George Takei
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The New York Times bestselling graphic memoir from actor/author/activist George Takei returns in a deluxe edition with 16 pages of bonus material! Experience the forces that shaped an American icon — and America itself — in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his magnetic performances, sharp wit, and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before
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Series
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's-and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as...
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Best known as Mr. Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise and Captain of the Starship Excelsior, George Takei is beloved by millions as part of the command team that has taken audiences to new vistas of adventure in Star Trekreg--the unprecedented television and feature film phenomenon. From the program's birth in the changing world of the 1960s and death at the hands of the network, to its rebirth in the hearts and minds of loyal fans, the Star...
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future."--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Martin Pearl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follow Jimmy the Cat's inspirational journey as he uses his imagination to empower himself and survive trauma while in a prison camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Before feelings of hopelessness can overcome him, Jimmy the Cat turns to his imagination and creativity to transport him to places where he no longer feels frightened and restrained - instead feeling self-empowered and free. He reminds himself that "Others may have the power...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
A massive alien presence of enormous power enters Federation space destroying three powerful Klingon cruisers and neutralizing everything in its path. As it heads towards Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk returns to the helm of an updated U.S.S. Enterprise and sets course to meet the aggressor head-on.
Publisher
United Television Broadcasting Systems
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
While bringing cameras into internment camps was prohibited, one photographer smuggled in his own camera lens and built a camera to take photographs of life behind barbed wires in Manzanar War Relocation Center. That man was photographer Toyo Miyatake. Through an artistic medium, Miyatake captured the devastating conditions during WWII, when Japanese Americans could not belong to Japan or America.
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of World War II, a mass grave of brutally executed Australian POWs is discovered. A tough military lawyer and his team are dispatched to prosecute the Japanese guards. To win his fight for justice, the lawyer must deal with an American officer protecting his national interests and a Japanese commander who has sworn his troops to a blood oath of silence.
12) Who's on top?
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Follows four members of the LGBTQ community as they summit Mt. Hood and explores how they challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality and overcome physical, mental, and societal obstacles.
13) Ava & Lala
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Ava is a mischievous young girl and martial arts student who really knows how to pack a punch! One day she meets Lala, a cuddly and kind tiger-like creature, and they discover they can talk to each other. She runs away from her village to join Lala in a mystical kingdom of wonderful animals, all specially chosen to live there, safe from humans. They befriend a huge bear who has a heart of gold, Uncle Bear, who tells them that Lala must leave the kingdom...
Publisher
Marvel Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Quest for the Infinity Sword comes to a hilarious, action-packed conclusion in the fourth and final volume of The Super Hero Squad Show's tremendously successful first season! Join Iron Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, Thor, and the Falcon as they team up with their friends to protect Super Hero City from Dr. Doom and the craziest villains found in the vast Marvel Universe! Features the final six episodes from Season One.
Language
English
Description
Admiral Kirk's defeat of Khan and the creation of the Genesis planet are empty victories. Spock is dead and McCoy is unexplainably being driven insane. Then an unexpected visit from Sarek, Spock's father, provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence. With one friend alive and one not, but both in pain, Kirk attempts to help his friends by stealing the Enterprise and defying Starfleet's Genesis planet quarantine.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Space is our final frontier. In the 23rd century, The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, whose First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew of 430, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes and genetic supermen. Their mission is to explore strange...
17) To be Takei
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The legendary George Takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin. Take a hilarious, entertaining, and moving look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actor/activist George Takei. The film offers unprecedented access to the daily life of George and his husband/business partner, Brad Takei, and chronicles his fascinating personal journey from Japanese American internment camp to his iconic...
Author
Publisher
Archie Comic Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Kevin has gone from the new kid in town to one of the most well-known and popular students at Riverdale High School! Struggling to stay on top of his new duties while trying to find time for a social life, Kevin deals with the mishaps and mayhem that have always been a staple of high school life in Riverdale. From his first car to first dates to a starring role in a school play (written by Veronica?!) it's bound to be an eventful year for Kevin....
Language
English
Description
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet. Kirk and his crew set out to stop a madman in an adventure that takes them to the center of the universe and, perhaps, before the face of God. With the crew under Vulcan control, the captain must rely on an unlikely alliance to save the galaxy.