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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling prequel to the hit videogame picks up right where it left off! Year one is over--now, year two begins. The death of one of their own has divided Earth's protectors as hero turns against hero. As Superman's iron grip on the world tightens, at the edge of the galaxy another grave threat approaches. The Green Lantern Corps is forced into extreme measures in an attempt to dethrone Superman and restore safety to the universe"--
362) Kamisama kiss: 17
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Nanami has finally found the fallen kami who cursed Tomoe, but before she can rush home to save her beloved shinshi, she must watch the past unfold. But how will her relationship with Tomoe be affected by her standing witness to the torments he and Yukiji suffer?!"-- cover page 4.
363) Kamisama kiss: 6
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Newly homeless Nanami learns that accepting an offer to stay in a Shinto shrine has made her the shrine's new deity, and to fulfill her duties she needs the reluctant help of her familiar, a fox spirit in the form of an attractive young man.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Cruz has done everything right. She's a dedicated student, popular among her classmates, and has a loving family that has done everything they can to give her a better life in the United States. While Jessica is a part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing her to go to school and live in the U.S., her parents are undocumented. Jessica usually worries for her parents, but her fears and anxiety escalate as a mayoral...
365) Kamisama kiss: 10
Author
Series
Kamisama kiss volume 10
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Nanami Momozono is left homeless when her father skips town on a gambling debt. When she saves a man from a dog, she is offered a home, but the place is a shrine where Nanami is to become a local deity.
Author
Series
OMGs volume 2
Publisher
Etch, Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Karen moved to Mt. Olympus, she certainly didn't expect to start junior high with a bunch of gods and goddesses--let alone discover she's a demigoddess (who doesn't yet know her powers)! Having recently joined the school newspaper, Karen decides to investigate a mysterious online troll that goes by the moniker M1N0T4UR. This leads her to a treacherous maze beneath the school where Karen and her friends must complete a set of phases to leave...
Series
American gods volume 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The new and old gods agree to meet in the center of America to exchange the body of the old gods' fallen leader--heading towards to the inevitable god war in this final arc to the bestselling comic series!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Hak has confessed his feelings to Yona, but how will Yona react in response? Later, Zeno suggests heading to Kuuto and getting closer to Hiryuu Palace so that the Four Dragons can heal their wounds. But what will they do when a Kai Empire army attacks the Fire Tribe?"--
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this third volume, Gaiman and Russell once more team with a legendary collection of artists to bring more Norse myths to life, including a wild quest where Thor and Tyr face a multiheaded giantess, fire-breathing sea serpents, and more bizarre mythological creatures; the journey of Odin to the end of the world, and finally we reach the end of the world Ragnarok: the final destiny of the gods.
Series
Savage Avengers volume 4
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Conan is imprisoned on Ryker's Island - but he promptly breaks out with the help of Deadpool! The taciturn barbarian and the Merc with a Mouth make for a very odd couple of warriors - but a very effective one as well, as they prove when the King in Black and his symbiotes invade Earth! Meanwhile, Conan makes a surprising discovery that may help him overcome another dark threat - the sorcerer Kulan Gath! But what part of the barbarian's plan involves...
372) El ladrón del rayo
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
Español
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Percy padece dislexia y dificultades para concentrarse. Objeto de burlas por inventarse historias fantásticas, ni siquiera él mismo acaba de creérselas hasta el día que los dioses del Olimpo le revelan la verdad.
373) Kamisama kiss: 15
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
""Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity! Nanami has gone back in time in order to find the fallen kami who cursed Tomoe, but the past is a lot...
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Asahi returns to the present day, and though her reunion with her family is joyful, she misses Subaru and the water dragon god in the other world. When Asahi comes to a decision about what to do, the water dragon god's heart is greatly shaken!"--Page [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. He's pitted against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemesia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
376) The Nikopol trilogy
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For thirty years, Herakles Nikopol has floated alone in space, sentenced to cryopreservation. When he finally returns to Earth, the year is 2023, and the world has been ravaged by two nuclear wars! But the strangest change in the world floats above Paris a giant pyramid, home to the recently returned Egyptian Gods, who would like to reclaim humanity as theirs, if only they could all agree.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor contains stories of Steve Trevor's role and journey throughout the years! Being a soldier means being ready for just about anything the world can throw at you, but no amount of special training can prepare a pilot for crashing on a mysterious, hidden island. Unfortunately for Steve Trevor, that's exactly how he came to be the first outsider to set foot on the Amazonian homeland of Themyscira, where he meets Princess Diana...
Author
Series
Golden apple novels volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Three thousand years ago a war took place where legends were born: Achilles, the greatest of the Greeks, and Hector, prince of Troy. Both men were made and destroyed by the war that shook the foundations of the ancient world. But what if there was more to the tale of these heroes than we know? How would the Trojan War have looked as seen through the eyes of its women? Krisayis, the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy, and Briseis,...
379) Kamisama kiss: 7
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mizuki loves living at the shrine with Nanami, but he hates that he has to stay behind when she goes to school. He hates even more that Tomoe gets to go with her. But Mizuki isn't used to the human world, so Nanami thinks it's safer if he just stays put. Can Mizuki become a master of the mundane, or will his secret foray into town end in disaster?
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The majority of Romans were a deeply religious people, though their religion took on forms most of us in the modern world would find unfamiliar. One of the most popular systems of belief among Roman as well as Greek thinkers was Stoicism. Although not strictly a religion Stoicism had many religious aspects including an understanding of the universe as a materialistic, yet continuous and living whole in which Stoics view both the gods and a supreme...
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