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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xvi, 95 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain collects the lyrics of sixteen songs he wrote for world-renowned American singer Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner, Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of travel and liminal spaces. Further exploring the notion of collaboration...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The 2004 World Series seemed to be another losing proposition for the Red Sox who hadn't found luck in the sport since the team traded away their star player, Babe Ruth. But soon the tides would turn on the curse that had plagued them for so long. Follow the exciting true story of the Boston Red Sox finally finding victory in this thrilling graphic adventure. Then, learn about other sports curses and amazing turnarounds"--
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
116 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You'll never forget elephants! With their massive size, floppy ears, twisting trunks, and long tusks, elephants have so much to love! And the more you get to know them--about their clever minds and caring hearts--the more you realize humans and elephants have a lot in common!" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Serena Williams long dominated the sport of tennis, surpassing even her sister's greatness. But that journey had to start somewhere. It all began as Serena took down her sister at Wimbledon in 2002. Follow the exciting true story of Serena Williams on her way to Grand Slam glory in this thrilling graphic adventure. Then, learn more about the sport of tennis and other amazing athletes"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hop aboard a flying saucer and travel alongside your alien guides who are on a mission to understand the wonders of human body systems. High-impact graphic art explores the circulatory system, the digestive system, the skeletal system, and more. Get a close-up view of how a healthy body works to fight invaders like viruses... or spaceships"--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations" --
Author
Publisher
Magic Cat Publishing, an imprint of Lucky Cat Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Doctor Diplo is the Jurassic kingdom's best-loved therapist. Meet him and ten of his Jurassic friends and discover how they navigate different emotions with simple mindfulness tools and exercises that you can do, too!
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after Donimo's death, Sarah began making comics again as a way to deal with her profound sense of grief and loss. The comics started as small sketches but quickly transformed into something totally unfamiliar to her. Abstract images, textures, poetic...
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English
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Description
Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many want to turn their backs on the victims. The refugees are the unwanted. Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light on...
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Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing, Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
112 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although controversial, true crime is more popular than ever. Experts believe this is because people enjoy the opportunity to face their deepest fears without actually putting themselves in danger. This compelling volume features more than a dozen true crime stories involving dead bodies, skeletons, and innovative crime-solving techniques. Readers will feel like they are part of the action of solving each crime with elaborate illustrations and a layout...
11) Mia and friends
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Despite being named after a famous ballerina, little Mia Hamm never cared for pirouettes. Instead, she chased the ball: baseball, basketball, and especially soccer. Since she was often the only girl on her sports teams, she had a hard time making friends. But when fifteen-year-old Mia made the U.S. women's national soccer team, everything changed. All around her, young women tackled and dribbled, passed and kicked, scored, and screamed. They were...
Author
Publisher
SelfMade Hero
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
George Sand: True Genius, True Woman is a scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804--at a time when women were deprived of their civil rights (along with minors, criminals, and the insane)--Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin grew up to defy those norms, both in her life and her writing. Adopting the gender-neutral pen name George Sand, and in a career lasting...
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
206 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine. Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this real-time work of graphic journalism (posted serially on Facebook), the cartoonist Igort uses the medium of comics to depict the telephone testimonies of Ukrainians as Russia invaded in 2022. In vignettes that grow ever more horrifying -- infiltrating spies, bombed cities, recorded accounts of children whose parents were murdered in front of their eyes, and more -- Igort also relays the events that led up to the invasion, such as the torture...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Isn't it wonderful when love strikes? We connect with someone beautiful and interesting and suddenly--feelings. But what to do when that first crush levels you? When sparks fly and then fizzle? Or when love just . . . hurts? Aimed at both young people who are just starting out in their love lives and those with more experience seeking a fresh perspective, How to Love is a funny, wise, and unique full-color guide to relationships of all shapes and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
63 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo becomes one of the greatest artistic voices in the world as she travels from Mexico to New York City for her first-ever solo exhibition, setting the art world aflame"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Comicarts
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Expanded paperback edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 228 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Originally published in the lead-up to the 2020 US presidential election, Drawing the Vote looks at the history of voting rights in the United States and how it has affected the way we vote today. Author Tommy Jenkins tracks the major political events from the American Revolution to the present day, including the Civil War, the fight for women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act, gerrymandering, voter suppression. Along the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages : chiefly illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Solomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents' escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over until their understanding of self was bound up with the heroic details of their ancestors' exploits. Their great-grandmother related how her husband, a boxing champion, thrashed Joseph Goebbels and cleared beer halls of Nazis with his fists, how she broke him out of an internment camp and carried their children over the Pyrenees mountains....
Author
Publisher
Tiny Onion, Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creators of Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, The Department of Truth, and Powers comes this ambitious, non-fiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an eye to capturing the strange essence of those encounters. In this debut volume, Tynion presents what he calls his "True Weird" stories. Tales of ordinary people encountering...
Author
Series
Black lives volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Fanfare
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This fun and accessible graphic novel for middle grade readers brings to light the lives of great but lesser-known Black scientists. Great Minds of Science is a kid-friendly introduction to some of the greatest scientists in history--doctors, engineers, mathematicians, and biologists. Each of them faced challenges as they rose to the top of their professions, but they didn't back down. They kept experimenting and questioning and learning, and they...
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