The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer (Pantheon Graphic Library) (Hardcover)

By Sydney Padua

$40.00

A graphic novel starring Ada Lovelace -- often regarded as the first computer programmer -- and Charles Babbage, the inventor of the computer. Padua supposes an alternate reality where Lovelace and Babbage build the world's first computer together, and they use it to fight crime, among other mathematical tasks. The Thrilling Adventures is unlike any graphic novel I've read before, partially due to its extensive, thoroughly researched footnotes, endnotes, and appendices. It is both smart and hilarious; Padua's talent in rendering Babbage's facial expressions kept me giggling constantly.

The Freezer Door (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) (Paperback)

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

$17.95

Our communities need radical voices to remind us who we are and, most importantly that our struggles for equity must involve those who are not "just like us." We need each other, sure, but how do we reach out across our differences, divisions, politics, status differences, judgments and misunderstandings? Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's latest novel is stylish and empathetic, while not losing touch with sorrow and some well placed rage. She reaches out with love while saying those things that need to be said. Are we losing our ability to connect with each other? Mattilda will not let us forget.