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"A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a...
2) Godkiller
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Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world--but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays "godkillers" to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a...
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2023.
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"Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before. Werner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon Germany would be defeated and a new world would have to be made out the rubble and horrors of the war. Fleeing the Allied bombing...
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Random Comics
Pub. Date
2022
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Español
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"Secretos, amores prohibidos, farras hasta el amanecer, WhatsApps cruzados, discotecas, amigos y enemigos... La mitología griega presentada como una novela romántica. Llega en español el fenómeno #1 de WEBTOON. Sé testigo de lo que los dioses hacen... después del atardecer. Las amistades y las mentiras, los chismes y las fiestas salvajes y, por supuesto, los amores prohibidos. Parece ser que los dioses no son muy diferentes a nosotros, especialmente...
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Atlantic Monthly Press
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2024.
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"The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. "They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local...
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Hyperion Avenue
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2023.
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"For fans of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia who want to don their aprons and take a crack at making some of the iconic foods from the show. Ever wanted to try Frank Reynolds's iconic Rum Ham? Have you been dying to make your own Trash Bag Full of Chimichangas to rival Fat Mac's? Does the mere sight of Charlie's delectable Milk Steak (raw jelly beans on the side) make your mouth water? If not, you're clearly a jabroni. But if you have any sense...