Biography & Memoir

Between Two Sounds follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Part from his birth in Estonia in 1935 through 1980, when the Soviets forced him to emigrate because of the nonconformist and religious nature of his music.Based on years of research and...

Is there a better place than Japan for a comic artist and a video game composer? Join Julia and Marc as their year in Japan unfolds in a series of short adventures, both heartfelt and hilarious.Julia and Marc are your average creative millennial couple,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887440347Author Sean Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940398495Author MarinaomiFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Retrofit ComicsPublisher Retrofit ComicsWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 180mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593539187Author Kelcey ErvickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886200379Author Keezy YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Silver SprocketPublisher Silver SprocketWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Quebec Book of the Year 2017 (Canada). Nominated for Friends of the Montreal Library Award 2017 (Canada).Book InformationISBN 9781772620276Author SirisFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Bedelys Quebec Prize 2017 (Canada).Book InformationISBN 9781772620269Author Ariane DenommeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Conundrum PressPublisher...

La Voz De M.A.Y.O: TATA RAMBO is based on the oral history of Ramon Jaurigue, an orphan and WWII veteran who co-founded the Mexican, American, Yaqui, and Others (M.A.Y.O.) organization, which successfully lobbied the Tucson City Council to improve...

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375715389Author Art SpiegelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 308mm * 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788416763764Author Mariapaola PesceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Herder & HerderPublisher Herder & HerderWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

The story of one woman's quest to move to Los Angeles and got a job in animation...and how you can too. 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,...

Bastien is eight years old, and his mother is ill. She often has what his father and grandparents call "episodes." She screams and fights, scratches and spits, and has to be carted away to specialized clinics for frequent treatments. Bastien doesn't like...

"an inventive and introspective memoir . . . crafted with equal parts mystery, honesty, and empathy." -Publishers WeeklyOnce, years ago, while walking her dogs in the woods, Elizabeth found a dead body. Trauma can make truth hard to find. Have you...

A graphic memoir like no other: the true story of a marriage in China that spanned the twentieth century, told in vibrant, original paintings and prose.WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARDRao Pingru was a twenty-six-year-old soldier when he first saw the...

The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking world. Kokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is death. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. Inspired by...

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 9781955712149Author Marc ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506710853Author Ethan YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644212707Author Adam BessieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307908735Author Maurice VellekoopFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA Inc

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War II s legacy in Japan. Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. In this...

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...

**2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year: Silver Award Winner in Graphic Novels & Comics Category** **Recommended by The New York Public Library as one of its 50 best comics for adults****A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection**Traitor or hero?...

In 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leaves Salzburg for Paris. The French capital promises to liberate the 22-year-old from the suffocating grip of his father, and from a city that is unable to accommodate his genius. But there is no grand entrance for...

A TRUE STORY and expose on Drug Trafficking in Europe! Now a hit Netflix show!In Cocaine Coast, journalist Nacho Carretero and illustrator Luis Bustos tell the incredible true story of how a sleepy, unassuming corner of Spain became the cocaine...

Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771135221Author Matteo MastragostinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the LinesWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683967576Author Paco RocaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922585714Author Valentin GendrotFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Scribe PublicationsPublisher Scribe PublicationsDimensions(mm) 255mm * 196mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525575115Author Malaka GharibFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA Inc

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683960294Author Spain RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970047080Author David CalcanoFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Fantoons LLCPublisher Fantoons LLC

In this follow-up to the critical and commercial hit, Nagata Kabi uses engaging diary comics to explore her personal issues surrounding mental health, identity, and intimacy. Her relationship with her parents is growing more difficult than ever, and she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408672Author Florian GrossetFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

A visual biography of the groundbreaking investigative journalist Born in 1864, Nellie Bly was a woman who did not allow herself to be defined by the time she lived in, she rewrote the narrative and made her own way. Luciana Cimino's...

The true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea, whose "Golden Voice" helped define Cambodia's Golden Age of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. Developed in partnership with Sothea's...

"There was never a place for [Isadora Duncan] in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths." - Dorothy Parker In 1899, performing in the drawing rooms of London's elite, Isadora Duncan was already...