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281) Julia: a novel
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2023.
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In 1984, mechanic Julia Worthing, who works in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth, in one impulsive moment, sets in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story, in this imaginative, feminist and brilliantly relevant to-today journey through Orwell's now-iconic dystopia.
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing...
282) Legend
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Legend (Marie Lu) volume 1
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In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-old Day--a famous criminal, and prodigy June--the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
283) #MurderTrending
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In the near future, citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the prison island Alcatraz 2.0. Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, about to be the next victim of the app, found guilty of murdering her stepsister. But Dee refuses to roll over and die for a heinous crime she didn't commit. Her newly formed posse, the Death Row...
284) Dealing in dreams
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"Sixteen year old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City, but when she sets her sights on giving this life up for a prestigious home in Mega Towers, she must decide if she's willing to do the unspeakable to get what she wants"--
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unnumbered pages) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"All hell breaks loose when a fateful accident sets in motion a series of terrifying events that will threaten the town of Riverdale like never before! When the dead begin to rise, craving human flesh, it's up to Archie, Betty & Veronica, and the Gang to fight for their lives against the zombie hordes led by their former pal, Jughead."--Back cover.
287) Biomega: 4
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Biomega volume 4
Pub. Date
[2010]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
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"In a bid to remake the planet according to her design, Niarudi--Matriarch of the DRF--has unleashed the Reverse Morphic Polymer. This substance triggers a radical transformation of the earth, preparing it for 'restoration.' Meanwhile, Zoichi goes all out to recover Eon Green, and Fuyu learns more about what happened on Mars seven hundred years ago--secrets that shed light on the unbelievable metamorphosis about to take place!"--Publisher's web site....
288) Homeland
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When Marcus, once called M1k3y, receives a thumbdrive containing evidence of corporate and governmental treachery, his job, fame, family, and well-being, as well as his reform-minded employer's election campaign, are all endangered.
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Pub. Date
2011
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[259] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.
290) Killer of enemies
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Killer of enemies volume 1
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"In a world that has barely survived an apocalypse that leaves it with pre-twentieth century technology, Lozen is a monster hunter for four tyrants who are holding her family hostage"--
291) Fray
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Pub. Date
2003
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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Hundreds of years in the future, Manhattan has become a deadly slum, run by mutant crime-lords and disinterested cops. Stuck in the middle is a young girl who thought she had no future, but learns she has a great destiny. In a world so poisoned that it doesn't notice the monsters on its streets, how can a street kid like Fray unite a fallen city against a demonic plot to consume mankind? Joss Whedon, the celebrated creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer,...
292) The world set free
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[2022]
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xxviii, 252 pages ; 20 cm.
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"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide civilization is on the brink of collapse, when a conference...
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Last pick volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
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254 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Earth's last hope are also the last picked, in this thrilling conclusion of Jason Walz's dystopian graphic trilogy, Last Pick: Rise Up. Wyatt is now the reluctant leader of the "last picked"--the disabled, the elderly, and those deemed too young to be useful for hard labor by their alien captors. But how can he and his ragtag allies take down an entire alien federation? Meanwhile, Wyatt's twin sister Sam and her girlfriend Mia are creating chaos all...
295) The Giver
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Series
Giver quartet graphic novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
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176 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets.
296) Rebel Seoul
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[2017]
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389 pages ; 22 cm
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In 2199 in the Neo State of Korea, eighteen-year-old Jaewon is partnered with supersoldier Tera, but their evolving love is threatened when Jaewon must choose among conflicting loyalties--to the totalitarian government that promises to end all war, the nationalist rebels his father followed, or the crime syndicate staging a coup.
297) Metropolis
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©2010
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1 videodiscs (148 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + guide ([8] p.)
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"The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers,...
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[2023]
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x, 154 pages ; 22 cm
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A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected...
299) Stone rider
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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325 pages : map ; 22 cm
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"A young man who seeks revenge and redemption from his past joins a brutal race to win a chance to escape his dying world"--
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