Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War
10 best books like Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War (Ari Kelman): They Called Us Enemy, The Rabbi's Cat, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb, Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, The Silence of Our Friends, Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States, Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings, Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960
| Author | George Takei |
| ISBN | 1603094504 |
A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.
Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke...
| Author | Joann Sfar |
| ISBN | 0375422811 |
The preeminent work by one of France’s most celebrated young comic artists, The Rabbi’s Cat tells the wholly unique story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking cat — a philosopher brimming with scathing humor and surprising tenderness.
In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging...
| Author | Joyce Sidman |
| ISBN | 0544717139 |
Robert F. Sibert Medal winner
Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.” Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them?
One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was...
| Author | Jonathan Fetter-Vorm |
| ISBN | 0809094681 |
Trinity, the debut graphic book by the gifted illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts in vivid detail the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb. This sweeping historical narrative traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of nineteenth-century...
| Author | Rachel Cohn |
| ISBN | 0399553843 |
The New York Times Bestselling duo behind Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily return with twins out to throw the party of a lifetime—or at least the best party of high school!
Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years...
| Author | Harvey Pekar |
| ISBN | 0809094827 |
Harvey Pekar's mother was a Zionist by way of politics. His father was a Zionist by way of faith. Whether Harvey was going to daily Hebrew classes or attending Zionist picnics, he grew up a staunch supporter of the Jewish state. But soon he found himself questioning the very beliefs and ideals of his parents.
In...
| Author | Mark Long |
| ISBN | 1596436182 |
In 1960s Texas, a white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
The...
Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
| Author | John Soluri |
| ISBN | 0292712561 |
Winner, George Perkins Marsh Award for Best Book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History, 2007
Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic...
| Author | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| ISBN | 0061550248 |
Major Works is the finest single-volume anthology of influential philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's important writings. Featuring the complete texts of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue and Brown Books: Studies for 'Philosophical Investigations,' and On Certainty, this new collection...
Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-1960
| Author | Arnold R. Hirsch |
| ISBN | 0226342441 |
In Making the Second Ghetto, Arnold Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "pioneer in developing concepts and devices" for housing segregation. Hirsch shows that the legal framework for the national urban renewal effort was forged in the heat generated by the racial struggles...
The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House
| Author | Daniel Mark Epstein |
| ISBN | 0345544218 |
The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns
Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his...
| Author | Paul Doiron |
| ISBN | 1250220351 |
In this thrilling entry in Edgar Award finalist Paul Doiron's bestselling series, the death of Maine's last wild wolf leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy.
Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch already has a troubling mystery on his hands: finding the archer...
| Author | Tim Green |
| ISBN | 0061626864 |
Josh feels like he's starting to make it big! Jaden, the school reporter, says he's going to take the baseball team to number one. Then his dad pulls him off the field and signs him up with Coach Rocky Valentine's youth championship team, the Titans. He says Josh has what it takes to be a baseball great—and...
Strange Fruit
Southern Trees bear a strange fruit.
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.
Black body swinging in the southern breeze.
Strange fruit hanging from the Poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant South.
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth.
Scent...
