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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As the brains and driving force behind Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has become the youngest billionaire in the history of the planet. The road to success for both his creation and him personally was not preordained nor was it always a smooth ride. Learn how a young man's frustration with women helped spark an idea that would have him dating Victoria's Secret models and how a socially inept young man wound up creating a company that has revolutionized...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Entering life at the French royal court, a world in which what is shown is rarely the truth, the young Princess of Clves learns of passions torments, of heartbreak, and of the agony of love. Claire Bouilhac and Catel Mullers graphic-novel adaption of this classic taleoften referred to as the forerunner of the modern psychological novelremains faithful to the original 17th-century text, while also providing surprising and original insight into both...
3) East West
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Prolific comic book author Pierre Christin, who penned the game-changing classic sci-fi series "Valerian and Laureline," switches to autobiography here to bring us the thoughtful, enlightening tale of two vastly different lands, the American West during the civil rights movement and the counter-culture phenomenon, and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, as seen through the eyes of an inquisitive French artist and journalist with a love for travel,...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiagos instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21 chronicles Clementes life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished Puerto Rican childhood to the majesty of his...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Girls, living in the country will be your chance," her parents tell her. And so Catherine Meurisse spends her childhood outdoors. Construction all around her: an old farmhouse renovated into a home, trees planted, a garden created, dreams cultivated. They dig, they graft, they plant a rosebush "adopted" from Montaigne, a fig tree from Rabelais. They observe the tumult of the outside world: new developments in industrial agriculture, the citification...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Violeta Parra was a musician, a poetess, an all-round artist, and the soul of the popular tradition of Chile. The year 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of her birth. Violeta's life was painful and intense, devoted to art and love: for decades, she crossed America and Europe making people all around the world fall in love with the authentic folklore of her homeland. Virginia Tonfoni (writer) and Alessio Spataro (artist) tell her incredible story for...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
TidalWaves Political Power: World Leaders features biographies of leaders who shaped nations. Nelson Mandela of South Africa, a symbol of the struggle against racial and political oppression, is one of the most important figures of the last century. Britains Margaret Thatcher, in the words of her biographer, John Blundell, has been one of the most effective champions of the free-enterprise economic model which has delivered progress and prosperity...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket. Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today 's biggest entertainment business or at least the tail that wags the dog. Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty although in the end, everyone was guilty of something. Collects HEY...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This is the tale of Luisa Casati Amman, otherwise known as 'The Marchesa', an Italian heiress whose life ambition was to transform herself into a living, breathing work of art. She was obsessed with beauty and extravagance, and devoted her entire family fortune to purchasing the means to astonish her contemporaries with her daredevil style. But her originality extended to more than just the adornment of her own person; she embellished her whole life...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Baudelaire: pote maudit, enfant terrible, lyric genius, crippling perfectionist. Bereft of a father at age five, he spent his days squandering the formers fortune on prostitutes and paintings, opium and alcohol, finery and laundry bills for his impeccably white dandys collars. He loved a woman and gave her syphilis. This is her story. Muse, mulatto, mistress, mystery little was known of Jeanne in her day, and even less remembered since. Yslaire pays...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of William Alexander Morgan, the Yankee Comandante, an idealistic young American who found fame fighting in the Cuban Revolution. The blond American didnt speak a word of Spanish, but he felt his rightful place was among the guerilleros of the Escambray Mountains, fighting to bring down dictator Fulgencio Batista. Morgan was among Havanas liberators in 1959, an act that led FBI director Edgar Hoover to strip him of his American...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Life of Che is one of the most anticipated entries in Fantagraphics' The Alberto Breccia Library. Originally released as part of a graphic biography series in January 1969, it came out in Argentina only a year after Ernesto "Che" Guevara had died and reached an audience beyond comics readers. In the 1970s, the military government raided its publisher, destroying the means to reprint the book. The comic was presumed to be lost to history, until a publisher...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionMaster cartoonist Mikael Ross (The Thud) tells the story of Beethoven from 1778 to his first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. It begins when the family is living a difficult life in Bonn. Father Johann battles with alcoholism and is deep in debt. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the piano offer any hope for the future if only he would stop composing his own pieces and just play whats expected...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Famous Quartet of Piraeus was formed in 1934 as a caf band. It was the first group featuring the bouzouki and the baglama, and consisted of frontman Markos Vamvakaris, Giorgos Batis, Anestos Delias, and Stratos Pagioumtzis. Markos fiery love for Zingoala, his first wife, is the main and painful source of inspiration for the founder of rebetiko music. Starting as a skinner at a slaughterhouse, Markos becomes a pioneer who paves new paths for traditional...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Who is the voice of the Grand Old Party? Thats always up for debate. Whats clear is that the Republic Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump, favors small government and conservative values. Together in a special 100-page graphic novel are the illustrated biographies of some of the other contemporary voices. Dr. Rand Paul is the son of former presidential candidate and intellectual godfather of the Tea Party, Ron Paul,...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the mega-successful teen group, the Jonas Brothers, experienced adversity in ways that shaped him into the talented and versatile performer he is today. Hes a singer, songwriter, Broadway star, and celebrity judge all before the age of 30. His battle with diabetes while finding his voice as an artist has inspired millions.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
President Donald J. Trumps tenure focused the American electorate on politics in ways not seen in modern history. During this tumultuous four-year period, four Democrats rose from the left to challenge the rights policies.
The movers: Joe Biden has had one of the most challenging journeys in American politics, facing an emotional roller coaster to become Americas youngest Congress member and, eventually, the 46th President of the United States....
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
He was called "the most dangerous man in America" as well as "the leader of a vast Right-Wing Conspiracy." Politicians, pundits, and commentators asked, "Is he good for America?" Awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Trump cemented his place as the self-proclaimed "intellectual" center of the United States' Conservative movement. Explore the story of how a simple football fan from Missouri changed the news and radio industry. With the help of...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A black conservative businessman made an unlikely presidential candidate and supporter of Donald J. Trump, but pundits, critics, and admirers have never aptly described Herman Cain. His campaign manager was fond of saying, "Let Cain be Cain!" A man of deep principles who once called for forming a third party before embracing President Trump became another tragic figure to die of COVID-19. His story, equal parts compelling and inspiring, is told here...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Joseph R. Biden experienced one of the most challenging journeys in American politics. America's youngest senator faced an emotional rollercoaster that almost derailed his career. His life, riddled with loss, led to a determination to help the working class and a 47-year career capped by his election as the 46th president of the United States.
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