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Pub. Date
2023.
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"The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written-Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom-landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history. Described as both "one of the most important novels ever written" and "the gospel of evil," 120 Days of Sodom was penned by the Marquis de Sade, a notorious eighteenth-century aristocrat who waged a campaign of mayhem and debauchery across France,...
2043) Vera Vance, comics star
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Series
After-school superstars volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Tells the story of Christopher Bell, a blocked painter on the East End of Long Island, and Ana Ramirez, a journalist who fled the crisis in Venezuela and is looking for work in New York ... He has retreated to a modest house near a patch of woods ... In the woods, he encounters Ana, who is trying to reinvent herself as the kind of person she'd been before the world she knew disappeared. A complicated romance develops that gradually reveals their...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"'Less is more': Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, 'minimalism,' has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume....
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Doodleville volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Drew never meant for this to happen. She didn’t mean for her doodle Mike to steal the centuries-old hat. She didn’t mean for Levi to steal the centuries-old baby (when he was supposed to be returning the coveted hat!). And she definitely didn’t mean to send the Art Institute of Chicago into a downward spiral of art-on-art combat. She just wanted to fix a simple mistake! Now everything’s gone wrong, and it’s mayhem...
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Dragon Ball super volume 20
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Goku and Vegeta are both struggling to master their respective ultra forms, which they'll need to defeat Gas, now the strongest warrior in the universe. Can Granolah rejoin the battle and help turn things around? Later, back at home, a pair of superheroes are making headlines"--
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Series
Dragon Ball Z volume 22
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The Lord of Lords, the mightiest of the dieties has come to Earth seeking Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta's help in preventing the evil wizard Bobbidi from resurrecting the imprisoned djinn Boo. If they lose, their power will be fed to the djinn to make him even more powerful.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"As Tomoki's natural talent for diving blossoms under the guidance of Coach Asaki, his relationships with the people around him sour. The growing rifts start to take a toll on him, worsening his struggle to nail the three-and-a-half somersault dive. But even with all of that going on, Tomoki has to regain his focus...because the trials for the Beijing training camp are fast approaching!"--Provided by publisher.
2056) Artificial: a love story
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life. How do we relate to--and hold--our family's past? Is it through technology? Through spirit? Art, poetry, music? Or is it through the resonances we look for in ourselves? In Artificial, we meet the Kurzweils, a family of creators who are preserving their history through unusual means. At the center is renowned inventor and futurist...
2057) One-punch man: Volume 15
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Series
One-punch man volume 15
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After finishing a martial arts tournament and dealing with the Monster Association invasion, Saitama asks King for advice on how to live like a hero.
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Series
Giver quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
2000
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Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
Companion book to: The Giver, Messenger, and Son.;Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to...