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  Kick-Ass

  Kick-Ass

  by Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.

  Have you ever wanted to be a super hero? Dreamed of donning a mask and just heading outside to some kick-ass? Well, this is the book for you - the comic that starts where other super-hero books draw the line. Kick-Ass is realistic super heroes taken to the next level. Miss out and you're an idiot! Wolverine: Enemy of the State's team of Mark Millar (Civil War) and John Romita Jr. (World War Hulk) reunite for the... (more)
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  Imperial Bedrooms

  by Bret Easton Ellis

  Bret Ellis’s first novel, Less Than Zero, is one of the signal novels of the last thirty years, and he now follows those infamous teenagers into an even more desperate middle age. Clay, a successful screenwriter, has returned from New York to Los Angeles to help cast his new movie, and he’s soon drifting through a long-familiar circle. Blair, his former girlfriend, is married to Trent, a powerful manager who’s... (more)
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  The Love Monster

  by Missy Marston

  Plagued by a case of psoriasis, stuck in a boring job, and deserted by her cheating husband—life isn’t looking too good to Margaret H. Atwood. And on top of it all, none of her pants fit anymore. On her hilarious journey to recovery, Margaret encounters hope in many different forms, from a dope-smoking senior citizen, a religious fanatic, a good lawyer, and a talking turtle—not to mention Christo, Jeanne-Claude,... (more)
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  Logicomix

  by Christos H. Papadimitriou, Apostolos K. Doxiadis

  An innovative, dramatic graphic novel about the treacherous pursuit of the foundations of mathematics. This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his... (more)
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  Don Quixote

  by Miguel de Cervantes

  Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers' imaginations as they have for nearly four hundred years..
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  Howards End

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  Corrections to My Memoirs

  by Michael Kun

  Stories about the lives we lead and the lives we wish we led. How much of your life is fantasy? That is the question the offbeat characters in this story collection seek to answer. From the hilarious fabrications of the misguided autobiographer in the title story to the unusual encounter of the narrator in The Last Chance Texaco, these are people slowly learning the truth about the world. They are discovering... (more)
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  Das Steinerne Flor

  by José Saramago

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  Mason & Dixon

  by Thomas Pynchon

  Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as re-imagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, and major caffeine abuse. We follow the... (more)
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  Snow White

  by Donald Barthelme

  An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an incisive and biting commentary on the absurdities and complexities of modern life. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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  Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity

  by Irving Singer

  Shortlisted for the 2008 Kraszna-Krausz Award for the Best Moving Image Book. Known for their repeating motifs and signature tropes, the films of Ingmar Bergman also contain extensive variation and development. In these reflections on Bergman's artistry and thought, Irving Singer discerns distinctive themes in Bergman's filmmaking, from first intimations in the early work to consummate resolutions in the... (more)