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Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Blending memoir and cultural criticism, Matthew Specktor explores family legacy, the lives of artists, and a city that embodies both dreams and disillusionment. In 2006, Matthew Specktor moved into a crumbling Los Angeles apartment opposite the one in which F. Scott Fitzgerald spent the last moments of his life. Fitz had been Specktor's first literary idol, someone whose own passage through Hollywood had, allegedly, broken him. Freshly divorced,...
Author
Series
Inuyasha volume 51
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Kagome is a high-school girl pulled back in time to Japan's ancient past, her destiny linked to a dog-like half-demon named Inu-Yasha. Kagome and Inu-Yasha must work together to recover the shards of the powerful Shikon Jewel before they fall into the wrong hands. In this volume: Byakuya transports Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru to another dimension where no friends can come to their aid--and then Naraku joins the battle. Plus, Shippo enters a fox demon...
4) Thor
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the arrogant warrior Thor is banished to Earth from his homeworld of Asgard, he must fight to reclaim his lost powers. Pursued by an invasion force sent to destroy him, the fallen God of Thunder must rise to the battle and learn what it takes to become a true hero.
5) Ulysses
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This lush adaptation of Homer's grand epic "The Odyssey" stars KIRK DOUGLAS as the hero Ulysses. After victory in the Trojan War, Ulysses embarks on a ten-year journey back to his kingdom. But before he can reunite with his beloved wife (SILVANA MANGANO), he must defeat the brutal Cyclops, escape the spell of Circe who turns his crew into swine, and outwit the Sirens who lure sailors to their death. Peril is everywhere -- even at home, where the arrogant...
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