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Summary: "Fifteen-year-old Hinata Sorazono has a new neighbor--Junya Takinaga, the author of an incredibly popular vampire romance series! Hinata quickly falls for Junya, and he's definitely attracted to her... but what will Hinata do once she realizes Junya is actually a vampire and that a seemingly simple kiss on the lips means his life will be in her hands? Honey Blood Tale 0 is where Hinata and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HONFujimoto, Tatsuki
Summary: "Alien invasions, high school romances, and even bloody vampire action--all this and more awaits in four compelling short stories that reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FUJTakahashi, Rumiko
Summary: "Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun's three daughters and carry on the family's martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma's bride doesn't seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights ... and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2014
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Summary: "In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales-shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells-and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATShiibashi, Hiroshi
Summary: "Yokai rumble! Rikuo leads his Night Parade of a Hundred Demons in a street fight against the 88 Demons of Shikoku. But Rikuo doesn't know that the maniacal leader of the 88 Demons, Tamazuki, is wielding a secret weapon: the Devil's Blade, a legendary sword that absorbs the energy of the demons it slays. When the sun rises, the Paranormal Patrol visits a girl who's being visited by a jyami, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NURShiibashi, Hiroshi
Summary: "As Rikuo trains to increase his Fear, his true yokai power, the human yokai hunter, Kubinashi, goes on a rampage to kill the yokai of Kyoto. Kubinashi is attacked and kept at bay by the yokai Ibaraki-Doji who has a shocking weapon-- the Devil's Drum, a deadly attack with a dark secret to its range of power!" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NURShiibashi, Hiroshi
Summary: "Rikuo trains for a rematch against the yokai Tsuchigumo, who has his friend Yuki-Onna in his clutches. To get him up to par, Gyuki of the Nura clan has ordered Rikuo to attain a technique worthy of the Lord of a Hundred Demons in just three days. But time is running out and Rikuo hasn't gained anything but bumps and bruises. Will he be able to save Yuki-Onna?"--Publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NUREika, Jonas
Summary: "Under Cancún's hard blue sky, a beach boy provides a canvas for tourists' desires, seeing deep into the world's underbelly. An enigmatic encounter in Copenhagen takes an IT consultant down a rabbit hole of speculation that proves more seductive than sex. The collapse of a love triangle in London leads to a dangerous, hypnotic addiction. In the Nevada desert, a grieving man tries to merge with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EIKKobayashi, Issa
Summary: A selection of haikus by the Japanese master. Through an illustrated collection of haiku, the inspirational moments in the life of one family throughout the course of a year are presented, bringing to light the preciousness of the moment and the wonder of today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 895.613 KOBAkasaka, Aka
Summary: "Will Kaguya and Shirogane outsmart a psychological test designed to reveal their true feelings? Is spoon-feeding each other cake the way to each other's hearts? Then, Shirogane visits Kaguya's home for the first time, but she is too sick to enjoy it. Kaguya tries to befriend Shirogane's little sister, but Chika has beaten her to the punch. And summer vacation arrives, but the student council...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 KAGMiura, Kentarō.
Summary: "Guts the Black Swordsman has again donned the accursed Berserker armor to battle the titanic Sea God--from the inside! To slay the creature, its heart must be pierced, but even if he can manage this impossible task deep within the leviathan, how will Guts get back out?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2013
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Summary: A collection of tales including "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "The Little Match girl," "Thumbelina," "The Elfin Hill," "Little Ida's Flower," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Wild Swans," and "The Emperor's New Clothes."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1981
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 ANDSummary: "The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war. Directly and indirectly, the poems collected in this volume engage with the events and experiences of war, reflecting on the themes of alienation, loss, dislocation, and disability; as well as justice, heroism, courage, resilience, generosity, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.7 WORSummary: A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas series conveying a festive spirit from the place where many Christmas traditions were invented. A delightful and unpredictable collection redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Vessel Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VERArakawa, Hiromu
Summary: The victims of an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse search for the only thing that can restore them, the Philosopher's Stone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 FULKagami, Takaya
Summary: After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing - to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. Three months have passed since the invasion in Nagoya and Yuichiro, Mika and Shinoa Squad are all on the run from both the vampires and the humans! Just as they resolve to ask Krul Tepes for help,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SEROda, Eiichirō
Summary: "In their attempt to rescue a possibly nefarious princess from the numerically named Baroque Works crew, Luffy and gang land on a set of islands populated by oversized flora and fauna. It's the scene of a larger-than-life battle in which giants, pirates, dinosaurs and strange birds duke it out in the name of honor, friendship and dynamite-spiked beverages. In all the excitement, navigator Nami...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2013
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Summary: Born in Sicily and trained as an engineer, Quasimodo was brought into Italian literary circles by his brother-in-law Elio Vittorini, who drew him to Florence and introduced him to Umberto Saba, Eugenio Montale, and other contributors to the modernist journal Solaria. In the late 1930s, Quasimodo gave up engineering for journalism and literature, becoming editor in chief of the weekly Il Tempo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.4 QUABandi
Summary: "Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's leadership, the seven stories that make up The Accusation give voice to people living under this most bizarre and horrifying of dictatorships. The characters of these compelling stories come from a wide variety of backgrounds, from a young mother living among the elite in Pyongyang whose son misbehaves during a political rally, to a former...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BANFoster, John L. (John Lawrence)
Contents: Some rather lively lines (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs inscribed on an earthen vessel (Cairo ostracon 25218)--Songs of the garden (Papyrus Harris 500)--Songs of great heart's ease (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs from a faded papyrus (Papyrus Harris 500)--Stanzaic love song (Papyrus Chester Beatty I)--Songs of the orchard (Papyrus Turin 1966)--Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter (Papyrus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1974
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 493.1 FOSRilke, Rainer Maria
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 438.4 RILYamada, Kanehito
Summary: "Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? As Frieren, Fern, and Stark continue their journey in the Northern Plateau, they face many obstacles, both natural and supernatural, including the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 FRINatsume, Sōseki
Summary: "Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura follows its nameless young artist-narrator on a meandering walking tour of the mountains. At the inn at a hot spring resort, he has a series of mysterious encounters with Nami, the lovely young daughter of the establishment. Nami, or 'beauty, ' is the center of this elegant novel, the still point around which the artist moves and the enigmatic subject of Soseki's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NATTakahiro
Summary: "Akame and her comrades enjoy a moment of calm before the impending assault against the Capital. Night Raid has lost many dear friends in their fight against the Empire and are resolved to do whatever must be done so that their comrades' sacrifices will not be in vain. But the Empire has brought more than resolve to the battlefield: Esdeath and the Minister have prepared a special 'welcoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2018