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Nat Turner Nat Turner Kyle Baker In graphic novel format, depicts the life and times of the self-educated African American preacher who led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831, believing that God wanted him to fr… OL133763W
The Real Cost of Prisons Comix The Real Cost of Prisons Comix Lois Ahrens One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going ev… OL15190554W
A People’s History of American Empire A People’s History of American Empire Paul Buhle,Howard Zinn,Mike Konopacki,Paul Buhle In a comic form, this book tells the stories of America's actions in the world. It includes the events of 9/11 and then explores the cycles of US expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq. It also follo… OL15288124W
Housewives at Play Housewives at Play Rebecca Erotic artwork OL15679851W
The influencing machine The influencing machine Brooke Gladstone The cohost of NPR's "On the Media" narrates, in cartoon form, two millennia of history of the influence of the media on the populace, from newspapers in Caesar's Rome to the penny press of the Americ… OL16151732W
Health care reform Health care reform Jonathan Gruber "Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works is a deeply informed, opinionated, immediately accessible explanation of why health care reform is essential, why the legislation Con… OL16461540W
Tunes Tunes Molly Stevens,Vincent Brunner,Mathias Malzieu "Tunes is an eclectic anthology of work by celebrated graphic artists that together present a definitive history of rock and roll through that most rebellious of illustrated media, the comic strip."-… OL16539952W
Are you my mother? Are you my mother? Alison Bechdel From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel’s … OL16558612W
Thoreau Thoreau Maximilien Le Roy 'To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and… OL16813471W
When Jesus Wept When Jesus Wept Brock Thoene,Bodie Thoene LAZARUS—the man Jesus raised from the dead in one of the most extraordinary encounters with The Living Savior in all of Scripture. But the life of Lazarus holds interest well beyond this miraculous e… OL16814254W
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo,Marie Kondo Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your house once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advo… OL17080845W
Snowden Snowden Ted Rall From back cover: Edward James Snowden [worked] as a systems administrator at the National Security Agency's office in Honolulu. He had a cute house and a beautiful girlfriend. He lived in paradise. O… OL17601095W
Diabetes and me Diabetes and me Kim Chaloner "An illustrated guidebook for young people with diabetes"-- OL17833638W
Fun Home Fun Home Alison Bechdel A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a dark… OL1835957W
Hip hop family tree Hip hop family tree Ed Piskor "Book 2 covers the early years of 1981-1983, when Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves … OL19662522W
The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances Matthew Inman From the New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, aka "The Oatmeal", comes this collection of comics and stories about running, eating, napping, and one cartoonist's reasons for running acro… OL19670683W
The secret loves of geek girls The secret loves of geek girls Marjorie M. Liu,Margaret Atwood,N.D. Stevenson,Hope Nicholson "The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwoo… OL19670742W
Threadbare Threadbare Anne Elizabeth Moore "A comics journalism exploration of women's labor and human rights issues in the garment trade and sex industry in the US, Austria, and Southeast Asia"-- OL19671412W
Queer Queer Meg-John Barker,Jules Scheele Though not a graphic novel, this high illustrated nonfiction book explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do. Barker and Scheele show how these ideas get tangled up… OL19671749W
Verax Verax Pratap Chatterjee "9/11 not only marked the worst domestic terror attack in U.S. history, but also unleashed electronic spying by the government on a massive worldwide scale. In a wholly original and engaging telling,… OL19722265W
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