Biography & Memoir

With his son grown and his marriage dissolving, Xavier, a 48-year old writer, finds himself deep in the heart of a mid-life crisis. Setting out on his own, he finds emotional freedom and true independence. When he meets Leah, a young and vibrant artist,...

The true odyssey of a young child, Alice Cyuzuzo, as she traverses the roads of Zaire to seek refuge from the civil war that has struck her native Rwanda.Gitarama, the Southern Province of Rwanda, 1994. Five-year-old Alice enjoys a peaceful childhood...

The second installment in the series of graphic novels that began with Washington State Book Award Finalist We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime IncarcerationBasketball-loving Sumiko Tanaka, then 11, narrates this graphic novel about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683962137Author Eve GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683965718Author Casanova FrankensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122700Author Marie MoinardFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

In 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel tore away layer after layer of linoleum from the floor of his $97-a-month Manhattan apartment until he discovered a hidden treasure: issues of The New York Daily News and the Mirror...

Winner - 2022 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards in Pop from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and PublishersBert Williams-a Black man forced to perform in blackface who challenged the stereotypes of minstrelsy. Eva Tanguay-an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637150887Author Floor de GoedeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Oni Press,USPublisher Oni Press,USWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 172mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122915Author Matteo ManciniFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 165g

At sixteen, Regina began cutting back on meals to the point where her hair started to fall out. Later, she began to binge at night while her family slept. For a long time, she was able to keep her eating disorder a secret, though hiding her problem...

The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. The tales in this book--based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti-are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S...

Pickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition from education to career. Surrounded by nepotism, Pickles' friend Radish suggests an alternative method to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372969Author Edmond BaudoinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

For nearly forty years, from his earliest work in underground Arts Lab projects to his latest work as author of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Lost Girls, Moore has pushed the boundaries like few others, ranging from farce and high comedy to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683968962Author M.S. HarknessFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683966913Author Hector German OesterheldFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

The remarkable true story of a mild-mannered French husband and wife who become the world's most revered pair of Nazi hunters.For more than five decades, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have devoted their lives to seeking justice for the victims and survivors...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681123523Author LomigFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Nantier Beall Minoustchine PublishingPublisher Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681123509Author Thierry LamyFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Nantier Beall Minoustchine PublishingPublisher Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681123325Author Jason PittmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Nantier Beall Minoustchine PublishingPublisher Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing

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When someone is murdered next door, it changes everything about the way you live your life. When Hugh was ten years old, he walked home from school to find his friends next door crying outside – they had just come home and discovered their mother’s body...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798892150293Author Paul PopeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint ArchaiaPublisher ArchaiaWeight(grams) 1179g

This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is a visually elaborate, full-colour graphic memoir about a literature, culture and New YorkA homecoming in reverse, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City is about moving across the world to escape a deeply abusive relationship,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683969525Author Guy ColwellFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681123462Author Michele BottonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

A heartfelt graphic memoir of love, family and fearless womenLives were bent in the furnaces of the twentieth century, but Granny was unbroken. With a stethoscope, a jar of herring and a hearing aid occasionally switched on, she forged an extraordinary...

From noted cartoonist Rick Parker comes his long-awaited graphic novel memoir about his time in the United States Army, when he was drafted to serve during the Vietnam WarDrafted is a graphic novel memoir by Rick Parker, an inexperienced, introverted,...

A graphic biography of Djuna Barnes: writer, artist, and queer radical of the Lost Generation in the Roaring 20s. Djuna Barnes lived in a dazzling world filled with literary salons, innovative writing, and daring new art styles. But it didn't come...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970047288Author David CalcanoFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Fantoons LLCPublisher Fantoons LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506737195Author Brian Michael BendisFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Weight(grams) 369g

The graphic novel adaptation of John Leguizamo's award-winning Broadway play-revised and expanded in paperback, with an all-new introduction by Lin-Manuel Miranda Teaming up with Brooklyn-based artists and illustrators Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962098021Author Katya GushchinaFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint TRA PublishingPublisher TRA Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683969624Author Ari RichterFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Do you really know Pink Floyd? This comics documentary retraces the history of the group, from their meeting to the solo adventures of the artists. A great opportunity to revisit famous episodes in the life of the mythical group and explore what made...

Tereza never thought she would go bald before her boyfriend did. She couldn't imagine being unable to sweep her hair up in a ponytail or to style it in other ways. But when she lost all her hair in just a couple of months due to alopecia, her perspective...

From her native Austria to the limelight of Hollywood, Hedy Lamarr was constantly bombarded with societal limitations and personal obstacles-including her own beauty. Only through courage, ambition, and intellect would she rise to become both a cultural...

The true story of Wally, a young Jewish woman who survived the dark era of World War II, through both a personal and historical lens.At only six months old, Wally's entire Jewish family moves from their home country of Poland to France, fleeing the Nazi...