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81) Drac is back!
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Enlisting the help of all his monster buddies--including Frankenstein, Wayne the werewolf, Murray the mummy, and Griffin the invisible man--Drac comes up with a plan to keep his family together at the Hotel Transylvania."--Publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Dracula's Hotel Transylvania, where monsters relax, work, and play! Take a tour of the hotel and meet Murray the Mummy, Frankenstein, Wayne the Werewolf, Invisible Man Griffin, and lots of other hilarious monsters!"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps--all inspired by literary classics--offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and prejudice, Invisible man, Lord of the flies, A wrinkle in time, Watership Down, The handmaid's tale, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest...
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Despite inequality of access to education, relentless discrimination, and a starkly segregated society, African American artists and writers have made landmark contributions to American art and literature. Works like A Raisin in the Son, Beloved, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Invisible Man, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings powerfully express the African American experience, expose the injustices of American society, and reveal the hopes, dreams,...
Author
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1914. The Great War grips the world--and from the Western Front a strange story emerges...a story of St. George and a brigade of angels descending from heaven to fight beside the beleaguered British troops. But can there be any truth to it? H. G. Wells, the most celebrated writer of his day--author of The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man--is dispatched to find out. There, he finds an eerie wasteland inhabited by the living,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An autobiography through the previously unpublished letters of the renowned author of Invisible Man, with insights into the riddle of American identity, the writer's craft, and his own life and work. Over six decades (1933 to 1993), Ralph Ellison's extensive and revealing correspondence remarkably details his aspirations and anxieties, confidence and uncertainties throughout his personal and professional life. From early notes to his mother, as...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Description
Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.
France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-- and cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Addie LaRue's life will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art. After nearly 300 years,...
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"David Brin, Hugo award-winning author of The Uplift War, presents a collection of short stories and essays by other science fiction luminaries. As we debate Internet privacy, revenge porn, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, cameras get smaller, faster, and more numerous. Has Orwell's Big Brother finally come to pass? Or have we become a global society of thousands of Little Brothers--watching, judging, and reporting on one another? Partnering with the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Suddenly thrust into the public eye, aspiring actress Antonia Adams, who has been "invisible" all her life, must decide whether she will remain center stage or hide again when tragedy strikes, forcing her to decide how high a price she is willing to pay to pursue her passion.
Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and an aristocrat. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is...
100) The annotated Abbott and Costello: a complete viewer's guide to the comedy team and their 38 films
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Abbott and Costello were the most popular comedians of the 1940s, with burlesque-inspired routines that enthralled audiences on both radio and television. However, their films have oddly not received the same level of attention from critics and writers as those of other comedy teams. This book is a scene-by-scene, film-by-film guide to their movies, making a compelling case for their inclusion at the very top table of comic artists. Featuring new...