Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean (Wolk Douglas)(Paperback)

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean (Wolk Douglas)(Paperback)

Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why and how. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern

Studying Comics and Graphic Novels (Kukkonen Karin)(Paperback)

This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout. Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical

DC Comics Novels - Batman: The Killing Joke (Faust Christa)(Paperback)

Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature of morality. Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a tragic, struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his first heist, he is immersed in toxic

Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies (Singer Marc)(Paperback)

Comics studies has reached a crossroads. Graphic novels have never received more attention and legitimation from scholars, but new canons and new critical discourses have created tensions within a field built on the populist rhetoric of cultural studies. As a result, comics studies has begun to

Comics Squad #3: Detention! (Holm Jennifer L.)(Paperback)

A comics collection from some of the biggest stars in graphic novels, including Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Victoria Jamieson Calling all kidz Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal? Don't punish yourself Read the next

Comics of Rutu Modan: War, Love, and Secrets (Haworth Kevin)(Paperback)

Best known for her Eisner Award-winning graphic novels, Exit Wounds and The Property, Rutu Modan's richly colored compositions invite readers into complex Israeli society, opening up a world too often defined only by news headlines. Her strong female protagonists stick out in a comics scene still

The Coming of Age (De Beauvoir Simone)(Paperback)

What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love but instead castigate and avoid? Most importantly, how is our treatment of this generation a reflection of our society's values

Beauty and Art: 1750-2000 (Prettejohn Elizabeth)(Paperback)

What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of

Mathematics to the Rescue of Democracy: What Does Voting Mean and How Can It Be Improved? (Serafini Paolo)(Paperback)

Rivers (Bender Douglas)(Paperback)

Early readers will learn what rivers look like, and how they can be helpful to people. Utilizing full-page photographs alongside simple sentences and engaging sight words, young readers will learn all about rivers while practicing their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers

Herding Cats: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection (Andersen Sarah)(Paperback)

Sarah's Scribbles, Goodreads Choice Award for 2016: Best Graphic Novels & Comics '. . . author Sarah Andersen uses hilarious (and adorable) comics to illustrate the very specific growing pains that occur on your way to becoming a mature, put-together grownup. Andersen's spot-on illustrations also

Exploring Talk in Schools: Inspired by the Work of Douglas Barnes (Mercer Neil)(Paperback)

Bringing together leading international researchers and drawing on the pioneering work of Douglas Barnes, this book considers ways of improving classroom talk. The book covers classroom communication and managing social relations; talk in science classrooms; using critical conversations in studying

Science Comics: Cars: Engines That Move You (Zettwoch Dan)(Paperback)

In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline--or electric batteries, or even steam--make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its

Development: A Very Short Introduction (Goldin Ian)(Paperback)

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development

The Heart of the Fight: A Couple's Guide to Fifteen Common Fights, What They Really Mean, and How They Can Bring You Closer (Wright Judith)(Paperback)

Revisionist and The Astropastorals (Crase Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

This vital collection restores to print and prominence the work of elusive poet Douglas Crase, best known for his revisionist invocations of the American landscape and transcendentalist

Anesthesia: A Very Short Introduction (O'Donnell Aidan)(Paperback)

How does anesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anesthetist know if you are really asleep? In this brisk survey, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour of modern anesthetic practice. He begins by explaining general anesthesia: what it is, how it is produced, and how it differs

Introducing Alain Badiou: A Graphic Guide (Piero)(Paperback)

After Slavoj Zizek, Frenchman Alain Badiou--whose work ranges from novels, poems, romanop ras, and political treatises to math theory--is probably the world's best-known living philosopher. Featuring the brilliantly idiosyncratic illustrations of Piero, this incisive graphic guide is written by

Water Connections: What Fresh Water Means to Us, What We Mean to Water (Rousmaniere Jim)(Paperback)

An exploration of how people and water

Vaccines for Dummies (Perkins Sharon)(Paperback)

Vaccines For Dummies will explain what a vaccine is and how they work, trace the history of immunization from the earliest efforts to the 19th century introduction of the first safe an effective vaccine, and explore the anti-vaccination argument. Readers will find out the difference between

Snotgirl Volume 2: California Screaming (O'Malley Bryan Lee)(Paperback)

Book Riot's Best Comics of 2018YALSA's 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens From the creator of SCOTT PILGRIM! Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A. -- at least that's what she wants you to think. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING finds Lottie putting the past behind her and

Once Upon a Time in France (Nury Fabien)(Paperback)

2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award - GOLD Winner for Graphic Novels & Comics For some, he was a villain. For others, a hero. Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France follows the life of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the

Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context (Lees-Maffei Grace)(Paperback)

Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context explains key ways of understanding and interpreting the graphic designs we see all around us, in advertising, branding, packaging and fashion. It situates these designs in their cultural and social contexts. Drawing examples from a range of design genres,

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Management (Griseri Paul)(Paperback)

What and who is business for? What exactly is work and how can we distinguish it from other activity? Do businesses operate along different ethical lines from individuals? This clear and accessible text introduces key philosophical concepts and ideas and applies them to fundamental issues in