Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir
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By: Sabba Khan
What Is Home, Mum?
$22.99PaperbackRead moreOne of the top ten graphic novels for Spring 2022, as chosen by Publishers Weekly
“Khan debuts with a deeply introspective, elegantly rendered graphic memoir about her experiences, faith, and family i- Author: Khan, Sabba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 17, 2022
- ISBN10: 1951491173
- Language: English
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By: Mechner, Jordan
Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cart“[A] vibrant, poignant book.” –NPR Book Reviews
1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World- Author: Mechner, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1250873754
- Language: English
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By: Mary M. Talbot
Armed with Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington
$24.99HardcoverRead moreAward-winning storytellers Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot’s full-color graphic novel Armed with Madness presents a new perspective on the 1930s Paris art scene from neglected artist, feminist icon, a… [more below]
- Author: Talbot, Mary M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1914224124
- Language: English
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Tokyo Rose – Zero Hour (a Graphic Novel): A Japanese American Woman’s Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II
$16.99HardcoverAdd to cart**2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year: Silver Award Winner in Graphic Novels & Comics Category**
**Recommended by The New York Public Library as one of its 50 best comics for adults**
**A Junior Libr… [more below]- Author: Frattino, Andre R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 4805316950
- Language: English
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By: Kugler, Olivier
Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the front lines of the Syrian refugee crisis.
While on assignment between 2013 and 2017, often for Doctors Without Borders, Olivier Kugler interviewed and photographed Syrian refugees and their- Author: Kugler, Olivier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1637790635
- Language: English
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By: Michele Botton
Quentin Tarantino: A Graphic Biography
$19.99HardcoverRead moreUnofficial and unauthorized.
‘An essential volume for fans of the filmmaker, as well as anyone interested in modern American cinema.’ – Library Journal From the set of 1993’s Pulp Fiction, to a bar- Series: Graphic Icons
- Author: Botton, Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0711290768
- Language: English
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By: Ash, Lila
Decodependence: A Romantic Tragicomic
$24.95PaperbackRead moreAuthor and New Yorker cartoonist Lila Ash‘s vulnerable and funny graphic memoir about her attempts to decode her life’s relationships through the lens of her recovering codependency.
Through her skil
- Author: Ash, Lila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1797223321
- Language: English
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And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
$18.99PaperbackRead moreNamed one of Publishers Weekly’s Best of 2021 List in Comics.
2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick
In the spirit of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasa
- Author: Kimball, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0063007444
- Language: English
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By: Hughes, Kiku
Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn this blend of fiction and nonfiction, two young Japanese American sisters try to make sense of a world where their government imprisons them in World War II concentration camps while some of their … [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Kiku
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1634050215
- Language: English
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By: Deines, Philipp
The Five Lives of Hilma AF Klint
$35.00HardcoverRead moreA moving biography, told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novel features key moments in the life of Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Long underrecognized… [more below]
- Author: Deines, Philipp
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1644230690
- Language: English
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By: Maier, Dana Jeri
Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints about the Creative Process
$16.99PaperbackRead moreThe perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons, … [more below]
- Author: Maier, Dana Jeri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1524871613
- Language: English
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Underground: Cursed Rockers and High Priestesses of Sound
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cartThey don’t do it for the fame, they do it for the music — these rock legends and priestesses of sound are the outsiders, the trailblazers, artists who changed the face of music forever simply for the… [more below]
- Author: Le Gouëfflec, Arnaud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1787740250
- Language: English
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A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartDuring Will Betke-Brunswick’s sophomore year of college, their beloved mother, Elizabeth, is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. They only have ten more months together, which Will documents
- Author: Betke-Brunswick, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1953534457
- Language: English
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By: Roz Chast
Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York
$18.00PaperbackRead moreThe Washington Post “10 Best Graphic Novels of the Year”
New York magazine “The Year’s Most Giftable Coffee-Table Books”
Newsday “Best Fall Books”
The Verge “10 Best Comics of the Year”
Oklahoman “Best Gr- Author: Chast, Roz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1632869772
- Language: English
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By: Adam Bessie
Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey
$18.95PaperbackRead moreA searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public edu
- Author: Bessie, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 1644212706
- Language: English
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By: Roca, Paco
Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas
$29.99PaperbackAdd to cartAt 40, cartoonist Paco Roca has finally achieved his childhood dream — to spend all day at home in his pajamas! However, his blissful, loungewear-clad reverie is beset with a host of mundane problems… [more below]
- Author: Roca, Paco
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1683967577
- Language: English
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Musashi
$18.95PaperbackRead moreA stunning graphic novel biography of the famous samurai warrior who wrote the classic text on Japanese martial arts, The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary samurai, is known througho- Author: Wilson, Sean Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 02 2014
- ISBN10: 1611801354
- Language: English
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By: Jake Halpern
Welcome to the New World
$22.99PaperbackRead moreNow in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America
After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibr- Author: Halpern, Jake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1250305594
- Language: English
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By: Takei, George
Nos Llamaron Enemigo (They Called Us Enemy Spanish Edition)
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe award-winning New York Times Bestseller, now in Spanish
En estas impactantes memorias en formato de novela gr fica, el actor/autor/activista George Takei rememora sucesos imborrables de su infanc- Author: Takei, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 23 2020
- ISBN10: 1603094830
- Language: Spanish
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Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution
$14.95PaperbackRead moreSoviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the impact of her story and her spirit on her American great-granddaughter.
This is th- Series: Comix Journalism
- Author: Alekseyeva, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1621069699
- Language: English








