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Author
Publisher
Roxane Gay Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Jackie Newsome's best friend is dead, and everyone knows who killed her. Jackie is an ex-emotional eater and mother of four, who has finally lost the weight she long yearned to be free of. But leaving her old self behind proves harder than she ever imagined. She believes she should be happier, but misery still chases her, and motherhood threatens to consume her. Her only salve is Theresa, her best friend whose life she desperately covets. Their bond...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"The paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devastating collision course. On a sultry summer night in Paris, two women meet on line at an ice cream kiosk in the Ile de la Cité. One is tall, fair, striking, with an indeterminate accent. The other, a troubled American TV star, is hiding her beauty and identity under a shapeless sweatshirt, wearing sunglasses even in the darkness. When two leering male...
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpages) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, he'll have to do what he does best--run away! Tokiyuki and his loyal retainers, the Elusive Warriors,...
Author
Series
Powder mage trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
621 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Description
When invasion looms... Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements. Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country from an angry god, Kresimir. But the threats are closer...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 3
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
156, [14] pages ; 20 cm.
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
145 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"Devil Extermination Special Division 4 is in serious trouble as a devil has sent a whole team of assassins to take Denji’s heart. In order to survive the onslaught, Denji, Power and Aki will have to get stronger. But is Denji smart enough to learn how to control his devil powers? Can you can teach an old chainsaw-dog-devil new tricks?"--publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
199 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"It’s Chainsaw vs. Sword as the bloody battle for Denji’s heart heats up. Denji is going to have to pull out all the stops against this crafty opponent. And when the dust settles, how will Special Division 4 move on from their losses?"--publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
191 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?
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Against the tumultuous background of World War II, Dr. Yaran will find himself caught in the thrall of the anti-Semitic Governor General, the most powerful man in the country. Dr. Yaran falls in love with the Governor General's defiant wife, Velvet, upending not only the life of the doctor's beloved daughter, but the entire community. In his quest to save everything and everyone he loves, Dr. Yaran will navigate the intersections of magic, science,...
11) The cursed rose
Author
Series
Bone spindle volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Fi is a prisoner. Briar, a monster. Shane's a warrior. And Red is a traitor. What was once a formidable group of four fighting to reawaken the kingdom is now ruptured, torn apart by the wicked Spindle Witch. Confined to a tower with the monstrous Briar Rose, Fi is caught in the Spindle Witch's ever-tightening web. With the Spindle Witch on the verge of finding the Siphoning Spells and crushing Andar—with Fi's help, no less—Fi's only...
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Series
Chainsaw Man volume 8
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
191 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"Denji's a poor young man who'll do anything for money, even hunting down Devils with his pet devil-dog Pochita. But his life gets turned upside down when he's betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a Devil inside him, Denji's become a whole new man--Chainsaw Man . . . As Quanxi and the members of the Special Division battle it out over Denji, the mysterious Santa Claus makes his move. But things are not as they appear, and nobody will...
13) La ceremonie
Series
Criterion collection volume 1199
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
The crowning achievement of Claude Chabrol's career is a riveting study of class dynamics and the psychology of crime, starring Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire as a pair of outsiders who form a mysterious alliance that gradually goes haywire.
Author
Series
Elusive samurai volume 4
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
192 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki...
15) Third person
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal. The tales play out in New York, Paris and Rome through three couples who appear to have nothing related, but share deep commonalities.
16) A bright heart
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"In order to seize the Suwa domain, the conniving governor of Shinano, Ogasawara Sadamune, seeks to prove that Tokiyuki, in his guise as Chojumaru, is a Hojo clan survivor. Tokiyuki must face the all-seeing gaze of his adversary, as well as Sadamune's equally perceptive henchman. And even if Tokiyuki can escape Sadamune's machinations, his trials are far from over. When Suwa's hard-pressed allies come under attack from superior enemy forces, Tokiyuki...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
259 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late 19th century Scotland. Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven farm, Lizzie Craig discovers at a young age that she can see into the future. Her gift of sight is selective-she doesn't, for instance, see that she has an older sister who will come to join the family on...
19) Tal vez manana
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Series
Maybe in Spanish volume 1
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
A los veintidos anos, Sydney lo tiene todo: el novio perfecto, un futuro brillante y un bonito apartamento que comparte con su mejor amiga. Pero todo cambia el dia en que Ridge, su misterioso y atractivo vecino musico, le advierte de que su novio la engana con su mejor amiga y Sydney debe decidir que hacer con su vida. Solo con lo puesto y sin recursos, Ridge la acoge en su casa y no deja de sorprenderla. Sydney vibra cuando el toca sus hermosas melodias...
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