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1) The gun
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The author, a New York Times reporter, traces the invention and mass distribution of the AK-47 assault rifle, and its effects on war. He traces the invention of the assault rifle, following the miniaturization of rapid-fire arms from the American Civil War, through World War I and Vietnam, to present-day Afghanistan, where Kalashnikovs and their knockoffs number as many as 100 million, one for every seventy persons on earth. It is the weapon of state...
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hotaru Tachibana is a girl (though all too frequently mistaken for a boy!) with a deep sense of justice. When a classmate informs [her] that she was bilked out of her cash by a shady host at a host club, Hotaru immediately rushes to confront the villain... only to discover that the con man in question is her new neighbor! Worse, he proposes to settle their feud with firearms! Okay, it turns out that they're just toys, but when Hotaru is soundly defeated,...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Tachibana and her Toy Gun Gun teammates have started honing their skills in preparation for competing in the TGC, the tournament to decide the strongest survival gamers. But it soon becomes clear that her team has a dreadful rule, and it's one that absolutely can't be broken...which makes Tachibana's very existence a problem. Will internal strife take them down before the TGC can even get underway?!"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Tachibana is up against her most dangerous opponent yet as the first round of the TGC begins. Midori is a veteran survival gamer whose shared past with Matsuoka could spell defeat for Toy TunGun before the first shots are fired. Tachibana's out for revenge, but she's also in it for herself--if she can prove she's a valuable asset to the team by helping take down their rivals, surely she'll be safe letting Matsuoka and Yukimura in on her secret...?...
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