Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir

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  • Hakim's Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France

    Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France

    $29.95

    –I’m Syrian, and I got here from Turkey. –Whoaaa! That’s a hell of a trip! –You could say that . . . I left home almost three years ago. After being rescued from the Mediterranean, Hakim and his son reach European soil, full of hope. But before they can get to France, they face a…

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  • Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays on Uncertainty

    Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays on Uncertainty

    $21.95

    In her debut graphic novel, Sarah Firth ponders some of life’s deepest philosophical questions: Why are we here? How are we supposed to get along with one another? What on earth is that slug doing in my bathroom sink? From daydreams and pop culture memes to the teachings of science, philosophy, and history, Firth weaves…

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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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  • Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl

    Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl

    $24.95

    Derided by her high-school peers for being overweight, Rachel finally found a sense of purpose and belonging in a promising career as an EMT–that is, until her body got in the way. Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the emotional and physical realities of inhabiting a large body in a world that…

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    Until I Meet My Husband (Manga)

    $14.99

    The memoir of gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki and the first religiously recognized same-sex marriage in Japan. (Original novel of essays also available from Seven Seas.) From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author’s “firsts” as a young gay man searching for love. Dating is never…

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    X-Gender Vol. 1

    $14.99

    A diary of my sexual awakening…at thirty-three?!! Asuka is neither a woman nor a man–they’re X-gender (a non-binary identity)–and they’ve realized they like women! Okay, now what? Adult films are fun to watch, but real sex is less appealing. Would having a penis make that better or worse? Periods already suck, and sex means more…

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  • What to Do When You Get Dumped

    What to Do When You Get Dumped

    $24.99

    “A book that feels like a warm hug from your best friend.” -Emily Henry, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Funny Story From the beloved mother-daughter team who brought us What to Do When I’m Gone, a poignant, funny, heartfelt, and gorgeously illustrated guide to navigating the pain and complexity of getting dumped. After Suzy…

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  • Babe in the Woods: Or, the Art of Getting Lost

    Babe in the Woods: Or, the Art of Getting Lost

    $28.99

    From acclaimed painter Julie Heffernan, a wholly original and visually stunning four-color graphic work of autofiction about a young mother who–lost overnight on a hike with her infant son–experiences an extraordinary journey of memory, remorse, and rebirth that offers her a new way of seeing the world; for readers of Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, and…

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    The Five Lives of Hilma AF Klint

    $35.00

    A moving biography, told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novel features key moments in the life of Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Long underrecognized, af Klint has been amid a sensational rediscovery that continues to take art audiences by storm. Artist Philipp Deines traces the story of now world-famous…

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    My Alcoholic Escape from Reality

    $14.99

    An emotional new diary comic from the award-winning creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary. Nagata Kabi’s downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can’t stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to a clinic, where she is diagnosed…

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    Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu Collector’s Edition

    $24.99

    Is there anything spookier than a silent feline, eyes glinting, stalking you in the night…IN YOUR OWN HOME Master of horror Junji Ito turns his twisted eye on his own life in this comedic graphic memoir about becoming a cat owner, now reissued in a deluxe hardcover featuring an exclusive interivew with Ito and a…

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    River Never Smooth: Reclaiming Power After Abuse

    $38.99

    Despite being abused, Angelique kept going back because she mistook abuse for love. Sound familiar? Abusive relationships have not been relegated to the past. They are still prevalent today among the rich and poor, male and female, old and young, people from every country, every race, and every walk of life. Angelique Castor falls for…

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    A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic

    $14.99

    A moving autobiographical manga about her father’s alcoholism that inspired a critically acclaimed live-action film. Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father’s alcoholism and her own journey through guilt to understanding her father’s illness. She rejects the common belief that family members can and should be forgiven for anything they do, no matter…

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    My Wandering Warrior Existence

    $14.99

    The newest diary manga from the Harvey Award-winning creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. After attending a friend’s wedding, Nagata Kabi decides she wants one of her own. That’s not the only thing she wants–she longs to love and be loved. But she has three major problems: she has no partner, no dating experience,…

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  • Bob Marley in Comics!

    Bob Marley in Comics!

    $27.99

    In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally that had hardly been heard anywhere else: reggae! It is Marley who brings the unmistakable beat of reggae to the…

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  • Love Me Please!: The Story of Janis Joplin

    Love Me Please!: The Story of Janis Joplin

    $24.99

    Experience the life of a rock legend in comics! Love Me Please: The Story of Janis Joplin chronicles the extraordinary journey of the iconic singer, from her childhood in post-WWII Texas to her meteoric rise and untimely death in 1970. Discover how a young, troubled woman transformed into a planetary rock icon in just five…

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