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Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. Machiavelli's classic book on statecraft, The Prince, published over 400 years ago, remains controversial to...

This book comes from best-selling Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis. In this book, step-by-step lessons teach everything needed to take ideas from script to dynamic sequential art. It exposes methods for crafting comic scripts, reveals business...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801354Author Sean Michael WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. At the subatomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing, and according to Heisenberg's "uncertainty principle", there is a limit...

Samurai warriors have reclaimed a future post-nuclear world of mutants in the original manga version of Shakespeare's tale of skulduggery. The series keeps true to Shakespeare's original text, but is specially abridged for use in the manga, which makes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951491017Author Woodrow PhoenixFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Street Noise BooksPublisher Street Noise Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age and Pulitzer Prize 1992.Book InformationISBN 9780394747231Author Art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399578908Author Jonathan HennesseyFormat PaperbackImprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934389836Author Joe LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners

'A beloved genius of storytelling and illustration' ObserverIn his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death... and doesn't like them much. Illustrated with Briggs's inimitable pencil drawings, Time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939130112Author Moyoco AnnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 201g

'The blessing of an inherently interpretive medium like comics is that it hasn't allowed me to . . . make a virtue of dispassion. For good or for ill, the comics medium is adamant, and it has forced me to make choices. In my view, that is part of its...

Welcome to Neurocomic, a visually captivating adventure through the brain. Neurocomic is populated by quirky creatures, bizarre landscapes and famous neuroscientists. Our nameless protagonist evades vindictive colossal squid, negotiates mysterious trap...

**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**For fans of Japanese manga and anime, a trip to Tokyo is an absolute must! In this captivating Tokyo travel guide, manga artist and author Evangeline Neo travels to the Japanese capital with her mascots...

A mother's advice to her daughter--a guide to daily living, both practical and sublime--with full-color illustrations throughout. One sleepless night while she was in her early twenties, illustrator/writer Hallie Bateman had a painful realization: her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781996843Author Rod SmithFormat PaperbackImprint Poolbeg - In A NutshellPublisher Poolbeg Press Ltd

Beloved culinary and cultural institutions, Jewish delis are wonderlands of amazing flavors and great food-bright, buttery, briney, sweet, fatty, salty, smokey... In The Jewish Deli, comics artist and deli aficionado Ben Nadler takes a deliciously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399580727Author J SmileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Watson-GuptillPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 382gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984856180Author Fred Van LenteFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc

Under the Banner of King Death is a tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, bringing to life an itinerant community of outsiders behind today's legends. This graphic novel breaks new ground in our understanding of piracy and pirate culture,...

Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as:What is the nature of reality?What are human beings really like?What is special about the human mind and consciousness?Are we free to choose who we are and what we do?Can...

Curl up by the fire and enter the sinister, supernatural world of Montague Rhodes James, the master of the English ghost story. Chillingly atmospheric, quietly terrifying, M.R. James's stories explore the darkness just beyond the flicker of the candle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632861016Author Roz ChastFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 718g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956559944Author Dr Nicola StreetenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

This is an in-depth primer on the tools and techniques used by top sequential artists. It uses detailed instruction and step-by-step examples to teach key artistic methods. It is based on SCAD's world-famous sequential arts curriculum with examples of...

"Introducing The Enlightenment" is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in...

Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironing your head?Speaking in Tongues brings the weird, wonderful and surprising nuanced beauty of language...

From comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe and characters such as Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, comes the ultimate how-to book for aspiring comic book writers. In these pages, aspiring comics writers will learn...

George Clayton Johnson was an up-and-coming short story writer who broke into Hollywood in a big way when he co-wrote the screenplay for Ocean's Eleven. More legendary works followed, including Logan's Run and classic scripts for shows like The Twilight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606996904Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 532g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956356246Author Danzig BaldaevFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint FUEL PublishingPublisher FUEL PublishingWeight(grams) 490g

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with the names of the prisoners who came before. A bird perches on the cell window and offers a deal: "You bring the pencil, and I will bring the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592910120Author Alan MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Avatar PressPublisher Avatar Press

Wielding his massive experience from film, TV, comics, and more, Brian McDonald lays out a history of storytelling and shows the reader how the best tales tug at our truest biological instinct: the need to survive. Readers will see how different forms of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770464865Author SethFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Drawn and QuarterlyPublisher Drawn and Quarterly

'So impossibly funny, clever, demented, charming and altogether wonderful that I was a convert within three pages. Buy it for everyone you know, regardless of what you think they like. Brilliant stuff' Lucy Mangan, Stylist Books of the Year'An eye-opener...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607746355Author Jonathan HennesseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm)...

Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and mathematical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606995792Author Marc SobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 1113g