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  • Fun Home

    A Family Tragicomic

    by Alison Bechdel ...
    CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLERTime Magazine #1 Book of the Year • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist •Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award •Nominated for the GLAAD Media AwardAlison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Dista... ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • Gender Queer

    A Memoir

    by Maia Kobabe, Phoebe Kobabe ...
    In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia’s intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Talk

    by Darrin Bell ...
    “A moving portrait . . . funny and touching, intellectually and emotionally stimulating. There’s pride and prejudice, family drama, and a love story. I loved this book. You will too.”—Victor LaValle, author of The ChangelingDarrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She said she feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $3.99 USD

  • The Art of the Graphic Memoir

    Tell Your Story, Change Your Life

    by Tom Hart ...
    #1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and a deep-dive into his own story, Hart encourages ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy

    by Michael F. Patton, Kevin Cannon ...
    Philosophy like you've never seen it beforeThe latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable primer, Kevin Cannon—one of the talented illustrators behind Evolution and The Stuff of Life—and the philosopher Michael F. Patton introduce the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rosalie Lightning

    A Graphic Memoir

    by Tom Hart ...
    A Goodreads Choice Award Semi-Finalist, Amazon Best Book of 2016, one of The Washington Post's Best Graphic Novels of 2016, and one of Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books of 2016ROSALIE LIGHTNING is Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart's #1 New York Times bestselling touching and beautiful graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie. His heart-breaking ... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ask the Dust

    by John Fante ...
    Arturo Bandini is a twenty-year-old burgeoning writer, spending his days hungry for success, life and food in a dingy hotel in Los Angeles. Full of the enthusiasm of youth, and the thrill of having one short story published, the reality of poverty and prejudice has hit him hard. He meets a local waitress, Camilla Lopez, and embarks on a strange and strained love-hate relationship. Slowly, but ... Read more

    $1.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ¿Feminismo?, ¡eso qué!

    by Valeria Gallo ...
    A veces no nos damos cuenta de lo cerca que estamos de cambiarCamila es una chica a quien la sola palabra “feminismo” le da mucha flojera. Se sabe con los mismos derechos y oportunidades que los chicos y no cree que haya necesidad de seguir hablando del tema. Un día, sin embargo, llegan a su vida varias amigas que le ayudarán a tomar consciencia de toda la lucha detrás de los derechos que las ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Ducks

    Two Years in the Oil Sands

    by Kate Beaton ...
    Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush—part of the long ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing

    Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress a Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion

    by Maggie Koerth-Baker, Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur ...
    Be amazingWho says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniusesWhat good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? mental_floss has combed through every success story in history to deliver this ultimate how-to guide for climbing your way to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • True Crime

    Scoundrel

    by Donna Walsh ...
    Garavito suffered from a serious form of overkill, as his victim list is believed tohave topped 300, in part because his targets of choice were not only prolific, butalso easy prey. His tricks of the trade, which included posing as a priest to createa sense of trust between himself and his victims, allowed him to blend into thedust and the trash and the suffering, so he was able to get away with ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Emma Dreams of Stars

    Inside the Gourmet Guide

    by Kan Takahama, Emmanuelle Maisonneuve, Julia Pavlowitch ...
    BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A FORMER MICHELIN GUIDE INSPECTORGet a rare glimpse into the inner workings of The Michelin Guide, and the grueling yet rewarding life of an undercover professional foodie! Originally published in France, this inspiring story brings us behind the scenes as we follow Emma, the first woman to be hired as a Michelin Guide Inspector, on her adventures across France and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Année Zéro

    by Anna Roy, Mademoiselle Caroline ...
    series Année Zéro
    Madeleine est sage-femme et pourtant dès la naissance de son enfant, rien ne se passe comme prévu. Elle galère dans son post-partum, sa parentalité, son couple... Elle passe de la joie au désespoir, de l'énergie à tout casser à la fatigue extrême. Anna et Caroline nous rassurent : c'est normal. Tout le monde passe par là. « Devenir parent » est l'un des plus grands chambardements de l'existence... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Comic-Con Heroes: The Fans Who Make the Greatest Show on Earth

    by Joe Wilcox ...
    Knowledge@Wharton, University of Pennsylvania's online business journal, calls San Diego Comic-Con the “Super Bowl of pop culture”. The convention is the required pilgrimage for artists, actors, filmmakers, producers or screenwriters. Each year 130,000 fans gather, and where they go Hollywood follows. News coverage weighs heavily to celebrities, even though they are outnumbered thousands to one ... Read more

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  • Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation

    by Anne Frank, Ari Folman ...
    series Pantheon Graphic Library
    **A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. This graphic edition remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.“[A] stunning, haunting work of art..."—The New York Times Book Review**For both young readers and adults ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Crossroads

    I Live Where I Like: A Graphic History

    by Koni Benson ...
    series Kairos
    Drawn by South African political cartoonists the Trantraal brothers and Ashley Marais, Crossroads: I Live Where I Like is a graphic nonfiction history of women-led movements at the forefront of the struggle for land, housing, water, education, and safety in Cape Town over half a century. Drawing on over sixty life narratives, it tells the story of women who built and defended Crossroads, the only ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Talk

    A Memoir in Conversations

    by Mira Jacob ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “beautiful and eye-opening” (Jacqueline Woodson), “hilarious and heart-rending” (Celeste Ng) graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing.ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly • ONE OF THE BEST ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • All The Answers

    by Michael Kupperman ...
    **A 2019 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST REALITY-BASED WORKA NPR BEST BOOK OF 2018A VULTURE BEST COMIC OF 2018A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2018A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2018A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018WINNER OF THE PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2018 GRAPHIC NOVEL CRITICS POLLIn this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • American Cornball

    A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny

    by Christopher Miller ...
    American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor—the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids—and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.Miller revisits nearly 200 comic staples that have been passed down through our culture for generations, many originating from the vaudeville ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • The 14th Dalai Lama

    A Manga Biography

    by Tetsu Saiwai ...
    A new way of getting to know one of the world's most beloved spiritual leaders.Featuring a charmingly illustrated format that will appeal to readers of all ages, this unique biography is an ideal introduction to the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Born in 1935 to a peasant family in a small village, Tenzin Gyatso was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Introducing Keynes

    A Graphic Guide

    by Peter Pugh ...
    series Graphic Guides
    As we find ourselves at the cusp of an economic downturn, there has been a clear reinvigoration of Keynesian economics as governments are attempting to stimulate the market through public funds. Forming his economic theories in the wake of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes argued that a healthy economy depended on the total spending of consumers, business investors and, most importantly, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tenements, Towers & Trash

    An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City

    by Julia Wertz ...
    **A New York Times Notable Book of 2017!Here is New York,** as you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's.In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind the New York ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life

    Neil Gaiman!! Jodi Picoult!! Brad Meltzer!! . . . and an All-Star Roster on the Caped Crusaders That Changed Their Lives

    by Liesa Mignogna ...
    An anthology of essays exploring the origins of the authors' relationships to their favorite superheroes; including stories from Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Brad Meltzer, Joe Lansdale and more!As broad as our exponentially growing cultural fascination with caped crusaders is, it runs just as deep as this long awaited anthology underscores. Liesa Mignogna the VP, Editorial Director at Simon Pulse ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The High Desert

    Black. Punk. Nowhere.

    by James Spooner ...
    A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man’s immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert.Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years ... Read more

    $15.99 USD