Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White
9 best books like Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White (Geoffrey Canada): The Bridge Home, Quichotte, Off Season, Hot Comb, Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel, The Therapist, Mauvaises filles, Hobo Mom, How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
| Author | Padma Venkatraman |
| ISBN | 1524738115 |
When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulnerable to the perils of the world, run away to live on their own, the situation could not be more grim. Life on the streets of the teeming city of Chennai is harsh for girls considered outcasts, but the sisters...
In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age.
Inspired by the Cervantes...
| Author | James Sturm |
| ISBN | 1770463313 |
Rage. Depression. Divorce. Politics. Love. A visceral story that you can see, taste, and feel.
How could this happen? The question of 2016 becomes deeply personal in James Sturm’s riveting graphic novel Off Season, which charts one couple’s divisive separation during Bernie Sanders’s...
Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women’s lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon. The titular story “Hot Comb” is about a young girl’s first perm - a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming “too white” in the all-black neighborhood...
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel
Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves. Explore the violet vales and glorious green of Avonlea in this spirited adaptation.
The magic of L.M. Montgomery’s treasured classic is reimagined in a whimsically-illustrated graphic novel adaptation perfect for newcomers...
| Author | Nial Giacomelli |
| ISBN | 1912054906 |
In this bittersweet and hauntingly surreal tale, a couple finds the distance between them mirrored in a strange epidemic sweeping the globe. Little by little, each victim becomes transparent, their heart beating behind a visible rib cage, an intricate network of nerves left hanging in mid-air. Finally,...
| Author | Ancco |
| ISBN | 2360811126 |
Jin-joo est une mauvaise fille. Elle fume, découche, nargue ses professeurs et cause du souci à ses parents. Son père, un petit patron, n'a que ses poings pour exprimer sa peur de la voir mal tourner. Alors il la passe à tabac, régulièrement. La Corée subit la crise économique de la fin des années...
| Author | Charles Forsman |
| ISBN | 2390040101 |
Chemise à carreaux, veste en jean, sac sur l’épaule et casquette bien vissée sur sa tête rousse, Tasha parcourt l’Amérique et ses grands espaces. Clandestine à bord des trains de marchandises, elle vit la bohème, au rythme de ses envies et de ses rencontres, comme les Clochards célestes...
How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
| Author | Roy Peter Clark |
| ISBN | 0316204358 |
America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from...
