Biography & Memoir

E = mc(2) . A world-changing equation and a wild head of hair are all most of us know about one of history's greatest minds, despite his being a household name in his lifetime and an icon in ours. But while the broad outlines of what Einstein did are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681121918Author Laurent QueyssiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

An anthology of illustrated narratives about the prison and the lives it changed forever In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantanamo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684056996Author Lun ZhangFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603095273Author Emilia McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher Top Shelf Productions

Told for the first time in graphic novel form, the story of Francis Bacon's life is as complex, colorful, and highly charged as his paintings. Drawn in shades of mauve, red, yellow, and blue that distinguished his palette, these illustrations weave...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122519Author Claire FauvelFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

After his release from the Saint-Paul asylum in 1890, Vincent Van Gogh wandered the French countryside before stumbling on the Ravoux Inn. Although still plagued by mental illness, he found some peace and joy there among his adoptive family, painting...

One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of Greenwood, Oklahoma In Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre, author Alverne Ball and illustrator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501166433Author Michael KuppermanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gallery 13Publisher Gallery 13Weight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 36mm

Cartoonist SINA GRACE returns with another chapter in his growing library of reflective memoir, producing his most compelling and strongest tale to date. Chronicling a year of heartbreaks, writer's block, career highs, emotional lows, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970047134Author Ebony GilbertFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Fantoons LLCPublisher Fantoons LLC

With 'alternative facts' and newspeak the order of the political day, a growing audience for George Orwell's work has emerged. Orwell is one of the most celebrated twentieth-century literary figures, and his dystopian novel, 1984, continues to be widely...

Gila, 26, was at a party when the police showed up. The men were able to get away with bribes, but the women were taken to the station, and anyone who'd been drinking was forced to submit to a virginity test. She never went to another party after that...

Follow novelist Cecil Castellucci in this insightful memoir of making art, the nature of memory, and being a teenager in 80s New York City. One thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw Star Wars was that she was going to be some kind of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385677332Author Marianne BoucherFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Doubleday CanadaPublisher Random House Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385677332Author Marianne BoucherFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Doubleday CanadaPublisher Random House Canada

Marriage doesn't define a relationship. Unless you want it to.In Marry Me a Little, Rob Kirby recounts his experience of marrying his longtime partner, John, just after same-sex marriage was legalized in Minnesota in 2013, and two years before the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122762Author Nicolas FinetFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of his incredible escape from Alcatraz prison, this thrilling graphic novel imagines what Frank Lee did next... Bank Robber. Escape Artist. Genius. But on June 11th 1962, Frank Lee Morris performed the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860293Author Malaka GharibFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681123097Author Flavio MassaruttoFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957363325Author Valentin GendrotFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Scribe UsPublisher Scribe UsWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 196mm * 13mm

Decades in the making, an original graphic novel biography about the life of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Latter-Day SaintsIn Joseph Smith and His Mormons: A Graphic Novel Biography, author and illustrator Noah Van Sciver, who was raised a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122625Author Havard S. JohansenFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951491178Author Sabba KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Street Noise BooksPublisher Street Noise BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Tinderella is an autobiographical comic about online dating, living poor and being a dumb 20-something. Intense work out sessions, a series of unsatisfying Tinder dates, and a bout of pink-eye; over confident and crude, Harkness's work is hilarious and...

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...

Mike Hawthorne's mother is left alone to raise her son in New York City, a city that torments them both with its unforgiving nature. But when Mike falls victim to an old world Santeria death curse, a haunting sign from the old country of something his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956841046Author Michael FrizellFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683965213Author Gianni 'Gipi' PacinottiFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524747374Author Andrea WulfFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1406gDimensions(mm) 311mm * 248mm *...

At age thirty-five Margaux's life is full of upheaval and unexpected twists and turns. She's divorced, raising a child on her own, and trying to get back on her feet in today's fast-paced world. When romance eventually returns it takes on the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684058921Author Benoit CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

An Indie Band's Record-Breaking Music Tour: A Graphic Novel"As a touring musician, I absolutely adored this heartfelt, honest, and beautifully illustrated account of the unique pitfalls and victories of DIY touring." Tommy Siegel, cartoonist and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683964049Author Shira SpectorFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

From his early days at Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that limited his ability to move and speak, though it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681121703Author Annie GoetzingerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603095266Author Luca DebusFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher Top Shelf Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683967798Author Natalie NorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics