murder mystery.” - Frederick Luis Aldama, author of Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez “Crypto-Jews of the Southwest, your voices are about to be heard! Sheinkin and Stavans do justice to both academic scholarship and the graphic novel in this amazing new work.” - Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends “A wondrous journey that boomerangs between the Old World and the New, between Mexico and El Norte, with Ilan Stavans on a search to find his identity in a landscape that constantly shifts, as if Krazy Kat had come to Santa Fe.” - Jerome Charyn, author of The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson "El Iluminado is a mystery about the very concept of a mystery and our sometimes deadly fascination with it—a tale that reveals the uncomfortable parallels between the Spanish Inquisition and modern academia. Funny and thought-provoking, a graphic novel of anti-heroic proportions.” - John Sayles, author of To Save the Man “A captivating tale about the Sephardic heart that still throbs, years after the conquest and the Inquisition, in the Latino heartland of New Mexico. Stavans and Sheinkin educate and thrill in this warmly felt story about memory and the search for identity in an age of global wandering.” - Ruth Behar, author of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba “A death in the desert . . . missing documents . . . a stubborn priest . . . a persistent young woman grieving the loss of her cousin and trying to solve his death . . . Jewish symbols showing up in mysterious places. . . . Is this the plot of the latest Indiana Jones movie? Not quite, but maybe something even better. [El Iluminado] packs a punch that is at once a gripping whodunit and a fascinating lesson on crypto-Jews in New Mexico. . . . The story is fast-paced and fascinating, with a delightful blend of history and humor. . . . A beautifully entertaining book that will surely become a classic.” —Jewish Book Council “Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin’s graphic novel takes a highly entertaining and informative journey through a largely unknown slice of New Mexican and Jewish history. . . . El Iluminado reads a bit like a crypto-Jewish DaVinci Code. . . . A reminder of the human longing that often drives those who search for their true religious and cultural identities.” —Los Angeles Times “El Iluminado is a delightful surprise of a book. . . . A graphic novel turns out to be a great way to explore this religious history.” —San Antonio Express-News

1. Steve , Sheinkin

L' atomica. Dagli studi di Oppenheimer alla corsa per costruire (e rubare) l'arma più pericolosa del mondo

Nel dicembre del 1938, un chimico tedesco, Robert Oppenheimer, fece una scoperta che ha cambiato il corso della storia mondiale: posizionando un atomo di uranio accanto a del materiale radioattivo, si verificò la divisione dell'atomo in due parti. Questa scoperta scatenò una corsa scientifica che coinvolse tre continenti, con intense attività di spionaggio e ricerca. I protagonisti di questa storia furono i più illustri scienziati del tempo, le spie internazionali più abili, commando militari pronti ad agire e i più spietati dittatori che il mondo abbia mai conosciuto. L'obiettivo era il dominio militare globale. Questa è la storia di cospirazioni, segreti, macchinazioni e geni che hanno portato alla creazione dell'arma più potente e pericolosa al mondo: la bomba atomica. In pochi anni, questa rivoluzione scientifica divenne un¿arma di distruzione di massa. La prima bomba fu sganciata su Hiroshima e, pochi giorni dopo, un¿altra su Nagasaki. Il conflitto della Seconda Guerra Mondiale terminò con la resa dei nazisti. Età di lettura: da 13 anni. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

1. Ruta Sepetys
2. Steve Sheinkin

The Bletchley Riddle

1. Ruta Sepetys
2. Steve Sheinkin

The Bletchley Riddle