Nathan Johnson
1) Knives out
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Description
From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Ai draws the attention of two specialists from A.D.C. who come to the school looking for those possessing the "aura of light." In order to demonstrate his powers, Ai must battle one of these professionals and if he loses he'll be sent to A.D.C. in America, away from his friends and family.
Author
Series
Psychic Academy volume 4
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
As the semester continues for Ai, Mew, and Orina, everyone is on the lookout for aura hunters. When Ai and Orinna head into town, hunters are hot on their trail. Is the School President involved somehow?
Description
Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid 1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. It was sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence. As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA.
"If...
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
"The Day I Saw Your Heart" : Families are complicated. Especially when Eli, a father who's about to turn 60, is expecting a baby with his new wife. Upon hearing this news, his two grown daughters, Dom, who is trying to adopt, and Justine, who flits from one boyfriend to the next, are shocked. To get closer to Justine, whom he has never gotten along with, Eli has the bright idea of making friends with all of her exes... without her knowledge. But when...
Author
Series
Psychic Academy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"The mysterious new girl Fafa sweeps into school and enchants Ai with the romantic notion of ditching class-- a way to achieve, as she describes it, true 'freedom.' Ai, certainly not the rebellious type, but also not a big fan of school, attempts to embrace this new form of academic self-expression. When Mew shows up to drag him back to class she learns that Fafa won't surrender her new plaything without a fight!"--Back cover
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"Ai Shiomi is pushed into attending the Psychic Academy, a place of learning for psychically gifted students. Not only must he live up to his older brother's heroic reputation as 'The Vanquisher of the Dark Overlord,' but he must also deal with the fact that his brother teaches at the academy and insists on embarrassing him, especially in front of all the girls at the school who find him mysteriously attactive now that he has super psychic powers....
14) Ghostbusters
Author
Description
Looking for a manga packed with ghoulies and guffaws galore?
15) Nightmare Alley
Pub. Date
2022
Description
From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.