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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals...
102) The tale
Publisher
HBO Films Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach." -- IMDb.com, September 24, 2018.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Long ago, Harvey Dent wasn't just a good man--he was the best man in all of Gotham City. As the town's District Attorney, the city's so-called golden boy put away murderers, thieves and mob bosses by the dozens. But there's one organization he couldn't put away. And now they're back. A desperate Dark Knight needs help and there's only one man he can turn to--unfortunately, that one man isn't the person he used to be. In fact... he's two."--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The English-language debut of Anton Chekhov's first collection of mystery and suspense tales. Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov actually began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, Peter Sekirin brings together these psychological suspense stories in a premier collection that provides a fresh look into Chekhov's literary heritage...
108) The bourne enigma
Author
Series
Jason Bourne series volume 13
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of Russian General Boris Karpov's wedding, Jason Bourne receives an enigmatic message from his old friend and fellow spymaster. In Moscow, what should be a joyous occasion turns bloody and lethal. Now Bourne is the only one who can decipher Karpov's cryptogram. He discovers that Karpov was willing to betray his Sovereign to warn Bourne of a crippling disaster about to be visited on the world. Bourne has only four days to discover the nature...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A new collection of twenty-three literary essays from the Nobel Prize-winning author. J. M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus , is now available from Viking. J. M. Coetzee is not only one of the most acclaimed fiction writers in the world, he is also an accomplished and insightful literary critic.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It's a new day in Gotham City, but not the same old Batman. With Bane vanquished and one of his longtime allies gone, Batman has to start picking up the pieces and stepping up his game. Batman has a new plan for Gotham City, but he's not the only one. Deathstroke has returned as well, under a mysterious new contract that could change everything"--
113) The complete plays
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"This new translation presents the only truly complete edition of the plays of one of the greatest dramatists in history. This volume contains works that have never previously been translated, including the newly discovered farce The Power of Hypnotism and the first version of Ivanov, as well as Chekhov's early humorous dialogues. It also contains a description of lost plays and those Chekhov intended to write but never did."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Cyborg is the Justice League's most high-tech hero, but can he withstand an attack by another of his brilliant father's creations? Captured by those he thought he could trust, Cyborg discovers a covert plot to use alien technology to start a world war. And when he winds up imprisoned in the heart of S.T.A.R. Labs, an unorthodox escape plan brings him face-to-face with Anomaly, a human-machine hybrid created by Cyborg's father, Silas, years before...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Lauren, Saskia, Dominica, Farah and Tansy have been best friends since grade school. They wonder if that was the last time they all actually liked each other. As adults, their lives have splintered. Farah is engaged and is fast becoming a complete bridezilla. Dominica's a successful divorce attorney with no time for anything but work. Tansy runs a vegan cafe and is preparing for a shotgun marriage to awful Ivan. Lauren has had a total "failure to...
118) Rocky: four movies
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Rocky: Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with the 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.
Rocky II: It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history....