Bridges, Tilly
Summary: "Trans woman and screenwriter Tilly Bridges takes you through the trans allegories of the Matrix franchise, with deep dives into The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Matrix Resurrections, tracking one person’s transition journey - from Thomas Anderson, to Neo... to Trinity. Each movie’s allegory is deeply layered, building from movie to movie, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BearManor Media 2023
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Summary: While on a mission, Sir Dalton is captured by an evil Shadow Warrior, but even though he is bruised and beaten, he refuses to submit to his captor and initiates a daring escape that could lead to his death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2009
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Summary: "Time for more Hetalia W Academy! The newspaper club over at W Academy is doing their yearly feature on school clus, but all the clubs are really weird! Belgium and the Netherlands explore their old relationship, and Netherlands helps Japan get out of a bad rut. Things get strange when Estonia dreams that all the countries are beautiful girls --except him. Is it a dream come true or a true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2013
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Summary: Lady Carliss races against time to save Sir Dalton's life, but an evil plot foils her efforts and she must choose between saving him or countless others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2010
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Summary: "Who's the strangest country of them all? Everyone's favorite countries have gathered together to compare notes on who has the weirdest horror movies, who had the worst World War II rations, who has the wackiest laws on the books, and which stereotypes about them are actually true! The heat is on when China must fight to win over Honng Kong by wearing kigurumi!? Germany and Prussia sneak into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1992
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Summary: Newly knighted, young Sir Bentley embarks on a quest to give up the pleasures of men and follow the path of the Prince, finding kindred spirits along the way who help him restore hope to the people of Holbrook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2009
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Summary: A gang of young African American boys struggle to hold a few blocks of bleak turf in Oakland when a 16-year-old drug dealer instigates a fight with them. But the dealer's unwilling bodyguard emerges as the key player in a drama that illuminates America's urban reality in a totally fresh way. "Should be read by all of mainstream America".--Terry McMillan, author of Waiting to Exhale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 1992
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Summary: Although favored by their king, his charitable wife, and their peace-loving son, ungrateful villagers turn away and bring disaster upon themselves, then, when they have nothing left, repent and ask the queen to intervene on their behalf. Includes an explanation of the religious bases of the story and an explanation of the symbolism therein.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gingerbread House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 NOBHemingway, Ernest
Summary: Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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Maḥfūẓ, Najīb
Summary: Never has Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than in this outstanding novel, first published in Arabic in 1947. One of his most popular books (and considered by many to be one of his best), Midaq Alley centers around the residents of one of the teeming back alleys of Cairo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1992
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Summary: Sir Quinlan, newly commissioned as a Knight of the Prince, is brought into an elite unit known as the Swords of Valor, but when things go wrong he is tempted to return to his former life until a new enemy threatens and suddenly he holds many lives in his hands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2010
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Summary: Offers a collection of four-panel comic strips which, depicting the world's powers as stereotypes, presents a politically incorrect comedy of the relationships between the Axis and Allied powers during World Wars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1992
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Summary: Accompanied by the young and inexperienced Sir Duncan, whom he is mentoring, Sir Kendrick reluctantly sets off to the tournament at Attenbury on an important mission that holds the future of the kingdom in balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2008
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Summary: Knights Rowan and Lijah battle enemies of the King and, when they ultimately come face to face with the Dark Knight in disguise, must do battle to save the United Cities of Cameria from total destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2010
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Summary: Shaddai, a wise and loving man, builds a wonderful village for his children, but when one of them chooses to go out into the dangerous wilderness, Shaddai does not abandon him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossway Books 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Word Pub. 1996
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Summary: An epidemic of blindness strikes a city and the result is chaos, the government issuing shoot-to-kill orders. Much of the action is seen through the eyes of a woman who claims to be blind so she won't be separated from her husband. A look at how people behave under stress. By the author of The History of the Siege of Lisbon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1998