Literary Figures

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  • Miss Greene’s Secret: Based on the True Story of the Black Librarian Who Shaped the Morgan Library

    Miss Greene’s Secret: Based on the True Story of the Black Librarian Who Shaped the Morgan Library

    $25.99

    She changed her name and her past, risking everything for a chance to make her way. A remarkable graphic novel drawn from the life of Belle da Costa Greene–longtime director of the Morgan Library–who passed into white society during the Jim Crow era. At the dawn of the twentieth century, American society continued to draw…

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  • Mrs. Orwell

    Mrs. Orwell

    $29.99

    Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband’s shadow in this riveting graphic novel, which follows the couples’ tireless campaign to expose difficult political truths through art. The Roaring Twenties are over, fascism is on the rise across Europe, and the dream of a workers’ paradise is all but…

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    The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

    $28.00

    A brilliant collaboration between internationally acclaimed Jane Austen expert, Janine Barchas, and New York Times bestselling graphic novelist, Isabel Greenberg. The Novel Life of Jane Austen is a one-of-a-kind, impeccably researched, ecstatically drawn graphic biography of one of the world’s most beloved literary icons. Combining deep scholarship and serious whimsy, The Novel Life of Jane…

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  • Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies

    Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies

    $29.99

    Anaïs Nin, the author of works such as Delta of Venus and House of Incest, is the patron saint of taboo-breaking pop culture sexual iconoclasts. Not only is she an inspiration for contemporary figures such as Madonna, but her oeuvre, which encompasses erotica, autobiography, essays, short fiction, novels, and much more, has been adapted into…

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    Anne Rice

    $7.99

    Anne Rice’s uniquely gothic, sensuous, and existential approach redefined the modern vampire mythology. Shaped by personal tragedies, critical successes and failures, and a fervent rediscovery of her Catholic roots, Rice has penned over 27 novels from supernatural to historical tomes, erotica and religious themes. But Anne Rice’s life is just as interesting as the tales…

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  • Cover image for Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

    Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

    $32.00

    “Clever, charming, amusing, and just plain brilliant. Ken Krimstein is the most inventive graphic biographer on the planet-and certainly the only one who could explain both Einstein and Kafka. A page turner on gravity and relativity!” -KAI BIRD, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus, the biography that inspired the Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer From the award-winning…

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  • Jane. Una Biografía Literaria de Jane Austen / Jane. a Literary Biography of Jane Austen

    Jane. Una Biografía Literaria de Jane Austen / Jane. a Literary Biography of Jane Austen

    $25.95

    En el 250. aniversario de Jane Austen, Cristina Oñoro y Ana Jarén nos descubren a la autora como nunca la habíamos conocido: un viaje por la vida y obra de una autora fascinante. Jane nace en la rectoría de Steventon en una familia devota a los libros y al conocimiento. Rodeada de hermanos con los…

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    Orbit: Stephen King

    $7.99

    One of the bestselling authors of all time, his books have sold over 500 million copies and been translated into 33 languages. Generations of terrified readers and moviegoers have dubbed Stephen King the “Master of Horror,” but he is much, much more. This is a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into King’s private world. As featured on…

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  • Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@ [Squiggle] [Star]!

    Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@ [Squiggle] [Star]!

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    This legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Maus, presents the seminal early works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today–now with a new Afterword by the author. “Some of the smartest criticism of the comics genre ever rendered.” —NPR Innovative, serious, funny, and many decades…

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  • Cover image for Agatha Christie's Marple: Expert on Wickedness

    Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness

    $30.00

    A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple. Winner of the 2025 H.R.F Keating Award for the best 2024 biography or critical book related to crime fiction. In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness, ‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s…

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  • El Olvido Que Seremos (Novela Gráfica) / Memories of My Father. Graphic Novel

    El Olvido Que Seremos (Novela Gráfica) / Memories of My Father. Graphic Novel

    $25.95

    La adaptación a novela gráfica de una de las obras en español más conmovedoras de los últimos tiempos, que inspiró la nueva película de Fernando Trueba. Un inolvidable homenaje de un hijo a su padre. El olvido que seremos, de Héctor Abad Faciolince, extraordinario canto al amor filial y clásico contemporáneo de la literatura en…

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  • Tribute: Dr. Suess

    Tribute: Dr. Suess

    $8.99

    “Tribute: Dr. Seuss” is a captivating comic book biography that explores the life and legacy of the beloved author, Dr. Seuss. From his humble beginnings as a political cartoonist to his rise as a revolutionary children’s author, this story traces the journey of Theodor Geisel’s creative genius. With whimsical art and imaginative storytelling, the comic…

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  • Whatever Happened to Frankie King

    Whatever Happened to Frankie King

    $21.95

    Frankie King was a precocious student and a promising basketball player at Brooklyn’s James Madison High School in the early 1950s. Sportswriters were comparing Frankie to the greatest college and professional players of all time, and he was recruited as a starting guard at the University of North Carolina. But Frankie dropped out before playing…

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  • Cover image for Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the Fbi, and Transformed Children's Literature

    Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the Fbi, and Transformed Children’s Literature

    $40.00

    Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children’s books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children’s classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and the groundbreaking comic strip Barnaby. Krauss wrote over a dozen children’s…

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  • Cover image for Orbit: Comic Creators: Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Jack Kirby and William M. Marston

    Orbit: Comic Creators: Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Jack Kirby and William M. Marston

    $19.99

    The creators behind the legends of Spider-Man, Superman, Wonder Woman, and more were hardly overnight successes. Read the collected biographies of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and William M. Marston, the creative forces behind the superheroes that started a revolution in graphic fiction storytelling. First time in print!

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  • Orbit: JRR Tolkien - El Verdadero Señor de los Anillos

    Orbit: JRR Tolkien – El Verdadero Señor de los Anillos

    $7.99

    Imagino reinos de magos, orcos y hobbits, y elevo la fantasía de la literatura basura a una respetada. J.R.R Tolkien, es un autor icónico quién captivó generaciones con su compleja mitología rica de detalle de lo que es la Tierra Media, es el sujeto de su propia historia en esta edición especial de la última…

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