Graphic Medicine Collection
a guide to the graphic medicine books and resources through UMass Amherst Libraries
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Algues vertes : l'histoire interdite : une enquête by
"Pas moins de 3 hommes et 40 animaux ont été retrouvés morts sur les plages bretonnes. L'identité du tueur est un secret de polichinelle: les algues vertes. Un demi-siècle de fabrique du silence raconté dans une enquête fleuve. Des échantillons qui disparaissent dans les laboratoires, des corps enterrés avant d'être autopsiés, des jeux d'influence, des pressions et un silence de plomb. L'intrigue a pour décor le littoral breton et elle se joue depuis des dizaines d'années. Inès Léraud et Pierre Van Hove proposent une enquête sans précédent, faisant intervenir lanceurs d'alerte, scientifiques, agriculteurs et politiques."-- From publisher.
Call Number: TD186.5.F82 B75 2019ISBN: 9782413010364Publication Date: 2019
Avicenna and the Book of Medicine by
Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a physician and philosopher in an era known as the Islamic Golden Age. When he was not working as a healer in the courts of different rulers, he collected the best medical knowledge of his time. Through travels and upheavals, his efforts led to the groundbreaking early medical encyclopedia The Canon of Medicine, which scholars and healers read for centuries afterward. This graphic biography explores the life and inspirations behind Avicenna's highly influential projects.
Call Number: B751.Z7 B3913 2023ISBN: 9781728442938Publication Date: 2023-02-07
The Best We Could Do by
National bestseller ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui's story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent - the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. In what Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls "a book to break your heart and heal it," The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui's journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.
Call Number: E184.V53 B85 2017ISBN: 9781419718779Publication Date: 2017-03-07
A Contract with God by
Go back to where graphic novels all started, on the Bronx street of Dropsie Avenue and A Life Force, in Will Eisner's groundbreaking 1978 creation. The human drama, the psychological insight -- Eisner captures the soul of the city and its troubled inhabitants with pen and ink. The comics medium was altered forever with the publication of this seminal work.
Call Number: PN6727.E4 C6 1996ISBN: 9780878160181Publication Date: 1996-11-01
Department of Mind-Blowing Theories by
A side-splitting skewering of the sober world of STEM No one is safe when humorist and cartoonist Tom Gauld directs his hilarious gaze to your profession. Just as he did with writers, poets, and literary classics for the Guardian books page, Gauld now does with hapless scientists, nanobots, and puzzling theorems for his weekly New Scientist strip, the international magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology. Gauld's Department of Mind-Blowing Theories presents one hundred and fifty comic strips topical and funny enough to engage any layperson with a rudimentary recall of their old science classes as well as those who consider themselves boffins of the contemporary physical and natural world. A dog philosopher questions what it means to be a 'good boy' while playing fetch! A virtual assistant and a robot-cleaner elope! The undiscovered species and the theoretical particle face existential despair! Facebook commenters debunk Darwin's posting of On the Origin of Species! Why are there poodles pouring out of this wormhole?! One could hypothesize how Gauld is able to command such quick-witted knowledge of the scientific world however, as these strips prove, Gauld would retaliate with the sharpest of punchlines to that hastily cobbled postulate. Gauld won an Eisner for Best Humor for Baking With Kafka and Department of Mind-Blowing Theories is sure to cement his reputation as the foremost authority on joke generating technology.
Call Number: PN6737.G38 D47 2020ISBN: 9781770463752Publication Date: 2020-04-14
A Family Matter by
All new graphic novel by the master storyteller Family Matter tells the story of a day in the life of a typical family gathered for a birthday party. In the span of twenty-fours hours, the darkest family secrets are revealed. Long suppressed memories surface -- betrayal, abuse, greed, incest, and worse. The strained family comes together, only to be torn apart. The first new graphic novel from Eisner since Dropsie Avenue is darker than you might expect. One of his best.
Call Number: PN6727.E4 F36 1998ISBN: 9780878166206Publication Date: 1998-07-01
Feeding Dangerously by
FOOD IS HOPE. Wildfires. Hurricanes. Volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes. Floods. Natural disasters strike in all corners of the world, relentless and massive in strength. When relief pours in, it's often focused on supplies, medicine, and reconstruction. Food is so often an afterthought. Who feeds the survivors? Who feeds the first responders? And how can a simple dish rebuild a devastated community?Join Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen for the incredible story of how their mission began and expanded across the globe, serving millions of meals in the most dangerous conditions to bring comfort and hope, one plate at a time.
Call Number: HV696.F6 A62 2023ISBN: 9781952203978Publication Date: 2023-10-01
A Graphic Guide to Art Therapy by
What are the core concepts of art therapy? What can you learn from a drawing of a bird's nest, a collage or some scribbles? Why become an art therapist and how do you do it? What happens in the therapy room? In the style of a graphic novel, A Graphic Guide to Art Therapy answers these questions and more. Art therapy and its key concepts, theory and practice are introduced through illustrations and text. Beginning with an overview of art therapy as both a practice and a career, it shows the routes to becoming an art therapist and what the role entails. The essential approaches, frameworks, techniques and assessment styles of art therapy are visualised and discussed, making this book the perfect companion on your journey as an art therapist.
Call Number: RC489.A7 H893 2022ISBN: 9781787753518Publication Date: 2021-09-21
Milk Without Honey by
NPR's 2024 Books We Love list Starred Review in Publishers Weekly: "Through elegant yellow and black illustrations, Harms's powerful English-language debut traces the ecosystems that pollinators inhabit--and exposes the dangers that threaten their existence. . . Readers will be convinced by this firm and vibrantly drawn warning call." What would the future of the world look like without bees? Bees are vital to securing our food supply. We could live in a paradise where insects, especially bees pollinate fragrant seas of flowers whose fruits we harvest. Instead, vast lawns are now replacing flower gardens, and agriculture is characterized by monocultures. Pesticides and climate change are also causing insect mortality, with dramatic consequences for the global ecosystem. As we destroy the insect populations, honey is just one of many foods that will no longer be available to us, unless we learn to honor our innate connection with nature before it's too late. In gorgeous, limited palette artwork, using contemplative images as well as informative charts, Hanna Harms brings us into the world of bees: their hives, their colonies, and their interactions with the global ecosystem. This is the perfect gift book for anyone concerned about climate change and the environment.
Call Number: SF523 .H3713 2024ISBN: 9781951491369Publication Date: 2024-09-10
The Most Costly Journey by
This non-fiction comics anthology presents stories of survival and healing told by Latin American migrant farmworkers in Vermont, and drawn by New England cartoonists as part of the El Viaje Más Caro Project-a health care outreach effort of the Open Door Clinic and UVM Extension Bridges to Health aimed at addressing the overlooked mental health needs of these vulnerable immigrants. Originally distributed to farm workers as individual Spanish language comic books, this collected edition brings the lives and voices-as well as the challenges and hardships-of these workers to an English-language audience, granting insight into the experiences and lives of the people vital to producing the food we eat. Featuring a foreword by Julia Alvarez (Afterlife), introduction by Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing) and preface by project founder, nurse Julia Doucet, these inspiring stories grapple with issues encountered by migrant workers everywhere-isolation, separation, depression, substance abuse-even as they celebrate resilience, family, community, and the ability of each storyteller to direct their own healing narrative. The Most Costly Journey is a gripping work that draws together non-fiction cartooning, graphic medicine and ethnography, channeling the skills of health care practitioners, artists and ethnographers into helping alleviate the pain of others. EDITED BY: Marek Bennett, Julia Grand Doucet, Andy Kolovos, & Teresa Mares FEATURED ARTISTS: Tillie Walden / Marek Bennett / Kevin Kite / Iona Fox / Kane Lynch / Teppi Zuppo / John Carvajal / Michael Tonn / Angela Boyle / Rick Veitch / Glynnis Fawkes / Greg Giordano / Ezra Veitch / Shashwat Mishra / Michelle Sayles FOREWORD: Julia Alvarez PREFACE: Julia Grand Doucet INTRODUCTION: Stephen R. Bissette AFTERWORD: Teresa Mares & Andy Kolovos PAGES: 252 / DIMENSIONS: 5.5"x8.5" INTERIOR: B&W / COVER: Color BINDING: Paperback / LANGUAGE: English PRINT ISBN: 978-0-916718-00-8 LCCN: 2021932606
Call Number: HD8081.M6 V53 2021ISBN: 9780916718008Publication Date: 2021-05-01
My Father Bleeds History by
The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel.
Call Number: D810.J4 S643 1986ISBN: 9780808598534Publication Date: 1986-08-12
The Photographer by
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Alan's War creator Emmanuel Guibert combines photos and narrative art to tell the story of photojournalist Didier Lefevre's travels in Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders. In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war between the Soviet Union and the Mujahidin. Didier Lefevre was a photojournalist who accompanied a Doctors Without Borders team on a mission at the height of the war. In the company of an arms caravan, Lefevre and the doctors climbed across arid mountain passes to reach a tiny hut deep in the war zone, which would serve as a field hospital. This is Didier's story, in his own words, with his own photographs. Through his camera, we witnesses humanity at every extreme--violence, despair, generosity, and heroism--against the backdrop of the vast, barren Afghan landscape. Emmanuel Guibert has combined Lefevre's unflinching photography with his own spare, expressive illustrations to achieve a visual memoir that challenges the mind and strikes at the heart. As the consequences of that war continue to reverberate in the region, The Photographer focuses on some of its true heroes: the doctors who risk death to save lives and mend the wounds of war.
Call Number: PN6747.G85 P4913 2009ISBN: 9781596433755Publication Date: 2009-05-12
Tale of One Bad Rat by
Helen Potter lived a happy life until she got lost in a nightmare of sexual abuse. Now she's on a journey, a journey which takes her through urban and rural England along the same path that another Potter, Beatrix Potter, once took. Across the decades, two lives touch, and Helen discovers that the strength of two is far greater than one. Bryan Talbot constructs a very special story in The Tale of One Bad Rat which immediately endears the reader. The victim of child sexual abuse, Helen Potter becomes the armored knight before her own personal demons in this story of heroism and courage.
Call Number: PN6737.T35 T35 2010ISBN: 9781595824936Publication Date: 2010-05-11
Women in Science by
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .This "wittily illustrated and accessible volume" (The Wall Street Journal)highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. "The must-read, girl-power STEM book."-InStyle It's a scientific fact- Women rock! This fascinating, educational collection features 50 illustrated portraits of trailblazing women in STEM throughout history. Full of striking, singular art, Women in Science also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include such pioneers as primatologist Jane Goodall and mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!
Call Number: Q141 .I33 2016ISBN: 9781607749769Publication Date: 2016-07-26
