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The
CARTOON HISTORY of the UNIVERSE
VOLUMES 1-7
FROM THE BIG BANG TO ALEXANDER
THE GREAT |
| by Larry Gonick |
Paperback: 359 pages
black & white illustrations
Doubleday
ISBN: 0385265204 |
$19.95
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| An entertaining
and informative illustrated guide that makes world history accessible,
appealing, and funny. |
| In seven wild and witty
chapters, cartoonist Larry Gonick takes us on an uproarious joyride through
the ancient world. Gonick's brilliant insights, exuberant humor, and delightful
drawings combine to make a truly unique work that is sure to be a valuable
resource as well as a great escape for all ages.
One of the beautiful things
about comics is that it is possibly the best medium for combining education
and entertainment. No one knows this better than Larry Gonick, whose Cartoon
History series spans many subjects. Whether you are a fan of history, comics,
or Gonick's books, The Cartoon History of the Universe I is a great place
to start. Part I contains volumes 1 to 7, from the Big Bang to Alexander
the Great.
"Obviously
one of the great books of all time."
--Terry
Jones.
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The author, Larry Gonick:
Why Volume 7 looks different!
Several readers have complained
that the drawing in Volume 7 doesn't look so hot. I guess I agree. The
reason is that, smitten with the work of the Maylasian cartoonist Lat,
I thought I'd try to draw it with a pen. All the previous volumes were
drawn with a brush.
Well, I still think Lat
is one of the world's great cartoonists, but I gave up on the pen after
48 gruelling pages. Volumes 8-13 were also all drawn with a brush, and
so will all future volumes!!! I'm not done! |
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The
CARTOON HISTORY of the UNIVERSE II
VOLUMES 8-13
FROM THE SPRINGTIME OF CHINA
TO THE FALL OF THE ROME |
| by Larry Gonick |
Paperback: 320 pages
Main Street Books
ISBN: 0385420935 |
$19.95
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| Continuing right
where the first book left off, The Cartoon History of the Universe II once
again combines Gonick's superb cartooning with the lessons of history. |
| Find out what
Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better of Worse, calls "a gift to those of
us who love to laugh and who love to learn." Part II contains volumes 8
to 13, from the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (plus the history
of India, too!).
From Booklist
As Ray Olson noted in his
review of the first seven volumes of this cartoon history, Gonick "consistently
considers the status of women, lower-class people, and the losers of wars"
in one of the "most amusing, provocative surveys of the planet's progress
ever made." Typically, Gonick lays down a serious narrative line, then
illustrates it with something boffo; he varies his shadings and panel sizes
dramatically and often drops in a "footnote" that is a separate, related
story. His first seven volumes began with a bang, the big one, and took
the reader through the time of Alexander the Great. We pick up Alexander
marching to India, where he makes an about-face, thus occasioning Gonick's
treatise on India with witty portraits of Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Jain
sect, followed by a history of China, concentrating on Confucius and various
monarchs and occupying nearly half the book. Then Gonick flashes back,
as it were, to the aftermath of Alexander, tracing Rome's rise and fall
through 564 A.D., the end of Justinian's reign. The result, in both volumes,
is simply a delightful way to be introduced to world history--relaxing
and yet often provocative reading for adults but also an excellent primer
for children and for poor readers. This new installment ought to circulate
heavily and bring renewed demand for the first.
John Mort
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From Kirkus Reviews
Imagine a collaboration
between Arnold Toynbee and R. Crumb and you get a pretty good idea of Gonick's
clever and ambitious comic book series. This volume should not be taken
as some kind of Mel Brooksish joke. Gonick does his research and interprets
his sources with scholarly care. Inspired by the educational comic books
of Latin American artist RIUS, Gonick makes world history a blast-- literally,
with his predilection for onomatopoeic word balloons. In this second collection--the
last left us with Alexander the Great schlepping toward Persia--Gonick
takes us on a side tour through India and China. He integrates myth and
history to establish the origins of sectarian conflict in India, and attends
to migration patterns from the Middle East to China in order to explain
the development of Buddhism and Confucianism. Dynamic intrigue and the
threat of northern barbarians compete with periods of prolonged peace.
This highly selective version of Chinese history, though full of diverting
stories, will be a bit confusing to readers unfamiliar with the main players.
Back in Rome, meanwhile, after the death of Alexander, the republic enters
its period of glory, followed by the building of the empire. Problems of
succession lead to lots of lurid anecdotes about perverse and insatiable
emperors, violent entertainments, brutal conquests--all of which Gonick
records with Mad-like irreverence. He equivocates, however, in telling
the story of Jesus, ending up with an uneasy mix of canonical fact and
outright heresy. His account of the historical rise of Christianity is
superb and demonstrates an interesting parallel with China: In both cases
alien cults from the edge of the empires eventually captured the capital
cities. Gonick's humor is mostly visual and relies on the juxtaposition
of comical images with his relatively sober text. Despite his lefty, multi-culty
inclinations, Gonick maintains the high level of sophistication, skepticism,
and just plain fun established by the first volume.
-- Copyright
©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Ingram
The first Cartoon History
of the Universe won raves from book critics and general readers alike and
became a smash bestseller. Now Larry Gonick's back, with six more hilarious
volumes in one tremendous package. Hip, multicultural, and funny, it has
something for absolutely everyone.
From the Publisher
Here's a new installment
of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of
the twelve great books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient
India to Rome and China in A.D. 600, Volume II is hip, funny, and full
of info.
B & W illustrations. |
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The
CARTOON HISTORY of the UNITED STATES |
| by Larry Gonick |
Paperback: 392 pages
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062730983 |
$17.95
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What? You don't
know what a Burgess is?
-- You can't outline the
Monroe Doctrine?
-- Recall the 14th Amendment?
-- Explain the difference
between a sputnik and a beatnik? |
Then you need
The Cartoon History of the United States to fill those gaps. From the first
English colonies to the Gulf War and the S&L debacle, Larry Gonick
spells it all out from his unique cartoon perspective.
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"A
perfect gift for that teenager who simply can't get American history straight
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San Francisco Chronicle
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"Gonick's
irreverent humor is effective . . . the text sparkles . . . "
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Los Angeles Times
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. . . a vital, dynamic, and consistently challenging panorama of our past."
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The Comics Journal
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About the Author
Larry Gonick is the creator
of the bestselling Cartoon Guide series, comprised of nine books that have
sold more than half a million copies and been translated into more than
a dozen languages. Currently staff cartoonist for Muse magazine, he has
also been a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. |
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The
CARTOON GUIDE to the ENVIRONMENT |
| by Larry Gonick & Alice Outwater |
Paperback: 240 pages
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062732749 |
$16.95
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| For those who
think the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock band or that the Green Revolution
happened in Greenland, this helpful, often hilarious book provides the
perfect introduction to the world of environmental literacy. From chemical
cycles to life communities to food webs to pollution, deforestation, and
global warming, Gonnick explains environmental concepts in layman's terms
and explains their relevance and relationship to the planet's ecology. |
| The Cartoon
Guide to the Environment covers the main topics of environmental science:
chemical cycles, life communities, food webs, agriculture, human population
growth, sources of energy and raw materials, waste disposal and recycling,
cities, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and global warming --
and puts them in the context of ecology, with discussions of population
dynamics, thermodynamics, and the behavior of complex systems. |
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The
CARTOON GUIDE to GENETICS |
| by Larry Gonick & Mark Wheelis |
Paperback: 224 pages
Harperperennial Library
ISBN: 0062730991 |
$16.00
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Illustrates,
simplifies, and humor-coats the important principles of classical and modern
genetics and their experimental bases, with amusing anecdotes about how
the ancients tried to explain inheritance and sex determination.
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"If
you can't learn Mendelian genetics from this text, I guess you never will."
--
New Scientist
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Amazon.com
Having trouble deciphering
your genetic code? Do dominant genes make you feel recessive? Let reigning
nonfiction cartoonist Larry Gonick and microbiologist Mark Wheelis ease
your way through Mendelian genetics, molecular biology, and the basics
of genetic engineering. Gonick's drawings range from a moderately detailed
look at ribosomes in action to loony pictures of dancing scientists, talking
peas, and opinionated fruit flies.
--Mary Ellen
Curtin
"It puts
textbooks to shame."
--
Matthew Meselson, Professor of Biology, Harvard University
(co-discoverer
of the "one gene-one protein" principle)
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The
CARTOON GUIDE to PHYSICS |
| by Larry Gonick & Art Huffman |
Paperback: 224 pages
Harperperennial Library
ISBN: 0062731009 |
$16.00
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| If you think
a negative charge is something that shows up on your credit card bill --
if you imagine that Ohm's Law dictates how long to meditate -- if you believe
that Newtonian mechanics will fix your car -- you need The Cartoon Guide
to Physics to set you straight.You don't have to be a scientist to grasp
these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Physics
explains them all: velocity, acceleration, explosions, electricity and
magnetism, circuits -- even a taste of relativity theory -- and much more,
in simple, clear, and, yes, funny illustrations. Physics will never be
the same! |
From the author
of the bestselling The Cartoon History of the Universe--a refreshingly
humorous and effective cartoon explanation of the principles of physics.
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"Gonick
is close to being one of a kind."
--Discover
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It's been said that before
physics students can fly with Feynman they need to walk with Halliday and
Resnick. Those of us who are still toddling along, however, need Larry
Gonick. Gonick's characteristically quirky drawings are teamed with physicist
Art Huffman's prose to produce lessons like this: picture Sir Isaac Newton
driving a Mack truck labeled "Big Inertia." Ike is talking into a CB radio,
saying: "Breaker one nine: force overcomes inertia and produces acceleration.
Do you read?" |
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The
CARTOON GUIDE to SEX |
| by Larry Gonick & Christine Devault |
Paperback: 247 pages
Harperperennial Library
ISBN: 0062734318 |
$14.95
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| Everything
you ever wanted to know about... you know, the birds and the bees...
From the first eye contact
to the therapist's couch, from the throes of ecstasy to the nitty-gritty
of safer sex, from the world's sexiest animal to the dating jungle, The
Cartoon Guide to Sex covers everything you've always wanted to know about
sex. |
| Frank, informative,
and written with Larry Gonick's characteristic comic verve and scientific
accuracy, this book gives a comprehensive discussion of the spectrum of
human sexuality, including sexual structures and functions, gender roles
and sexual identity, sexual arousal and response, sexual communication,
love, marriage and other arrangements, contraception, and sexual health
'without the fig leaves.' |
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The
CARTOON GUIDE to STATISTICS |
| by Larry Gonick & Woollcott Smith |
Paperback: 240 pages
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062731025 |
$16.00
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A very clever
effort at explaining the meaning and use of the major statistical methods
through the medium of captioned cartoon drawings.
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"Gonick
is so consistently witty and clever that the reader is barely aware of
being given a thorough grounding."
--Omni
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valuable tour through modern statistics, these inspired cartoons simplify
the confusing concepts of statistics for easier studying. Includes bibliography
and index.
From
the Back Cover:
If
you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch
the Bernoulli Trials on
People's
Court, or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six
states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the
road to statistical literacy.
The
Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics:
the summary and display of all data, probability in gambling and medicine,
random variables, Bernoulli Trials, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis
testing, confidence interval estimation, and much more--all explained in
simple, clear, and funny illustrations. Never again will you order the
Poisson Distribution in a French restaurant! |
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