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"Originally mentioned in It's in His Kiss--one of the Bridgerton novels which inspired the smash Netflix series Bridgerton--Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron is finally told here in its entirety for the first time... Born into a happy family that is tragically ravaged by smallpox, Miss Priscilla Butterworth uses her wits to survive a series of outlandish trials. Cruelly separated from her beloved mother and grandmother, the young girl is sent to...
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Tale of the outcasts volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Destinies converge. An ancient demon is confused by the new world he finds after waking up from several hundred years of sleep. Another, more bloodthirsty demon joins hands with an equally bloodthirsty human to watch the chaos unfold. The Sword Cross Knights draw their blades to protect the British Empire from demons. And Wisteria sets off to rescue her brother from captivity. All will meet in the twilight crossroads of London.
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Saga of the Swamp Thing volume 6
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"This collection of issues #57-64 of SWAMP THING begins across the galaxy, where the Swamp Thing's consciousness has been hurled. Trying to find his way back to Earth, Swamp Thing stops over on Thanagar, home of Hawkman; Rann, home of Adam Strange; and encounters the Green Lantern of a world of sentient plants"--
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Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Two strangers: the Doctor, charming, eccentric Time Lord with a past as dark and heavy as a black hole; Gabriella Gonzalez, waitress and wannabe artist with a future dragging her down like lead chains. Hurled together by a wave of psychic horror haunting New York, they embark on an epic new adventure across time and space..."--Amazon.com.
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Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Welcome to Ystov, a bleak but whimsical city. The pages of this graphic novel zoom in and out, through panaramas of industry and market squares, to witness the varied lives of its curious inhabitants - lives of absurdities, restraints and small triumphs.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Acclaimed cartoonist Peter Kuper delivers a powerful interpretation of this controversial classic. Heart of Darkness has unsettled generations of readers with its haunting portrait of colonialism and brutal exploitation in Africa. Now award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper reimagines Conrad's masterpiece for a new generation, transforming this dramatic tale of madness, greed, and evil into something visually immersive and profoundly complex. Drawn...
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Series
D. Gray-man volume 9
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"Hordes of akuma are arriving in Edo to join the Earl, who has found a nefarious use for one of the greatest of all biblical artifacts. Meanwhile, one akuma has invaded the Asian Branch of the Dark Order to take care of Allen once and for all. Allen doesn't appear to stand a chance, but the very nature of the akuma's attack starts something no one could have anticipated, and might wind up changing the fate of the world!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Valerie lives on her own and has, shall we say, a rich interior life. Serially unlucky in love, to feel better she imagines that her previous boyfriends are dead and that their bodies are kept downstairs in the cellar in a strange, mummified state. Every day she brings them upstairs and speaks with them about what went wrong. What follows is a series of peculiar and funny, and sometimes disturbing short tales about inept lovers, weird obsessions,...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the depths of the forest, Robin raises an army to challenge the evil Sheriff. Wearing a dark hood for disguise and with his unparalleled gift for the bow, Robin quickly becomes an outlaw, fighting the forces of evil for the good of the poor.
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"On the island of Here, livin's easy. Conduct is orderly. Lawns are neat. Citizens are clean shaven--and Dave is the most fastidious of them all. Dave is bald, but for a single hair. He loves drawing, his desk job, and the Bangles. But on one fateful day, his life is upended...by an unstoppable (yet pretty impressive) beard."--Back cover.
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