R.E.M.
1) Soulless
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English
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"Condemned by society and her werewolf husband due to a pregnancy she cannot explain, Alexia Maccon-- preternatural, tea aficionado-- seeks an explanation for this 'infant inconvenience' so as to cleanse her sullied reputation and prove her fool of a husband wrong. Preternaturals are a rare breed and the only history of their kind lies in Italy with the Templars, a group that once partnered with preternaturals to hunt down werewolves and vampires....
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Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
"Since its original publication in 1978, Delirious New York has attained mythic status. Back in print in a newly designed edition, this influential cultural, architectural, and social history of New York is even more popular, selling out its first printing on publication. Rem Koolhaas's celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the incredible variety of human behavior. At the end of the nineteenth century, population,...
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Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The rural, remote, and wild territories we call 'countryside,' or the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities, make up the front line where today's most powerful forces--climate and ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic lurches--are playing out. Increasingly under a 'Cartesian' regime--gridded, mechanized, and optimized for maximal production--these sites are changing beyond recognition. In his latest publication, Rem Koolhaas...
Author
Publisher
taschen gmbh
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Elements of Architecture' focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: The book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail. The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of technological advances, climactic adaptation,...
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Series
Devil's candy ; 1
Publisher
VIZ Originals
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high school is harder than getting good grades, and lessons often turn violent. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature and seemingly limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck, knowledge and friends, get them out of trouble almost as often as they get mixed up in it!"--
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Devil's candy ; 2
Publisher
VIZ Originals
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Kazu is having a hard time getting used to Pandora's growing independence, but then an elite rival academy, Sacred Crown, challenges the ill-matched students of Hemlock Heart to a violent game of Eggscram. Pandora's unlimited strength soon gets recognized by a society of sinister daemons beyond the schoolyard, and now it's not just Kazu who wants Pandora's attention! Is Pandora prepared to take the step from schoolyard skirmishes into the wrath of...
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Series
Devil's candy ; 3
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
20230711
Language
English
Description
"At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high school is harder than getting good grades, and lessons often turn violent. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature and seemingly limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck, knowledge, and friends, get them out of trouble almost as often as they get mixed up in it! Pandora's run-in...
13) A doll's house and other plays: with Pillars of the community, Ghosts and An enemy of the people
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"With her assertion that she is 'first and foremost a human being,' rather than a wife, mother or fragile doll, Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in Henrik Ibsens greatest and most famous play, A Dolls House. Ibsens follow-up, Ghosts, was no less radical, with its unrelenting investigation into religious hypocrisy, family secrets, and sexual double-dealing. These two masterpieces are accompanied here by The Pillars of...
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Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate....