Non-Fiction

Author: Mauro FalchettiPublisher: Herder & HerderPublished: 09/26/2023Pages: 152Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.29h x 6.54w x 0.63dISBN: 9788416763849Language: Spanish

Nina is 18 in the mid-1990s. She's trying to find her place in a world constantly throwing her differences back at her face. Nina was born in a multi-culltural and multi-ethnic family: her father is black Muslim of Gambian origins and her mother is...

Esta novela gráfica, bellamente ilustrada, retrata la vida y la época de un artista cuya realidad es indistinguible del mito que lo rodea. Diego Rivera fue un pintor revolucionario en más de un sentido. Comenzó a estudiar en la escuela de arte a los...

El libro de cocina más original del mercado, un recetario presentado como una novela gráfica para disfrutar de todo el arte culinario de Japón.Divertido e instructivo, este híbrido entre libro de cocina y novela gráfica nos introduce a la historia del ramen y ofrece...

Author: Jennifer L. TracePublisher: Kids Castle PressPublished: 11/11/2023Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17dISBN: 9781956397222This title is not returnable

This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young black and poor woman living in an America marked by segregation. This is the story of a fierce battle, that of a musician involved in the civil rights movement. This is the story...

Author: Eric M. EsquivelPublisher: Tidalwave ProductionsPublished: 12/13/2023Pages: 26Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.05dISBN: 9781962404716This title is not returnable

Ali Fitzgerald is an artist trying to find herself in a rapidly changing city facing an influx of asylum seekers. In Berlin, she teaches an art class to displaced people who have traveled from war-torn countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. Given Fitzgerald's encouragement,...

Unofficial and unauthorized In 1962, Andy Warhol displayed 32 canvases of Campbell's soup cans in a New York art gallery. The art world - and what we consider to be art - would never be the same again. Follow Warhol through his upbringing in...

The aging Sigmund Freud reflects upon the torments of age, the lung cancer he suffers due to his cigar addiction, and the rise of Nazism. In 1923, Sigmund Freud, 67 years old and an inveterate cigar smoker, discovers that he has mouth cancer, a...

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go comes a gorgeously illustrated volume of lyrics written for the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated jazz singer Stacey Kent. Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain...

The complete backstory of Japanese cuisine explained in richly illustrated bite-sized morsels! This book explores the fascinating history, lore and practice of Japanese cooking through the eyes of Gaku, a young man who aspires to become a professional Japanese chef. Each chapter presents a...

"She put in her work, but there's so much left to do." Begun in the Antebellum era, the song of suffrage was a rallying cry across the nation that would persist over a century. Capturing the spirit of this refrain, New Yorker contributing cartoonist...

Love and Rockets by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez is one of the greatest comic series ever created. However, running consistently for 40 years and encompassing a diverse array of characters, settings, and cultural influences, this literary universe can be daunting to explore. With...

Unofficial and unauthorized. "When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, "No, I went to films"". From the set of 1993's Pulp Fiction, to a bar room meeting with Robert Rodriguez and an inspirational lunch with Leonardo di Caprio,...

In 1920, hockey teams across Canada played for the privilege to represent their country at the Olympics. In the end, one team remained standing-the Winnipeg Falcons, a small group of unknown superstars. Comprised of players of Icelandic descent, the Falcons experienced considerable prejudice from...

"Gone with the Wind" was a huge best seller when released in 1936 selling over a million copies in the first six months. The romantic novel would be then turned into the biggest box office hit three years later. Margaret Mitchell was not only...

The second volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. A lady strays from a garden path and enters a different realm. A king wages dynastic...

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. Within this deluxe edition is an exclusive, limited-edition art print, signed by Ai Weiwei and...

Eleanor Davis's bike tour from Tucson, Arizona to Athens, Georgia is a quest of epic proportions -- not just geographically, which it surely is, but inwardly as well. While facing off formidable headwinds, drivers with reckless abandon, and screaming knee pain, the author confronts...