Biography & Memoir

In Night of the Devil, take a hallucinatory trip through the oppressive heat of the Burmese jungle along with British soldiers engaged in desperate skirmishes with the enemy. In Bayonet Jungle, Private Jack Green's presence is seen as an omen of bad luck...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962404860Author Eric M EsquivelFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

For the first time since the publication of his internationally bestselling novel, Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano shares his early-life experience with the violence of the Neapolitan Mafia and how exposing them irrevocably changed his life.Italian journalist...

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...

A compelling trip in the mind and the life of the legendary guitarist. An exhilarating ride from the difficult beginnings in the South, plagued by racism, through global stardom and the excessive lifestyle of a rockstar. A rockstar who, even with all his...

#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...

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 9781683968894Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 504Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606998489Author Ed PiskorFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 534g

**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...

Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family s desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seizes power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the...

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

"Comics' answer to Finnegan's Wake, an inspired work of obsessive genius that will take a long time to untangle." - Rob Salkowitz, Senior Contributor, FORBES "The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is one of the most spectacular comics I have ever read or...

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.AwardsWinner of Coretta Scott King Author Award 2017 and Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for nonfiction 2017 and Michael L. Printz Award Winner 2017 and National Book Award for...

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print ComicsOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 * One of NYPL's Best Books of 2022 *A Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2022" A formative coming-of-age...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (Reality-Based) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781606997567Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993563362Author Ian WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Fascinating, bizarre, and educational true-life medical stories retold in cartoon form by the creator of the bestselling Heart and Brain book series.Mysterious illnesses. Freakish injuries. X-rays revealing something weird that got stuck in your foot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122984Author Thierry LamyFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

Told in classic comic-book form, this graphic biography invites a new audience to learn about Banksy-and uses a pitch-perfect medium to convey the artist's message that art is for the people. Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist of all...

Over the years, the companies have deployed an arsenal of schemes in an attempt to outmaneuver the competition, whether it be stealing ideas, poaching employees, planting spies, ripping off characters or launching price wars. Sometimes the feud has been...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683961017Author Ellen ForneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647290573Author Emmanuelle MaisonneuFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434920Format PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684059478Author Dean MullaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606999400Author Ed PiskorFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681120768Author Fabrice Le HenanffFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

"I really enjoyed this book. In fact, I could go for a second helping!"-Amy Sedaris "Entrepreneurs will learn a thing or two about translating a dream into thoughtful business growth, and everyone will laugh, cry, and nod along with a woman who has...

A graphic novel style memoir about the weirdness and wonder of pregnancy and early motherhood, told with humor and frankness. The perfect gift for new parents, parents-to-be, or anyone interested in the experience of bringing a new human into today's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Coretta Scott King Award (Author) 2014 and Cybils (Graphic Novel Elem/Mid) 2013. Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2015 and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683964803Author Catherine SauvatFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

A sweeping, unique graphic memoir about an artist's year abroad in Paris and how it gave way to an all-encompassing love affair and crushing heartbreak as he wrestled with trauma, masculinity, and the real possibility of hope.Renowned graphic artist...

Forty-something Louise is married to Peter, with whom she has four children. They live in a big house, and on paper everything looks fantastic. But Louise has a secret that she barely dares to admit to herself: a burning desire for women. When I Came...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772620122Author David CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Conundrum PressPublisher Conundrum Press