Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-fiction

In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki managed to escape poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-...

When Nye''s father phones to wish him a happy birthday, and reveals he has been ''certified for hospice'', Nye slumps down on the nearest doorstep ...

Stepping into Sun Studios in 1954 Elvis Aaron Presley recorded his first single ''That''s All Right''. Little did he know he would soon revolutioni...

When the trainee journalists, Jim and Sophia, are given a new assignment, they explore Waregem in search of inspiration. They quickly become fascin...

Transported by the power of music to her ancestral home in the old Jewish quarter of Baghdad, the author encounters its ghost-like inhabitants who ...

A horse complains of a chest as tight as a bear's embrace, a goat bleats about skin as dry as parchment, and a rat describes his urine as darker th...

Vulture/NY Magazine's BestComics of 2018Asurprisingly honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sexwork in Seattle. With excerp...

The explosive tale of Peterloo, told `verbatim'' style through the voices of those who were there. More than 15 people died and 600 were severely w...

In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared love of surfing that endured th...

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of t...

An entertaining, enlightening, and humorous graphic narrative of the dangerous thinkers who laid the foundation of modern thought This entertainin...

Li Kunwu's story is a personal one that is inextricably linked to his three decades as a propaganda artist for the Communist Party. We're taken on...

A devastating personal account of gender violence told in graphic-novel form, set against the backdrop of the 1970s Yorkshire Ripper man-hunt.It''s...

The year is 1953. As the value of oil skyrockets, global power brokers begin to take interest in the political regimes of the Middle East. Britis...

In 1891, Paul Gauguin (18481903) arrives on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. In this lush paradise, he is liberated from the concerns of the...

Diagnosed with a type of malignant melanoma in 1977, Marley died on11 May 1981 in Miami at the age of 36. He was a committed Rastafari who infused ...

Highly Commended in the 2018 British Medical Association Book AwardsWhat is the difference between fear and excitement and how can you tell them ap...

Alan Turing (19121954) was the mathematician credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, enabling the Allies to defeat the N...

The story of Jim Larkin and the lockout of Dublin workers in 1913 led by William Martin Murphy, told in graphic novel form. On August 26th 1913, t...

Edinburgh-based cartoonist Edward Ross uses comics to illuminate the ideas behind our favourite films. In Filmish, Rosss cartoon alter-ego guides ...

A Junior Library Guild Selection Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review Sure to inspir...

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Andre Diniz tells the extraordinary story of Mauricio Hora, who lives in one of the most dangerous slums (favelas) in Rio, Brazil. In spite of the ...