Biography & Memoir

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568588766Author David KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Fat girl problems.Derided by her high-school peers for being overweight, Rachel finally found a sense of purpose and belonging in a promising career as an EMT-that is, until her body got in the way.Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959998457Author Michael FrizellFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 244mm...

Few artists' lives are as inspiring as that of Niki de Saint Phalle. While she started her career as a fashion model, a subsequent breakdown led to her taking up painting as therapy. Entirely self-taught, Niki spent the rest of her years devoted to...

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 9781988247960Author Anthony Del ColFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Lev Gleason PublicationsPublisher Lev Gleason Publications

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,...

For readers of Hyperbole and a Half and Am I There Yet ?, Bless the Messy is a compassionate, distinctive, and voice-driven illustrated personal growth book, one that gives readers permission to radically love themselves, feel their feelings, and live...

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...

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...

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of his incredible escape from Alcatraz prison, this thrilling graphic novel imagines what Frank Lee did next... Bank Robber. Escape Artist. Genius. But on June 11th 1962, Frank Lee Morris performed the most...

Tales of The Smiths is a comic book retelling of the band members' teenage years, before the group was famous, and includes fascinating digressions about their influences (the New York Dolls, Nico, Sex Pistols, NY punk, Patti Smith, etc) and the times in...

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)...

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...

An anthology of illustrated narratives about the prison and the lives it changed forever In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantanamo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780...

Diego Rivera was a revolutionary painter in more ways than one. Attending art school at eleven, by his twenties he counted among the most influential figures of the Parisian art scene of the early 20th century, including Picasso, Modigliani, Braque and...

The end of a journey, the beginning of a new life.-I'm Syrian, and I got here from Turkey.-Whoaaa! That's a hell of a trip!-You could say that . . . I left home almost three years ago.After being rescued from the Mediterranean, Hakim and his son reach...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781005552671Author Michael FrizellFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 244mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683964100Author Mannie MurphyFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

A charming, heartwarming, and poignant story of running and self-acceptance, Mylo Choy's Middle Distance combines exertion and introspection in an exploration of the physical body's connection to the human experience. An exciting graphic addition to a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681121987Author CekaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

From toddler antics to doctor appointments, Keiler Roberts breathes humour and life into the fleeting present. Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8...

THE AWARD WINNING GRAPHIC NOVEL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FATHER, AND THE CHALLENGES HE FACES RAISING HIS AUTISTIC SON. A beautiful visual exploration of the highs and lows experienced by a parent learning how to adapt to his son's autism. Faced with a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681122496Author Sophie BlitmanFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

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

"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...

It is the 4th century B.C.E in Greece. Hipparchia is about to marry the rich son of a family friend when she meets Crates. As the wedding day approaches, Hipparchia becomes increasingly captivated by the views and way of life of this strange philosopher...

Legends have to start somewhere... Witness the King of Rock 'n' Roll's humble beginnings in Memphis as a young artist struggling to define his voice and break into the music industry. From the history-making Sun Studio to television sets across 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 9781683963660Author Jacques TardiFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

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 9781922585714Author Valentin GendrotFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Scribe PublicationsPublisher Scribe PublicationsDimensions(mm) 255mm * 196mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681377865Author Frank SantoroFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

Follow the stories of incredible women in modern history, including Greta Thunberg, Emma 'X' Gonzalez and Malala Yousafzai among others.Beautifully illustrated by a diverse, international creative team, fans of extraordinary real-life stories will love...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936787289Author Amy KurzweilFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint CatapultPublisher CatapultWeight(grams) 850gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ABDA Award for Best Designed Fully Illustrated Book Under $50 2023 (Australia). Commended for The AGDA Design Awards 2023 (Australia). Short-listed for ALIA Notable...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861662463Author Marcel RuijtersFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Knockabout ComicsPublisher Knockabout ComicsWeight(grams) 773g

Kat has no responsibilities and nothing to tie her down. She'd graduated university with no plans. She was an artist, but hadn't drawn in five years. She was lost. And she'd been avoiding admitting to herself something that all of those around her knew:...