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Graphic novels : stories to change your life / Paul Gravett.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes web resources.
Formatted Contents Note:	Ch. 1. Things to hate about comics : overcoming negative thinking -- Ch. 2. Stories to change your life : thirty essential graphic novels to get you started -- Ch. 3. The undiscovered country : childhood?s happy days or painful memories -- Ch. 4. The other side of the tracks : growing up and making a life of your own -- Ch. 5. The long shadow : surviving war and its aftermath -- Ch. 6. The superhuman condition : what are your heroic ideals? -- Ch. 7. Of futures and fables : the meaning of dreams, the insight of fantasy -- Ch. 8. In the mind?s eye : confronting the horrors that lurk among us -- Ch. 9. Murder, smoke, and shadows : the dangerous games of moral consequences -- Ch. 10. Behind the smile : seeing the funny side -- Ch. 11. Travels in time : inspired lives of curiosity and adventure -- Ch. 12. Passion beyond reason : unrequited love, affection, and secret desires -- Afterthoughts : adaptations abridged too far, and a return to childish things.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	Donation ; 2007/11. Donation (copy 3 only) ; Marni Stanley ; 2023/08.