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Publisher
Eastern Star
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
In an alternate future Japan, all forms of expression are strictly regulated by the Media Betterment Act. Libraries are the only oases of free thought, which puts them under constant threat by the government's Betterment Special Agencies. The only ones capable of opposing them are the Library Forces, militarized prefectural organizations that protect the content of the libraries for the sake of the people.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami—a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library.
Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library,...
Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library,...
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Language
English
Description
For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.
What are you looking for?
This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves-but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who...
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Series
Library wars volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Library Forces continue their fight to protect library collections from censorship, using military force when necessary.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
Library Forces is a military group formed to protect books that the federal government deemed unsuitable. Iku Kasahar a Library Forces member is trying to make off in another direction with Toma, a censored author that must defect.
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Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2010], c2008
Language
English
Description
"In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves---the Library Forces! Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore when she was younger....
Author
Series
Library wars volume 12
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Library Forces member Iku Kasahara has plans to go out for tea with her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, but just figuring out what to wear puts her in a tailspin. When an urgent call comes in about an author seeking protection from the government, Iku realizes that the fight against censorship never takes a break!
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Iku is witness to a disturbance during a Board of Education speech on protecting children from the danger of books. The perpetrators are two young boys protesting the banning of their favorite books. But while Iku wants to reach out to the next generation of book lovers, Dojo insists that they can't play favorites. Will Dojo's prickly insistence on sticking to the rules ruin their budding friendship?
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their collections, and with the help of local governments, form a military group to defend themselves--the Library Forces! The Media Betterment Committee has silenced a famous writer, and Library Forces member Iku Kasahara and her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, must fight to protect his right to speak...and live!...
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