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Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 16
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As everyone prepares for Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding, the peace and tranquility of 44 Scotland Street is disrupted by the arrival of domineering Irene, while Bruce, after being struck by lightning, prepares to leave his creature comforts for the monastic simplicity of Pluscarden Abbey, much to his house sitter's delight.
Author
Series
Maison Ikkoku (VIZ Signature) volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Yusaku Godai didn t get accepted into college on the first try, so he s studying to retake the entrance exams. But living in a dilapidated building full of eccentric and noisy tenants is making it hard for him to achieve his goals. Now that a beautiful woman has moved in to become the new resident manager, Godai is driven to distraction!"-- book jacket flap.
83) Maison ikkoku: 2
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz, LLC
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved creator of InuYasha and Ranma 1/2, the romantic (sort of) comedy Maison Ikkoku, in a new edition in its original episodic order! Kyoko and Yusaku start dating - other people. She goes out with her handsome tennis instructor, Shun Mitaka, while he reluctantly dates Kozue, a former coworker. The two finally arrange to go on a date together, but a mix-up leads them to end up at different restaurants"--P. [4] of cover.
84) Quarantine
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles fire station, television reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman, go out on a routine 911 call. It takes them to a small apartment building where they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams. Something unknown has infected a woman living in the building. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, the residents of the building, along with the news...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Approaching his seventh birthday after writing five books, young Bertie learns a lesson about the dangers of wish-fulfillment, while Angus and Domenica contemplate a vacation romance, and Big Lou evaluates the merits of cosmetic surgery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Communications
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
In Good Housekeeping, the fourth Maison Ikkoku graphic novel, Godai reaches for a star; A New Years temple visit offers confusing advice; a drunken kiss from a heartburned Akemi causes havoc; a new leotard creates excitement; Kozue says it with flowers; Coach Mitaka forms an unlikely alliance; an impromptu costume party convinces Kentaro his life is doomed from the start; and finally, a wave of melancholy overtakes Kyoko with the sudden appearance...
Author
Series
Chi's sweet home volume 6
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
Author
Series
Chi's sweet home volume 7
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
Author
Series
Chi's sweet home volume 8
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Kittens, at one point or another, have to set forth and explore the world. Chi goes wandering and learns the dangers of doing so, but it is also a point of feline growth.
Author
Series
Chi's sweet home volume 5
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Chi, a mischievous kitten who is adopted by Yohei and his family, the Yamadas, even though their lease explicitly states pets are not allowed in their building.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Simon is ready to make the Tangerine Pines his forever home, but when a robbery occurs in the apartment building, he and his new friend set out to solve the case and keep his family from moving again.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Beth O'Leary and Josie Silver, a heartwarming and romantic debut told over the course of one year in monthly weekend installments, about found family, new love, and the magic of London"--
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yuri Slezkine's gripping narrative tells the true story of the...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers/Harper Alley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Anne Shirley has been in foster care her whole life. So when the Cuthberts take her in, she hopes it's for good. They seem to be hitting it off, but how will they react to the trouble that Anne can sometimes find herself in . . . like accidentally dyeing her hair green or taking a dangerous dare that leaves her in a cast? Then Anne meets Diana Barry, a girl who lives in her apartment building, the Avon-Lea. The two become fast friends, as Anne finds...
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