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"Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place...
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207 pages ; 22 cm
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""Quiet, mysterious, menacing, taking you places you will never, never get out of your head." --Daniel Handler Welcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to pla y in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and...
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137 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
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The author explores the status of being a misfit as something to be embraced, and social misfits as being individuals of value who have a place in society, in a work that encourages people who have had difficulty finding their way to pursue their goals.
5) about:blank
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107 pages ; 23 cm.
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"In about:blank, Tracy Fuad builds a poetics of contemporary dissociation. Funny, plaintive, and cutting, this formally inventive debut probes alienation in place and in language through the author's consideration of her own relationship to Iraqi Kurdistan. about:blank -- the title of which is the universal URL for a blank web page -- complicates questions of longing and belonging. Interrogating the language of internet chatrooms, Yelp reviews, and...
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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As The Authority's newest employee, Orson finds it difficult to connect with his enigmatic desk mate, Rakesh, or any of his other colleagues. His alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist, a place that unleashes his true potential, leading to an ascent up the corporate ladder. Buoyed by his newfound confidence, Orson invites a receptionist into his sanctuary, sparking a climactic clash between the corporate world's harsh...
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ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Estrangement from a family member is one of the most painful life experiences. It is devastating not only to the individuals directly involved -- collateral damage can extend upward, downward, and across generations, More than 65 million Americans suffer such rifts, yet little guidance exists on how to cope with and overcome them. In this book, Karl Pillemer combines the advice of people who have successfully reconciled with powerful insights from...
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1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A reporter assumes the identity of a dead man. The more he does this, the further he is from his true identity. When he finds himself in danger, will he be able to become himself once again, or will it be too late?
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8 videodiscs (1586 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The people of Lawndale just don't get Daria Morgendorffer. She's cool with that. See, Daria was born alienated, and now she's just trying to make it through high school with as little human contact as possible. Popularity, friends, activities, whatever. Daria lacks enthusiasm, but she makes up for it with sarcasm. Includes all five seasons, both home movies, interviews, and more.
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He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. The narrator of The Society of Others is an alienated young man who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To get his family off his back, he embarks on an aimless hitchhiking adventure around Europe. But his journey soon turns into an orgy of violence...
12) All our names
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An unforgettable love story about a searing affair between an American woman and an African man in 1970s America and an unflinching novel about the fragmentation of lives that straddle countries and histories. All Our Names is the story of two young men who come of age during an African revolution, drawn from the safe confines of the university campus into the intensifying clamor of the streets outside. But as the line between idealism and violence...
13) The lost child
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260 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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A reimagining of Wuthering Heights traces the multigenerational forces that shape the lives of a young Heathcliff, the Brontë sisters, and their brother.
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"Outcast" series of chapbooks volume no. 1
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1 volume (unpaged): color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
15) Le amiche
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Criterion collection volume 817
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Italiano
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A young woman returns to her home town of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Kyle is faced with the most emotional exorcism he's performed yet ... as he begins to learn more about his abilities and what's really happening around him. The pieces are starting to fall into place as secrets are revealed that will change everything"--Amazon.com.
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1 volume (unpaged): chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. In light of recent revelations, he finally feels like he's starting to piece together the answers he's looking for. But while he feels a new sense of purpose, is Reverend Anderson's life falling apart?
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Answers are given, secrets are revealed, and the Barnes family has never been in more danger. Allison learns that there's something very special about her daughter, bu where's Kyle? Will Anderson risk everything to save him?' --
19) Wanda
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Criterion collection volume 965
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 unnumbered and folded pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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English
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"With her first and only feature film--a hard-luck drama she wrote, directed, and starred in--Barbara Loden turned in a groundbreaking work of American independent cinema, bringing to life a kind of character seldom seen on-screen. Set amid a soot-choked Pennsylvania landscape, and shot in an intensely intimate vérité style, the film takes up with distant and soft-spoken Wanda (Loder), who has left her husband, lost custody of her children, and...
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578 pages ; 24 cm
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Bruno Littlemore, the world's first chimpanzee with the ability to speak, tells the story of primatologist Lydia Littlemore's efforts to educate him; his untimely outbursts, which ultimately cost Lydia her job; and the unforgettable road trip that follows.
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