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The metamorphosis

Kuper, Peter, 1958-


Gregor Samsa, young traveling salesman, lives with and financially supports his parents and younger sister. One morning he wakes up to discover that during the night he has been transformed into a "monstrous vermin" or insect. At first he is preoccupied with practical, everyday concerns: How to get out of bed and walk with his numerous legs? Can he still make it to the office on time?
Date Published:2003

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 : the authorized adaptation

Hamilton, Tim


A novel graphic from Hill and Wang. The hearth and the salamander -- The sieve and the sand -- Burning bright. Fifty-five years ago, Ray Bradbury, one of America’s greatest writers, envisioned one of the world’s most unforgettable dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the state; turn in your neighbors; and, most important, burn all books. Artist Tim Hamilton, with Bradbury, has turned this modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. The world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume, has been translated by Hamilton into unforgettable full-color art that uniquely captures Montag’s awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature. Fully depicting the brilliance and force of Bradbury’s canonic and beloved masterwork, Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is an exceptional, haunting work of graphic literature.
Date Published:2009

A novel graphic from Hill and Wang. The hearth and the salamander -- The sieve and the sand -- Burning bright. Fifty-five years ago, Ray Bradbury, one of America’s greatest writers, envisioned one of the world’s most unforgettable dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the state; turn in your neighbors; and, most important, burn all books. Artist Tim Hamilton, with Bradbury, has turned this modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. The world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume, has been translated by Hamilton into unforgettable full-color art that uniquely captures Montag’s awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature. Fully depicting the brilliance and force of Bradbury’s canonic and beloved masterwork, Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is an exceptional, haunting work of graphic literature.

Date Published:2009

Howl's moving castle

Jones, Diana Wynne


Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
Date Published:2025

Chainsaw man. 8, Super mess /

Fujimoto, Tatsuki,


Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. As Quanxi and the members of the Special Division battle it out over Denji, the mysterious Santa Claus makes his move. But things are not as they appear, and nobody will be prepared for the darkness and despair about to be unleashed.
Date Published:2021

Chainsaw man. 9, Bath /

Fujimoto, Tatsuki,


In English, translated from the Japanese. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left. "Rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This volume contains violence and gore."--colophon. Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?
Date Published:2022

In English, translated from the Japanese. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left. "Rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This volume contains violence and gore."--colophon. Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?

Date Published:2022

The only good Indians : a novel

Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-,


Peter Straub's Ghost Story meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies in this American Indigenous horror story of revenge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Four American Indigenous men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends.
Date Published:2020

Peter Straub's Ghost Story meets Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies in this American Indigenous horror story of revenge on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Four American Indigenous men from the Blackfeet Nation, who were childhood friends, find themselves in a desperate struggle for their lives, against an entity that wants to exact revenge upon them for what they did during an elk hunt ten years earlier by killing them, their families, and friends.

Date Published:2020

The love hypothesis : a novel

Hazelwood, Ali.


"When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

"When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2021

The wicked king

Black, Holly,


Sequel to: The cruel prince. After learning that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. Someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. Now she must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan, in order to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
Date Published:2025

Sequel to: The cruel prince. After learning that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. Someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. Now she must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan, in order to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.

Date Published:2025

Demon Copperhead : a novel

Kingsolver, Barbara.


Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration.
Date Published:2022

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration.

Date Published:2022

The metamorphosis

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.


CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Louis Borges, and Ray Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers. In her new translation of Kafka's masterpiece, Susan Bernofsky strives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale, underscoring the ways in which Gregor Samsa's grotesque metamorphosis is just the physical manifestation of his longstanding spiritual impoverishment.
Date Published:2014

CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). Franz Kafka's 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic and remains a century later one of the most widely read works of fiction in the world. It is the story of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This hugely influential work inspired George Orwell, Albert Camus, Jorge Louis Borges, and Ray Bradbury, while continuing to unsettle millions of readers. In her new translation of Kafka's masterpiece, Susan Bernofsky strives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale, underscoring the ways in which Gregor Samsa's grotesque metamorphosis is just the physical manifestation of his longstanding spiritual impoverishment.

Date Published:2014

My friends : a novel

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-


A novel about a group of four teenagers whose friendship is forged over one summer, creating a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger's life twenty-five years later.
Date Published:2025

Cardcaptor Sakura : clear card. 7 /

CLAMP (Mangaka group),


Reads from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. In order to protect Sakura from Yuna D. Kaito and his mysterious, powerful magic, a familiar face returns to Tomoeda to support Cerberus and Yue. Meanwhile, Syaoran reveals the secret he's kept long hidden from Sakura. Then, Sakura finally learns the origin of the clear cards -- and what their sudden appearance means about her own magical powers.
Date Published:2020

Reads from right to left. Translated from the Japanese. In order to protect Sakura from Yuna D. Kaito and his mysterious, powerful magic, a familiar face returns to Tomoeda to support Cerberus and Yue. Meanwhile, Syaoran reveals the secret he's kept long hidden from Sakura. Then, Sakura finally learns the origin of the clear cards -- and what their sudden appearance means about her own magical powers.

Date Published:2020

Cinderella : an interactive fairy tale adventure

Gunderson, Jessica.


In this You Choose adventure, Cinderella can be a modern-day girl living in a city, a young man in a medieval fairy tale, or a girl in a futuristic space society--the choice is up to the reader.
Date Published:2015

Stolen girl

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk


When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question: who is she, and where was she stolen from.
Date Published:2019

When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question: who is she, and where was she stolen from.

Date Published:2019

The iron knight

Kagawa, Julie


Faery prince Ash--the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court--finally gets to tell his story: how he escaped the Winter Court with his life intact and the promise he made to the Iron Queen.
Date Published:2011

Shadow and bone

Bardugo, Leigh


Includes Shadow and bone bonus materials. Map by Keith Thompson. Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Date Published:2021

Bellman & Black

Setterfield, Diane,


William Bellman, as a boy of 11, killed a shiny black rook with a catapult. He grows up to have a happy marriage to a beautiful woman, becomes father to a brood of bright, strong children, and thrives in business, but one by one, people around him die. And at each funeral, he is startled to see a strange man in black, smiling at him. Unhinged by grief, William gets drunk and stumbles to his wife's fresh grave--and who should be there waiting, but the smiling stranger in black. The stranger has a proposition for William--a mysterious business called "Bellman & Black."
Date Published:2013

William Bellman, as a boy of 11, killed a shiny black rook with a catapult. He grows up to have a happy marriage to a beautiful woman, becomes father to a brood of bright, strong children, and thrives in business, but one by one, people around him die. And at each funeral, he is startled to see a strange man in black, smiling at him. Unhinged by grief, William gets drunk and stumbles to his wife's fresh grave--and who should be there waiting, but the smiling stranger in black. The stranger has a proposition for William--a mysterious business called "Bellman & Black."

Date Published:2013

Thirst. no. 1 /

Pike, Christopher, 1961-


Last vampire -- Black blood -- Red dice. Alisa must get close to Ray to ensure her immortality and she falls in love.
Date Published:2009

Thirst. No. 2 /

Pike, Christopher, 1961-


Phantom -- Evil thirst -- Creatures of forever. Alisa has changed from a vampire to a human now its up to her to build her new identity.
Date Published:2010

Thirst. No. 3, The eternal dawn /

Pike, Christopher, 1961-


Includes a preview of Thirst no. 4. Alisa's guilt grows when she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy. A top-secret group knows Alisa's secret and will stop at nothing to use her powers for their cause. As Alisa desperately tries to protect herself and Teri from the unknown enemy, she discovers a force more powerful and more lethal than anything she has ever seen.
Date Published:2010