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Author
Series
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo.
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
317 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A locked room murder mystery. Loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, the brilliant Gokumon Island is perhaps the most highly regarded of all the great Seishi Yokomizo's classic Japanese mysteries. Detective Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news--the son of one of the island's most important families has died, on a troop transport ship bringing him back home after the Second World War. But...
3) Okinawa
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 529 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu Higa, which reflect on this difficult history and pull...
Author
Series
Buddha volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
400 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The first volume of Tesuka Osamu's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.
Author
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 5
Publisher
Square Enix Manga, an imprint of the book publishing division of Square Enix, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
172 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Forced to the leave the Inner Palace, Maomao finds herself in the employ of none other than Jinshi, the seemingly ever-present thorn in her side! Immune to his charms, Maomao sets about learning the ways of life in the Outer Palace, where government officials and military officers go about the daily business of running the country. Far from being fearful of her new surroundings, however, Maomao has her insatiable curiosity piqued by the soldier-occupied...
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Vertigo
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the Sixteenth Century eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
313 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era?s most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition!"--
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Tokyo Sonata) won the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the **Venice Film Festival** for this riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller shot in stunning 8K. The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi, Kill Bill) senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria,...
9) Kagemusha
Series
Criterion collection volume 267
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
DVD edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In 16th century feudal Japan, a thief is saved from execution to train as a double for one of the warlords, Shingen. Three warlords, Shingen, Nobunaga, and Ieyasu, battle for total power over Japan. When Shingen receives a mortal wound, the double must take his place to hold the Takeda clan together.
Author
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 3
Publisher
Square Enix Manga
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
190 pages : chiefly black & white illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"After putting on a successful and sensual(?) show of food tasting at the garden banquet, Maomao is the talk of the palace! But she soon discovers that notoriety isn't the only thing the party has granted her! Her collection of hairpins from the event brings the young herbalist a brief window of freedom beyond the palace walls, as she returns to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months! But while reunions with her father and her friends...
Author
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 2
Publisher
Square Enix Manga
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
160 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"When word of her accomplishments falls on the ears of His Imperial Majesty, Maomao finds herself tasked with a direct request from the throne. Turning down the emperor is out of the question for the former apothecary - if she wants to keep her head! But while acquiescing to the emberor is expected of all subjects, Maomao is about to discover that ladies-in-waiting have still more taxing duties to which to attend, as preparations for the garden banquet...
12) Asadora!: 1
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
VIZ Signature edition.
Physical Desc
192 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won't quit. In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom--and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye. When Asa's mother goes into labor...
Series
Crown volume Season 1
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Author
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 1
Publisher
Square Enix Manga
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
165 pages ; chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a 'curse' afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao...
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