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181) Medusa
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, disrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
Medusa has been exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods. She has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. When a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her...
182) White teeth: a novel
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
On New Year's morning, 1975, Archie Jones sits in his car on a London road and waits for the exhaust fumes to fill his Cavalier Musketeer station wagon. Archie--working-class, ordinary, a failed marriage under his belt--is calling it quits, the deciding factor being the flip of a 20-pence coin. When the owner of a nearby halal butcher shop (annoyed that Archie's car is blocking his delivery area) comes out and bangs on the window, he gives Archie...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 10
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The myth has been told for centuries: Brothers Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades waged a years-long war against their father Cronus and his tyrannical Titans. Upon their mighty victory, Zeus split the world into three. For himself, he claimed the Sky and what fell below it. To his brother Poseidon, he assigned dominion over the Sea. And his oldest brother, Hades, would rule the Underworld. While Hades tries to make the best of a lonely situation, eternity...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
197 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After Victor Fries and Nora Faria meet at a cemetery outside of Gotham City, their summer quickly spirals into a beautiful romance, and Victor's cold heart is able to thaw, allowing him to begin to enjoy life again after his brother's death, but when he learns of Nora's incurable illness, he is driven to try to find a scientific solution to keep from losing another person he loves.
185) Sweet shadows
Author
Series
Medusa girls volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teen triplets Gretchen, Grace, and Greer, descendants of Medusa, continue to battle the monsters who walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, but realize they must enter the abyss if they are to protect their loved ones--and their world.
186) Port of shadows
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village-- forging a new life for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she has ever done. As a member of the Gorgons, a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, Medusa eschews contact with the outside world- until the...
189) Sweet legacy
Author
Series
Medusa girls volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now united, the three descendants of Medusa must find the gate between the human and monster world to achieve their destiny.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes--and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental, epic adventure before summer ends. But when sneaking off to explore an old, abandoned castle goes from life-changing adventure to potentially deadly, Amira and Hamza find themselves in the middle of another dangerous quest to save the worlds. The siblings are brought face...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In China during the Han Dynasty, young Ping, doubting that she is the true dragonkeeper, struggles to care for the baby dragon, Kai, in the desolate mountains of Tai Shan, until fate leads her back to the Imperial Palace and the Garden of the Purple Dragon, but even in the safety of the palace, enemies abound and tempt her to try to escape her destiny.
192) Raven summer
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
©[2009], 2008.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Led to an abandoned baby by a raven, fourteen-year-old Liam seems fated to meet two foster children who have experienced the world's violence in very different ways as he struggles to understand war, family problems, and friends who grow apart.
193) Echo
Author
Series
Soul seekers volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
©2012.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Daire Santos and her boyfriend, Dace, team up again to find the Richters, a dark family of sorcerers, before they upset the balance between good and evil, and Dace's brother Cade, who forces Daire to confront the horrifying prophecy that brought them all together and claim her true destiny as a Seeker.
194) A kiss in time
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
Author
Series
Accidental highwayman trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In eighteenth-century England, young Christopher "Kit" Bristol unwittingly takes on the task of his dead master, notorious highwayman Whistling Jack, who pledged a fairy he would rescue feisty Princess Morgana from an arranged marriage with King George III.
Author
Series
Madison Avery novels volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Technically dead seventeen-year-old Madison must choose between reclaiming her body and continuing as Dark timekeeper, struggling in the war between light and dark reapers while trying to change the rules.
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aleksandar and Isobel are siblings and former classical music prodigies, once destined for greatness. As the only Eastern European family growing up on their block on the far southside of Chicago, the pair were inseparable until each was forced to confront the absurdity of tragedy at an early age and abandon their musical ambitions. Now in their twenties, they find themselves encountering ridiculous jobs, unfulfilling romantic relationships, and...
199) Falling light
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley Sensation mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
To save the world from extinction, two lovers, torn apart by forces beyond their control, must sacrifice everything again and again.
Series
Criterion collection volume 245
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; illustrations).
Language
Français
Description
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good in life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as both acts of revenge and kindness render him front-page news. Portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies.
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