Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir

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  • Run: Book One

    Run: Book One

    $24.99

    Run, Eisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Memoir, is an essential graphic novel, whether for the home or the classroom. First you march, then you run. From the #1 bestselling, award-winning team behind March. This follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series March is the continuation of the life story of…

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  • The Customer Is Always Wrong

    The Customer Is Always Wrong

    $29.95

    A young woman’s art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholism The Customer is Always Wrong is the saga of a young naïve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven…

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  • Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey

    Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey

    $32.00

    For fans of “Persepolis, Fun Home,” and “Maus” comes a major new graphic memoir about family secrets, the immigrant experience, and the legacy of the Vietnam War. Full color.

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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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  • Quentin Tarantino: The Graphic Novel

    Quentin Tarantino: The Graphic Novel

    $25.00

    A unique, exuberant graphic novel telling the story of visionary director, Quentin Tarantino. Exploring the creative genius of one of the most iconic and influential filmmakers of our time, Quentin Tarantino: The Graphic Novel is the story of the life and career of the visionary director, from his humble beginnings in Torrance, California to his…

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  • Roy Thomas: A Life in Four Colors, 1940-1966

    Roy Thomas: A Life in Four Colors, 1940-1966

    $45.95

    The man Stan Lee dubbed “Rascally Roy” and “Roy the Boy” tells the full, uncensored story of his emergence as one of the brightest stars in the Marvel Comics firmament! It’s all here, starting with his Midwestern beginnings devouring the late, great Golden Age of Comics, to the glorious flowering of comics fandom during the…

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  • Maus I Y II (Spanish Edition)

    Maus I Y II (Spanish Edition)

    $29.95

    Maus es la biografía de Vladek Spiegelman, un judío polaco superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazis, contada a través de su hijo Art, un dibujante de cómics que quiere dejar memoria de la aterradora persecución que sufrieron millones de personas en la Europa sometida por Hitler y de las consecuencias de este sufrimiento en…

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  • Rosalie Lightning

    Rosalie Lightning

    $23.99

    A new updated paperback edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic memoir about a father dealing with the sudden death of his young daughter. Tom Hart’s two-year-old daughter Rosalie was a bundle of energy: always running, exploring, and fascinated by the world around her. But one night, when Tom went to check on…

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  • Kusama: Polka Dot Queen

    Kusama: Polka Dot Queen

    $19.99

    A vivid portrayal of the life of Yayoi Kusama–Queen of Polka Dots, creator of infinity–from her unusual childhood to international artistic acclaim From her days in 1960s New York as a proponent of free love and peace to her current position as internationally recognized Queen of Polka Dots and creator of infinity, Yayoi Kusama’s life…

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  • Basquiat: Art Masters Series

    Basquiat: Art Masters Series

    $19.99

    Author Julian Voloj and illustrator S ren Mosdal’s graphic biography of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is full of “crackling energy and a breakneck pace to match the tumultuous life and career of their subject, whose synthesis of punk, pop, hip-hop, and street cultures continues to be influential more than 20 years after his death” (Library…

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    Why Art?

    $14.99

    What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things. But how can it truly make…

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  • X-Gender Vol. 1

    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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    Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22

    $19.99

    From her father and mother’s interracial marriage to her own “you show me yours, I’ll show you mine” moments on the playground–from drug experimentation to sexual/identity questions–MariNaomi lays her inner life bare. Kiss & Tell is her funny and frank memoir in graphic form: a fresh and offbeat coming-of-age story unfolding against the colorful backdrop…

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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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  • Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag

    Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag

    $17.95

    First pregnancy can be a fraught, uncomfortable experience for any woman, but for resolutely butch lesbian Teek Thomasson, it is exceptionally challenging. Teek identifies as a masculine woman in a world bent on associating pregnancy with a cult of uber-femininity. Teek wonders, “Can butches even get pregnant?” Of course, as she and her pragmatic femme…

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  • The Art of the Graphic Memoir

    The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Tell Your Story, Change Your Life

    $28.00

    #1 New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and…

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