On the heels of explaining to his planetary leader the intricacies of human genetics in The Stuff of Life, the intrepid alien scientist Bloort-183 is charged in this sequel with covering the wider story of evolution. Evolution, the most accessible graphic work on this universally studied subject, takes the reader from earth's primordial soup to the vestigial structures, like the coccyx and the male nipple, of modern humans. Once again, the award-winning illustrations of the Cannons render the complex clear and everything cleverly comedic. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/11/11
By Hosler, Jay. Artist Cannon, Kevin. Cover by Cannon, Zander.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 14,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 13,49
Pagina del Previews (OCT/2011): 300
Data di uscita: 21/12/11 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Final Order Cutoff: 04/11/11 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilità che l'ordine verrà soddisfatto sono molto alte)
The story of space has always been about the conflict of imagination versus reality, of dreams versus politics. On July 20, 1969, something extraordinary happened, something civilizations had dreamed of for centuries: humans walked on the moon. Jonathan Fetter-Vorm's Moonbound is the story behind those first steps. It begins with the tense descent of the spidery Lunar Module, which transported Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the moon. Then the story splits to an examination of the history of man's fascination with space, from the earliest observers of the moon to the modern era. The narrative returns to July 20, 1969, the moment when our heroes made their historic moon walk, and finally moves on to present and future. With a foreword by Michael Collins and publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, Moonbound revisits this classic story in a new way, as a graphic history. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 05/07/19
By Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan. Artist Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 19,95
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Pagina del Previews (JUN/2019): 319
Data di uscita: 07/08/19
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Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many of us truly know our Constitution? The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation uses the art of illustrated storytelling to breathe life into our nation's cornerstone principles. Simply put, it is the most enjoyable and groundbreaking way to read the governing document of the United States. Spirited and visually witty, it roves article by article, amendment by amendment, to get at the meaning, background, and enduring relevance of the law of the land. What revolutionary ideas made the Constitution's authors dare to cast off centuries of rule by kings and queens? Why do we have an electoral college rather than a popular vote for president and vice president? How did a document that once sanctioned slavery, denied voting rights to women, and turned a blind eye to state governments running roughshod over the liberties of minorities transform into a bulwark of protection for all? The United States Constitution answers all of these questions. Sure to surprise, challenge, and provoke, it is hands down the most memorable introduction to America's founding document. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By JONATHAN HENNESSEY. Artist AARON MCCONNELL. Cover by AARON MCCONNELL.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,95
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 298
Data di uscita: 29/10/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
(E) Paul Buhle (W/A) Various By the late 1960s, America felt like it was teetering on the edge of a vast transformation. Helping push it over that edge was a brigade of young radicals, the Students for a Democratic Society, who were fighting the establishment for peace abroad and equality at home. In Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History, the famed graphic novelist Harvey Pekar, the gifted artist Gary Dumm, the renowned historian Paul Buhle, and a marvelous cast of they-were-there contributors illustrate their struggle, bringing to life the tumultuous decade that first defined and then was defined by the men and women who gathered under the SDS banner. Students for a Democratic Society captures the idealism and activism that drove a generation of young Americans to believe that even one person's actions can help transform the world. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Harvey Pekar. Artist Gary Dumm. Cover by Gary Dumm.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,00
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Pagina del Previews (MAR/2009): 260
Data di uscita: 27/05/09 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
A hilarious and bold graphic adventure into the world of big data Statistics help us create Internet technologies, develop medicines, win elections, invest in stocks, predict the weather, and much more. But the methods that produce important numbers remain beyond many of us. How do we determine the proper size of a sample? How, exactly, do we calculate standard deviation? And just what is the central limit theorem? In The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics, Grady Klein and Alan Dabney cut through the confusion and take us on a tour of this dynamic subject, helping us stay afloat on the sea of data that is our increasingly complex world. Separating the book into two main parts (hunting statistics and gathering parameters) for readers both in and outside the classroom, they explore the key foundational concepts of statistics and the perils of improper methods. They round out the book with the 'Math Cave,' which provides easy access to the formulas every student will want to have close at hand. Through cheeky and irreverent examples bound to engage anyone grappling with the difference between histograms and boxplots, Klein and Dabney have created a rollicking narrative about the best ways to make confident statements based on limited information. Timely, authoritative, and a pleasure to read, The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics is an essential guide for students and for curious readers who want to better understand the world around them. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 31/05/13
By Dabney, Alan. Artist Klein, Grady. Cover by Klein, Grady.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 30,00
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Pagina del Previews (MAY/2013): 324
Data di uscita: 03/07/13
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by Sabrina Jones Myth and controversy still swirl around the dramatic figure of Isadora Duncan. The pioneering modern dancer emerged from provincial nineteenth-century America to captivate the cultural capitals of Europe, re-invent dance as a fine art, and leave a trail of scandals in her wake. From her unconventional California girlhood to her tragic death on the French Riviera fifty years later, Duncan's journey was an uncompromising quest for truth, beauty, and freedom. Here Duncan's art and ideas come vividly to life. Each page is a unique dance of words and images, reflecting Duncan's courage, passion, and idealism in a way sure to inspire another generation of admirers. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Sabrina Jones. Artist Sabrina Jones. Cover by Sabrina Jones.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,95
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 298
Data di uscita: 29/10/08
by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Col (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By SID JACOBSON. Artist ERNIE COLON. Cover by Ernie Colon.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,95
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Pagina del Previews (JUL/2006): 297
Data di uscita: 17/09/08
The story of space has always been about the conflict of imagination versus reality, of dreams versus politics. On July 20, 1969, something extraordinary happened, something civilizations had dreamed of for centuries: humans walked on the moon. Jonathan Fetter-Vorm's Moonbound is the story behind those first steps. It begins with the tense descent of the spidery Lunar Module, which transported Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the moon. Then the story splits to an examination of the history of man's fascination with space, from the earliest observers of the moon to the modern era. The narrative returns to July 20, 1969, the moment when our heroes made their historic moon walk, and finally moves on to present and future. With a foreword by Michael Collins and publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, Moonbound revisits this classic story in a new way, as a graphic history. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 05/07/19
By Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan. Artist Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 35,00
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 31,58
Pagina del Previews (JUN/2019): 319
Data di uscita: 07/08/19
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by Sid Jacobson & Ernie Col (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By SID JACOBSON. Artist ERNIE COLON. Cover by Ernie Colon.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,95
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 297
Data di uscita: 17/09/08
The internationally bestselling authors of The Cartoon Introduction to Economics return to make calculus fun! The award-winning illustrator Grady Klein has teamed up once again with the world's only stand-up economist, Yoram Bauman, Ph.D., to take on the daunting subject of calculus. A supplement to traditional textbooks, The Cartoon Introduction to Calculus focuses on the big ideas rather than all the formulas you have to memorize. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 31/05/19
By Bauman, Yoram. Artist Cannon, Kevin. Cover by Cannon, Kevin.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 18,95
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Pagina del Previews (MAY/2019): 326
Data di uscita: 03/07/19
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Fifty-five years ago, Ray Bradbury envisioned one of the world's most unforgettable dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the state; turn in your neighbors; and, most important, burn all books. The world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume, has been translated by Tim Hamilton into unforgettable full-color art that uniquely captures Montag's awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 08/09/16
By Bradbury, Ray. Artist Hamilton, Tim. Cover by Hamilton, Tim.
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Pagina del Previews (OCT/2016): 364
Data di uscita: 16/11/16
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(W) Yoram Bauman (A) Grady Klein From the optimizing individual to game theory to price theory, The Cartoon Introduction to Economics is the most digestible, explicable, and humorous 200-page introduction to microeconomics you'll ever read. If the vertiginous economy or a dour professor's 600-page econ textbook has you desperate for a fun, factual guide to economics, let the collaborative genius of the Klein-Bauman team walk you through an entire introductory microeconomics course. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Yoram Bauman. Artist Grady Klein. Cover by Grady Klein.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 17,95
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Pagina del Previews (NOV/2009): 233
Data di uscita: 20/01/10 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
(W) Jay Hosler (A) Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon Evolution, the most accessible graphic work on this universally studied subject, takes the reader from earth's primordial soup to the vestigial structures, like the coccyx and the male nipple, of modern humans. Once again, the award-winning illustrations of the Cannons render the complex clear and everything cleverly comedic. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/01/11
By Jay Hosler. Artist Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon. Cover by Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 18,95
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Pagina del Previews (DEC/2010): 280
Data di uscita: 26/01/11 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
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Three-Fifths a Man highlights the key events in African American history, taking us from the sixteenth-century Atlantic slave trade to the election of Barack Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement. Jacobson and Colón convey a history of hardship and hope, a painful and necessary process, full of victories and setbacks, from the Amistad mutiny and the Three-Fifths Compromise to Brown v. Board of Education and the Scottsboro Boys. We see the first African slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, watch as the 'peculiar institution' undermines our founding ideals, witness the triumph of the Union in the Civil War followed by the collapse of Reconstruction in the South, and observe the hard-won progress of the civil rights movement from the early twentieth century to its contemporary iterations. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels Annullato/esaurito (Will Resolicit)
Ordinabile fino al 01/12/17
By Jacobson, Sid. Artist Colón, Ernie. Cover by Colón, Ernie.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 17,00
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Pagina del Previews (NOV/2017): 244
Data di uscita: 17/01/18
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by Mark Schultz, Zander Cannon & Kevin Cannon From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the basics of genetics can sound utterly alien. Consequently, who better than an alien to explain it all? Enter Bloort 183, an asexual scientist of a dying planet charged with researching the fundamentals of human DNA and evolution and boiling it all down into clear, simple language so that even his slow-to-grasp-the-point leader can get it. In the hands of multiple-award-winning graphic novel author Mark Schultz, Bloort's predicament becomes the means of giving even the most science-phobic reader a complete introduction to the history and science of genetics. In conjunction with award-winning comic artists Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon, the complex subject is made clear and even the most alien concept behind the genetic basis of human evolution is rendered understandable. Complete with a glossary and suggested reading, The Stuff of Life is the high-school-level introduction to the most basic facts of genetics, evolution, and life as we know it for anyone and everyone. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Mark Schultz. Artist Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon. Cover by Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 15,29
Pagina del Previews (OCT/2008): 300
Data di uscita: 31/12/08 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
(W) Sid Jacobson (A) Ernie Colon Following Che from his fabled motorcycle journeys with Alberto Granado as a young medical student to his eventual execution at the hands of Bolivian soldiers and CIA operatives, Che: A Graphic Biography provides both a concrete time line of his life and gives a broader understanding of his beliefs, his legacy, and Latin American politics during the mid-twentieth century. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Sid Jacobson. Artist Ernie Colon. Cover by Ernie Colon.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 22,00
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 19,85
Pagina del Previews (MAY/2009): 252
Data di uscita: 29/07/09 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)