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"This graphic biography chronicles the genesis of Ruth Asawa as an artist--from the horror of Pearl Harbor to her transformative education at Black Mountain College to building her life in San Francisco, where she would further develop and refine her groundbreaking wire sculptures"--
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"Poignantly told from a young boy's perspective, the popular and award-winning memoir centered on a Mexican family working California's fields is now a powerful graphic novel that will appeal to readers of Illegal and They Called Us Enemy."--Publisher's description.
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"As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist Gianluca Costantini present Zodiac, Ai Weiwei's first graphic...
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Presents the story of journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in graphic novel format. Describes her history as a journalist, her idea to travel around the world, how she accomplished the task, and her legacy. Includes additional information about Nellie Bly, a glossary, and further resources.
5) Beethoven
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A nonfiction graphic novel which delves into the life of the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
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In this book, the first volume of a three-book series, our middle school protagonists Padmini, Sammy, Joe, and Tiana and their guide, Kenji, embark on an amazing journey through time to witness key events in AANHPI history. They witness the arrival of the "Manilamen" to the United States in the eighteenth century and fly through significant moments in the next 150 years. Fighting to Belong! helps new audiences young and old, AANHPI and non-AANHPI,...
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"Delve into the movie-obsessed life and career of one of modern cinema's greatest filmmakers -- Quentin Tarantino. Join the conversation as Tarantino talks to John Travolta into starring in Pulp Fiction and Uma Thurman into a yellow bodysuit, find out about the inspiration for his earliest screenplays and learn about Tarantino's obsessive childhood growing up in California."--Back cover.
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"When C.L.R. James's play 'Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History' opened in London featuring Paul Robeson in 1936, it marked the first time Black actors starred on the British stage in a play written by a Black playwright. But after this groundbreaking play ended its run, the script was lost for almost seventy years. Then a draft copy was found among James's archives, and now this extraordinary drama has been...