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Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Interviews with astonishing women from history! How did Elizabeth I smash the Spanish Armada? How did Anne Frank's diary help her deal with despair? Was Ching Shih the world's coolest pirate queen? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding chat show that brings famous corpses back to life!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in AmericaAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac"--
Author
Series
Publisher
NBM Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist, a child genius who became a worldwide superstar of classical music remembered for, among others, his almost revolutionary interpretations of Bach. This graphic novel biography seeks to understand the eccentric personality behind the persona. Who is the mysterious Glenn Gould? Why did he abruptly end his career as a performing musician? Why did he become one of the very first of his peers to disappear from the public...
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A collection of comics with a millennial take on marriage, adulthood, pet ownership, self-love, and self-care. Finally, comics that answer life's most pressing questions: Is my partner actually upset or just hangry? Whose turn is it to remember the reusable shopping bags? Is it appropriate to put up Halloween dčor two months in advance? (Spoiler alert: Yes. Yes, it is.) "Opposites attract" has never rung truer when it comes to vivacious extrovert...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Darryl Cunningham (Billionaires) returns with the riveting life story of Vladimir Putin, Russia's infamous autocrat. He traces Putin's development from school yard thug in Soviet-era Leningrad, to KGB officer, to corrupt commodities dealer, all the way to his presidency and beyond. In this educational and frank biography, Putin's journey is characterized by shifting loyalties, brutal treatment of detractors, and lawless financial dealings."--
Author
Publisher
Insight Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"As one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, David Bowie seduced generations of fans with his music and counterculture persona. While Bowie's legacy as a musician is remarkable and genre-defying, as a visual performer he obliterate stage theatrics with his psychedelic aesthetics, larger-than-life image, and way of hovering on the border of the surreal. Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of David Bowie's career...
Author
Publisher
NBM Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This comics biography of one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived is done with the collaboration of the Rodin Museum and includes a preface by its director. It views his life through the eyes of the three women who shared his life for good or for bad. One was his lifelong on and off companion, the other two his muses, one of which was Camille Claudel, a well-recognized sculptor herself. Rodin's work was revolutionary in conveying exceptional passion,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts Megascope
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and found success in New York, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII-found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Discover the incredible stories of rulers throughout history in this hilarious graphic novel that brings the dead famous to life. Welcome to Corpse Talk, the talk show with a difference -- all of the guests are dead! Meet your host, comic book artist Adam Murphy, as he interviews eighteen magnificent monarchs throughout history. Have you heard of Moctezuma, the last ruler of the Aztecs? Or wondered why Queen Victoria was not amused? This graphic novel...
14) Four eyes
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already"--
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