Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

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Random House

Better Living Through Birdi...

$28.00

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up at the birds Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an a...

TEN SPEED PRESS

Comic Book Story Of Beer Gr...

$18.99

The Comic Book Story of Beer traces beer's influence through world history as a liberating and emancipating force that improved the life of everyday people, beginning with early human's experiments with fermentation all the way up through the contemporary explosion of craft brewing. No book has e...

Michael Owen

"Extra Life" By Michael Owen

$200.00

Seventy-five works of art merge with a dozen chapters of prose, telling of a deep dive within.   “Extra Life” is an oversized book and an archival print, wrapped in a unique portfolio.   “Extra Life” was brought to fruition through a team of Baltimore creatives:Martin Studio Photography (imaging)...

Oni Press

Gender Queer: A Memoir Delu...

$24.99

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor BookIn 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable wit...

St. Martin's Press

The Risk It Takes to Bloom:...

$29.00

A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women’s March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her stor...

DK PUBLISHING CO

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Fr...

$24.99

Don't panic--Mercury Stardust, AKA The Trans Handy Ma'am is here to help!   For too many people, the simple act of contacting a plumber or repair person can feel like a game of chance. As a transwoman and a professional maintenance technician, Mercury Stardust has discovered (the hard way) that ...

Drawn & Quarterly

Ducks Hardcover (Mature)

$39.95

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times-bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, specifically Mabou. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long trad...

DIAL BOOKS

Bodies Are Cool

$18.99

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over.   From the acclaimed creator of Dancing at the Pity Party and Roaring Softly, this picture book is a pure celebration of all the different human bodies that e...

FLATIRON BOOKS

Pageboy: A Memoir

$29.99

"The emergence of our true selves is all of our life's work. Pageboy helps chart the course." ―Jamie Lee Curtis"Searing, deeply moving, and incredibly poignant... This isn’t simply a book on what it means to be trans, it’s about what it means to be human." ―Alok Vaid-MenonNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED...

First Second Books

Monstrous: A Transracial Ad...

$25.99

A poignant young adult graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl who uses fandom and art-making to overcome racist bullying. Perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Almost American Girl! Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she...

RISE X PENGUIN WORKSHOP

Being You: A First Conversa...

$8.99

Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.Developed by experts in the f...

LION FORGE

Gender Queer Memoir Graphic...

$17.99

In Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe has crafted an intensely cathartic autobiography about eir path to identifying as nonbinary and asexual, and coming out to eir family and society. By addressing questions about gender identity-what it means and how to think about it-the story also doubles as a much ne...

First Second Books

Monstrous: A Transracial Ad...

$17.99

A poignant young adult graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl who uses fandom and art-making to overcome racist bullying. Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, she grows up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors. People whisp...

SIMON & SCHUSTER

I'm Glad My Mom Died

$27.99

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she r...

SelfMadeHero

Wine A Graphic History Grap...

$24.99

The history of wine is the history of civilization. It is the religious drink par excellence. In Greek mythology, references to wine abound. In the Bible, after the Flood, Noah plants a vineyard. In the Middle Ages, it was in the monasteries and churches that the syrupy drink of antiquity, unpala...