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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you'll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You'll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once Tetris emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The operation against Professor Gedoin's diabolical Dream Town Inari is just the opening round in the growing conflict between the Knights of the True Cross and the Illuminati. As both sides regroup and lay plans for the future, the Exwires try to come to terms with what has happened. Izumo has found some peace and a new sense of purpose, but serious questions about Renzo Shima's betrayal still need to be answered. It's not an easy thing for Rin and...
Author
Series
March volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To share his remarkable story, Congressman John Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy. March is a vivid, first-hand account of Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights (including his key roles in the historic 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 Selma-Montgomery March). Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Evil genius Lex Luthor is out to capture a deep space probe, which has gathered a large kryptonite meteor! But Superman has been kept busy protecting the city from a rash of crazy crimes. Can the super hero prevent Luthor from getting his hands on the deadly rock?"--Unedited summary from book.
Author
Series
Black science volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Grant McKay forges a path through the ravaged Eververse, determined to undo the damage he caused. His first stop is a world where his estranged daughter Pia has managed a peace offering between three godlike races, ending eons of brutal warfare. Grant's appearance threatens to destroy the fragile truce, sending him on a quest to finally bring his family home...but what he finds waiting for him there may be worse than the multitude horrors he encountered...
Author
Series
Star Wars graphic novels. Legacy volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The phenomenally creative musician and filmmaker David Byrne presents new artwork that explores daily life in surprising ways, with unique reflections on shared human experiences -- a book for our time from a highly influential artist. Through striking and humorous figurative drawings, the iconic artist and musician David Byrne depicts daily life in intriguing ways. His illustrations, created while under quarantine, expand on the dingbat, a typographic...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Over four decades and a multitude of books, "Colonel" Glen Baxter has built a world and a language all his own--slightly familiar, decidedly abnormal, irresistibly funny. Have you felt the terror of a failed Szechuan dinner? Have you seen what happens at precisely 6:15? Do you know where the beards are stored? Either way, this is the book for you. Celebrated by everyone from John Cleese to Ed Ruscha, Baxter's drawings are a delicious stew of pulp...
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