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Comic books, strips, etc Comic books, strips, etc Japan Translations into English Graphic novels Japan Manga Science fiction comic books, strips, etc Short stories, French Short stories, Spanish Short stories, Spanish Translations into English Spanish fiction 19th century Translations into EnglishChen, Qiufan
Summary: "Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle. Located off China's southeastern coast, Silicon Isle is the global capital for electronic waste recycling, where thousands like Mimi toil day and night, hoping one day they too will enjoy the wealth they've created for their employers, the three clans who have ruled the isle for generations. Luo Jincheng is the head of one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QIUSummary: Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROSummary: "This collection offers a rich sampling of significant Mexican short stories published from 1843 to 1918. Nine different tales range from the realism of López Portillo's 'Reloj sin dueño' and the modernismo saturating Gutiérrez Nájera's 'La mañana de San Juan' to the historical accuracy of Riva Palacio's 'Las mulas de Su Excelencia' and the vivid romanticism of 'Amor secreto' by Manual Payno,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC MEXCall number: 863.0108 MEX
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Summary: "In 2016, the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri published In Other Words, the story of her quest to learn Italian, which involved moving with her family to Italy to immerse herself fully in her adopted language. The book builds on that account through eight essays that reflect her early career as a translator. One essay uses her teaching of the Echo and Narcissus myth to reflect on the meaning of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418 LAHSummary: In this first-ever anthology of Indigenous science fiction, Grace Dillon collects some examples of the craft, with contributions by Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2012
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALKonishi, Noriyuki
Summary: "Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and form."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KONLiu, Cixin
Summary: Presents a collection of speculative science fiction tales that envision the future and reimagine the past in settings ranging from the coal mines of China to the edges of frontier space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIUIwahara, Yuji
Summary: True to his warning, Loser -- the infamous phantom thief -- makes an explosive entrance at the art museum to steal the Angels of Black and White Wings statue! "Collector" Kyouma Mabuchi, now teamed up with the android Mira to recover illegal Coils, faces off with the masked thief in the midst of the museum's heavy security. But it just so happens that Loser recognizes Kyouma -- and what's more,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIMVan Fleet, Xi
Summary: "A liberty-defending survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution in China makes a passionate case that history is eerily repeating itself as the Woke Revolution spreads across America. Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with other young Chinese for re-education after high school, she later escaped communism and found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2023
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Summary: "Le Divorce meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog in this hilariously entertaining mega-bestseller from France - When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Josephine Cortes is left in an unhappy state of affairs. The mother of two-confident, beautiful teenage Hortense and shy, babyish Zoe;-is forced to maintain a stable family life while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PANEchenoz, Jean.
Summary: The Queen’s Caprice—seven new stories presented in English for the first time—reveals Echenoz at the height of his talents. The author takes us on a journey across radically different places and landscapes, giving free rein to a “terrific sense of humor tinged with existential mischief” (L’Express). The title story explores a tiny corner of the French countryside; “Nelson” offers a brilliant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ECHNeuman, Andres
Summary: Playful, philosophizing, and gloriously unpredictable, Andrés Neuman's short stories consider love, lechery, history, mortality, family secrets, therapy, Borges, mysterious underwear, translators, and storytelling itself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Letter 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEURuiz Zafón, Carlos
Summary: Presents a complete collection of the author's short stories, some of which were not previously published, featuring such characters as a boy who decides to become a writer to impress the rich girl he has fallen in love with and an architect with plans for an impregnable library.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUIDor, Mosheh
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Publisher / Publication Date: Word Works 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 892.4 DORInagaki, Riichiro
Summary: "Senku and friends continue their quest to procure a sulfa drug panacea for Ruri, the village shamaness who is gravely ill! The toughest ingredient to obtain is sulfuric acid, the search for which will lead them on a death-defying journey! Meanwhile, the Grand Bout Martial Arts Tournament approaches, with the chief's throne offered as a prize to the winner!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DRContents: Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936): Naked life (La vita nuda) -- Federigo Tozzi (1883-1920): The crucifix (Il crocifisso) -- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973): The ash of distant battles (La cenere delle battaglie) -- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972): An important man (Un uomo importante) -- Alberto Moravia (1907-1990): My name is Alice I am a spinning top (Mi chiamo Alice sono una trottola) -- Tommaso Landolfi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 458.3 FIC GRESummary: "From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AFRBarghūthī, Tamīm
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 892.7 BARCamus, Albert
Summary: From the Publisher: From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth century-two novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (1913-1960) deployed his lyric eloquence in defense against despair, providing an affirmation of the brave assertion of humanity in the face of a universe devoid of order or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMSummary: Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in The Hunter's Cafe, to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic You Never Die, and the sardonic tales of Frederic Fajardie and Sylvie Massicotte, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1999
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Summary: "The Survey Corps's quest for the truth of the world inside the Walls has brought them back to Titan-infested Shiganshina District, a mere stone's throw from Eren's childhood home. They have come to execute Erwin's final gambit, reclaiming Wall Maria and the secrets of humanity's past. But the Colossus Titan, the Armored Titan, and the Beast Titan have been waiting for them, and saving humanity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ATTKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: The suspense builds as a group of Tokyo teens tries to discover what strange force is leading so many to take their own lives--and just why they have been spared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIContents: The souls in purgatory ; Lady Luck and Mr. Money ; Soldier John / Fernǹ Caballero -- The inn, or, Spain in Madrid / Ramn̤ de Mesonero Romanos -- A story of two slaps / Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch -- Marrying in haste ; The old Castilian ; Christmas Eve,1836 / Mariano Jos ďe Larra -- Nightful in San Antonio de la Florida / Enrique Gil y Carrasco -- The green eyes ; Master Přez, the organist ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 863.0108 SPAPérez-Cortés, Alejandro
Summary: "Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed is Alejandro Pérez-Cortés's personal genesis of Colima, Mexico, published here in both English and Spanish. The tree is an element/character in the book that appears and disappears throughout. Some poems are set in an ancient pre-Hispanic Colima; others reflect the reality of a modern-day Colima, sadly stigmatized and eroded by violence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2021