Julesburg Public Library

It’s easy to be lulled into thinking all is right with the world. Soldiers invaded our town with no warning. Breaking down doors, they dragged us out of our homes and held us against our will. “Haters” they spat at us. Haters to them meant Christians – we were imprisoned for our faith. I, along with 600 others, was given the choice to renounce my beliefs or face internment.The Watchmen of our town stood against the invaders and freed us. Still...

Tells the stories of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the following civil war using dramatized recreations, new footage from the battlefields, expert commentary, and colorized archives. Focuses on the perspective of sailors from the Kronstadt naval base who were at the vanguard of the revolution, but eventually became disillusioned and faced the wrath of the Bolsheviks.

London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea...

"In 1784, when Americans first voyaged to China, they confronted Chinese authorities who were unaware that the United States even existed. Nevertheless, a long, complicated, and fruitful trade relationship was born after American traders, missionaries, diplomats, and others sailed to China with lofty ambitions: to acquire fabulous wealth, convert China to Christianity, and even command a Chinese army. In America's First Adventure in China, John Haddad...

"Desde un poblado marcado por las advertencias del México rural, el protagonista de esta historia hace el recuento de su propia vida revelando cómo se sumó al ejército cristero, prácticamente obligado por el sacerdote de su pueblo. La crueldad y la dureza no se hacen esperar. El y sus compañeros asesinan a unos arrieros sin saber que son aliados de su causa, por lo que estarían a punto de ser linchados. Así da comienzo su travesía definida...

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's...

"A graphic novel about the Northwest Resistance of 1885. In this book, the protagonist Echo Desjarlais encounters the Metis people of the Northwest Territory, including leaders Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont and Mistahimaskwa, in Batoche and other sites of the Resistance. After victories, then defeat, at the hands of the Canadian Forces, Riel surrenders. Echo travels back to the present, where she discovers her own ties to the Métis who fought there....