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Heroes / by Gratz, Alan,1972-;
"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain America, and other stars of the Golden Age of Comics. Maybe they'll even get their comic published someday. December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes. That morning, Frank and Stanley are aboard the battleship the USS Utah when Japanese planes zoom overhead and begin dropping bombs on the ships below. Chaos ensues as everyone scrambles to dive for safety. Frank and Stanley realize what's happening: Japan is attacking America! The war has come to them. As the boys fight to make their way home amidst the carnage, it's clear that everything has changed. Stanley's mother is Japanese American and he is suddenly facing a terrible prejudice that he's never known before--he's now seen as the "enemy," and Frank, who's white, cannot begin to understand what Stanley will now face. Can their friendship--and their dreams--survive this watershed moment in history?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; World War, 1939-1945; Friendship;
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Meet Chris Hadfield / by MacLeod, Elizabeth.; Deas, Mike,1982-;
"Meet Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space - and make a music video while in orbit! When Chris Hadfield was a boy, growing up on a farm in Milton, Ontario, Canada didn't have a space program. But from the moment he saw a man first walk on the moon, young Chris decided he would somehow get to space. And with everything Chris did, from learning to fix farm machinery and joining the Air Cadets to flying fighter planes and becoming a test pilot, he prepared himself to get there. Chris Hadfield has rocketed into space three times, been on two space walks and was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station. And nobody plays a guitar in space or rocks a mustache better! This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that help bring the story alive. Historical photos and timeline support the narrative."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Hadfield, Chris, 1959-; Astronauts;
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Great Expectations. by Jarrold, Julian,film director.; Hill, Bernard,actor.; Rampling, Charlotte,actor.; Russell, Clive,actor.; Sumpter, Donald,actor.; Gruffudd, Ioan,actor.; Waddell, Justine,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bernard Hill, Charlotte Rampling, Clive Russell, Donald Sumpter, Ioan Gruffudd, Justine WaddellOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1999.Violence and Victorian gentility meet in one of Dickens' greatest creations. Pip's epic journey from boy to man has at its center his relationships with the terrifying convict Magwitch, manipulative Miss Havisham and the beautiful but heartless Estella. Tony Marchant's adaptation is dark, sometimes savagely comic and wholly unsentimental.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Dante's Inferno [graphic novel] : a graphic novel adaptation / by Brizzi, Paul,author,illustrator.; Thomas,letterer.; Brizzi, Gaëtan,illustrator.; Kane, Montana,translator.; translation of:Brizzi, Paul.Enfer de Dante.English.; graphic novelization of (work):Dante Alighieri,1265-1321.Inferno.English.;
"Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante crosses the nine circles of Hell to find his beloved, Beatrice, in Paradise. Along the way, he must recognize and reject each of the incarnations of sin. In each circle of Hell, Dante confronts both sinners and demons, from Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Paris, whose loves were famously their downfall, to the Greek Furies and Medusa, to heretics like Epicurus, whose teachings claimed that the soul died with the body, now forced to writhe in a flaming tomb for eternity. Each layer of Hell reveals monsters, gods, historical and mythological kings, philosophers, queens, and hordes of the miserable, faceless damned, all culminating in a confrontation with Lucifer himself. Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi make this famously dense literary classic accessible without distorting it and betraying the spirit of the Italian genius. They deftly translate it into comics while taking care to preserve the heart of the story: a taste for excess, dramatic tension, and the inevitable darkness of the subject matter. Literary aficionados will appreciate this decadent graphic novel adaptation, which does not seek to sand down the source material. Likewise, adults whose imaginations were fueled by films like Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame as children, which the Brizzi brothers animated sequences for, will be swept up in this lushly illustrated adult fable, unfettered by the demands of corporate animation studios"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Hell; Voyages to the otherworld;
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The New Mutants [videorecording] / by Boone, Josh,1979-film director,screenwriter.; Hunt, Blu,actor.; Taylor-Joy, Anya,1996-actor.; Williams, Maisie,1997-actor.; Zaga, Henry,actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga.In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the Marvel comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five 'patient' come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; New Mutants (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Teenagers;
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The New Mutants [videorecording] / by Boone, Josh,1979-film director,screenwriter.; Hunt, Blu,actor.; Taylor-Joy, Anya,1996-actor.; Williams, Maisie,1997-actor.; Zaga, Henry,actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga.In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the Marvel comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five 'patient' come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 DVS, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; New Mutants (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Teenagers;
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Emma. by O'Hanlon, Jim,film director.; Lee, Jonny,actor.; Gambon, Michael,actor.; Bathurst, Robert,actor.; Garai, Romola,actor.; Evans, Rupert,actor.; Greig, Tamsin,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Robert Bathurst, Romola Garai, Rupert Evans, Tamsin GreigOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2009.An all-star cast, including Golden Globe-nominated Romola Garai, brings Jane Austen's comic masterpiece to life in this fresh, funny and perceptive adaptation. Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich. She delights in the conviction that she's the perfect matchmaker. But she's playing a dangerous game as she persuades her new friend, the young, pretty and socially inferior Harriet, to reject an advantageous marriage proposal to a local farmer in favour of dashing Mr Elton. So begins a story which challenges Emma's naivety, her social preconceptions, and her own relationships.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Romance.; Historical films.; Romantic comedy films.; Television series--Great Britain.;
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The Three Musketeers. by Lester, Richard,film director.; Heston, Charlton,actor.; Dunaway, Faye,actor.; Finlay, Frank,actor.; Chaplin, Geraldine,actor.; York, Michael,actor.; Reed, Oliver,actor.; Welch, Raquel,actor.; Chamberlain, Richard,actor.; Ward, Simon,actor.; StudioCanal (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Frank Finlay, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Simon WardOriginally produced by StudioCanal in 1973.In 17th Century Paris young, naïve, and energetic D’Artagnan leaves home to seek his fortune as a swordsman. He soon makes friends with the three musketeers: world-weary Athos, comically arrogant Porthos and chivalric Aramis. Their enemy is aristocratic schemer Cardinal Richelieu, who plots to prove the infidelity of the Queen to King Louis XIII to increase his own power.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Motion Pictures.; Historical drama.; Action and adventure films.;
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Funny woman. [videorecording] / by Arterton, Gemma,actor.; Everett, Rupert,actor.; Parker, Oliver,television director.; Threlfall, David,actor.; television adaptation of (work):Hornby, Nick.Funny girl.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
Gemma Arterton, David Threlfall, Rupert Everett, Arsher Ali, Tom Bateman, Matthew Beard, Leo Bill, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Alexa Davies, Rosie Cavaliero, Alistair Petrie, Morwenna Banks.As we rejoin Sophie Straw, she's finding that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be and she desperately wants to make her own voice heard. But it's not easy as a woman in the 1970s, particularly a beautiful one when the world sees you as little more than a comic muse.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nineteen sixties; Television actors and actresses; Women comedians; Man-woman relationships; Women television personalities; Popular culture; Television comedies;
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My name is Yip / by Crewe, Paddy,author.;
"A bold, revisionist take on the Western novel set in the Georgia gold rush, for readers of Charles Portis and Cormac McCarthy, by a powerful debut novelist with an original voice It's 1815 in the small town of Heron's Creek, Georgia, when Yip Tolroy--mute, medical anomaly, and social outcast--is born. His father has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, so he is raised by his mother: a powerful, troubled, independent woman who owns and runs a general store. She struggles to manage his needs, leaving Yip to find the means of asserting himself in an unforgiving, hostile environment. With the help of a retired doctor, he begins to transform his life by learning to read and write, his portal into the community a piece of slate and a supply of chalk. And then at the age of fifteen, Yip's life is altered irrevocably. In the space of a few days he witnesses the discovery of gold, meets his faithful friend and comrade Dud Carter, and commits a grievous crime. Thrust unwittingly into a world of violence and sin, Yip and Dud are forced to leave town and embark on an odyssey that will introduce them to the wonder and horror of the American frontier until the revelation of a secret means they must return to Heron's Creek and the fate that awaits them. With its colorful description of people and places, comic backbone, and compelling narrator, My Name Is Yip is a bold adventure--a gripping tale of courage, struggle, hope, and brotherhood--that reckons with the seductive pull of the American South and its dark and complex histories"--
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Fugitives from justice; Gold mines and mining; Mute persons;
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