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Reading Quirks: Weird Things That Bookish Nerds Do!

Reading Quirks: Weird Things That Bookish Nerds Do!

In this book about loving books, you'll find 72 adorably funny comics that any reader can relate to. From the…

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Microcosm title The Beard Coloring Book

The Beard Coloring Book

The Beard Coloring Book is a luscious, facial-hair-filled collection of illustrations, infographics, and games.…

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Meal

A heartwarming comic that looks at the disconnect between foodie trends and the cultures they're taken from, this book…

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Juliet Takes a Breath

Juliet Takes a Breath

This book is so good it'll have you reading bits out loud as you go, just to savor the humor and wisdom and teenage…

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Black Panther Vol. 1 - A Nation Under Our Feet (Hardcover)

Black Panther Vol. 1 - A Nation Under Our Feet (Hardcover)

If you haven't been living under a rock, you probably know a thing of two about the Black Panther movie that was in…

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Rise of the Black Panther

Rise of the Black Panther

When his father is murdered, young T'Challa is suddenly stepping into a role he has been groomed for from birth, but is…

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Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Volume 1

Black Panther reinvented as a sharp and witty political satire? Believe it! In this complete collection by Christopher…

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Microcosm title Feminist Weed Farmer: Growing Mindful Medicine in Your Own Back Yard

Feminist Weed Farmer: Growing Mindful Medicine in Your Own Back Yard

Weed is a powerful medicine, and growing your own is as empowering as it gets. Experienced Humboldt farmer Madrone…

Ms. Marvel Volume 1:  No Normal

Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal

In this new Marvel comic, Jersey City Muslim girl Kamala Khan gains shape-shifting superpowers and transforms herself…

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Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab

Yes, I'm Hot in This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab

A series of short comics with a wry, good-humored perspective on life as a Muslim-American in the US. Inside you'll roll…

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That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story

Comics artist Huda Fahmy shares the story of how she met and married her husband Gehad. If you're Muslim-American,…

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Zero Fade

Zero Fade

Chris Terry's young adult novel Zero Fade chronicles eight days in the life of inner-city Richmond, Virginia teen Kevin…

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Black Moses: A Novel [SUNSET]

Black Moses: A Novel [SUNSET]

Our hero is an orphan named Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko—his name means “Let us…

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Weird but Normal: Essays on the Awkward, Uncomfortable, Surprisingly Regular Parts of Being Human

Weird but Normal: Essays on the Awkward, Uncomfortable, Surprisingly Regular Parts of Being Human

In this hilarious collection of essays, author Mia Mercado explores what it means to be a millenial woman. From gender…

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Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia

Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia

First published in 1976, this innovative, highly intellectual novel by Samuel Delaney—one of science fiction's first…

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Convenience Store Woman: A Novel

Convenience Store Woman: A Novel

This short, sweet novel manages to be both funny and profoundly respectful of its oddball characters. Keiko, a woman…

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Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

15-year-old Japanese teenager dubs himself "Kafka" and runs away from home to search for a missing mother and…

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Smut Peddler: Impeccable Pornoglyphics for Cultivated Ladies

Smut Peddler: Impeccable Pornoglyphics for Cultivated Ladies

A delightful anthology of porn comics for those of refined taste. There's something here for everyone.

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Smut Peddler Presents: Sex Machine

Smut Peddler Presents: Sex Machine

Ever dream about getting down and dirty with a robot? Well, see your fantasies come to life on the page with this comic…

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The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

A rhyming children's book that covers the history of rap! The illustrations in this book have a vibrant style,…

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So Cards: More than Friends

So Cards: More than Friends

Thought-provoking questions for people in relationships. Play the game by the rules or make your own as you go along!…

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So Cards: Volume Two

So Cards: Volume Two

A deck of 52 discussion cards to inspire deeper conversations with those around you. Contains two rule cards as well as…

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Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

Yao Xiao masterfully combines graphic novel with memoir, and examine the complexities of a semi-autobiographical…

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Hip Hop Coloring Book

Hip Hop Coloring Book

Learn about famous hip hop stars with this fun coloring book!

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Microcosm title The Revolution Won't Forget the Holidays

The Revolution Won't Forget the Holidays

Delicious holiday recipes for anyone with food allergies and special diets. Are you on an anti-inflammatory diet and…

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We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe

We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe

In We Have No Idea, Jorge Cham, PhD., and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson hilariously explain some of the biggest…

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Microcosm title Amica's World: How a Giant Bird Came into Our Heart and Home

Amica's World: How a Giant Bird Came into Our Heart and Home

Amica is a rhea—a flightless bird in the ratite family, related to ostriches, emus, and kiwis. Amica was adopted as a…

How to See (Mindfulness Essentials)

How to See (Mindfulness Essentials)

In this extremely approachable text, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh discusses the act of seeing, of truly seeing the world…

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From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen

There are hundreds of cookbooks out there, so it's not only important to find a cookbook that matches you, but it's also…

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The Call of the Wild (Puffin Graphics)

The Call of the Wild (Puffin Graphics)

Set in a world of majestic and terrible beauty, this is a powerful all-new graphic novel adaptation of Jack London's…

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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Now in graphic novel format, Octavia Butler's classic and prescient dystopian novel. The story follows teenager Lauren…

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The Prince and the Dressmaker

The Prince and the Dressmaker

An arranged marriage in France at the dawn of the modern age encourages a Prince to love himself as he is with a great…

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The Subtweet: A Novel

The Subtweet: A Novel

This is the best novel I've read in years. Vivek Shraya weaves a page-turning web of friendship, food, music, and…

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Friday Black: Stories

Friday Black: Stories

A collection of short stories set in a dystopian near-future. Titled after the consumer "holiday,"  the stories explore…

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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

An essential collection of short fiction for and about teens about so many different facets of what it is like to be…

$19.99
Witch, Please!

Witch, Please!

An enchanting, adorably illustrated book is a loving homage to modern witchcraft and the love, empowerment, and magic…

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

The story of a pair of sisters, an untimely death, and a hunt to discover family secrets. After Julia leaves home to…

$11.99
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

Growing up in Enugu, Nigeria, Kambili and her brother Jaja live an upper-class life, detached from the world outside.…

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Major Taylor: World Champion

Major Taylor: World Champion

"Hey Lance!" is something people shout at Fred a lot as he bikes down the road. He would much prefer to be compared to…

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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Growing up can be a rough time in and of itself, so imagine living those childhood trials and tribulations in the…

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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

Marjane Satrapi continues the humorous, heartrending story of her life growing up in Tehran, Iran, in the middle of the…

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Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2

Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2

Bessie Stringfield, the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, was a pioneer in motorcycling and led an extraordinary life. An…

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Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Graphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way—through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and…

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Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe

Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe

This big, colorful book is a rad infographic guide to the many kinds of comics and comic book characters out there.…

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Making Comics

Making Comics

Take the leap and try communicating only through your imagery, your art, your work. Learn to actively not think and just…

$22.95
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

Workable writing exercises and advice for all creative minds alike. Filled with doodles, collaged images and texts and…

$24.95
One Hundred Demons

One Hundred Demons

NAME THAT DEMON!!! Freaky boyfriends! Shouting Moms! Innocence betrayed! Rotten things we've done that will haunt us…

$21.95
Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie

Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie

A fairy tale about a space alien featuring slightly Quentin Blake-ish illustrations and an irreverent tone, this book…

$22.95
Microcosm title The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed The World

The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed The World

Portraits of women throughout history who have defied society's expectations of feminine behavior and appearance in…

Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness

Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness

This collection of essays about what it means to be "cool," particularly in relation to Blackness, packs a punch.…

$16.95
Cats Are Capable of Mind Control: And 1,000+ UberFacts You Never Knew You Needed to Know

Cats Are Capable of Mind Control: And 1,000+ UberFacts You Never Knew You Needed to Know

Fans of factoids and pub quizzes will love this compendium of fun and amazing science tidbits. You probably did know…

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Rad Families: A Celebration

Rad Families: A Celebration

Rad Families: A Celebration honors the messy, the painful, the playful, the beautiful, the myriad ways we create…

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Lowriders in Space

Lowriders in Space

Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working on cars, but their favorite cars of all are lowriders;…

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Lowriders Blast from the Past

Lowriders Blast from the Past

Lowriders, standing up to bullies, and friendship. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel follows the story of Lupe…

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Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction,…

$22.00
How to Build a Bike: A Simple Guide to Making Your Own Ride

How to Build a Bike: A Simple Guide to Making Your Own Ride

Learn how to build your own unique single speed bicycle! Get to know your bottom bracket from your brake lever, and your…

$23.99
The Green Bicycle

The Green Bicycle

The adaptation of the 2012 movie Wadjda about a girl who wants nothing more than to buy a bicycle—which was, btw the…

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Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

I'm sure you've heard the cliche "the internet has connected the world, and yet we feel more alone than ever." If you…

$19.95
Modern Romance

Modern Romance

The modern idea of the journey to find love seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even…

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Tales: Short Stories by Amiri Baraka

Tales: Short Stories by Amiri Baraka

Sixteen short stories by poet and all around brilliant person Amiri Baraka. These first came out in 1967 and they are…

$15.95
Forgiveness is Really Strange

Forgiveness is Really Strange

To forgive or not to forgive, what a question indeed. Forgiveness Is Really explores the aspects of forgiveness using…

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You're Cute: Cards to Break the Ice

You're Cute: Cards to Break the Ice

Yeah, it's hard to meet people. Especially when you think they're cute. These tear-out cards are intended to be…

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Good for One Mediocre Shoulder Rub: Considerate Coupons for Couples

Good for One Mediocre Shoulder Rub: Considerate Coupons for Couples

All relationships eventually make the transition from never-ending passion to real life partnership. But with this…

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Microcosm title Sticker #423: Equity. Requires. Redistribution.

Sticker #423Equity. Requires. Redistribution.

The world will not be an equitable place until we redistribute power and resources. This sticker alligns with just that,…

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My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is a manga, right-to-left orientation, and it's a true story by the author/artist…

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My Solo Exchange Diary: The Sequel to My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

My Solo Exchange Diary: The Sequel to My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

Through Nagata Kabi's fun and engaging artwork, you're able to follow her struggles and triumphs with an array of…

$14.99
Microcosm title Sexing Yourself: Masturbation For Your Own Pleasure

Sexing Yourself: Masturbation For Your Own Pleasure

Microcosm Publishing bestseller Dr. Faith takes on the fabulous topic of... masturbation! In her usual style of…

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