Run Home If You Don't Want to Be Killed: The Detroit Uprising of 1943 (Documentary Arts and Culture, Published in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)
By: Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In the heat of June in 1943, a wave of destructive and deadly civil unrest took place in the street…
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1. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By: David McCullough
4.25
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book … read more
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"One has the feeling that if you could pick it up and turn it over, you would see MADE IN AMERICA stamped on it."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right."-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. Washington A. Roebling quoted by"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
"Everywhere about her, lesser men, witless, vulgar, corrupt, men of narrow ambition and the cheapest of values, were prospering as never before, grabbing up power, money, or just about anything else t…"-David McCullough, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
2. March: Book Three (March, #3)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.65
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman… read more
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- history
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3. Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan
By: Shigeru Mizuki , Zack Davisson
4.48
Format: 540 pages, Paperback
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of the legacy of World War II in Japan Showa 1944–1953: A Histo… read more
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4. One Dead Spy (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, #1)
By: Nathan Hale
4.20
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition here. Nathan Hale, the author’s historical namesake, was America’s first… read more
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5. 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
By: Gord Hill
4.09
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
The history of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is often portrayed as a mutually benef… read more
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6. The Silence of Our Friends
By: Nate Powell , Mark Long , Jim Demonakos , Mark Long
3.86
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
In 1960s Texas, a white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood and a black family from its p… read more
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"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies...but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr."-Nate Powell, The Silence of Our Friends
7. Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan
By: Shigeru Mizuki
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
A fascinating period in Japanese history explored by a master of manga "Showa 1926"-"1939: A Histor… read more
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- history
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8. March: Book One (March, #1)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more
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9. At the Mountains of Madness
By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more
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10. March: Book Two (March, #2)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and on… read more
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11. My Friend Dahmer
By: Derf Backderf
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer -- the most notorious serial killer sin… read more
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12. Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
By: Shigeru Mizuki , Zack Davisson
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The final volume in the Eisner-nominated history of Japan; one of NPR's Best Books of 2014! Showa 1… read more
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13. Showa, 1939-1944: A History of Japan
By: Shigeru Mizuki , Zack Davisson
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A master cartoonist and war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II Showa 1939-1944: A Hist… read more
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14. Saga, Volume 10
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
At long last, Hazel and her star-crossed family are finally back, and they’ve made some new...frien… read more
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15. They Called Us Enemy
By: George Takei
4.42
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more
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"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy
16. Squad
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
3.79
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing grap… read more
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"F*ck ever needing a tampon and having no one answer when you ask for help."-Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Squad
17. Saga, Volume 11
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.26
Format: 153 pages, ebook
While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new all… read more
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18. Boys Weekend
By: Mattie Lubchansky
4.03
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more
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19. Saga, Volume 9
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.56
Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition
The multiple Eisner Award-winning series returns with a spacefaring adventure about fake news and g… read more
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"Most of the time, we don’t even realize we’ve live through something worth commemorating until long after it’s already ended."-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 9
20. The Hurting Kind: Poems
By: Ada Limon
4.34
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more
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"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
21. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
22. Okinawa
By: Susumu Higa
4.08
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island’s pre-eminent mangaka,… read more
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23. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin
By: Andrew S. Weiss
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more
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24. Grand Slam Romance (Grand Slam Romance, #1)
By: Ollie Hicks
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Storytelling team Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous’s first Grand Slam Romance is a queer, full-color… read more
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25. Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band
By: Christian Staebler
3.84
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the result… read more
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26. Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
By: Kimiko Tobimatsu
4.04
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of… read more
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27. Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator
By: Sofia Warren
4.14
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
You won the election…now what? Activist organizing meets government gridlock as a millennial New Yo… read more
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28. Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the "Comfort Women" of World War II
By: Han Seong-Won
4.11
Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition
**Recommended by the New York Public Library among its list of '50 Best New Comics for Adults' in 2… read more
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29. Memories from Limón
By: Edo Brenes
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Ramiro leaves the British drizzle and his beloved fiancé Yoss to investigate his family history bac… read more
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30. X-Gender, Vol. 1
By: Asuka Miyazaki
3.63
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
An autobiographical diary/essay manga about finding love in Japan as an X-gender person. At 33 y… read more
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31. Run Home If You Don't Want to Be Killed: The Detroit Uprising of 1943 (Documentary Arts and Culture, Published in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University)
By: Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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