Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir

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  • Cover image for Rube Goldberg: Inventions!

    Rube Goldberg

    $20.95

    Welcome to the world of that archetypal American, Reuben Lucius Goldberg, the dean of American cartoonists for most of the twentieth century. For more than sixty-five years, Rube Goldberg’s syndicated cartoons — he produced more than fifty strips — appeared in as many as a thousand newspapers annually He was earning a hundred thousand dollars…

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    Burn My Letters: Tyranny to refuge

    $21.00

    At the end of the 19th century Finland is a dark and repressive place. Pacifist and political dissenter Karl Johan Back is conscripted to fight for the Russian despots that occupy his country. In 1899 he flees to an untamed land on the far side of the world. Finding refuge on ridges overlooking the Byron…

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  • Shady Bizzness’ Life as Eminem’s Bodyguard in an Industry of Paper Gangsters: Life as Eminem’s Bodyguard in an Industry of Paper Gangsters

    Shady Bizzness’ Life as Eminem’s Bodyguard in an Industry of Paper Gangsters: Life as Eminem’s Bodyguard in an Industry of Paper Gangsters

    $49.95

    Eminem’s bodyguard details the good times, hardships, drug abuse, domestic violence, scandals, sex, near-death experiences, murder, oppression of employees, and bitter betrayal that take place in the hip-hop/rapper’s world.

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    Us Two Together

    $9.99

    In this beautifully illustrated graphic novel, now translated into English from Dutch, artist Ephameron chronicles her father’s losing battle with early-onset primary progressive aphasia (PPA)–a rare form of dementia that advanced slowly and left him unable to speak or to coordinate his thoughts and actions. A moving sequence of paper collage illustrations layered under text…

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  • In the Shadows of the American Revolution: Felicitas St. Maxent

    In the Shadows of the American Revolution: Felicitas St. Maxent

    $9.99

    History class taught you about George Washington and Paul Revere. But what about the heroes hidden in the shadows? Camila, an eight grader of Cuban heritage, is curious if there are more unknown stories about the American Revolution. Searching for a connection to her own history, she stumbles upon a name that changes everything: Felicitas…

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  • Stan Lee: A Life

    Stan Lee: A Life

    $16.95

    The definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Stan Lee’s extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing Spider-Man to the Mighty Avengers. His ideas and voice are at the heart of global culture, loved by millions of superhero fans around the world….

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  • DeathWish: Therapy

    DeathWish: Therapy

    $9.99

    DeathWish: Therapy is a hauntingly beautiful collection of sketches that invites readers into the artist’s private world of spirits, ghosts, demons, and angels. Each image is a raw, unfiltered glimpse into a journey of inner healing and reflection. Through dark yet captivating visuals, this book captures the essence of an interpersonal battle, illustrating the transformative…

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  • Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution (Limited Edition)

    Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution (Limited Edition)

    $350.00

    The limited edition of Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution is a numbered edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by the artist. Contained in a fabric-covered clamshell box is a set of 40 offset reproductions of pages from Sienkiewicz’s never-before-published private notebooks, spanning four decades and featuring some of his most famous characters.

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  • Chester Brown

    Chester Brown

    $20.00

    Best known for his alternative comics, Chester Brown (b. 1960) is one of the most acclaimed and influential cartoonists of the last half century. This first biography provides a critical account of Brown’s life and career, highlighting his role in the evolving comics landscape and tracing his journey from self-publishing minicomics on the streets of…

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  • 2am Eternal

    2am Eternal

    $21.95

    People and places come and go, but the after-party never stops when it’s 2AM Eternal. Your host, Eric Kostiuk Williams, captures a decade of nightlife in Toronto’s queer community, from basements to the backstage to back rooms. Collecting one hundred event posters from 2012 to 2022, short comics stories, and hand-written notes from the author,…

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    Phantom Parents: Memoir of an Adoptee

    $25.00

    An unusual adoption, a gruesome family discovery, a lonesome journey through North America, a miraculous death escape at the 7/7 bombings in the London Underground and a life-altering diagnosis are just some of the ingredients in this collection of short stories and illustrations. This book will lead you on a sometimes heart-breaking, sometimes humorous journey…

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  • Cover image for Alias Akbar del Piombo: Annotations to the Life and Work of Norman Rubington

    Alias Akbar del Piombo: Annotations to the Life and Work of Norman Rubington

    $7.00

    Akbar del Piombo – illustrious subterranean luminary, mysterious, pseudonymous author of six darkly comic, wildly satirical collage novels, together with half-a-dozen volumes of steamy prose. Akbar del Piombo – preposterous, portentous name, once widely believed to be a nom-de-plume of William S. Burroughs. Akbar del Piombo – the name itself a kind of collage, fittingly…

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  • Warburg & Beach (Spanish Edition)

    Warburg & Beach (Spanish Edition)

    $23.95

    Una novela gráfica extremadamente original sobre librerías, bibliotecas y destinos cruzados. Durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX, el historiador alemán Aby Warburg y la librera estadounidense Sylvia Beach llevaron a cabo dos magníficos proyectos intelectuales que hoy día forman parte de la mitología cultural de la modernidad. La biblioteca Warburg, en Hamburgo –donde vio…

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  • Cover image for Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture, Wabi Sabi Design, Female Samurais and Other Obsessions

    Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture, Wabi Sabi Design, Female Samurais and Other Obsessions

    $19.99

    Tokyo Travel Sketchbook traces the journey of illustrator and graphic designer Amaia Arrazola on a four-week trip through the beating heart of Tokyo. When Arrazola accepts a month long artist’s residency in the Japanese capital, she has little idea of what to expect but gamely packs her paints and pencils and seizes the opportunity to…

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  • Be Your Own Backing Band

    Be Your Own Backing Band

    $12.00

    These punk rock humor comics by Liz Prince (celebrated creator of Tomboy, Coady and the Creepies, and Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?) are back in print and better than ever. Still as hilarious, heartfelt, and embarrassing as the original, Be Your Own Backing Band is the first-ever full-color collection of…

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    Pill Hill

    $34.95

    Pill Hill, Nicholas Breutzman’s darkly funny and utterly heartbreaking memoir, plunges the reader into a world of horrifying Tinder dates, flea markets, lizard people, child protective services, black holes, time travel, and stress-induced psychosis. Nic and Henry–father and son–stumble on an old forgottenpark and make a bizarre discovery. Someone marked all the trees with wads…

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