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176 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
Dune
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert

The first book in the definitive graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert.

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256 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood
Lonnie Mann, Ryan Gatts

A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community, realizes he's gay and struggles to reconcile his faith with who he is.

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299 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
Art Spiegelman

In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize–winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published twenty-five years ago.

National Jewish Book Award Winner

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529 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
Okinawa
Susumu Higa

This heartbreaking manga, by an award-winning cartoonist, examines the history of Okinawa and its military occupation. An essential manga classic presented in English for the first time.

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224 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD
Pan Cooke

Growing up with undiagnosed OCD sure isn’t easy, and here Pan Cooke shares his own experiences with that condition in a graphic-novel memoir that is as funny as it is powerfully candid and openhearted.

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pp. Paperback
Graphic Novel
Terminal 3
Debasmita Dasgupta

Breathing against the backdrop of conflict, Terminal 3, is the story of the everyday people striving to live their dreams in the Valley.

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249 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine
Erin Williams

What’s Wrong? is author, illustrator, and scientific researcher Erin Williams’s graphic exploration of how the American health-care system fails us. Focusing on four raw and complex firsthand accounts, plus Williams’s own story, this book examines the consequences of living with interconnected illnesses and conditions.

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171 pp. Hardcover
Graphic Novel
Zodiac
Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis Gianluca Costantini

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac.

National Bestseller

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