Biography & Memoir

The end of slavery started in what was then San Domingo. In 1791, the enslaved people of the most prized French sugar plantation colony revolted against their masters. For over twelve years, against a backdrop of the French Revolution, they fought an...

In Moscow, 1904, political tension is at a high. The Russian Empire is failing and the effects are falling on its people. Hungry and deeply impoverished, the living standards for the citizens is falling daily. They protest, calling on their Governor for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984857705Author David F. WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Crown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

This groundbreaking graphic novel delves into the life of the acclaimed artist Edward Hooper, whose iconic works depict quintessentially American scenes and experiences. While many of Hopper's most acclaimed works have been embraced by American culture,...

An extraordinary memento of a life-changing moment in history, artist Vic Lee's visually stunning, graphic novel-style personal diary chronicles his experience of the coronavirus pandemic as it unfolded. With beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and...

A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga s most distinguished author. Showa 1926 1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki s historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life...

A new graphic memoir, from the award-winning author of Quarantine Comix.Hoping to better understand her own brain, award-winning comic-creator Rachael Smith set about documenting her experiences and struggles with anxiety and depression through comic...

An extraordinary memento of a life-changing moment in history, artist Vic Lee's visually stunning, graphic novel-style personal diary chronicles his experience of the coronavirus pandemic as it unfolded. With beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780993563348Author Kate CharlesworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Myriad...

Reluctant muse and feminist champion... society heiress and rebel refugee... the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for the more...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434920Format PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434920Format PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

In a first-person account, Amazing Ameziane leads us through the life story of this iconic auteur, from his humble beginnings as a video shop clerk, to his rise through iconic indie blockbusters, all the way to global superstar. Discover the influences,...

An internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II. Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life...

A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women's rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation A scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century...

The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea-the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910775134Author Warren PleeceFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint BHP ComicsPublisher BHP Comics

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (Reality-Based) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781606997567Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher...

Between Two Sounds follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Part from his birth in Estonia in 1935 through 1980, when the Soviets forced him to emigrate because of the nonconformist and religious nature of his music.Based on years of research and...

She's lonely and searching for connection. He's lonely, but afraid to reach out. But is finding someone else really the answer to their problems? CRUSHING, an illustrated misadventure in love and loneliness, is a story told in silence - a story...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788306874Author Alan BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 279Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Leonard Cohen opens in Los Angeles on the last night of the man s life in 2016. Alone in his final hours, the beloved writer and musician ponders his existence in a series of flashbacks that reveal the ups and downs of a storied career. A young Cohen...

What would life feel like without fear and oppression? Is it possible to find solace in the power of chosen family, underground art collectives, and ultimately revolution?Set in Beirut, Lebanon, a city once known to be a vibrant cultural center of the...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, TIME, BUZZFEED, ESQUIRE, LIBRARY JOURNAL AND KIRKUS REVIEWS LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD 'Hilarious and heart-rending' Celeste Ng 'Heartbreaking, but also infused...

It's the dying days of World War Two, and a child is born during a dramatic air raid that badly damages the family home and destroys the midwife's bicycle. At least, that's what George East's mother told him in later years. But then she also claimed...

Meet Eileen Gray, the architect behind the monumental E-1027 and pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure has become a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770464599Author Delisle GuyFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Drawn and QuarterlyPublisher Drawn and Quarterly

The incredible story of Suzanne Lenglen, a woman who changed the face of sport and society in the trailblazing jazz age, but who few even remember. One of the greatest tennis players the world has ever seen was a woman few even remember. A championship...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141527Author Chuck DFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

--- GUARDIAN GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR --- --- OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH --- THE GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC NOVEL A story about ordinary people navigating a strange land, in even stranger times. On the eve of the US elections, a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948216166Author Loyd GantFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm) 244mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646866390Author Christy Anne JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Of Mountains & MushroomsPublisher Of Mountains & MushroomsWeight(grams)...

Winner - 2022 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards in Pop from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and PublishersBert Williams-a Black man forced to perform in blackface who challenged the stereotypes of minstrelsy. Eva Tanguay-an...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945509858Author ElleFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver SprocketPublisher Silver Sprocket

In 1965, a young, up-and-coming illustrator by the name of Edward Sorel tore away layer after layer of linoleum from the floor of his $97-a-month Manhattan apartment until he discovered a hidden treasure: issues of The New York Daily News and the Mirror...

With his son grown and his marriage dissolving, Xavier, a 48-year old writer, finds himself deep in the heart of a mid-life crisis. Setting out on his own, he finds emotional freedom and true independence. When he meets Leah, a young and vibrant artist,...

In Memento Mori, celebrated Finnish graphic novelist Tiitu Takalo chronicles her sudden, unexpected cerebral hemorrhage and the long road to recovery she had to travel. It is a dramatic story about a life turned upside down overnight: a ruptured...

The true story of a spirited young woman whose brilliant mind is caught in the grip of mental illness, known as bipolar disorder. In constant flux between transient euphoria and utter despair, Camille attempts to decode her mind and treat her illness...

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...

In the spirit of essayist David Sedaris and monologist Spalding Grey, SEAGLE and 19 emerging global cartoonists take drawn storytelling into the world of the "graphic essay." nineteen stories of global attitudes about the naked body balance raw...