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81) Compass south
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After escaping the Black Hook Gang in 1860 New York City, twelve-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra flee to New Orleans, become separated, and try to find each other in San Francisco, while being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure.
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"She loves meat and fried foods, and eats only karaage bento. Wearing exclusively clothes with weird characters printed on them, her fashion sense is practically non-existent. No confidence in her own looks. Extreme social anxiety. She speaks with a country drawl, and even her name is unusual.
But then Mame (born in Tottori prefecture) was discovered by an intimidating, bespectacled rookie manager, and now begins the arduous task of...
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"When Fumi started her job as the live-in housekeeper for the acclaimed--and very crabby--author Akatsuki Kibikino, she never thought in a million years that she'd get along with him...yet here she is, her heart fluttering at every tiny gesture! Not that she's got time to dwell on what it could all mean--with the new kid at school treating her like a gofer, her dad stuck in bed with an injury, and the ever-present loan looming over her head, Fumi's...
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"Bandette returns to steal readers' hearts once again! The teenaged master burglar has thrown down the gauntlet with the Great Thieving Race, and friendly rival Monsieur has stepped in to take the challenge. This second charming collection of the award-winning digital series sees the two competing to steal the most priceless artifacts from the criminal organization FINIS and turning over whatever they learn about its plans to the long-suffering Inspector...
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"She loves meat and fried foods, and eats only karaage bento. Wearing exclusively clothes with weird characters printed on them, her fashion sense is practically non-existent. No confidence in her own looks. Extreme social anxiety. She speaks with a country drawl, and even her name is unusual. But then Mame (born in Tottori prefecture) was discovered by an intimidating, bespectacled rookie manager, and now begins the arduous task of getting her ready...
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"[Misty Knight and Colleen Wing have] been fighting crime as the Daughters of the Dragon for years, but does Misty's new job with the FBI mean these two are splitzies? Not on your life! Be there as a crazy adventure that Colleen initiates puts comics' two greatest butt-kickers on a collision course with a weird and scary side of the Marvel Universe that'll have you on the edge of your seat!"--Provided by publisher.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in "drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust" (The New York Times). Maus is a haunting...
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"PTERODACTYL HUNTERS is a story of sibling rivalry and family tradition in a rapidly changing world: a version of 1904 New York where generations of working-class hot-air-balloonists take to the skies each night to defend their city from a dwindling population of pterodactyls. In this town, heroic hunter Eamon Sullivan dominates the headlines, while his brother Declan, a nightwatchman, tires of looking on. As the last pterodactyl and its trackers...
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In this manga adaptation of the popular web novel series, an overworked wage slave finds himself transported to a fantasy world where he quickly becomes the strongest sage in the world...thanks to the help of an army of tamed slimes! Whether at the office or at home, corporate drone Yuji Sano works all the time. So when his home PC flashes a message about him being summoned to another world, Yuji restarts his machine...only to find that he's inadvertently...
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"Azami does not understand her friends' fascination with yuri and yaoi. She's only attracted to boys, especially the handsome Gwen, who she's had eyes on since the beginning of the year. Intelligent, sporty, attractive and just a little older than Azami, he's the ideal boyfriend. But everything Azami believes comes crashing down when she finds out that Gwen is actually a girl! This is volume 2 of the series."--Provided by publisher.
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Taihei's little sister Umaru is the picture of perfection: elegant, poised, and polite--not to mention drop-dead gorgeous, brilliant, and multitalented. She's the perfect high school girl who everybody envies and adores. What nobody knows is that this perfect little sister has a big secret!!
94) Helck: 2
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"Helck sets out with a group of demons led by the disguised Vermilio to defeat a mysterious group of winged soldiers and reclaim Castle Urum. However, before they can finish the fight, Helck and Vermilio are transported to a strange place. Now, the two must figure out how to survive in this new environment...and how to coexist!"--Provided by publisher.
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"Myne makes progress with her book-making endeavors, all so that she can read them herself. Her sickness turns out to be the Devouring after all, and she learns that curing herself will cost a lot of money. She ultimately decides to keep living as she has been thus far, selling her knowledge from her past life to make money. But despite her enthusiasm, the Devouring eats away at her more by the day, until she ends up collapsing in the middle of a...
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Busted! Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez, aka Shiraz Thunderbird, gets pinched and must do a stretch in Angel City's infamous juvenile corrections center, Alcatraz, Jr. For the deadliest girl alive, three squares a day and a warm, dry bed ain't all bad. Jesse meets a girl gang, besties a superhero sidekick, pushes the lunch lady to the limit, and watches Harriet the Spy! Will juvie break our hero, or will "Shiraz Thunderbird" break out of Alcatraz, Jr.?...
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The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra-large size, premium paper, French flaps, and a newly-revised translation! Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey...
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Solutions and Other Problems includes humorous stories from Allie Brosh's childhood; the adventures of her very bad animals; merciless dissection of her own character flaws; incisive essays on grief, loneliness, and powerlessness; as well as reflections on the absurdity of modern life.
99) My Isekai life: I gained a second character class and became lyn the strongest sage in the world!2
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In this manga adaptation of the popular web novel series, an overworked wage slave finds himself transported to a fantasy world where he quickly becomes the strongest sage in the world...thanks to the help of an army of tamed slimes! Thanks to his little slimy buddies, Yuji now has immeasurable magic at his fingertips as the world's strongest Sage! Intent on making the most out of the curious situation he finds himself in, Yuji decides to join a guild....