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The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine
Melissa Bank - 2005
In this piece, Jane tells us about her relationship with a man who will never use her name.
Stardust: The Visual Companion
Stephen Jones - 2007
Tristran Thorn vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. His quest leads over an ancient wall, into a magical realm strange beyond imagining…This stunning hardcover volume follows the storyline of the movie, with commentary & interviews with the starry cast and the crew, enchanting color photos, and beautiful, fully painted production art, the full magical screenplay and an exclusive introduction by Neil Gaiman.
I, Vampire #1: Tainted Love
Joshua Hale Fialkov - 2011
But now that truce has reached a bloody end and Andrew must do everything in his power to stop Mary and her dark forces from going on a killing spree!
The Black Swindler Vol. 1
Kuromaru - 2008
Kurosagi (The Black Swindler) follows Kurosaki a famed swindler who only targets other swindlers out of revenge due to fact that his father was a victim of a swindler which caused his father kill his entire family and himself leaving just Kurosaki on his own.
Cars
Elizabeth Hurchalla - 2006
But on the way to the race, Lightning's impatience causes him to get separated from his driver. In his struggle to find the interstate, Lightning tears through the forgotten Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, demolishing its main street in the process. With the race just days away, Lightning is arrested and forced to slow down for the first time in his life. As he gets to know the town's offbeat residents, he learns the importance of teamwork and friendship--and discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line.
The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Linda Sunshine - 2019
Featuring hundreds of pieces of original art and commentary from director Dean De Blois and the many talented artists and filmmakers who have created this masterpiece of storytelling and animation.A beautifully designed hardcover volume featuring exclusive commentary and never-before-seen art from the creation of the animated motion picture masterpiece!Don your winged Flight Suit, grab your Dragon Blade, hop on your obedient Night Fury, and get ready for the ride of a lifetime with your favorite dragons and Vikings in the latest installment in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy! Fans will delight in the discovery of previously unknown dragons, the threat of a heartless villain, and the quest for sanctuary that propels the story to extraordinary new heights (and depths!). Venture into the Hidden World where dragons roam free under the watchful eye of their leader Toothless as, above ground, Hiccup struggles to assume leadership of his tribe.
Plays, Prose Writings and Poems
Oscar Wilde - 1991
The scope of his genius is indicated in this volume by the inclusion of the period’s most scintillating comedy – The Importance of Being Earnest; its most notorious novel – The Picture of Dorian Gray; and its most haunting elegy – The Ballad of Reading Gaol; together with a selection of his most acclaimed essays and stories. This expanded new edition now includes the complete version of De Profundis and Wilde’s teasing parable about Shakespeare, The Portrait of Mr. W.H.Introduction by Terry Eagleton
Tarzan: A Read-Aloud Storybook
Victoria Saxon - 1999
Full color.
Rocky
Julia Sorel - 1976
But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner! Based on the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone.
The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick - 1956
He is the originator of the Precrime System, which uses precogs—people with the power to see into the future—to identify criminals before they can do any harm. Unfortunately for Anderton, his precogs perceive him as the next criminal.
Dance Like a Man: A Stage Play in Two Acts
Mahesh Dattani - 2006
Lata, in the meantime, nervously awaits the meeting between her parents and Viswas, the young man she wishes to marry. When the four meet, and in the conversations and discussions that follow, the fissures in the relationship between Jairaj and Ratna begin to explode into high-strung battles which lead back to their own youth and the tragedy that lies at the heart of their discord. The younger couple have their own issues to contend with: the obvious mismatch between the two sets of parents, the arguments over Lata's career as a dancer after marriage and, most unsettling of all, Lata's attempt to balance her parents' ambition with her own needs and desires. A brilliant study of human relationships and weaknesses framed by the age-old battle between tradition and youthful rebellion, Dance Like a Man has been hailed as one of the best works of the dramatic imagination in recent times.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Literacy Resource Packet
Dave Hockley - 2000