Quintana, Pilar
Summary: "In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Editions 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUIIwahara, Yuji
Summary: "Handsome and charismatic Prince Salva is the most powerful man in Africa, and he has arrived in Central 47 to rile into action both the Collectors of the world and New Tesla Energy itself! Meanwhile, who is the mysterious foreign boy whom Kyouma encounters, and why does he remind Kyouma of Mira? As this progressive sci-fi tale reaches new heights, myriad truths unfold--about Mira's A.I., the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIMIsayama, Hajime
Summary: "The world outside the Walls is vaster than Eren and his comrades could have ever imagined. Just beyond the shores of Paradis lies the country of Marley - home to Eren's mortal enemy Reiner. He may have returned home, hoping to consign "the Armor" to his past, but some things can't be so easily forgotten - and Reiner is about to be confronted by a certain someone he turned his back on..."--Back...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC 2018
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Summary: This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage 2005
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Summary: "Easter weekend is approaching, and snow is gently falling in Siglufjoerdur, the northernmost town in Iceland, as crowds of tourists arrive to visit the majestic ski slopes. Ari Thor Arason is now a police inspector, but he's separated from his girlfriend, who lives in Sweden with their three-year-old son. A family reunion is planned for the holiday, but a violent blizzard is threatening and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orenda Books 2020
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Summary: At the Square King Cup semifinals, Rider's team Yellow-Green takes on the undisputed champion, Emperor, while Team Blue battles Team Gloves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC HINLabatut, Benjamín
Summary: "A fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery, ethics and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness.Albert Einstein opens a letter sent to him from the Eastern Front of World War I. Inside, he finds the first exact solution to the equations of general relativity, unaware that it contains a monster that could destroy his life's work.The great mathematician...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushkin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction LabatutOku, Hiroya.
Summary: Two teenagers, struck and killed by a subway train, find that their new "lives" are controlled by a sadistic alien.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2010
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Summary: "Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed "The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left-a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STEHimekawa, Akira
Summary: Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards' power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Takahi has the ability to see spirits and demons that others cannot see. When he moves to a small town, he discovers he has more than just the Sight. He has inherited Reiko's Book of Friends which binds the names of demons and spirts who will stop at nothing to release them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 NATLapierre, Alexandra
Summary: "Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin's ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he's abruptly and mysteriously deported from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAPSakurai, Gamon
Summary: "Encouraged by a fellow demi-human's stunt, many more who have been keeping a low profile come out of the woodwork. Their morals vary--and high schooler Kei Nagai is by no means the most decent among them."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 AJIShirow, Masamune.
Summary: "Ghost in the Shell 2 follows the mysterious Motoko Aramaki as she runs an investigation into an incident at an organ factory and its consequences. She's on the run to clean up the mess and save herself in the process. Meanwhile the former members of Section 9 investigate Motoko to find out who she really is"--Animenewsnetwork.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GHOYamafuji, Hiromi
Summary: From the worldwide blockbuster film, this monster manga hit follows scare master Sulley and his assistant Mike on their mission of scaring the human children of the world. But when one small girl ends up giving them a big scare back, it becomes their job to return her to her bedroom ... and the Monsters, Inc. factory back to normal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MONFerrari, Enrique
Summary: Luis Machi is an Argentinian oligarch who made his fortune collaborating with the worst elements of society. He has a cocaine habit, a collection of three hundred ties, ten million dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in the trunk of his BMW. As far as the body goes, he's completely innocent. He has no idea who the victim could be, or who among his many, many enemies might be trying to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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Summary: "The revised Selected Verse, which incorporates changes made to Lorca's Collected Poems, is the most complete paperback anthology of his work available in English, and is an essential addition to any poetry lover's bookshelf. In this bilingual edition, Lorca's poetic range comes clearly into view, from the playful Suites and stylized evocations of Andalusia to the utter gravity and mystery of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TWEFernández, Nona
Summary: "Space Invaders is the story of a group of childhood friends who, in adulthood, are preoccupied by uneasy memories and visions of their classmate Estrella González Jepsen. In their dreams, they catch glimpses of Estrella's braids, hear echoes of her voice, and read old letters that eventually, mysteriously, stopped arriving. They recall regimented school assemblies, nationalistic class...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2019
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Summary: Akane powers up with the help of some magical Chinese treats and some special noodles, but the after-effects are disastrous; then, Furinkan High has a new principle from Hawaii who has some radical ideas about discipline for students.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Communications 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 RANMiura, Kentarō
Summary: Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions are now free to continue their journey, thanks to Lady Farnese's sacrifice, but they find themselves torn between their mission and their loyalties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BERHaratischwili, Nino
Summary: "'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, avert catastrophes, and bring people happiness. But she was wrong.' At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribe Publications 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMesa, Sara
Summary: "Set entirely at Wybrany College--a school where the wealthy keep their kids safe from the chaos erupting in the cities--Four by Four is a novel of insinuation and gossip, in which the truth about Wybrany's 'program' is always palpable, but never explicit. The mysteries populating the novel open with the disappearance of one of the 'special', scholarship students. As the first part unfolds, it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Letter 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MESOlguín, Sergio
Summary: "When she hears about the suicide of a Buenos Aires train driver who has left a note confessing to four mortal 'accidents' on the train tracks, journalist Veronica Rosenthal decides to investigate. For the police the case is closed (suicide is suicide), for Veronica it is the beginning of a journey that takes her into an unfamiliar world of grinding poverty, crime-infested neighborhoods, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bitter Lemon Press 2019