Biography & Autobiography

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  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

    The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

    $16.99

    In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their personal journeys of self-discovery and acceptance. Featuring the work of Sage Coffey, Kyla Aiko, and Coco Ouwerkerk, The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics includes 29 creators’ tales of self-love and affirmation and detailing their experiences with gender and identity….

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  • Wildflower Emily: A Story about Young Emily Dickinson

    Wildflower Emily: A Story about Young Emily Dickinson

    $22.99

    Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time. When you hear her name, you may imagine the famous recluse whose withdrawal from society became legendary. But it’s time to meet a new side of Emily, one that is powerful, adventurous, and joyful. Follow along as we delve into Emily…

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  • Elon Musk: American Oligarch

    Elon Musk: American Oligarch

    $24.95

    An unvarnished, critical graphic biography of the tech innovator and former presidential confidant by the author/illustrator of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator and Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful. Darryl Cunningham’s new graphic biography of Elon Musk is a riveting deep-dive into the audacious mind and tumultuous journey of the world’s…

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  • Karl Lagerfeld: An Illustrated Biography

    Karl Lagerfeld: An Illustrated Biography

    $25.99

    Karl Lagerfeld–a larger-than-life fashion icon who changed the industry and a living brand–comes to life in this all-new graphic novel biography that looks at the man behind the logo “It starts with me and it ends with me.”–Karl Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld stylized himself into a living logo and a myth of the fashion world. As…

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  • Stan Lee

    Stan Lee

    $15.99

    Be inspired by the amazing life of Stan Lee, the comic book genius who created Spider-Man, The Hulk, and Iron Man! Little Stan grew up in New York City. As a child, he loved reading books, poems and newspaper strips. And when he didn’t have his head in a book, he was writing stories of…

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  • Cover image for Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

    Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria

    $13.99

    THE TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE BOY DID HIS PART TO END THE SYRIAN REGIME A 2024 YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens – An NPR Best Book of 2023 – A 2023 NCSS Notable Social Studies Book “Inspiring and exciting, powerful and very poignant” –Anderson Cooper ★ “[A] gripping narrative, told with…

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    Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

    $24.99

    With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies. Full color..

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    Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children

    $14.99

    This extraordinary graphic novel tells the true stories of six Jewish children and young people who survived the Holocaust. Between 1933 and 1945, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party were responsible for the persecution of millions of Jews across Europe. From suffering the horrors of Auschwitz, to hiding from Nazi soldiers in war-torn Paris, to…

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  • A Drifting Life

    A Drifting Life

    $39.95

    The award-winning memoir translated by Taro Nettleton with a new design by Adrian Tomine In this memoir that won two Eisner Awards, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, a prize at the Festival de la BD d’Angoulême, and was adapted into a feature film that debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, legendary manga-ka Yoshihiro Tatsumi uses…

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  • Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love

    Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love

    $24.95

    A poignant graphic memoir about the power of art to transform and heal after the death of a loved one In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt’s partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after…

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    Akim Aliu: Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir)

    $14.99

    This honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Aliu’s incredible life as a hockey prodigy in Canada. Akim Aliu — also known as “Dreamer” — is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells…

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  • The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom

    The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom

    $19.99

    A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed man of the nineteenth century, based on his autobiographical writings and speeches, spotlighting the key events and people that shaped the life of this great American. Recently returned to the cultural spotlight, Frederick Douglass’s impact on American history is felt even…

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  • Black Cohosh

    Black Cohosh

    $24.95

    A heartfelt, comedic coming-of-age debut from a bright new talentWhen we meet Eagle Valiant Brosi, he is a long-haired commune kid, bullied by other kids, teachers, and his neighbors. And because of his speech impediment, Eagle observessilently and often. Mom–a classic earthy, free spirit prone to discursive lectures on naturalmedicine and the efficacy of certain…

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  • The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow

    The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow

    $29.99

    “Gloriously unruly…an incisive look at an artist who never recovered from the success of his youth.” —Publishers WeeklyFrom graphic novelist Youssef Daoudi comes a radically new look at the director of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil: legendary filmmaker Orson Welles. Long after his death in 1985, the shadow of Orson Welles still looms over…

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    Around the World in 80 Days

    $7.00

    Evocative of an era when all travel was an adventure, this timeless classic is perfectly captured by Ingpen’s rich and detailed illustrations. Although we live in an age when round-the-world travel is possible in hours rather than weeks, Verne’s tale of a race against the clock has never lost its power to thrill. Illustrations.

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    Wildheart: The Daring Adventures of John Muir

    $14.99

    The exciting life story of John Muir–who sailed to America as a boy and ended up changing the world; told for the first time in a graphic novel. John Muir led an adventurous life, starting with his wild and playful boyhood in Scotland to his legendary exploits in America, where he became an inventor, a…

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