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Maus 1 and 2 - (2 Volume Box Set)
$33.80
I really liked this comic, I learned all sorts of things I had never known or considered about the Holocaust, or WWII. Though the animal heads dim the impact of the events, I think they are absolutely necessary to get through some of the gruesomest parts.

Life Style
$69.95
the length of this book serves a purpose: it allows the unfolding story of mau's practice to have a leisurely and comfortable pace and it draws the reader in and takes him/her on a journey. i'm no graphic designer (an architect) but i was never bored and learned a lot about the field and about how mau's office works. probably more useful to me than the koolhaas/mau book (s,m,l,xl) because it was on a topic outside my normal frame of reference and really got me thinking and - best of all - generating ideas for myself.

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
$14.95
Maus is a artistic masterpiece and like any masterpiece, it is from the artist's singular perspective. It does not tell everyone's story, just the storyteller's. The story's horror is amplified by justaposing a comic book format and cartoonish animal characters. If you are distracted or offended by the choice of animals or focus of the story, you are missing the point and are truly welcome to tell your story from your perspective and in your own way. That is the point of being the storyteller. Maus is not meant as an comprehensive account of the Holocaust. Spending a full day at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC will bring you closer to that goal. Another is the 8+ hour 1985 documentary, "Shoah," which is available on DVD on eBay for $17.50 US and should be available on Amazon for about the same amount. Using a simple interview format and no stock footage, you hear incredible stories from Jews and Christians, Poles, Germans, and others, eye witnesses and scholars. You meet evil and good. They tell you what they saw, heard, felt, and did. You see the sites as they are now. Like any good documentary, you draw your own conclusions by the end of the film. Maus is a great work of art designed to make the reader feel something of what it was like for the storyteller, but it is not a documentary. Maus uses facts and impressions to create images that take the reader on an emotional journey to a place where mere words and numbers on a page can never go.

Massive Change
$29.95
Excellent vision and unhappy scenarios are show us. How could we do this? It's time to change!

Robson Quinello