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One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship player by the age of fifteen in a Europe overshadowed by impending war, Suzanne Lenglen broke records for ticket sales and match winning streaks, scandalised and entranced the public with her playing outfits, and became a…
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Nearly seventy years after his death Aleister Crowley, the notorious Beast 666, is only just beginning to attract serious academic attention. Even so we would not expect to find him on any mainstream university courses; he is still too much associated with occultism. So,…
A classic road trip memoir about love, family, and surprisingly conversational wildlife. In 2019, artist Jon Claytor said good-bye to the Maritimes and hit the road. His destination: an artist’s residency in Prince Rupert, where he planned to work on a graphic novel about his eight-week journey across Canada. But this story, like most, isn’t…
When artist Tally Nourigat left her life in Portland to move to Los Angeles and pursue a job in animation, she realized that despite her research, nothing truly prepared her for the wild world that awaited in the studios of Southern California. From grinding on storyboard test after storyboard test to getting a job at…
This was the last day I prayed. A coming-of-age graphic memoir set in the West Bank, Good Girls Go to Hell depicts the reality of growing up in a region split by religious tensions–and sometimes violent conflict. From political protests to personal struggles with school, body image, and relationships with family and friends, Tohar Sherman-Friedman’s…
–Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List “With his latest work of graphic nonfiction, Chuck D uses his art and hip-hop rhymes to show how the US has been held hostage by gun violence and a growing sense of hopelessness . . . A focused, fresh, urgent text filled with…
An incredibly fun-and necessary!-deep dive into one of American comics’ most important, influential, and underappreciated artistic dynasties” –Fred Van Lente, six-time New York Times bestselling author, The Comic Book History of Comics FATHER AND SON ISSUES: The Secret History of Spider-Man is the true story of someone with a great power, and a great responsibility….
A comedic life lesson about how to break a leg on Broadway–literally–by Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS. In the midst of the unprecedented success of Brian Michael Bendis’s character-defining run writing Ultimate Spider-Man, and the box office record-breaking Spider-Man films, the writer…
“An ode to the power of art and comics to capture a moment and to crystallize the wish for a better world.”–Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker More than 140 single-page comics from artists the world over, documenting humanity’s retreat into COVID-19 lockdown and imagining our eventual, boisterous reemergence, gathered by the founder of the annual…
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…
As a young girl, with a deep love for her family, Aliandra learned to survive the unthinkable. Whenever the stench of chaos and fear was closing in, she could slip away into the world of her vivid imagination. Only love and joy reigned, casting aside any trace of darkness. But, everyone grows up at some…
The truth is not always beautiful. But survival always is. In this intimate graphic memoir, author Angela Priso uses minimalist vignettes to chronicle a life marked by the relentless cost of womanhood: from the social intrusion of developing breasts and the chaos of young adulthood, to the ultimate, life-altering attack of a cancer diagnosis. You…
Follow U.S. Army Private Meyer’s wartime memories as he travels you back in time to 1950 to 1952, as an Army infantry soldier on the frontlines of the Korean War, only just turning 17 years old. Be inspired by these true life stories surviving “The Forgotten War.” When you are finished follow his journey for…
A young, talented musician named Izvy, struggling with self-doubt and the pressures of the music industry, finds solace and inspiration in his unwavering friendship with Liam. Liam, a charismatic and fiercely loyal individual, becomes Izvy’s rock, guiding him through the treacherous waters of the industry and offering unwavering support as Izvy grapples with his hidden…
Andrew Hutchins’ book, Food Was My Mistress: An Examination of Food and Emotional Dependence, is an emotional eating memoir that shares his honest story about living with food as more than just nourishment. He wrote it for people who have “fed their pain instead of facing it” and struggled with food, self-worth, silence, or shame….
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