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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020.
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118 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 cm
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By visually interpreting the complete text of the supreme law of the land with more than a century of American pop culture icons, Sikoryak distills the very essence of the government legalese from the abstract to the tangible, the historical to the contemporary. Among Sikoryak s spot-on unions of government articles and amendments with famous comic-book characters: the Eighteenth Amendment that instituted prohibition is articulated with Homer Simpson...
2) Guts
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"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It soon becomes clear that Raina's tummy trouble isn't going away... and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What's going...
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First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
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121 pages : chiefly illustrations (color), color maps ; 22 cm.
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"With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
4) Canciones
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Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
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Planeta
Pub. Date
junio de 2023.
Physical Desc
vi, 183 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Divertido e instructivo, este híbrido entre libro de cocina y novela gráfica nos introduce a la historia del ramen y ofrece más de cuarenta recetas de todo lo que necesitas para preparar el ramen perfecto en casa, incluyendo caldos, tare, fideos, aderezos y acompañamientos." -- c various websites
"Fun and instructive, this cookbook/graphic novel hybrid introduces us to the history of ramen and offers more than forty recipes for everything you...
6) Fault lines in the constitution, the: the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
279 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In 1787, after 116 days of heated debates and bitter arguments, the United States Constitution was created. This imperfect document set forth America's guiding principles, but it would also introduce some of today's most contentious political issues--from gerrymandering, to the Electoral College, to presidential impeachment. With colorful art, compelling discourse, and true stories from America's past and present, Fault Lines in the Constitution:...
7) Why art?
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Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 17 cm
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"What is 'Art'? It's widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things. But how can it truly make lasting, positive change? In Why Art?, acclaimed graphic novelist Eleanor Davis unpacks some of these concepts in ways both critical...
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Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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183 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"The author shares their life as a genderqueer person, living in the American South, revealing their own personal struggle for acceptance and how they were inspired by these historical LGBTQIA+ people to live their own truth. Featuring biographies of MaryJones, We'wha, Magnus Hirschfeld, Dr. Pauli Murray, Wilmer "Little Axe" M. Broadnax, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Carlett Brown, Nancy Cardenas, Ifti Nasim, and Simon Nkoli"--
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First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
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119 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Do you have what it takes to live in one of the harshest places in the world? What if you had just a couple years to gain the knowledge you'll need to survive on your own? Join two curious polar bear cubs as they play, hunt, and navigate life in the Arctic. With each season, they learn polar bear biology and behavior, as well as strategies and skills that will help them thrive in a landscape that is rapidly changing beyond their control. Living with...
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Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
234 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who cracked the German Enigma code, enabled a group of British code breakers to shorten World War II by years. That alone would be enough Turing's place in history, but his genius did not stop there. He launched modern computer science through his creation of the universal Turing machine and the Imitation Game, an artificial-intelligence test that is still in use today. Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present...
12) Hostage
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe André was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, André was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle (Pyongyang, Jerusalem, Shenzhen, Burma Chronicles) recounts...
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Portable Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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93 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most famous scientist--from his youth in Germany to his final years...
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"You've heard the hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but the story of the band behind it is one of cultural, political, and social importance. Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset Strip by storm. They influenced The Doors and jammed with Jimmy Hendrix before he was "Jimi," and the idea of a band made up of all Native Americans soon followed. Determined...
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IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Marie Curie's exceptional life and groundbreaking research changed the world, expanding scientific understanding, and creating new opportunities for women, as explored in this lavishly illustrated graphic biography endorsed by the Curie Estate. Curie's unique drive--against all odds--to understand Nature's ways and laws led to ground-breaking discoveries, which revolutionized medical theory and practice. She was the first female Nobel Prize winner...
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First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
119 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm.
Description
As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with meteors? Stormin Norman Weatherby is gearing up to answer...
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Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.
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First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
234 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Thien's first memory isn't a sight or a sound. It's the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It's the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam. After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don't get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as...
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