Comic books in 'Nonfiction/History/Science/Biography'

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; It is now December: in a scene foreshadowing a greater tragedy, a Jewish family openly celebrates Hanukkah; Elsewhere throughout the city, Christmas carols are sung in the streets and Kurt and Marthe spend their first night together; Marthe has to find a job. 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; Its winter in Berlin;The two burgeoning movements of the time are examined here: the National Socialists continue their expansion "underground" and on the opposite side, thousands gather to hear a fiery speech by the Bolshevik leader. 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; In the last weeks of the winter of 1929, tensions escalate between the Communists, National Socialists, and Berlin police. Gudrun Braun becomes more deeply involved with Otto the Communist and agrees to march in the upcoming May Day demonstration; Having overcome his writers' block, Kurt returns to the typewriter with renewed energy and intent; Meanwhile, Marthe learns the truth about Anna's romantic interest in her and must confront her own conflicted feelings, which are complicated by her entanglement in the life of Pola, the artists' model. 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; This story revolves around the Mayday march; unfortunately, it ends in tragedy. 28 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; Nervous confrontations mark the first few days after the stunning, violent climax of Berlin Book One; In the streets, the clubs, the committee halls, and in the press, people are looking for reasons why the police opened fire on a peaceful demonstration of socialist workers; Some are just looking for someone to blame; It is a dark and tense city that the American Jazz band the Cocoa Nut Kids enter for their first European tour. 28 pgs., B&W. $3.50. Cover price $3.50.

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by Jason Lutes The demonstration has left the streets of Berlin running with accusations, paranoia, and blood. Some people withdraw into the shadows and others become martyrs. Kurt begins investigating the massacre while the unsuspecting American jazz band, the Cocoa Kids, begin making a name for themselves among the cabarets and dancing girls that made the glittering city famous. MATURE READERS b&w$3.50 Cover price $3.50.

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Story, Art and Cover by Jason Lutes. The newest issue of one of the most popular comic book series in recent years is here! While Kurt Severing is away in Leipzig reporting on the charge of treason brought against his editor, Marthe is introduced to the decadent nightlife of Berlin's leisure class, where the Cocoa Kids have an encounter with the great Josephine Baker. Meanwhile, down on the streets, Pavel the Jewish beggar takes the homeless Silvia Braun under his wing and begins to educate her in the ways of the city's underworld. 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

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Story, Art and Cover by Jason Lutes. Kurt Severing has an explosive confrontation with Margareth von Falkensee, his scheming ex-lover, while Marthe Muller explores the demimonde of the city's lesbian nightlife. Meanwhile, the steamy between the American jazz clarinetist, Kid Hogan, and cabaret girl, Pola Mosse, continues. 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

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Story, Art and Cover by Jason Lutes. Tensions mount as the stock market crash of 1929 takes a devastating toll on the people of Berlin. Marthe and Anna are oblivious, drinking and dancing until dawn to the sounds of the Cocoa Kids, but a surprise visitor from Marthe's past provides a rude awakening. Meanwhile, Kurt grapples with the complications of the political situation and finds himself sliding deeper into despair. 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Story, Art and Cover by Jason Lutes. Escalating arguments involving politics have brutal consequences. As orphan Silvia Braun visits her new friend's wealthy Jewish family and ponders the moral implications of monarchy, Marthe Muller receives an unexpected visit from her mother. Meanwhile, American jazz band the Cocoa Kids are on their way to becoming a fixture of the city's nightlife, and Kurt Severing finds himself in the middle of an impassioned public demonstration. 28 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; The penultimate chapter to Berlin: City of Smoke, the second volume in Jason Lutes' trilogy about the decline of the Weimar Republic, finds its broad cast of characters searching for solid footing in a chaotic cityscape; The relationship between Pavel the scavenger and the orphaned Silvia Braun comes to a painful end, while tensions rise between the Cocoa Kids and their German manager; Meanwhile, Kurt and Marthe struggle to come to peace with their failed romance and the different ways they view changing world. 28 pgs., B&W. $3.50. Cover price $3.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; Blood spatters the street, a life's work goes up in flames, and lovers take flight in the final chapter of Berlin: City of Smoke, the second volume of the epic trilogy; Against the backdrop of the 1930 Reichstag elections, in which the National Socialists gain unprecedented political power, those citizens who have not yet chosen sides are forced to walk the knife's edge of history as it cuts irreversibly through their lives; Nazi assaults Communist, black confronts white, and Kurt Severing struggles with the futility of using language itself to strike at the dark heart of human nature. 28 pgs., B&W. $3.50. Cover price $3.95.

Cover by Jason Lutes. Untitled story, script and art by Jason Lutes; Kurt Severing, having forsaken his career as a writer, is a lost man; He finds himself drawn to the Communist party, the only viable opposition to the National Socialists, who in the election of 1930 have gained legitimacy in the national government; Silvia Braun, bent on asserting her strength in memory of her murdered mother, comes into her own as a Communist street fighter, compromising her relationship with the Jewish family that has taken her under its wing; And the true nature of the relationship between Marthe Muller and Anna Albrecht is discovered when their landlady surprises them in bed together. 28 pgs., B&W. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. A new chapter of Berlin: City of Light, the final volume of Jason Lutes' epic trilogy. Confronted by the hatred and fear that has begun to seep through the cracks in the Weimar Republic, Kurt Severing retreats into drink and despondency. His friends, alarmed by this self-destructive turn, make plans to intervene. Across the city, Silvia Braun has fallen in with a gang of young Communists, who are dumbstruck when she single-handedly attacks two Nazis in the street. Meanwhile, the idyllic nocturnal escapades of Marthe Muller and Anna Albrecht are shattered by a police raid on one of their favorite nightclubs, which leaves their relationship in ruins. 24 pgs., B&W. $4.95. Cover price $4.95.

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Cover by Jason Lutes. Script and art by Jason Lutes. The spring of 1932 brings about big changes for everyone, Jew and Gentile, communist and nationalist. Silvia Braun, rescued from the streets by the Schwartz family, can no longer tolerate the harsh rules of the family patriarch, and sets out on her own. Anna, Marthe's lover, is in a deep funk after a disastrous confrontation with Nazis. The ties that bind together Marthe, Anna, and Kurt fray beyond repair, leaving Marthe struggling to figure out her path. Carl von Ossietzky, Kurt's editor, is sent to prison on charges of high treason and espionage. On every front, the storm clouds are gathering. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Story and art by Jason Lutes. With its twentieth issue, one of the biggest graphic novel events of the early 21st century is fast-approaching—the completion of Jason Lutes epic Berlin series. Here, the inevitable antagonist of the tale of pre-WWII Germany begins to take center stage. Marthe and Kurt find their way back to each other—he, from the bottom of the bottle and she, from a one-sided relationship. Fascism creeps into every corner of society, but some can see it better than others. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Story and art by Jason Lutes. The penultimate issue of the long-running series finds Silvia Braun and David Schwartz joining forces to sabotage a neighborhood National Socialist outpost, while Marthe Müller says her final farewells to the city where she has come of age. And as darkness manifests in the alleyways of the underclass and estates of the elite, Kurt Severing glimpses the worst of all possible futures. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Final Issue - Story and art by Jason Lutes. Berlin 22 is the final issue of Jason Lutes Berlin–a sweeping masterpiece twenty years in the making. Where will Silvia go now that shes completely estranged from her family? Will David and his parents escape Berlin before the Nazis start rounding people up? Learn the fates of Marthe, Kurt, Anna, and the city itself, rapidly transforming around them. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

Limited Edition Hardcover Portfolio. Signed and numbered to 230 on the first plate by Enki Bilal. The set includes a deluxe silver embossed hardcover folder holding three introductory pages, seven full-color plates, and a closing page with comments by Andrzej Zulawski (which is partially translated into English on one of the introductory pages). Bilal blends his usual apocalyptic science fiction vision with a meditation on the effects of living with the Berlin wall, Bilal being a long time resident of the city. All pages are 11 x 14.

1st printing. Story and art by Ted Rall. Bernie Sanders puzzles the establishment. A self-identified socialist, long affiliated with no political party, from the tiny state of Vermont, Sanders has been relentlessly marginalized and ridiculed by the national political power brokers and the media that supports them. Yet, his presidential campaign against the "inevitable" Hillary Clinton is already posing a credible threat to her in Iowa and New Hampshire. Who is Bernie Sanders? What accounts for his seemingly overnight rise from marginal figure to national player? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.

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Space Conquerors and Kam of the Ancient Ones stories begin in this issue. Features a Bob Cousy photo and story. Art and writing by Al Stenzel, Alsten, Irv Novick, John Sink, Mal Eaton, Percy K. Fitzhugh, and Stan Pashko, among others. Cover price $0.35.

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Articles and comics. L.B. Cole and Dik Browne art. Cover price $0.35.

1st printing. English, German, and French translations. Written by Harald Hellman. "Girls, Gags & Giggles" - this was publisher Robert Harrison's recipe for dishing up the American pin-up to the U.S. male. In the 1950's his girlie magazines sold in their millions, before becoming icons of pulp and trash culture. Softcover, 5 1/2" x 7 3/4", 704 pages, full color, Text in English, German, and French language.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1783-1953!" Written by Jean-Pierre Filiu. Art and cover by David B. David B. and Filiu draw striking parallels between ancient and contemporary political history in this look at the US-Middle East conflict. The reader is transported to the pirate-choked Mediterranean sea, where Christians and Muslims continue the Crusades, only this time on water. As the centuries pass, the traditional victims of the Muslim pirates - the British, French, and Spanish - all become empire-building powers whose sights lie beyond the Mediterranean. Hardcover, 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1954-1984!" Written by Jean-Pierre Filiu. Art and cover by David B. The second volume of Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B.'s graphic novel history of US-Middle East relations begins in the 1950s with the Eisenhower Doctrine and ends with the Lebanese War of 1982. A perceptive and authoritative account of this turbulent historical period, Best of Enemies provides an overview of the Six-Day War between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria; the Iranian Revolution of 1979; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; and other Middle Eastern conflicts involving the United States. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1984-2013!" Written by Jean-Pierre Filiu. Art and cover by David B. A graphic history of US and Middle East relations which covers the tumultuous period that began with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama's decision in 2013 not to intervene in Syria. Spanning 30 years of conflict and diplomacy, Best of Enemies is a breezy and engaging guide to the geopolitical events that shaped the politics of today. Hardcover, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Compiled and Annotated by Bill Schelly.

This compilation features the best 20 complete comic strips from the pages of Star-Studded Comics, the classic fanzine of the 1960s and 1970s, showcasing work by Jim Starlin, Grass Green, Landon Chesney, Biljo White, Alan Weiss, Mike Vosburg, Alan Hanley, Dave Herring, Larry Herndon, George Metzger, Ronn Foss, Buddy Saunders, and many more.

Also included is new or never-before-published material including interviews with the creators and a complete issue-by-issue checklist.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W.

NOTE: This amazing volume features a tale starring the Liberty Legion that was co-written by Lone Star Comics very own founder Buddy Saunders. He also contributed some artwork. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

Cover price $25.00.

Signed by Bill Schelly

1st printing.

Compiled and Annotated by Bill Schelly.

This compilation features the best 20 complete comic strips from the pages of Star-Studded Comics, the classic fanzine of the 1960s and 1970s, showcasing work by Jim Starlin, Grass Green, Landon Chesney, Biljo White, Alan Weiss, Mike Vosburg, Alan Hanley, Dave Herring, Larry Herndon, George Metzger, Ronn Foss, Buddy Saunders, and many more.

Also included is new or never-before-published material including interviews with the creators and a complete issue-by-issue checklist.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, B&W.

NOTE: This amazing volume features a tale starring the Liberty Legion that was co-written by Lone Star Comics very own founder Buddy Saunders. He also contributed some artwork. - Odinson, Lone Star Comics Archivist

Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. By Jason Powell. Foreword by Geoff Klock. An appreciation and overview of Chris Claremont's 17-year run on Uncanny X-Men. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 296 pages, Text. Cover price $16.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Celine Wagner. Translated by Montana Kane. ZÛRN, UNICA [zyrn ynika]. f. n. - b. 1916; in Berlin-Grunewald - 1. Born to a middleclass family, a young woman in Hiter's Germany. 2. Worked at Universum Film AG as a creator and screenwriter of commercial. - 3. Artist who belong to the Surrealist movement; was Hans Bellmer's partner. - 4. Schizophrenic. 5. Crazy woman. -Antonym. Body, organism. A childhood devastated by rape, the absence of an idealized father, a strict moral mother, and a passion for art shaped Unica Zürn. One of the only prominent female figures of the Surrealist movement, Zürn was tormented by inner demons that she shared through her automatic drawings and anagram poems. She longed for and rejected intimacy at once, seeking her so-called Man of Jasmine, an idealized male figure, throughout her life while living as the partner of Hans Bellmer, noted artist and photographer. As her schizophrenia began to overtake her, she longed to make the woman she once was disappear into the nameless pronoun She. In they eyes of Unica Zürn, madness is the only way to be in the world. Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing.

Written by Jeff Jenson. Art and cover by George Schall.

Everyone knows the tragic assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but what about the foiled attempt in his first year of presidency? In 1861, America's greatest detective saved the life of her country's greatest president... this is her true story.

At a time when the American experiment was at a crossroads, and the man tasked with healing the nation was under constant threat, only one detective was armed with the extraordinary cleverness and versatility to thwart the attempt on his life. Her name was Kate Warne - America's first woman detective.

Eisner Award-winning writer Jeff Jensen (Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, HBO's Watchmen) and acclaimed artist George Schall (Made In Korea, Chasing Echoes) present the stunning story of the one detective who forever changed the course of American history, perfect for fans of Pulp and Velvet.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 216 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. By Michael Barson. Examines American culture at the height of the Cold War to reveal the paranoia that permeated the era's films and literature. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st printing.

By Tori Rodriguez and Ronald Charles Brem.

When the documentary Bettie Page Reveals All was released in 2013, it would have been easy to assume we would never again hear directly from the adored icon. Fortunately for Bettie's fans worldwide, a bounty of unreleased Bettie material awaits. For years boxes and file folders of Bettie mementoes have been gathering dust in the closets of Bettie's nephew's house. Ron Brem, a musician living in Bakersfield, California, is the only child of Bettie's beloved sister, Goldie Jane Page.

In the years before her death, Goldie carefully curated heaps of incredible family photos, the bulk of which feature Bettie as either the sole subject or part of the shot. None of these hundreds of photos has ever been published until now. Goldie also saved approximately 29 letters from Bettie spanning the years 1949 to 2000, which tell the unknown story of Bettie's "lost years" following her retirement from modeling in 1957.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $27.95.

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Edited by Stephen Pentacoste. Photography by Irving Klaw.

As an aspiring young actress, Bettie Page moved to New York in 1949, and the following year began working as a "glamour" model. Her instant appeal led to work in Beauty Parade, Eyeful and other glamour publications, as well as work with Irving Klaw, Bunny Yeager and other famous glamour photographers. Page's work during the 1950s, especially with Klaw, ensured that she is now viewed as the most iconic fetish model of all time.

Softcover, 9 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. Written by Joonas Sildre and Adam Cullen. Art and cover by Aile Tooming. BETWEEN TWO SOUNDS follows the life of world-famous composer Arvo Pärt from his birth in Estonia in 1935 through 1980, when the Soviets forced him to emigrate because of the nonconformist and religious nature of his music. Arvo Pärt stormed Soviet-occupied Estonia's music scene in the 1960s as a brash young man pushing the limits of avant-garde modernism. Then he fell silent, no longer able to express what he felt through the musical language he had inherited. When he reemerged a decade later, he had found, in that silence between sounds, a new musical language inspired by ancient sacred music, the basis of his distinctive tintinnabuli technique. Joonas Sildre paints an atmospheric portrait of a restless artist who does not shy away from confronting state control or his own internal contradictions. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 224 pages, 2C. Cover price $26.00.

No Masss Comics and Captured Collectibles Exclusive "Terrifier" Spot Foil Edition Virgin Cover by Rudy Ao. Story by Valerie D'Orazio. Art by Dan Lauer. Conspiracies. Espionage. UFOs. Hidden History. Secret Societies. The Paranormal. "Beyond" brings you stories about the secret and suppressed, the stories "They" don't want you to know! Take the Red Pill and join your fearless host Virgil Hall as he takes you far, far down the Rabbit Hole...to "Beyond"! COULROPHOBIA: the fear of clowns. They were meant to spread laughter, now they often spread fear. Where did 'The Clown Curse' come from and how has its legacy haunted everyone from serial-killers to Heath Ledger to James Holmes? Will the last laugh be on us or on them?

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First Edition - 1935. Written by William James Stamper. A self-published collection of sixteen short stories about Marines in their far-flung stations, filled with mystery, adventure, and the lure of foreign countries as experienced and narrated by a Marine officer on duty beyond the seas. Softcover in publisher's manila wrappers with titles stamped in black. 6" x 9", 215 pages, text

Benji, Waldo and Jason star in a Bicentennial adventure about the meaning of freedom. 16 pages, full color.

1st printing.

By Jessica Radloff.

The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon. To the casual viewer, it's a seemingly effortless comedy, with relatable characters tackling real-life issues, offering a kind of visual comfort food to its millions of dedicated fans.

But the behind-the-scenes journey of the show from a failed pilot to a global sensation is a fascinating story that even the most die-hard fans don't know in its entirety. Packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and entire cast, this guide will have you shouting "Bazinga!"

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 528 pages, Text (with B&W photos and Includes 16 pages of full color Behind-the-Scenes photos).

Cover price $30.00.

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Written by Frank Smith and Jared Reinmuth. Art and cover by Ameziane.

The uprising at Attica Prison remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history... but without Frank "Big Black" Smith it could have been even worse.

Now for the first time, the late Frank "Big Black" Smith shares his experience at the center of this uprising, struggling to protect hostages, prisoners and negotiators alike. Before his death, Frank "Big Black" Smith worked with Jared Reinmuth, the son of his lawyer, to share the true story of his time in Attica State Prison.

Adapted to a graphic novel by Ameziane (Dark Horse's Muhammad Ali), this is an unflinching look at the price of standing up to injustice.

Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

Distributed at the 1996 San Diego Comic Con. Written by Carl Sifakis and others. Art by Rick Geary, Ralph Reese, Roger Langridge and others. 16 Pages, B&W. Mature Readers.

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Story and art by Don Brown.

A Shot in the Arm! is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox - perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date - and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza.

The book is narrated by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who historically popularized inoculation in England in the early 18th century. Brown covers the science behind how our immune systems work, the discovery of bacteria, and major achievements. Brown also tackles the public and political response to vaccination throughout history.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Don Brown. This entertaining graphic novel from award winner Dan Brown will get kids talking, since it's all about the history of dealing with poop, pee, and dirty hands.Part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series, this full-color book is appropriate for the classroom and includes a timeline, endnotes, and a bibliography.In 1895, an engineer named George Waring was appointed New York Citys first commissioner of street cleaning. His task? To make a city with millions of people livable.Narrated by Waring, Keep It Clean! explores the concept of public health, which means ensuring clean water and adequate sewage disposal for everyone, and covers topics such as personal hygiene, sewer systems, and chemical water treatment.Acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown takes readers on a journey through history and around the world, from Greek, Roman, and Aztec aqueducts and the dawn of bathing (including social public bathing in Japan and religious bathing ceremonies in Machu Picchu) to the invention of soap in the Middle East, the first use of flush toilets approximately 4,000 years ago, and the first toilets used in outer space—a Big Idea when you consider that early astronauts on Apollo 11 had none!Full of facts and colorful historical figures, Brown chronicles both historical mishaps—like rivers full of human waste and King Henry VIs notorious basement of poop—and monumental scientific breakthroughs including Louis Pasteur and Robert Kochs discovery of the link between microbes (germs) and disease.Brown also highlights how social classes became divided not only by wealth and culture but also by smell, and calls attention to modern-day health crises.Today, nearly two billion people around the world live without clean water and about 3.6 billion people—nearly half of the worlds population—live without proper sanitation. Breaking down concepts in an accessible, kid-friendly way, this nonfiction graphic novel shows why keeping it clean is vitally important whether its a city, town, home, or person.Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.More from the Big Ideas That Changed the World series:Rocket to the Moon! (#1)Machines That Think! (#2)A Shot in the Arm! (#3)We the People! (#4)All Charged Up! (#5)Its About Time! (#6) Hardcover, 5-in.x 8-in., 128 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $15.99.

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Story and art by Don Brown.

Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ada Lovelace, and Bill Gates.

From the abacus to artificial intelligence, machines through the ages have pushed the boundaries of human capability and creativity.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.99.