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If you like Breaking Night by Liz Murray

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Rurally Screwed: My Life Off the Grid with the Cowboy I Love by Jessie Knadler

Jessie Knadler, transplanted from Montana, is living a less than satisfying life in the Big Apple. She’s just been laid off from her position as a magazine editor; she recently learned that her lover...

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Feynman by Jim Ottaviani

Richard Feynman was one of the younger scientists entrusted to work on the atomic bomb, but the graphic novel biography Feynman shows that there is so much more to his life than just those few...

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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

Lucy Knisley's graphic novel Relish: My Life in the Kitchen zigzags between biography, cookbook, travelogue, and manifesto of all things culinary. What's more, her fun, vibrantly colorful artwork often...

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Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping the Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau and...

When you’re thirteen, it seems as though everything will be the same always, especially if you live in a traditional culture. For John Bul Dau, life with his large family and many friends as cattle...

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Kate Waller Barrett

Kate Waller Barrett (1857-1925), gently-raised daughter of a prominent Stafford County family, was confronted as a young woman by a heart-wrenching scene that played out before her in her home. It...

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Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones

Jim Henson: The Biography approaches the man through his work. This makes sense since, as he was the artist who redefined puppetry, Henson created and entertained almost non-stop for four decades.read...

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A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

 A Street Cat Named Bob is the true story of a young man who is a recovering heroin addict who was homeless in London. He became part of a government program that found him an apartment and started him...

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My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

First off, yes, it is that Dahmer. Secondly, yes, this book is written and drawn by a man named Derf Backderf.My Friend Dahmer is much more than just a grisly expose on the teenage life of a future...

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Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

In Born Standing Up, Steve Martin looks back at his comedy career in a way that few artists are able to do. He not only has succeeded in his craft, he also has the luxury of being able to step back...

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You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me by Nathan Rabin

You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me documents Nathan Rabin's journey into two vastly different but equally mocked musical fan bases. Phish and Insane Clown Posse are about as far away as you can...

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The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest...

In Michael Paterniti’s The Telling Room, he first encounters Páramo de Guzman while working in a deli after graduate school in the early 1990s. At $22 a pound he wasn’t going to taste it, but he wanted...

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Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges

When a palm reader told Nicole J. Georges that her long-deceased father was very much alive, Nicole's first thought was, "Who does she think she is?" But the psychic was definitely onto something, and...

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Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Hyperbole and a Half explores artist Allie Brosh's almighty id with a kind of courageousness usually reserved for walking on hot coals or taunting killer bees. Based on the popular blog of the same...

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Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor

"Stepping in a rhythm to a Kurtis Blow.  Who needs to think when your feet just go?"                                                Tom Tom Club - The Genius of Loveread more

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Believe Write Share: A Community Project

We’ve invited our partners at Water Street Studio to tell you about our collaboration in the Believe Write Share community project now under way:read more

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Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut by Salma Abdelnour

If you like Anthony Bourdain’s TV series/book No Reservations, you may well love Salma Abdelnour’s very foodie memoir, Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut.read more

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If you like Ciao America! by Beppe Severgnini

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March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March: Book One is the beautifully constructed graphic novel biography of Civil Rights activist and Congressman John Lewis. Relying only on black and white imagery, it is quiet in its form and...

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Author of the Month: Tony DiTerlizzi

diterlizzi.jpgWildly inventive Tony DiTerlizzi imagines worlds of bizarre--yet mostly friendly--characters and sets them down in words and pictures to share with others. From the Star Wars universe to...

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