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"A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor--these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the...
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English
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Augie March is a Jewish-American boy growing up fatherless and poor in Depression-era Chicago. He seeks a "special destiny," although his circumstances seem to position him for a uniquely disappointing life: his family consists of a simple-minded mother, a brother and "grandmother" who prove to be Machiavellian in their intentions, and an "idiot" youngest brother, Georgie.
5) Stardust
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English
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The story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. He has fallen in love with beautiful Victoria Forester and in order to win her hand, he must retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to her.
6) Guest artist
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero an exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.
7) Indignation
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English
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What impact can American history have on the life of the vulnerable individual? It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at the local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hard-working...
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs's twenty-second high-stakes thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, following a series of bizarre disappearances on the islands of Turks and Caicos, enters a sinister labyrinth in which a new technology may wreak worldwide havoc.
Called in to examine what is left of a person thought to have been struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to...
Called in to examine what is left of a person thought to have been struck by lightning, Tempe traces an unusual tattoo to...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
The spoiled daughter of a prominent California congressman is a willful, self-destructive girl who masks her insecurity by treating life as one big party staged solely for her benefit. A barrio boy, Carlos, from the wrong side of town, but goes to school with weathly Nicole, has a chance encounter with her that leads to romance -- a romance that threatens his future when her reckless behavior nearly costs him an appointment to Annapolis.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A connoisseur of fast times and faster women, Tucker Max unleashes his wit and wants on every unsuspecting female around, from horny hotties to aroused cougars to one amorous dwarf, for one night of non-stop debauchery. But the night gets out of control when the boys meet a stripper who can match their misogynist mouths, and Tucker becomes the butt of a vengeful practical joke.
12) Clerks
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys who brave a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, while managing to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives.
13) Given: Volume 6
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Series
Given (Manga) volume 6
Publisher
SuBLime Manga
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music--and to one another--always brings them back together again. Now that Given has an offer to record their debut album, each of the band's members must decide whether...
14) Given: Volume 3
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Series
Given (Manga) volume 3
Publisher
SuBLime Manga
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Uenoyama realizes he's in love with Mafuyu and steals a kiss from him backstage at their first live performance. But now he's even more confused--he hasn't shared his feelings with Mafuyu and has no idea how Mafuyu feels about him. In contrast to their naive romance, Haruki has been harboring a secret desire for bandmate Akihiko, who's already entangled in an intense, conflicted relationship with someone else.
15) Given: Volume 5
Author
Series
Given (Manga) volume 5
Publisher
SuBLime Manga
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music--and to each other--always brings them back together again. The final round of the music festival tryout is about to begin, but that's not the only source of tension...
16) Given: Volume 4
Author
Series
Given (Manga) volume 4
Publisher
SuBLime Manga
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music — and to each other — always brings them back together again. As the band focuses on creating new songs and preparing for...
17) Given: Volume 8
Author
Series
Given (Manga) volume 8
Publisher
SuBLime Manga
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music-and to one another-always brings them back together again. Hiragi's band-with Uenoyama's help-is ready to make their big debut....
18) Given: Volume 7
Author
Series
Given (Manga) volume 7
Publisher
Sublime manga
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music-and to one another-always brings them back together again. Mafuyu continues todrag hisheels about making the decision whether...
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English
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Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He's not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn't know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time. How strange, though it's a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what's inside the crate. He's a seven-foot-tall...
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Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"During the decade of the 1850s, the Oregon Territory progressed toward statehood in an atmosphere of intense political passion and conflict. Editors of rival newspapers blamed a group of young men whom they named the 'Salem Clique' for the bitter party struggles of the time. Led by Asahel Bush, editor of the Oregon Statesman, the Salem Clique was accused of dictatorship, corruption, and the intention of imposing slavery on the Territory. The Clique,...
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