Biography & Memoir

'A beautiful retelling ... which captures the great man's spirit.' UNCUTFrom 'Crossroads Blues' to 'Sweet Home Chicago', 'Hellhound on My Trail' to 'Come On In My Kitchen', Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the...

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he made the most significant transformation of his life: from "David" to Bowie. In 1969, shortly after the...

In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman...

One morning in June 1941, a quiet village in Central Lithuania is shaken out of its slumber by the sudden arrival of the Soviet Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family are given ten minutes...

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...

An eyewitness account of idealism, self-discovery, and loss under one of the twentieth-century's most repressive political regimes Set against a backdrop of world-changing events during the headiest years of the Cuban Revolution, Goodbye, My Havana...

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 9781681122878Author Salva RubioFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

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 9781681122281Author CekaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint NBM Publishing CompanyPublisher NBM Publishing Company

My Great Arab Melancholy is a beautiful, tragic and award-winning book from Lebanese writer and illustrator Lamia Ziade. Blending the author's years of research, personal memoir and more than 300 illustrations, this compelling history of the modern Arab...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450762557Author Marc ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsSeries InfamousWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683969624Author Ari RichterFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

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...

Taking the form of a diary, this vibrant graphic novel takes the reader from Goodfellas to The Goonies, Harry Potter to Apocalypse Now in a zany and hilarious exploration of the movies that have shaped Cavolo's life and the lives of his generation.A...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434432Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad EditionsDimensions(mm) 228mm * 160mm * 20mm

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970047097Author David CalcanoFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Fantoons LLCPublisher Fantoons LLC

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524761431Author Mari AndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA Inc

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606996904Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 532g

From daily routines and art-making, to dealing with depression, and living among porn performers in Las Vegas, Eisner Award winning cartoonist Brandon Graham (King City, Rain like Hammers, Prophet, Moonray) takes readers through his full-color diary...

Cool, talented and transgressive, Jean-Michel Basquiat's life is just as fascinating as the work he produced.Delve into 1980s New York as this vivid graphic novel takes you on Basquiat's journey from street-art legend SAMO to international art-scene...

The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo's brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo's world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683967736Author Maria BamfordFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher Fantagraphics

The incredible-yet-true story of celebrated South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, abducted in 1978 by North Korean secret agents on the orders of their film-crazed future leader Kim Jong-il. Six months later, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, Choi Eun-hee's...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374601652Author Tessa HullsFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint MCDPublisher MCDWeight(grams) 300g

Gil Scott-Heron is one of the most important artists of the past 60 years, and is widely credited as laying the foundations for modern hip hop as we know it. This gorgeous graphic novel follows the author as he attempts to track down the elusive...

Author and illustrator Siobhan Gallagher's humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir about her journey from being the anxious and unhappy "funny fat friend" to learning to love herself along with all her imperfections.I'm proud of the person I've become...

The Amazing Spider-Man. The Incredible Hulk. The Invincible Iron Man. Black Panther. These are just a few of the iconic superheroes to emerge from the mind of Stan Lee. From the mean streets of Depression-era New York City to recipient of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Broken Frontier Awards: Best Graphic Nonfiction 2019.Book InformationISBN 9781912408221Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Myriad...

"Comics' answer to Finnegan's Wake, an inspired work of obsessive genius that will take a long time to untangle." - Rob Salkowitz, Senior Contributor, FORBES "The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is one of the most spectacular comics I have ever read or...

Roy Race was Melchester Rovers' super striker, and later manager and chairman; he is known everywhere simply as 'Roy of the Rovers'. Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff is the inside story of his life with Melchester, told by the man who knows him better than...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908434098Author Aneurin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad EditionsDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Lambda Literary Awards (Graphic Novel) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781593765408Author A. K. SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher...

Joyous musings on the meaningful and the mundane for troubled times. In her debut graphic novel, Sarah Firth ponders some of life's deepest philosophical questions: Why are we here? How are we supposed to get along with one another? What on earth is that...

From bestselling author Derf Backderf comes the untold story of the Kent State shootings-timed for the 50th anniversary On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995603554Author Simon Amadeus PillarioFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Word for Word Bible ComicsPublisher Word for Word Bible ComicsSeries The Word for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Alex Award - YALSA 2004 and Booklist Editor's Choice for Young Adults and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age and School Library Journal Adult Books for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Broken Frontier Awards: Best Graphic Nonfiction 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781912408559Author Carol IsaacsFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Myriad...