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Il est resté célèbre pour les circonstances de son naufrage qui fut le plus meurtrier de l'histoire de la marine militaire américaine. Le 30 juillet 1945, peu après la remise des composants importants pour la première bombe atomique, le navire a été torpillé par un sous-marin Japonais. Le...

In the proud tradition of drunken writers everywhere . . . comes the tale of Jonathan A., a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic-and of course, entirely fictional-novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life author Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author...

From the author of the acclaimed Equinoxes comes a return to roots that serves as spiritual renewal. Comics artist Simon Muchat is stuck. Suffering writer's block, uninspired, vegetating as a school art teacher, he is losing direction and his taste for life, until one day he is invited to appear at...

A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity, and the often unavoidable choice between sanity and happiness. In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure...

A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica   GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his family’s history. Born and raised in South...

* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Silver Medal Society of Illustrators * * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Comics Beat, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Kirkus Reviews, andLibrary Journal** This“ingenious...

La maravillosa adaptación gráfica de El diario de Anne Frank. «12 de junio de 1942. Espero poder confiártelo todo como aún no lo he podido hacer con nadie, y espero que seas para mí un gran apoyo.» Tras la invasión de Holanda, la familia Frank se ocultó de la Gestapo en una...

The Next Day is a groundbreaking graphic novella built from intimate interviews with survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts. In this poetic and profound philosophical exploration, four seemingly ordinary people each offer haunting personal insights into life, the decision to end it, and what comes after... Selected for The New York Times Reading List.

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about...

Nobody’s Fool follows the story of Schlitzie’s long career—from Coney Island and the Ringling Bros. Circus to small-town carnivals and big-city sideshows—which is one of legend. Today, Schlitzie is most well-known for his appearance in the cult classic Freaks. The making of Freaks and Schlitzie’s...

I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable. The information in this ebook on various aspects of blogging and related subjects is organized into 15 chapters of about 500-600 words each. I hope that it will interest those who like to write a diary and blog,...

Alors que l'American lndian Movement est fondé en 1968, quatre musiciens amérindiens veulent, eux aussi, défendre leur culture. Soutenus par Jimi Hendrix, ils fondent Redbone et deviennent rapidement des icônes pour la jeunesse de tout un peuple. Entre biographie et documentaire, le récit de...

La biografía del líder de Nirvana, ilustrada por David M. Buisán. Kurt Cobain tuvo una vida corta, pero muy intensa. Guardaba un lado oscuro que no le impidió servir de guía a toda una generación. Descubre lo que hay detrás de la leyenda.

FREE sample excerpt of Pop Sandbox' groundbreaking releases, KENK and The Next Day. KENK is an award-winning 300-page hybrid of comic book and long form journalism surrounding "the world's most prolific bicycle thief" (The New York Times), named a Best Book of the Year by Quill & Quire. The Next Day...