N. Gaiman

the first of twelve volumes collecting the complete run of THE SANDMAN begins a storytelling saga unique in graphic literature, introducing readers to a dark and enchanting world of dreams and nightmares — the home of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, and his kin, the Endless.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers.

Sandman Vol 1 Preludes and Nocturnes - O/P

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Glenn Stout

Dick Johnson

Richard A. Johnson

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball

The definitive narrative history of the Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs have won the hearts of generations of fans, even if they haven’t always won those pivotal games. They were America’s most successful baseball club at the turn of the twentieth century, but by the turn of the twenty-first, things had changed. The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908, and the last time they clinched the National League Pennant was in 1945. Yet the Cubs have some of the most devoted fans in all of sport. As Glenn Stout writes in the introduction, "They are the game’s last unsolved mystery, the final conundrum, a historical enigma, baseball’s oldest story, with an ending that has yet to be written.” The Cubs chronicles the long, rich, counterintuitive history of this team in all its depth, nuance, and color. We catch a rare glimpse of the early days of Chicago baseball in the 1860s and 1870s and witness the magical 1906 season, with its 116 wins, still the most in major league history. Ernie Banks’s legendary career is covered in detail, as are decisive seasons, such as 1969’s heartbreaking loss to the Amazin’ Mets. Sammy Sosa’s sixty-plus home runs are here too -- together with later allegations regarding corked bats and steroids. The authors cast an analytical eye on the tumultuous reign of chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley and his son Philip, as well as the Tribune Company's planned sale of the Cubs. And we hear the true story behind the "Curse of the Billy Goat” -- what has really "cursed” the Cubs all these years.
A must-have for Cubs fans past and present, The Cubs tells the complete story in a single narrative for the first time since 1945.

The Cubs

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Tom Verducci

ow did a team of untested young players and carefully selected veterans come together to break the longest championship drought in professional sports? With exclusive interviews with all of the people integral to the World Series victory, The Cubs Way chronicles the Chicago Cubs' transformation from perennial underachievers to the best team in baseball, revealing the keys to this incredible achievement. 

Beginning with Theo Epstein's first season with the team in 2012, Tom Verducci shows how Epstein went beyond "Moneyball" thinking when planning, step-by-step, the path to a championship. Leading the organization with a manual he helped develop called "The Cubs Way," Epstein focused on the mental side of the game as much as the physical, emphasizing chemistry and character as well as statistics.


To accomplish his goal, Epstein needed manager Joe Maddon, an eccentric innovator, as his counterweight on the Cubs bench. A man who encourages themed road trips and a lack of rules to keep his team loose, Maddon mixed New Age thinking with aid-school leadership to help his players find their edge. The Cubs Way tracks the untold stories of  key players such as Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Rus-sell, Arrieta, and Lester were deftly brought into the organization by Epstein, and guided by Maddon to outperform expectations. 

Capoing off the epic tale, The Cubs Way relives the magnificent highs and the precarious lows of the instant-classic seven-game World Series. From Maddon's game plans to rain-delay pep talks, Verducci provides a previously unseen view from the bench, inside the locker room, and even in the rid Series unveiled.

The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse

The New York Times Bestseller

With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions.

It took 108 years, but it really happened. The Chicago Cubs are once again World Series champions. 

How did a team composed of unknown, young players and supposedly washed-up veterans come together to break the Curse of the Billy Goat? Tom Verducci, twice named National Sportswriter of the Year and co-writer of The Yankee Years with Joe Torre, will have full access to team president Theo Epstein, manager Joe Maddon, and the players to tell the story of the Cubs' transformation from perennial underachievers to the best team in baseball. 

Beginning with Epstein's first year with the team in 2011, Verducci will show how Epstein went beyond "Moneyball" thinking to turn around the franchise. Leading the organization with a manual called "The Cubs Way," he focused on the mental side of the game as much as the physical, emphasizing chemistry as well as statistics. 

To accomplish his goal, Epstein needed manager Joe Maddon, an eccentric innovator, as his counterweight on the Cubs' bench.  A man who encourages themed road trips and late-arrival game days to loosen up his team, Maddon mixed New Age thinking with Old School leadership to help his players find their edge.  

The Cubs Way takes readers behind the scenes, chronicling how key players like Rizzo, Russell, Lester, and Arrieta were deftly brought into the organization by Epstein and coached by Maddon to outperform expectations. Together, Epstein and Maddon proved that clubhouse culture is as important as on-base-percentage, and that intangible components like personality, vibe, and positive energy are necessary for a team to perform to their fullest potential. 

Verducci chronicles the playoff run that culminated in an instant classic Game Seven. He takes a broader look at the history of baseball in Chicago and the almost supernatural element to the team's repeated loses that kept fans suffering, but also served to strengthen their loyalty.  

The Cubs Way is a celebration of an iconic team and its journey to a World Championship that fans and readers will cherish for years to come.

The Cubs Way   -signed by author 

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Matt Gutman

An unflinching look at panie attacks by a reporter whose career they nearly derailed, offering readers a guide to making a truce with their warring minds. 

Matt Gutman can tell you the precise moment when his life was upended. Reporting live on a huge story in January 2020, he found himself in the throes of an on-air panic attack-and not for the first time. The truth is that Gutman had been enduring panic attacks in secret for twenty years: soul-bruising episodes that left his vision constricted, his body damp, his nerves shot. Despite the challenges, he had carved out a formidable career, reporting from war zones and natural disasters before millions of viewers on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and 20/20. His nerves typically "punched through" to TV audiences, making his appearances kinetic and often unforgettable. 

But his January 2020 broadcast was unusual for all the wrong reasons. Mid-panic, Gutman misstated the facts of the story, a blunder that led to a monthlong suspension, not to mention public shame and personal regret. 

 It was a reckoning. Gutman's panic attacks had become too much for him to bear in secret. He needed help. 

So begins a personal journey into the science and treatment of panic attacks. Gutman would talk to the world's foremost scholars on panic and anxiety, who showed him that his mind wasn't broken; it's our perception of panic that needs recalibration. He would consult therapists and shamans, trying everything from group treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy to ayahuasca and psilocybin.

And he would take a hard look at the trauma rever. berating inside him-from his childhood, but also from his years as a conflict reporter. 

Unsparing, perceptive, and often funny, this is the story of a panic sufferer who took on the monster within. Filled with wisdom and actionable insights, it's at once an inspirational journey and a road map-if not toward a singular cure, then to something even more worthy: peace of mind.



How I Curbed My Anxiety and Conquered a Lifetime of Panic Attacks

By ABC News's chief national correspondent, an unflinching look at panic attacks by a reporter whose career was nearly derailed by them, offering readers a guide to making a truce with their warring minds. Matt Gutman can tell you the precise moment that his life was upended, even if he can't quite remember it. Reporting live in January 2020, Gutman found himself in the throes of an on-air panic attack--and not for the first time. The truth is that Gutman had been suffering panic attacks in secret for twenty years: gut-wrenching episodes that left his vision constricted, his body damp, his nerves shot. Despite the affliction, he had managed to carve out a formidable career for himself, reporting from warzones and natural disasters before millions of viewers on "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight." He had always managed to "punch through" his panic, his TV appearances kinetic and often unforgettable. But Gutman's January 2020 broadcast was noteworthy for all the wrong reasons. Mid-panic he would misstate the facts of a story, a blunder that led to a month-long suspension, not to mention heaps of shame and regret. It was a wake-up call. Gutman's panic attacks were too much for him to bear in secret. He needed help. So begins the author's personal journey into the science and treatment of panic attacks. He would talk to the world's foremost scholars on panic and anxiety--they would show him that his mind wasn't broken, merely in need of recalibration. He would consult therapists and shamans, trying everything from group treatment and CBT to ayahuasca and psilocybin. And he would take a hard look at the way the trauma of his youth--including his father's death in a plane crash at 42--still reverberated inside him. Unsparing, perceptive, and often funny, this is the story of a panic sufferer who decided to take on the monster within. Filled with wisdom and actionable insights, it's both an inspirational journey and a roadmap--if not toward a singular cure, then to something only more worthy: peace of mind.

No Time to Panic

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Chris Roberson

Her name is Gwen Dylan, and she's not the girl she used to be. She's a zombie. And just because she eats brains doesn't mean she can't still lose her mind. When a wave of dead-body disappearances hits the mortuary where she usually gets the meals that keep her from becoming a brainless mon-ster, Gwen's memories of her old life start fading away. fortunately, the memories she's absorbed by eating the brain of someone she was once very close to offer tantalizing clues to the life she left behind.

Gwen's memories of her old life start fading away. Fortunately, the memories But while Gwen tries to put the pieces of her past back together, her present's growing grimmer by the day. A mad scientist with a sinister scheme has forged an alliance with a vengeful vampire. A debonair mummy is offering Gwen and her ghost friend Ellie a devil's bargain to get their lives -or, undeaths-back on track. And o bloodsucking menace is about to take a bite out of Gwen's monster-hunter crush. 

Can Gwen solve the mystery before she goes mindless, or is she just digging her own grave? 

Writer Chris Roberson (SUPERMAN. CINDERELLA), artist Michael Allred (WEDNESDAY COMICS, Madman) and guest artist Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) continue the New York Times-bestselling series in IZOMBIE: UVAMPIRE- 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Vol. 2 and 3

Told from a female zombie's perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy.

Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person - until she eats her next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person's last request, solve a crime or right a wrong.

In uVAMPIRE, Gwen dines on the grey matter of a person who knew her as a child - and things quickly get complicated. Meanwhile, ghost-girl Ellie learns a few tricks from Amon the mummy; Spot the were-terrier goes to the comics shop and meets someone from Gwen's past, the mad scientist Galatea engages in a bit of grave-robbing; and the monster-hunters tackle the town's vampire problem once and for all.

Two volumes of izombie Vol. 2 and vol. 3: Six Feet Under and Rising 

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Martha Waters

A Novel

Named a Best Romance of April by Goodreads, Popsugar, Bustle, and more! “A laugh out loud Regency romp—if you loved the Bridgertons, you’ll adore To Have and to Hoax!” —Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attention—and maybe just win each other back in the process. Five years ago, Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley met, fell in love, and got married. Four years ago, they had a fight to end all fights, and have barely spoken since. Their once-passionate love match has been reduced to one of cold, detached politeness. But when Violet receives a letter that James has been thrown from his horse and rendered unconscious at their country estate, she races to be by his side—only to discover him alive and well at a tavern, and completely unaware of her concern. She’s outraged. He’s confused. And the distance between them has never been more apparent. Wanting to teach her estranged husband a lesson, Violet decides to feign an illness of her own. James quickly sees through it, but he decides to play along in an ever-escalating game of manipulation, featuring actors masquerading as doctors, threats of Swiss sanitariums, faux mistresses—and a lot of flirtation between a husband and wife who might not hate each other as much as they thought. Will the two be able to overcome four years of hurt or will they continue to deny the spark between them? With charm, wit, and heart in spades, To Have and to Hoax is a fresh and eminently entertaining romantic comedy—perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Julia Quinn.

To Have and to Hoax

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What do you do with a degree in art? Sling coffee, move to the city and - importantly - grow a beard. 

Join Beardo in his pursuit of that most elusive of beasts - a career in Published daily in the Southtown Star and the University of Illinois' Da: Illini newspaper, over 300 strips have been collected to tell the story and his facial hair. Written and illustrated by Dan Dougherty (Cyclone' the Tall Tales), this book is a must have for anyone who's ever dreamed things from behind the espresso machine.

Bop comics 

Beardo

Archie digest library 

2 titles: Betty and Veronica no. 19 double digest and no. 32

Charles Schulz

Book overview
Charles M. Schulz has been cartooning for an astonishing 50 years (the "Peanuts" strip itself debuted October 2, 1950, but he drew an earlier incarnation called "Li'! Folks" before that). Peanuts: A Golden Celebration is a remarkable collection of strips spanning that time period.
Readers get to see the first appearance of Linus, Marcy, Pigpen, and Woodstock, and even the momentous first time Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick.
Schulz comments on the cartoons and his inspirations via notes in the margin, ranging from boyhood stories about his father (a barber, just like Charlie Brown's) to an account of the time the narcolepsy experts at Stanford University expressed concerns over Peppermint Patty's constant sleeping in class. One of the most interesting inclusions is that of several letters of complaint, ranging from readers whose religious sensibilities have been offended to a 1969 missive from Schulz's own syndicate asking him not to depict Franklin in the same school as the white students anymore. Naturally, the much-loved "Peanuts" holiday specials are covered, as is the musical adaptation You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, but it's the strips that really make the book. Readers can follow the evolution of Schulz's drawing style--deliberately less realistic as the years went on--and even check out a few panels drawn by Schulz's own cartooning heroes. This is a terrific compilation that serves well both as a chronicle of popular culture and as just a really funny collection of comic strips.
Don't wait for the Great Pumpkin to bring you one. 

A Golden Celebration : the Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip

Peanuts

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Chris Ferrie

Simple explanations of complex ideas POR YOUR FUTURE GENIUS!

Chris Ferrie is a physicist, mathematician, and father of three budding young scientists. He believes it is never too early to introduce small children to big ideas!

Help your future genius become the smartest baby in the room!

Written by an expert, Newtonian Physics for Babiesis a colorfully simple introduction to Newton's laws of motion. Babies (and grownups!) will learn all about mass, acceleration, the force of gravity, and more. With a tongue-in-cheek approach that adults will love, this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest scientists. After all, it's never too early to become a physicist!

Newtonian Physics for Babies

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Dustin Brady

1: Jesse Rigsby hates video games-and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked into the new game Full Blast with his friend Eric, Jesse starts to see the appeal of vaporizing man-size praying mantis aliens while cruising around by jet pack. But pretty soon, a mysterious figure begins following Eric and Jesse, and they discover they can't leave the game. If they don't figure out what's going on fast, they'll be trapped for good!

3:  The robots are here, and they're not happy. At all. After accidently releasing the robot villains from Super Bot World 3 into the real world, Jesse Rigsby's got to figure out a way to make everything right before anyone gets hurt. He'd usually rely on his friend Eric Conrad to help with this sort of thing, but Eric's gone missing. To find Eric, Jesse will have to survive rickety mine carts, sewer piranhas, mysterious men in suits, and a 100-foot-tall robot named Goliatron. This is Jesse's most dangerous adventure yet because this time the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives. 

4. Alistair Gregory, the man who figured out how to put people into video games, is not what he seems. Jesse Rigsby is sure of that. Jesse's sure of something else, too-he's being watched. To unravel the mystery, Jesse's going to have to transform himself into a superspy with serious retro-gaming skills. He'll need to outsmart a hyperintelligent android, outlast a tireless drone, and outswim an 8-bit shark. And if he can somehow pull all that off, Jesse will discover that he hasn't even gotten to the scary part yet. The real danger is just beginning.





Initial volume, 3-Robots Revolt, and 4-Return to Doom Island

The robots are here and they're not happy, at all. After accidentally releasing the robot villains from Super Bot World 3 into the real world, Jesse Rigsby's got to figure out a way to make everything right before anyone gets hurt. He's usually rely on his friend Eric to help him with this sort of thing, but he's gone missing. To find Eric, Jesse will have to survive rickety minecarts, sewer piranhas, mysterious men in suits and a 100-foot tall robot named Goliatron. This is Jesse's most dangerous adventure yet because this time the video game is real. And in the real world, there are no extra lives.

Bundle: 1, 3, and 4 of Trapped in a Video Game

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Sandra Boynton

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A bespectacled fiddle-playing cow and a pig twirling a sheep are featured in a barnyard dance. On board pages with a die-cut cover.

Barnyard Dance!

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Bundle of two Archie digest library issues 

2 titles Betty and Veronica double digest magazines 

Bundle of two Archie digest library magazines from 2004

Bundle of Archie Digest Library

2 titles: Archie’s Double Digest and Betty & Veronica Double Digest 

Ruth Spiro

Baby must follow rules. Grown-ups must obey laws. When everyone gets fair treatment, it's justice!

Is your future voter election-day ready? This cute and clever addition to the best-selling Baby Loves series offers an introduction to political science and the justice system perfect for babies. When Baby sees that it's Mom who arbitrates the rules at home, he gets a glimpse at how his judge-mother interprets the laws when he goes with her to court. A funny and gentle introduction to the judicial branch of government and how justice is served.

Baby Loves Political Science: Justice!

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Megan E. Bryant

Daniel Prosterman

Citizen Baby knows a thing or two about voting. It's important to meet the candidates (they love babies!) and to call voters. Plus, you get a sticker at the polls! Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about voting in this adorable, informative book.

Citizen Baby is taking a trip to the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. That's where members of Congress work together to make laws for the American people-including Citizen Baby! Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about Congress in this adorable, informative book.

Bundle of two titles

Get to know the voting process with Citizen Baby! Citizen Baby knows a thing or two about voting. It's important to meet the candidates (they love babies!) and to call voters. Plus, you get a sticker at the polls! Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about voting in this adorable, informative board book.

2 titles Citizen Baby My Vote and My Congress

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Brené Brown

"Brené Brown has written an insightful and informative study of a subject that leaves many women feeling trapped and powerless. Her analysis of how women are often caught in shame is in itself liber-ating, and her thoughtful suggestions will help readers continue to free themselves from emotional debilitation in ways they may not even realize are possible. I Thought It Was Just Me can be a doorway to freedom and self-esteem for many, many readers." —Martha Beck, Ph.D., columnist, O, The Oprah Magazine; and author of Finding Your Own North Star

"Brené Brown's ability to explore shame and resilience with humor, vulnerability and honesty is both uplifting and liberating. If we want to change our lives, our relationships or even the world, we must start by understanding and overcoming the shame that keeps us silent. This important and hopeful book offers a bold new perspective on the power of telling our stories." —Professor Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; and campaign ambassador, International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Making the Journey from What Will People Think? to I Am Enough

Draws on research with hundreds of interviewees to identify the pervasive influence of cultural shame, discussing how women can recognize the ways in which shame influences their health and relationships and can be transformed into courage and connectivity.

I Thought It Was Just Me (but It Isn't)

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George O'Connor

NOTHING EVER CHANGES IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD. Deep in this hidden kingdom beneath the earth, countless spirits await the end of time. Hades, the lord of this dire realm, waits with them. until one day, the Lord of the Dead takes a wife. Or tries to, anyway.

Lord of the Dead

An illustrated retelling of the Greek myth that details the story of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war.

Olympians: Hades

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Leoncavallo Pagliacci Opera Vocal Score Hardcover published by G. Schirmer 206 pages

Hardcover piano vocal score of the opera Les Contes D`Hoffman. (The Tales of Hoffmann) By Offenbach. Published by G. Schirmer. 245 pages. 

Both green cover cloth bound. Clean. No markings. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Published by G  Schirmer 

Two music vocal scores: Pagliacci and Lea Contes D’Hoffmann

Ernest Raboff

ERNEST RABOFF'S ART FOR CHILDREN SERIES PRESENTS BRIEFLY, DIRECTLY, AND MASINATIVELY THE WORKS AND LIVES OF SIXTEEN OF THE WORLD'S MOST RECOGNIZED ARTISTS. EACH BOOK CONTAINS A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, A HELPFUL INTERPRETATION OF THE ARTIST'S PAINTINGS, AND APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN FULL-COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK, AS WELL AS MANY SMALLER DRAW-INES AND DESIGNS. THIS HIGHLY PRAISED SERIES OFFERS READERS OF EVERY GENERATION A GENUINE SENSE OF DELIGHT AND A THOROUGH APPRECIATION OF ART HISTORY. 

ERNEST RABOFE, AUTHOR, ARTIST, AND CRITIC, THROUGH HIS LIFE LONG DEDICATION TO THE CRE.-ATIVE ARTS, HAS ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GREAT ART.

Art for children series

2 titles: Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt 

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Jon Lee Anderson

Biography, History (Latin America) CHE GUEVARA A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE JON LEE ANDERSON A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE VILLAGE VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'S 25 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEA A BOOKLIST EDITOR'S CHOICE OF THE YEAR ONE OF NEWSDAY'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 


Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the definitive work on Ch le Guevara, the dan rebel whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world the armed revolution. Jon Lee Anderson's biography traces Che's extraordinary life, from his comfortable Arge upbringing to the battlefields of the Cuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro's governm failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the Bolivian junge. 

Anderson has had unprecedented access to the personal archives maintained by Guevara's widow and ca guarded Cuban government documents. He has conducted extensive interviews with Che's comrades-s whom speak here for the first time—-and with the CIA men and Bolivian officers who hunted him Anderson broke the story of where Guevara's body was buried, which led to the exhumation : the bones. Many of the details of Che's life have long been cloaked in secrecy and intrigue.

A Revolutionary Life

Making use of unprecedented access to Guevara's personal archives, his guerrilla cohorts, and Cuban government archives, an exhaustive biography traces the life of the Latin American communist revolutionary

Che Guevara

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Stephanie Land

Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come, including it being handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the Best Books of 2019. Called "a tireless advocate for people living in poverty and survivors of domestic violence" by the New York Times, Stephanie brought the story of her escape out of poverty and abuse to life in a way that inspired millions. 

In Class, Land takes readers with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn, including a Byzantine loan system, the lack of money for food, and the judgments of others, Land find a way to survive again, graduating in her mid thirties. 

Bringing us into the homes and jobs that made her time in the classroom possible, Class paints an intimate portrait of motherhood as it converges and conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these ques-tions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and a riveting testimony of a mother's triumph against all odds.

A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid. When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called “an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor” (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie’s escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn’t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.

Class

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Osamu Tezuka

The Eisner and Harvey Winner Ancient India vividly comes to life in this multiple award-winning series that has convinced American readers Osamu Tezuka is indeed one of the world's greatest comic masters.

In Volume 2: The Four Encounters, the life of young Siddhartha unfolds before our eyes. When the prince comes of age, he will quit his aristrocratic life of ease. 

Away from Kapilavastu, and down the river...

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject by contextualizing the Buddha’s ideas; the emphasis is on movement, action, emotion, and conflict as the prince Siddhartha runs away from home, travels across India, and questions Hindu practices such as ascetic self-mutilation and caste oppression. Rather than recommend resignation and impassivity, Tezuka’s Buddha predicates enlightenment upon recognizing the interconnectedness of life, having compassion for the suffering, and ordering one’s life sensibly. Philosophical segments are threaded into interpersonal situations with ground-breaking visual dynamism by an artist who makes sure never to lose his readers’ attention. Tezuka himself was a humanist rather than a Buddhist, and his magnum opus is not an attempt at propaganda. Hermann Hesse’s novel or Bertolucci’s film is comparable in this regard; in fact, Tezuka’s approach is slightly irreverent in that it incorporates something that Western commentators often eschew, namely, humor.

Buddha, Volume 2: the Four Encounters

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An ordinary housewife becomes a manga artist while pregnant with her second child!? When the series first began, the drawings were like scribbles! But it's these drawings that convey the real warmth! Whether you're a mom in the middle of raising a child or an experienced mom, reading this will make you laugh and learn something new! The older child reverts to babyhood, the day she stopped breastfeeding, sometimes you feel like quitting being a mom... there are all sorts of things that happen, but today I'm going to go again, no makeup on! This is the first in the "Wind-Driven Childrearing" series, a sweaty, tearful, and hilarious parenting essay by manga artist mom Michiyo!

フツーの主婦が二人目妊娠中に漫画家になっちゃった！？連載開始当初は落書きみたいな絵！でも、こんな絵だからこそ伝わるホンモノの「温度」！育児真っ最中のママさんも、ママ経験者のお母さんも、読めば笑えるためになる！上の子の赤ちゃん返り、おっぱい卒業の日、時にはママを辞めたくなったり…いろいろあるけど今日も行くぜ、すっぴんで！漫画家ママ三千世の、汗まみれ涙まみれの抱腹絶倒子育てエッセイ、「風まかせ育児」シリーズ第一弾！

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