Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction
Chronicle Books Hell: The People and Places
Book SynopsisA descent into discovering different versions of hell and its realms of torture around the world across literature, religions, culture, and folklore, gorgeously illustrated and accompanied by writing on the origins and details of each hell. Whether it's a real place, a human construct, an idea, or a superstition, hell is a grotesque demimonde in literature, cultures, religions, and folklore throughout the ages. There are many different hells to be found, each one distressing in its own way. But they all share the same essence: they are terrible places guarded by one or more evil spirits, where punishment is split into various levels of damnation. Those who wish to venture on this dangerous journey beyond the gates of the underworld will find their guide in two extraordinary authors and graphic designers: Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast. And like Dante in the footsteps of Virgil, they will be able to navigate their way through the burning (or icy!) dark realms that lurk in the heart of the human imagination-the Jewish Gehenna, the Sunni Jahannam, the Swahili hell, the Mayan myth of Xibalba, and many others-as well as all the characters who have created hell, visited it, or been involved in more or less fortunate descents into it. Equally appealing to fans of the literary hellscape of Dante's Inferno, the bright utopia of The Good Place, and the dark humor of Edward Gorey, Hell offers a feast of chillingly hilarious graphic art and illuminating content that comprehensively plumbs the multiple depths of the underworld.
£17.09
Word for Word Bible Comics El Libro de Jonas: Verso a Verso Biblica-Comic:
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£9.80
Kitchen Press Tomorrow's Kitchen: A Graphic Novel Cookbook
Book SynopsisGourmand Cookbook Award Winner 2020 From Greek broth to grief and loss, fishwives to folklore, pancakes to politics, Gaza to Glasgow. Tomorrow’s Kitchen: A Graphic Novel Cookbook is a unique collection of stories and recipes from novelists, food writers, chefs, playwrights and activists from all over the world. Interpreted into drawings by BAFTA-nominated illustrator Shuangshuang Hao, Tomorrow’s Kitchen invites you to the table to taste some flavours of today’s world and to think about how we might cook things up differently in tomorrow’s.
£15.19
Z2 comics Lore of the Hávamál
Book SynopsisHávamál ‘Sayings of the high one’: a collection of old Norse poems containing advice for living, proper conduct and wisdom. Ragnarök, The Twilight of the Gods is over, but something went wrong. Instead of dying heroically in the final battle, Odin One-Eye finds himself working as a bartender, reflecting on past losses and the death of his loved ones. If this truly was Ragnarök, why didn’t the old world end and a new better world emerge? Summoned via a globe-spanning creative team, Lore of the Hávamál re-imagines the story of Ragnarök. Come now… join illustrator Jouni Koponen, writers Cat Mihos and Ethan McQuerrey, and colorist Dee Cunniffe on this epic journey through time, and Norse wisdom.
£12.34
Peter E. Randall Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust
Book SynopsisHIDDEN [a graphic novel] is the compelling story told from the child's perspective of Kati Preston, who lost her extended Jewish family in the Holocaust and was saved when she was 5 years old. It is beautifully illustrated in color as a graphic novel. Kati Preston was born in Hungary in 1939, the only child born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Twenty-eight members of Kati's Jewish family perished in Auschwitz. After successful careers as a journalist, international fashion designer, EMT, and owner of an educational theater company, Kati realized that what matters most is sharing her story of survival in order to educate others of the devastating consequences of hate and prejudice.
£14.40
Derek Padula Dragon Ball Culture Volume 5: Demons
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£16.49
Iron Circus Comics YOU DIED: An Anthology of the Afterlife
Book Synopsis"Embraces death as a concept with due complexity." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review "A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended." — CEMETERY DANCE, Death — the one aspect of life we all have in common — is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beliefs, myths, and stories about it are as diverse as we are. YOU DIED celebrates these vibrant cultural expressions of the great equalizer in a thrilling, life-affirming whirlwind of a book, an inspirational volume to be treasured through times of both loss and abundance (and every day in between). At turns both brazen and insightful, morose and optimistic, YOU DIED asks a wide array of cartoonist newbloods and all-stars to relate their most unforgettable tales of death and what comes next. Filled with beautifully illustrated accounts of grief and mourning, ancient myths, memorial rites around the globe, afterlife in the far reaches of space, and the simple and touching ways both the living and the dead carry on, this lively collection starts a comforting and much-needed dialogue about death as a natural part of life. Featuring an introduction by death positivity movement pioneer and activist mortician CAITLIN DOUGHTY and a murderer’s row of comics talent including RAINA TELGEMEIER, SHAE BEAGLE, and LISA STERLE.Trade Review"The editors tackle a huge and daunting subject with aplomb, resulting in a volume that embraces death as a concept with due complexity."— PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review "You Died shows that although there are many different ways to address death, it remains a universal constant and the ultimate relatable experience."— FOREWORD, "A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended."— CEMETERY DANCE,
£999.99
Aftershock Comics SEARCH FOR HU
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£13.49
Viki Publishing(r) ஸ்பாட்'ச
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£999.99
Ablaze, LLC Cocaine Coast
Book SynopsisA 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 gateway into Europe form Columbia, exposing a new generation of criminals, cartels and corrupt officials, more efficient and ruthless than any who came before. A graphic essay, with lots of action and adventure, Cocaine Coast tells us about the violent past, present and future of drug trafficking in Europe.Trade Review"Cocaine Coast is a forensic study and Bustos matches the text detail with artistic density. Carretero’s original work was brave and detailed...Bustos transfers the history, tension and outrage."--theslingsandarrows.com
£16.19
Street Noise Books Look Again
Book Synopsis“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 ever experienced a terror, grief, or confusion so great that when you try to share it you can only find shattered images floating in darkness? You try over and over, but can’t tell the story, to yourself or to anyone else. Look Again presents us with six variations of the same event, seen through the different lenses caused by other life revelations. It explores the fragmenting nature of trauma by tracing the convoluted evolution of the author’s story, a process often experienced by trauma sufferers and their loved ones.Trade Review“Profoundly smart, enlightening, and challenging, yet also personal, relatable, and funny. Absolutely brilliant!”—Tom Hart, author of the New York Times bestseller Rosalie Lightning“Trauma shatters what we think of as truth. This deeply moving memoir perfectly captures how we rewrite the stories we tell ourselves in order to heal. I’m so grateful I read it.” —Danny Gregory, author of How to Draw Without Talent“Both unsettling and reassuring, navigating the thorny and ever-branching paths of memory, psychology, fear and trauma, while excavating the power of art and comics as sources of healing.” —Bishakh Som, author of Apsara Engine and Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir“This one-woman Rashomon is not only an engrossing page-turner, it's also a powerful argument for the power of comics to convey the fragmented nature of traumatic memory.” —Matt Madden, author of Ex Libris“A layered re-seeing of a traumatic event making the case that we change our own experience! In the gaps between our traumas and the stories we tell about them lie all the blanks, shifts, and elisions that we connect like dots into meaning.” —Rhoda Janzen, author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress“A master class in reassembling narratives of trauma and of self, leading us through with patience, authenticity, and vulnerability, providing a guide for the rest of us.”—MK Czerwiec, author of Menopause: A Comic Treatment“A wise, necessary consideration of memory, PTSD, and how our realities form around trauma. A welcome addition to the Graphic Medicine canon!”—Nicole J. Georges, author of Fetch and Calling Dr. Laura
£14.24
Street Noise Books Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir
Book SynopsisA rough-and-tumble Iraq War veteran is young and in love, and the last thing on his mind is food and the ethics of eating meat. But when his girlfriend becomes a vegetarian and animal rights activist, suddenly food is all he thinks about. A true story of how love and vegetarianism can triumph over all else. Love, heartache, and the rest of the ingredients that make a reader laugh, smile, stop-and-think, are all found in this enthralling graphic memoir. Amidst the stories of love and frustration, there are treatises on food, vegetarianism, and the ethics of the animal rights movement (some of it juxtaposed against Michael’s graphic wartime experiences). Told with Michael’s sardonic perspective and the delightful artwork of debut graphic novelist Chai Simone, this is a journey of true love gone temporarily astray.Trade Review“A winning argument for empathy, concluding that love can sometimes be the absolute best, too.”—Publishers Weekly“A refreshing book that provokes a range of emotions. The humor quickly draws you in. And the perspective of a military veteran offers us the opportunity to learn compassion through a different lens.” —Global Vegan Magazine “Addressing more than just the carnivore/vegetarian/vegan debate, also questions of war, speciesism, ethics, and religion. A star-crossed love story, told in confident, self-aware narration, spiced with engaging art, makes for a fulfilling meal.” —Josh Neufeld, author of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge “A charming, often hilarious look at how love is actually the worst.” —Tom Hart, author of the New York Times bestseller Rosalie Lightning“A funny and honest graphic memoir about love, war, and vegetarianism. More to it than you might expect." —Jenny Lawson (A.K.A. TheBloggess), author of New York Times bestseller Broken
£13.29
Street Noise Books Silence, Full Stop: A Memoir
Book SynopsisStarred Review from Foreword Reviews. “The book conveys emotions in a deep, visceral way . . . an outstanding memoir about the difficulties of overcoming abuse.”A breathtaking and gut-wrenchingly real graphic memoir of the struggles of an adolescent girl processing the trauma of childhood sexual assault. An immigrant at the age of six, she arrived in a strange new world. Karina was labeled "different" immediately, and a desire to be invisible was born. The "different" label expanded to "weird" and "freak", terms that she fervently embraced. By taking society's critique, owning it, and taking pride in it, she gained power over it. In a life overshadowed by fear, Karina wanted control. If something was going to ruin her life it would be her and her alone.Trade Review“Shor's pull-no-punches graphic memoir debut depicts her attempts as a young woman to recover from trauma, with striking illustrations that toggle between realism and fragmented, color-saturated dreamscapes.” —Publishers Weekly“Shor's masterful use of omniscient storytelling fits this gut-wrenching, graphically bold, and unapologetic tale of survival and the struggle for self-control and self-determination.” —Booklist”This harrowing tale of childhood displacement, sexual assault, adolescent drug abuse, and depersonalization hurtles forward with eloquence. Not since Ralph Steadman's illustrations for Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas have images evoked so vividly the subjective experience of drug use.” —Jennifer Hayden, author of The Story of My Tits“Powerful, urgent, and masterful.” —Tom Hart, author of the New York Times bestseller Rosalie Lightning“A powerful tale of trauma and addiction, and a masterful use of the comics medium to evoke the complexity of an emotional crisis.” —Asaf Hanuka, author of The Realist“A bold, beautiful, painful book with incredible artwork and storytelling that took my breath away. It will stay with me for a long time.” —Danny Noble, author of Shame Pudding“Silence, Full Top depicts a girl's harrowing journey—from the Soviet Union to Israel, from innocence to despair, and to hell and back. Karina Shor's vivid and expressive imagery pulls you along as her story smolders with yearning and hope that have not been completely snuffed out. An absorbing, courageous book.” —David Mazzucchelli, author of Asterios Polyp“This raw and vulnerable memoir pushes the medium of comics to disturbing new depths.” —Hazel Newlevant, author of No Ivy League“The story is haunting, and the art is innovative and compelling. At times difficult to read, yet impossible to put down.” —Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons, Columbia University
£17.09
Yeehoo Press The Second in the World to Invent Telephone:
Book SynopsisA fascinating illustrated biography about Elisha Gray, the second person to invent the telephone. Elisha Gray may not have received a patent for inventing the telephone, but he still made huge advances in the technology people use to communicate. Despite never completing a formal education, failing as a dairy farmer, and possibly having the plans for his best invention stolen by his rival, Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha still went on receive 70 patents for a variety of things including a very early version of what we now know as a fax machine and the world’s first electric musical instrument! Learn all about the life and inventions of this 19th century scientist in this exciting book packed full of fun facts, vibrant illustrations, and interactive activities.
£14.24
Tidalwave Productions Tribute: Carrie Fisher
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£12.88
Fantoons LLC Ninja Sex Party: The Graphic Novel, Part 1:
Book SynopsisWhat happened before Dan and Brian formed the legendary band Ninja Sex Party? This amazing new graphic novel tells the story!
£26.09
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Until I Love Myself, Vol. 1: The Journey of a
Book SynopsisA bravely blunt autobiography about confronting the tangled traumas of gender dysphoria and workplace sexual harassment.Nonbinary manga artist Poppy Pesuyama is excited when forms offer the option to choose “neither” for gender and thrilled about their new job working as an assistant for mangaka X! But then he sexually harasses them, treating them first like a girl and then like something less than human. It only lasts a few months, but in some ways it never ends.Born into a body they hate and still reeling from the abuse they faced seven years ago, Pesuyama begins to rail at their past, their friends, and even their mother as they try to come to terms with who they are and what happened to them.
£9.49
Prestel Francis Bacon Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisTold 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 together a troubling but compassionate narrative, one that draws on the tragic events of Bacon’s childhood and youth, as well as reflecting the profoundly passionate yearnings of the artist he became. Separated into thematic and chronological sections the novel highlights the prevailing influences of Bacon’s life and times: his early autodidacticism and estrangement from his family; his struggles to make his way as a surrealist painter and his destruction of his early work. It traces his gradual success in postwar Europe, his powerful and often violent romantic relationships, his foray into portraiture, and his never-ending search for subject matter and meaning in his work. Alternating between full-page illustrations and smaller, captioned works, Portolano imagines not only the known details of Bacon’s biography, but also his inner life—the dreams, fears, and obsessions that were equally formidable underpinnings of his oeuvre. Woven together with historical facts and figures, this graphic novel reconstructs a life as only a cartoonist could—image led, thoughtfully composed, and deeply evocative of its subject matter.
£17.09
Tuttle Publishing My Travels in Japan: A Comic Book Artist's
Book SynopsisA charming guide to Japan in comic-book form!For comic-book artist Audry Nicklin, her visit to Japan was the trip of a lifetime. However, she only had ten days to see everything she had dreamed of! Armed with her watercolors and accompanied by her husband, Connor, she explored Hiroshima and its Peace Memorial Park; the famous red-gated shrine at Miyajima; Himeji Castle; neon-lit Osaka; the ancient temples of Mount Koya, Nara, and Kyoto; and the crowded streets and leafy parks of Tokyo.The highlights of Audry's grand tour of Japan include: Encounters with wild deer while visiting the famous Miyajima red gate A visit to Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Museum Spotting geishas on the backstreets of Kyoto A visit to the Tokyo graveyard where the famed 47 Ronin are buried Tasting authentic dishes like sushi, okonomiyaki, ramen and Japanese BBQ. Tips on getting around Japan by bullet train, local train, ferry, and bus! With cute illustrations and entertaining commentary from the artist, this book will appeal to manga fans and anyone who loves Japan. Practical tips are included for those interested in painting on location.Trade Review"Audry's words and beautiful drawings made me feel as though I was discovering Japan again for the first time. A very refreshing read--I loved it!" --Hector Garcia, author of A Geek in Japan"Whether visiting Japan or just an armchair traveler, this cute illustrated travel diary is sure to charm you. Aspiring artists will love the practical tips on how to create your own travel journal sketches." --Julie Blanchin Fujita, author of Tokyo Love Story."My Travels in Japan is a cure for wanderlust as well as food for the spirit. The experience of this book is at once personal and universal as creator, Audry Nicklin, invites us on a journey to explore a beautiful country's rich culture and history. She even offers tips and tricks to start your own travel journal, which can be used whether you are traveling abroad or exploring your own neighborhood. Nicklin has a special eye for nature which is imbued in her vibrant, detailed watercolor strokes. Through a mix of stunning paintings and kawaii cartoons, she provides a thoroughly engaging account of her travels filled with relatable moments in addition to exploring the fascinating cultural heritage of Japan. With so many of us stuck at home right now, unable to travel, Nicklin's My Travels in Japan is just the ticket!"—Jacqueline Danziger-Russell, author of Girls and Their Comics: Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative
£12.59
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA: Life of an Ideologue
Book SynopsisThe ideals and values that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya propagated and practised, whiched to the growth of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh andater to the birth of the BJP, have been well-laid out in this book. Being thoroughly in sync with the ways of the RSS, he dedicated hisife to serve the nation through the Sangh. This book not only traces his journey as one of the primaryeaders who instilled the sense of nationality in the country, but also as one who condemned exploitation by the State. While much has been discussed and written on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, it is not easily accessible to all. This book is an attempt to make his contributions accessible to the general readers for their understanding of his personality and principles.
£999.99
Secret Acres Forget Me Not
Book SynopsisDeath stalks a quartet of girls - or is it the other way around?A simple, elemental story of a group of adorable, little girls evading the specter of Death perfectly complements Gabriel Howell’s poetic diary/manifesto/wishlist. What looks like a Victorian children’s book complete with moral lessons, depicts an internal and external tug-of-war between vulnerability and intimacy, relatability and honesty, observation and isolation. The message remains raw and uncensored: don’t hide it in a book; forget about who is or isn’t watching; Forget Me Not.
£14.24
Classical Comics Dracula the Graphic Novel: Original Text
Book SynopsisI went down into the vaults. There lay the Count! He was either dead or asleep, I could not say which - for the eyes were open and stony but without the glassiness of death. The classic gothic horror story, presented in a totally engaging way through the immensley powerful illustrations, while staying true to the original prose novel by utilising authentic text and dialogue. Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors. They also offer alternative text versions to cater for different readership levels. This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format.
£17.06
Mariner Books Are You My Mother
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Fun Home, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama is a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be.A New York Times, USA Today, and Time Best Book of the YearAlison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel''s childhood . . . and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter good night, forever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It''s a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of the iconic twentieth-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel's own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother — to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers.
£14.24
Nobrow Ltd In Waves
Book SynopsisIn this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared love of surfing that endured throughout their difficult times. Dungo explores the beauty and complexity of his relationship with his partner as they face her prolonged battle with cancer. With a passion for surfing at the forefront of this narrative, Dungo intertwines his own story with those of the great heroes of surf in a rare work of non-fiction that is as moving as it is fascinating.Trade ReviewThe comic is visually worshipful of the natural world and its vast waters * LA Times *In Waves engages with both the depths of Dungo's grief and the safe haven of surfing, offering a quick dip that will leave readers a bit battered by the waves. * Bookpage *A fragile and heartfelt account of love and loss it acts as both beautiful but unflinchingly honest memorial, and as a historical record of the development and the heroes of the surfing world. * Broken Frontier *
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Play Like a Girl
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£19.54
Z2 comics Machine Gun Kelly's Hotel Diablo
Book SynopsisMachine Gun Kelly revisit his 2019 album Hotel Diablo as he makes his debut in the world of comics!Between Heaven and Hell lies a waystation for the soul--a place where your deeds in life are the keys to your eternity in the afterlife--at the Hotel Diablo. And it's Lydia Lopez's first night behind the front desk. Every guest's got a story to tell and a lesson to learn... Co-written by film and music superstar Machine Gun Kelly with Eliot Rahal (Archie Comics) and Ryan Cady (DC Comics). Art by Martin Morazzo (Ice Cream Man) and a host of talented illustrators. Full Creator List: ILLUSTRATORS: Martin Morazzo; Victor Ibañez; Nelson Blake II; Amilcar Pinna; Rachel Smartt; Roberta Ingranata WRITERS: Machine Gun Kelly, Eliot Rahal & Ryan Cady EDITOR: Chris Robinson COVER ARTISTS: Martin Morazzo & Aladdin Collar PRINT ARTISTS: Jenna Cha; Trevor Henderson; Leslie Hung
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2
Book SynopsisIlluminating with the Enlightenment, this title presents the French Revolution, followed by Napoleon's conquests. It covers things from the Opium Wars to the post-Napoleonic world, industrialisation and the working class, World Wars I and II, the Cold War era, religious fundamentalism, and the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.Trade Review"Full of facts and wisdom, horror and humor...Gonick's one-two punch of pictures and words isn't just a gimmick; it makes it much easier to remember the facts of history. If we really wanted kids (or adults!) to learn history, we'd throw away our textbooks, and teach Gonick." -- Bryan Caplan, The Library of Economics and Liberty EconLog "With limber pen and nimble mind, Larry Gonick completes a cartoon journey that started at the dawn of time. Brisk, informative, and hilarious, The Cartoon History Of The Modern World fills us in on exactly how we got so screwed up on a global scale." -- K. Thor Jensen, author of Red Eye, Black Eye "Like any good historian, Larry Gonick seasons his facts with a good dose of perspective, and like any good cartoonist, he mixes his drama with a good dose of humor." -- Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy and Funny Misshapen Body "Gonick makes history fun for comic book nerds and comics readable for history nerds. If you've ever looked around this modern world and wondered how we got into this mess, it's time to curl up with his latest book. You won't even realize you're learning-histo-tainment at its best." -- Alex Robinson, Eisner Award winner and author of Box Office Poison "Lively cartooning and pretension-puncturing wit." -- Booklist "The final installment of Gonick's deeply funny and impeccably researched series has finally arrived... Brilliantly funny, the series finds the inherent humor in history..." -- Publishers Weekly "Funny, informative, and comprehensive, Gonick's history concludes with this second volume. His unique wit, sense of irony, and passion for humanity's complex story of triumphs, compromises, and disasters are as evident here as they are in his previous books... An insightful review of history." -- School Library Journal
£999.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Manga)
Book SynopsisDUEL WITH THE DEMON KINGIt’s Rudeus’s first autumn at the Ranoa University of Magic, and with the turn of the seasons comes a turn to…mating season! The beastfolk are in heat, and a whole pack of hot-blooded beasts arrives to demand a duel with Rudeus for Linear and Prucena’s paws in marriage. Worse, Badigadi, the king of all demons, suddenly appears to challenge him to battle! Amidst all the chaos, Rudeus has an unexpected meeting that just might change his destiny…
£10.44
Random House USA Inc The Complete Persepolis
Book SynopsisHere, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi''s best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form. —The New York TimesPersepolis is the story of Satrapi''s unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a youn
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1
Book SynopsisThe Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny take on modern history. It is essentially a complete and up–to–date course in college level Modern World History, but presented as a graphic novel. In an engaging and humorous graphic style, Larry Gonick covers the history, personalities and big topics that have shaped our universe over the past five centuries, including the Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the evolution of political, social, economic, and scientific thought, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, the Cold War, Globalization––and much more. Volume I of the Cartoon History of the Modern World picks up from Gonick''s award winning Cartoon History of the Universe Series. That series began with the Big Bang and ended with Christopher Columbus sailing for the New World. This book starts off with peoples that Columbus discovered and ends with the U.S. Revolution.Trade Review"I first discovered your Cartoon History series when I was in fifth grade. I was hooked. My mom noticed my interest in history, and she asked if I would be interested in competing in the National History Bee. To prepare, I didn’t study. I didn’t read textbooks or historical studies. Instead, I just kept reading your books, over and over again, and I found myself leading most of the rounds. By the end of the night, I had earned a spot in the national stage of the Bee." — Freshman, Brown University
£14.99
Abrams The Underground Abductor Bigger Badder Edition
Book Synopsis Underground Abductor: Bigger & Badder Edition is a deluxe, oversized edition of author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s original graphic novel in the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tales series—with 16 pages of new material! Araminta Ross was born an enslaved person in Delaware in the early 19th century. After years of backbreaking labor and the constant threat of being sold and separated from her family, she escaped and traveled north to freedom. Once there, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. As an “abductor” on the Underground Railroad, she risked her life helping countless enslaved people escape to freedom.Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare!One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1)Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2)Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3)Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I T
£12.59
Suma El niño, el topo, el zorro y el caballo / The
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£14.47
Roaring Brook Press Science Comics Electricity
Book SynopsisGet a charge out of Electricity, a new edition to the Science Comics series!Giant monsters are on the warpath, and it's Menlo the mech's job to protect the city! But when this metal marvel is shut down by an unlucky lightning strike, a resourceful engineer and his high-energy niece will have to find a way to plug in and power up to save everyone from certain doom!From simple circuits to giant grids, fossil fuel power plants to wind farms, electricity keeps the world running. In Science Comics: Electricity, you'll discover where electricity comes from, why lightning suddenly strikes, and how we've harnessed it all to turn the lights on in your room. Ready for action? Get energized with electricity!
£10.44
Denpa Books Guyabano Holiday
Book SynopsisA trip to Tokyo's Asian market district, Ameyokocho, leads the protrag on a trip to hunt down the mysterious guyabano fruit! Little does the protrag and their crew know that their curiosity will take them on a wild and mouth-watering trip to the Philippines!
£11.39
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Gantz Omnibus Volume 6
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£20.39
Scholastic Inc. I Survived the Attacks of September 11 2001 A
Book SynopsisA gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001, in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
£10.44
Classic Comic Store Ltd Three Famous Mysteries
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£8.20
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Seaside Stranger Vol. 1: Umibe no Étranger
Book SynopsisA love story between an openly gay novelist and a young man coping with grief that was recently turned into an anime film!Ever since his parents disowned him for being gay, Shun has been living with his aunt on a small island near Okinawa. One day, he meets Mio, a high school student who recently lost his own parents and now spends his days sitting by the sea. The two young men begin to open up to each other...until Mio reveals that he's leaving. Three years later, an adult Mio returns to the island to confess his true feelings, but is Shun ready for a relationship?
£10.79
Sophia Institute Press Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz
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£14.20
Albatross Funnybooks Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Book Synopsis“It is fantastic! Not only is Eric Powell's art on point, but Harold Schechter introduces some new ideas about Ed Gein that have never been heard.” - THE LAST PODCAST ON THE LEFT“A natural choice for true-crime fans.”―BOOKLIST“As extensively researched as the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell Jack the Ripper graphic novel From Hell, ”Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” is a masterpiece of the form, standing as the best possible dramatization of Ed Gein's tale in any medium.”―BLOODY DISGUSTING“This is a new true crime comics essential.”―SYFY WIREOne of the greats in the field of true crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged serial killers in American history, Ed Gein.Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspired such films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter and Powell's true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms of exploitation and gives the reader a fact-based dramatization of these tragic, psychotic and heartbreaking events. Because, in this case, the truth needs no embellishment to be horrifying.
£22.94
Abrams One Dead Spy Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales 1
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£15.33
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary
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£18.04
Boatwhistle Books Hot Dog Diary
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£21.25
WW Norton & Co Cousin Joseph: A Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisCousin Joseph introduces Detective Sam Hannigan, head of the Bay City’s Red Squad and patriarch of the Hannigan family featured in Kill My Mother. Our story opens in the Great Depression when Big Sam sees himself as a truth-seeking patriot defending the American way against left-wing unionism. At the same time, he makes secret trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a man he has never laid eyes on, to pay off Hollywood producers to ensure that they make only upbeat films. Step by step, the secret of his unseen mentor’s duplicity is revealed to him. Feiffer builds on his conversion to cinematic noir, bowing to heroes Will Eisner and Milton Caniff but creating a masterpiece that illuminates Hollywood and its role in producing the bipolar nation America has become.Trade Review"... there’s a joy to be found in Feiffer’s rough, raucous line work." -- The Herald
£18.04
Drawn & Quarterly Hark! A Vagrant
Book SynopsisFEATURED ON MORE THAN TWENTY BEST-OF LISTS, INCLUDING TIME, AMAZON, E! AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY!Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics sensation Kate Beaton. No era or tome emerges unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western world''s revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction.She deftly points out what really happened when Brahms fell asleep listening to Liszt, that the world''s first hipsters were obviously the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses from eighteenth-century France, that Susan B. Anthony is, of course, a "Samantha," and that the polite banality of Canadian culture never gets old. Hark! A Vagrant features sexy Batman, the true stories behind classic Nancy Drew covers, and Queen Elizabeth doing the albatross. As the 500,000 unique monthly visitors to harkavagrant.com already know, no one turns the ironic absurdities of history and literature into comedic fodder as hilariously as Beaton.
£17.95
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Graphic Canon, The - Vol. 3: From Heart of
Book SynopsisBrings classic literatures of the world together with legendary graphic artists and illustrators. Volume 3 showcases literature of the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st.
£26.99
Classical Comics Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original
Book SynopsisThe classic novel brought to life in full color!Emily Brontë's only novel is famous the world over and is the favorite classic of many readers. It is easy to see why, with hardship, insanity, cruelty, frustrated love, and ghosts. This is the classic tale presented as a full-color library bound graphic novel, featuring beautiful hand-painted watercolor artwork.The traditional approach taken to the art creates a wonderful sensory experience to engage any reader, while staying true to the original prose novel by utilizing authentic text and dialogue.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors. They also offer alternative text versions to cater for different readership levels. This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format.
£999.99
Capstone Press Graphic History First Moon Landing
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£999.99
