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Nejishiki unveils the most iconic scenes from Yoshiharu Tsuge s highly respected body of work alongside his most beloved stories. A cornerstone of Japan s legendary 1960s counterculture that galvanized avant-garde manga and comics criticism, the title...

Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970047097Author David CalcanoFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Fantoons LLCPublisher Fantoons LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807012680Author Paul Peart-SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Eisner Nominated 2021 At sixteen, bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a sky filled with stars, Jean-Marc Rochette has already begun measuring himself against some of Europe's highest peaks. The Aiguille Dibona, the Coup de Saber, La Meije: the...

During winter break of her senior year of college, cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her mother embarked on a six-week adventure in Paris to celebrate milestone birthdays: Lucy's twenty-second, and her mother's fiftieth, each angst-inducing for their own...

Emil Zatopek is arguably the greatest Olympic champion of all time. The Czech runner's three gold medals at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics, for the 5,000 meter, 10,000 meter, and marathon is an achievement that has never been matched. His success as...

The final, Eisner Award-winning chapter of a legendary cartoonist s history of Japan. Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan concludes award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's stunning historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the...

From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated collection of classic Zen Buddhist stories that enlighten as they entertainC. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861662845Author Kevin JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Knockabout ComicsPublisher Knockabout Comics

One morning in June 1941, a quiet village in Central Lithuania is shaken out of its slumber by the sudden arrival of the Soviet Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family are given ten minutes...

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951491024Author Danny NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Street Noise BooksPublisher Street Noise Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544002234Author Alison BechdelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

A graphic novel that confronts our habits, narratives, and fantasies head-on to help break our petroleum dependency What if the biggest barriers to responding to climate change are not technological or governmental but, rather, cultural? In other...

In what will be the closest thing Eisner fans will see to an autobiography, the great master and pioneer of American graphic arts presents the most intimate and personal perspective yet on his life as a writer, a professional, and an artist. "The...

The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo's brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo's world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809089475Author Mark SchultzFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Frame by glorious frame, this beautiful graphic novel captures the essence of the Tour de France - the grit and the glory. Since Maurice Garin's inugural victory in 1903, hundreds of thousands of kilometers have been covered in pursuit of the yellow...

National bestseller 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant...

Bobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special...

This novella, first published in 1888, was the final and arguably the finest work by German writer, Theodor Storm. Combining both realism and the supernatural, The Rider on the White Horse is full of symbolism and superstition. Here, humankind must...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170912Author Sean Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Broken Frontier Awards: Best Graphic Nonfiction 2019.Book InformationISBN 9781912408221Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Myriad...

A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga s most distinguished author. Showa 1926 1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki s historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621063810Author Ben SnakepitFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788420647937Author Jose Miguel Lopez GarciaFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Alianza EditorialPublisher Alianza Editorial

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398807792Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

In the fourth installment of Octopus Pie, dreams and harsh reality are beginning to blur. In print for the first time, this volume follows our Brooklynite heroes as they descend into the throes of heartbreak. "Filled with fully-formed characters,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345508720Author GB TranFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 186mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785996283Author Fyodor DostoyevskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839270697Author John WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 4 Scholastic Set 8 Sound Focus: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Book Band: Blue This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839270338Author Azra LimbadaFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife PublishingWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Oregon Book Awards (Graphic Novel) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780805092776Author Joe SaccoFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Metropolitan Books (imprint of...

A New York Times Bestseller Using the sepia tones of the Dust Bowl as his pal-ette, author and artist Nick Hayes tells the story of world-famous folkie Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), starting in the 1920s when Guthrie was a teenager supporting himself in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629635149Author Milton KnightFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

If you want to take your culinary skills from cook to master chef, you'll need to know a few things. Where can you get not just good, but the best wild garlic? What are the tried-and-true utensils every master chef's kitchen should have? Which recipe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606995488Author C. TylerFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 969g