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This and That October 2020
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Queer : a graphic history
by Meg John Barker
Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through the ideas, people and events that have shaped queer theory.
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Fun home : a family tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
by Thi Bui
Bui documents her family’s daring escape from South Vietnam; and explores the anguish of immigration, a family's search for a better future and a longing for the past.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
by Kent H. Dixon
Dixon—a poet and translator—crafted the text based primarily upon other translations of the Sumerian ur-saga, a comprehensive adaptation of all 12 of the ancient cuneiform tablets that comprise the original. In plain language, he retells the epic, ribald, and often surreal adventures of the haughty king-demigod Gilgamesh and his rival-turned-BFF, the wild man Enkidu. The two heroes first battle each other, but then unite to take on a forest-dwelling ogre, until they are inevitably forced to grapple with their own mortality.
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The Plot: the secret story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
by Will Eisner
Will Eisner's final book provides a great service to the truth by detailing the history of an infamous hoax. He dramatizes the Protocols' creation, the 1921 exposé revealing that they were plagiarized from a satirical 1864 French book, and many later denouncements of the hoax. Eisner also shows how the hoax influenced Adolf Hitler and, sadly, continues to influence people today despite proof of its falsehood.
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Showtime at the Apollo : the epic tale of Harlem's legendary theater
by Ted Fox
Located on 125th Street in Harlem, the Apollo began as a showcase for musicians, dancers, and comedians in the fading days of vaudeville but evolved and adapted its format to thrill packed houses for decades to come, featuring artists from Cab Calloway to Ella Fitzgerald to James Brown to Michael Jackson.
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The Lindbergh child: America's hero and the crime of the century
by Rick Geary
H.H. Holmes is considered the modern world's first-known serial killer. Estimates on the number murdered are as high as 200. In 19th century Chicago, he ran the cruelly efficient "Castle," a twisting maze of secret doors, airtight rooms, gas chambers, and ovens where he secretly dispatched his victims. He was also a con man and fraud, keeping several wives and families, and using any means of deception to further his many nefarious schemes. .
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Malcolm X : a graphic biography
by Andrew Helfer
A graphic novel that shows Malcolm Little's transformation from a black youth beaten down by Jim Crow America into Malcolm X, the charismatic, controversial, and doomed national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
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Anne Frank : the Anne Frank House authorized graphic biography
by Sidney Jacobson
Drawing on the archives and expertise of the Anne Frank House, the best-selling authors of 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation cover the short-but-inspiring life of the famed Jewish teen memoirist, from the lives of her parents to Anne's years keeping her private diary while hidden from the Nazis to her untimely death in a concentration camp.
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We are on our own : a memoir
by Miriam Katin
A full-length illustrated graphic memoir about the author and her mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest vividly recounts how they faked their deaths, abandoned their belongings and loved ones, and fled in disguise with German troops close behind, a journey after which the author struggled with her faith.
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Amazons, abolitionists, and activists: A graphic history of women's fight for their rights
by Mikki Kendall
The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women's rights from antiquity to the modern era.
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March. Book one
by John Lewis
A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement.
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Ambedkar : India's crusader for human rights
by Kieron Moore
Born into the Mahar caste, believed by many Hindus to be “untouchable,” Ambedkar suffered enough indignities as a child that he changed his name to hide his origin. However, after his sharp mind gained him scholarships to study in New York and London, Ambedkar spent the rest of his adult life declaring his experiences as Mahar. He established Mahar support organizations butted heads with the British and nationalist leaders, including Gandhi.
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Primates : the fearless science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
by Jim Ottaviani
Jim Ottaviani examines the lives and scientific work of the three great primatologists of the 1960s, as they intersect through mutual mentor Louis Leakey. The women make groundbreaking discoveries in primatology, forever changing scientists’ views of humans’ closest relatives while battling obstacles—from poachers to government obstruction.
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Twilight Man : Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
by Koren Shadmi
The entertainment business once regarded him as the "Angry Young Man" of Hollywood. Before he became the revered Master of Science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had to fight to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standards―rejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. Rod operated in a dimension beyond that of contemporary society, making him both a revolutionary and an outsider.
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They called us enemy
by George Takei
The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism
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The Bridge : how the Roeblings connected Brooklyn to New York
by Peter Tomasi
John Augustus Roebling and his son Washington shared the ambitious goal of designing a bridge over the East River. When John passed away in 1869, Washington single-handedly ran the project. This was only the beginning of a series of challenges, including further accidents and deaths among the work crew, negative press, a scrupulous and difficult board of trustees, and the influence of greedy politicians. When Washington became ill, his wife Emily took over the day-to-day operations.
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