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The For Beginners Series currently contains 38 graphic, nonfiction titles, all of which are listed below. Click on the titles beneath the covers for full details and descriptions of each book as well as ordering information.

 

African History For Beginners

By Herb Boyd, Illustrated by Shey Wolvek-Pfister

 

Anarchism For Beginners
By Marcos Mayer, Illustrated by Hector A. Sanguillano

Arabs and Israel For Beginners
By Ron David, Illustrated by Susan David

Art Theory For Beginners
By Richard Osborne, Illustrated by Dan Sturgis

Astronomy For Beginners
By Jeff Becan, Illustrated by Sarah Becan

Ayn Rand For Beginners
By Andrew Bernstein, Illustrated by Owen Brozman

Barack Obama For Beginners: An Essential Guide
By Bob Neer, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Black History For Beginners
By Denise Dennis, Illustrated by Susan Willmarth

 
Black Holocaust For Beginners
By S.E. Anderson, Illustrated by Vanessa Holley

 
Black Women For Beginners
By S. Pearl Sharp, Illustrated by Beverly Hawkins Hall

Chomsky For Beginners
By David Cogswell, Illustrated by Paul Gordon

 
Dada & Surrealism For Beginners
By Jim Powell, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Deconstruction For Beginners
By Jim Powell, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Democracy For Beginners
By Robert Cavalier, Illustrated by Reuben Negron

 
Derrida For Beginners
By Jim Powell, Illustrated by Van Howell

Eastern Philosophy For Beginners
By Jim Powell, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Existentialism For Beginners
By David Cogswell, Illustrated by Joe Lee

FDR And The New Deal For Beginners
By Paul Buhle, Illustrated by Sabrina Jones, and with a Preface by Harvey Pekar

Foucault For Beginners
By Lydia Alix Fillingham, Illustrated by Moshe Susser

Global Warming For Beginners
By Dean Goodwin, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Heidegger For Beginners
By Eric Charles Lemay and Jennifer A. Pitts, Illustrated by Paul Gordon

Islam For Beginners 
By M.I. Matar, Illustrated by H.N. Haddad

Kierkegaard For Beginners
Written and Illustrated by Donald D. Palmer

Lacan For Beginners
By Phillip Hill, Illustrated by David Leach

Linguistics For Beginners 
By W. Terrence Gordon, Illustrated by Susan Willmarth

Malcolm X For Beginners 
Written and Illustrated by Bernard Aquina Doctor

Nietzsche For Beginners 
By Marc Sautet, Illustrated by Patrick Boussignac

Olympics For Beginners 
By Brandon Toropov, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Philosophy For Beginners 
By Richard Osborne, Illustrated by Ralph Edney

Plato For Beginners
By Robert Cavalier, Illustrated by Eric Lurio

Poetry For Beginners 
By Margaret Chapman and Kathleen A. Welton, Illustrated by Reuben Negrón

Postmodernism For Beginners 
By Jim Powell, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Relativity and Quantum Physics For Beginners
By Steven L. Manly, Illustrated by Steven Fournier

Sartre For Beginners
Written and Illustrated by Donald D. Palmer

 

Shakespeare For Beginners 
By Brandon Toropov, Illustrated by Joe Lee

Structuralism and Poststructuralism For Beginners 
Written and Illustrated by Donald D. Palmer

Zen For Beginners 
By Judith Blackstone and Zoran Josipovic, Illustrated by Naomi Rosenblatt

Zinn For Beginners 
By David Cogswell, Illustrated by Joe Lee