Biography & Autobiography

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  • Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #3): A Pioneer Tale

    Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #3): A Pioneer Tale

    $19.99

    Experience author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s New York Times bestselling graphic novel Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition in a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 16 brand-new pages of mini comics. This special edition of Donner Dinner Party features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, which includes research photos, sketches,…

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  • Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition

    Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition

    $34.99

    2020 ALA Alex Award Winner2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book 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. Then…

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  • Dead Man Walking: Graphic Edition

    Dead Man Walking: Graphic Edition

    $24.00

    EISNER AWARD NOMINEE – In this graphic adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean’s bestselling memoir, acclaimed artist Catherine Anyango Grünewald and writer Rose Vines bring to striking visual life the story of a nun who becomes a fierce advocate against the death penalty. “The now legendary story of Dead Man Walking has been heard and seen…

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    Fela: Music Is the Weapon

    $48.00

    A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti–the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat. In this bold and striking graphic novel, artist Jibola Fagbamiye and writer Conor McCreery team up to tell the remarkable origin story of one of Nigeria’s most famous sons, the King of…

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  • The Spider and the Fly

    The Spider and the Fly: A Writer, a Murderer, and a Story of Obsession

    $17.99

    Winner of the Washington State Book Award for Memoir “Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching. . . . A must-read.”—Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl In this superb work of literary true crime–a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense–a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial…

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  • League of Soccer Legends

    League of Soccer Legends

    $35.00

    Journey through legendary moments in soccer history with this unique clash of comic art and iconic players, from Maradona to Messi and beyond. Watching the best players on the field–with laser passes that slice the defense in two or the ability to stop an attack dead in its tracks with one pinpoint tackle–you can only…

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  • Chicken with Plums

    Chicken with Plums

    $18.00

    In “Embroideries,” Satrapi rendered the events of her life and times in a uniquely captivating and powerful voice. Now she turns that same keen eye to the heartrending story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who gave up his life for music and love.

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  • Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery

    Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery

    $18.99

    A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A poignant young adult graphic memoir that follows one teen’s year abroad in Japan, as she seeks to reconcile both sides of her biracial identity. Christine has always felt she is just half: Half American, half Japanese. As a biracial Japanese American who was born in…

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  • The History of World War II: A Graphic Novel Retelling of the 20th Century’s Defining War

    The History of World War II: A Graphic Novel Retelling of the 20th Century’s Defining War

    $29.99

    A visual reckoning with the war that redefined the modern world. How do you capture the sheer scale, the human cost, and the geopolitical chess match of the Second World War in a single volume? In The History of World War II, acclaimed historian Arnaud de la Croix and master illustrator Vicente Cifuentes deliver a…

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  • I Am George Washington

    I Am George Washington

    $16.99

    Children will want to read about our first president while discussing the presidential elections. This is the ninth book in the New York Times bestselling biography series that inspires while it informs and entertains. George Washington was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to…

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  • Muybridge

    Muybridge

    $24.95

    How do you capture a changing world in the blink of an eye? Sacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomesentangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford’s delusions of grandeur. Tasked withproving Stanford’s belief that a horse’s hooves do not touch the ground while galloping atfull speed, Muybridge gets to work with his camera. In…

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    It’s Her Story Sacajawea a Graphic Novel

    $10.99

    A graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Sacajawea was a brilliant, multilingual Shoshone girl who was torn from her home at a young age. In 1804, she set out with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide across hundreds of miles of unmapped land to reach the Pacific Ocean….

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    Science Comics: Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared

    $13.99

    From the deepest oceans to the farthest reaches of space–and everything in between–Science Comics turns STEM topics into unforgettable graphic novel adventures. This smash-hit series has sold over a million copies!A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in…

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  • Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir

    Bad Boy: A Graphic Memoir

    $23.99

    A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of iconic, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s autobiography, telling the story of his coming-of-age in Harlem, adapted by Guy A. Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. Legendary author Walter Dean Myers was once a troublemaker and a truant. Just how bad was he? From instigating mischievous pranks at home to…

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  • Cover image for It's Her Story Dolly Parton a Graphic Novel

    It’s Her Story Dolly Parton a Graphic Novel

    $10.99

    A graphic novel for children ages 7 to 10. Dolly Parton is an award-winning songwriter and entertainer, who released her first single when she was just thirteen years old. She has written thousands of songs, starred in TV shows and movies, and runs her own businesses and philanthropy. With her talent, grit, and generous spirit,…

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  • Cover image for Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

    Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home

    $24.00

    * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Silver Medal Society of Illustrators * * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Comics Beat, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal This “ingenious reckoning with the past” (The New York…

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