Biography & Memoir

The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647290573Author Emmanuelle MaisonneuFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912097418Author Ilaria FerramoscaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ponent Mon LtdPublisher Ponent Mon Ltd

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122878Author Salva RubioFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

A moving autobiographical portrayal of psychosis and mental illness as shown through the experiences and writings of writer-poet Jacques Mathis.Jacques Mathis tells his own story-of a megalomaniacal man stuck in a body too small for his ideas. His...

**2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner** **2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal Winner**A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young...

The ageing 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 truth...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372969Author Edmond BaudoinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

A crisis of faith follows mother and daughter in this beautifully rendered, harrowing WWII memoir. With the heartrending We Are on Our Own, Miriam Katin recounts the story of her escape from German-occupied Hungary as a child, led by her determined...

Marriage doesn't define a relationship. Unless you want it to.In Marry Me a Little, Rob Kirby recounts his experience of marrying his longtime partner, John, just after same-sex marriage was legalized in Minnesota in 2013, and two years before the...

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683966913Author Hector German OesterheldFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648502845Author Weirial Puok BaluangFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Africa World Books Pty LtdPublisher Africa World Books Pty LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789381182819Author Kieron MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CampfirePublisher Campfire

Forty-something Louise is married to Peter, with whom she has four children. They live in a big house, and on paper everything looks fantastic. But Louise has a secret that she barely dares to admit to herself: a burning desire for women. When I Came...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683963813Author Spain RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Bastien is eight years old, and his mother is ill. She often has what his father and grandparents call "episodes." She screams and fights, scratches and spits, and has to be carted away to specialized clinics for frequent treatments. Bastien doesn't like...

In 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart leaves Salzburg for Paris. The French capital promises to liberate the 22-year-old from the suffocating grip of his father, and from a city that is unable to accommodate his genius. But there is no grand entrance for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681120768Author Fabrice Le HenanffFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

The second installment in the series of graphic novels that began with Washington State Book Award Finalist We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime IncarcerationBasketball-loving Sumiko Tanaka, then 11, narrates this graphic novel about...

"Bell's pen becomes a kind of laser, first illuminating the surface distractions of the world, then scorching them away to reveal a deeper reality that is almost too painful and too beautiful to bear."-- Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, Are You My Mother In...

A visual biography of the groundbreaking investigative journalist Born in 1864, Nellie Bly was a woman who did not allow herself to be defined by the time she lived in, she rewrote the narrative and made her own way. Luciana Cimino's...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683964803Author Catherine SauvatFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

Follow novelist Cecil Castellucci in this insightful memoir of making art, the nature of memory, and being a teenager in 80s New York City. One thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw Star Wars was that she was going to be some kind of...

A first-hand account of the most unlikely friendship between a visiting nurse and her Alzheimer's patient, Josephine. When Valerie first met Josephine, she knew she would be embarking on a unique journey. Though vastly different in age, their connection...

The testimonies of five family members, over five different periods, as they are respectively forced to leave their home country of Vietnam when outside forces or inner turmoil shatter their normal lives. Each story follows the journey of a family member...

The remarkable true story of a mild-mannered French husband and wife who become the world's most revered pair of Nazi hunters.For more than five decades, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have devoted their lives to seeking justice for the victims and survivors...

With his Award winning work, Vietnamese Memories, Clement Baloup chronicles - through vivid painted art and poetic storytelling - the fate of a handful of people who, like many of their peers, were condemned to leave a country successively occupied by...

UK webcomic star Sarah Graley and her partner Stef chronicle their exciting travel adventures to the U.S. and Canada, featuring San Diego Comic-Con, New York City, and Toronto, all packaged in a handy box set! Whether it's bonding over beers cooled in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642730210Author Paolo ParisiFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint One Peace Books, IncorporatedPublisher Social Club Books

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995590090Author Simon GrennanFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434982Author Ottilie HainsworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849352406Author Seth TobocmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

The English-language edition of Nathalie Ferlut and Tamia Baudouin's stunning biography of Artemisia Gentileschi, the trailblazing Italian baroque painter, originally published in French. This full-color graphic novel recounts the remarkable story...

The true story of the Cambodian painter Vann Nath, who used his art to fight against barbarism and tyranny.In 1978, a young painter named Vann Nath was arrested by the Khmer Rouge, the violent and totalitarian Communist Party of Kampuchea that ruled...

Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private collections, Brad Ricca's Super Boys is the first ever full biography about Superman's creators. Among scores of new discoveries, the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644212707Author Adam BessieFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807044490Author Geoffrey CanadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771135221Author Matteo MastragostinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the LinesWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 236mm...

A quiet, aging teacher decides to run the NY Marathon. Along the way, he transforms into the man he always wanted to be.Sebastien, a quiet and shy teacher, gets lost in the memories of his boyhood, when he was a strong and successful runner. On a whim,...