Slings & Arrows Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Lady Doctor
Ian Williams
What's working in a small GP practice like? In The Lady Doctor, Ian Williams supplies a human answer. "An absorbing drama with comedy moments making you feel like Richard Curtis-scripted films ought to, but so often don’t." @TheBadDr @MyriadEditions https://t.co/KXJHLJL4Xr https://t.co/Vfh20mT6YA
Paperback, 2019
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier
Every Raina Telgemeier graphic novel is a young adult treat, and Guts is no different. It explores anxieties and how they can manifest as physical pain, @Scholastic https://t.co/a9EeEBzjvb https://t.co/ebqrADqupl
Paperback, 2019
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Artichoke Tales
Megan Kelso
Megan Kelso's Artichoke Tales "is truly magical and awaits your avid, appreciative attention and consumption". A generational saga of stories within stories, all beguiling. @megangirlhero @fantagraphics https://t.co/BYqWiIlJIy https://t.co/mTx7ML5GDk
Paperback, 2022
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
She Could Fly Volume 3: Fight or Flight
Christopher Cantwell
Christopher Cantwell and @martinmorazzo pull out all the stops for their impressive, if downbeat third chapter of She Could Fly, Fight or Flight? "poignantly written and superbly drawn". @ifyoucantwell https://t.co/BiojXZJ9wS https://t.co/NxZpIcqavG
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zenith: Phase Three
Grant Morrison
"A compact distillation of neat ideas that’s also a fast-paced superhero adventure with clever twists". We think Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell's Zenith Phase Four still reads very well. @2000AD https://t.co/al1nnrhXnk https://t.co/hCCKSI7vmi
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The Treasure of the Black Swan
Paco Roca
The poltical truth behind recovering long lost riches from the sea in the absorbing Treasure of the Black Swan. Authenticity from Spanish diplomat Guillermo Corral and tidy art from @paco_roca. @fantagraphics https://t.co/01xWIEeibe https://t.co/5czdRMzEwB
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ballad for Sophie
Filipe Melo
Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia's Ballad for Sophie is an award-nominated journey through the 20th century life and times of a pianist. "It's dark in places, but never loses sight of humanity, the emotions symphonically balanced". @topshelfcomix https://t.co/2u7ND1j7Ex https://t.co/T3MXXqO1A5
Paperback, 2021
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fight the Power!: A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples
Sean Michael Wilson
@SeanMichaelWord and Benjamin Dickson's Fight the Power has been out for a while, but is now more relevant than ever. Engagingly illustrated by @HuntEmerson and others it's a lesson that rights have to be fought for. https://t.co/TpROCHIa8k https://t.co/UJqnK1FTzI
Paperback, 2013
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hellboy: The Bones of Giants
Mike Mignola
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth is great horror building beautifully. Mike Mignola and John Arcudi surprise and art from Laurence Campbell, @MrTylerCrook and @JamesHarren1 is sumptuous. @artofmmignola, @DarkHorseComics @hellboy_news https://t.co/l7vYpdEInw https://t.co/uHvwtZVci0
Hardcover, 2022
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Thousand Coloured Castles
Gareth Brookes
"Gentle, genteel and utterly beguiling, this is a masterpiece of fantasy understatement with a potent underpinning of quietly desperate lives truly lived". A Thousand Coloured Castles from @brookes_gareth isn't your standard fantasy. @MyriadEditions https://t.co/GVqfNIbxDa https://t.co/VdTO2PXXfg
Hardcover, 2017
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book