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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know...
3) Evolution
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
16mm 1.37:1 color sound, 8:01 minutes I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings or to try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply relax and look at the films as one would listen to music in order to fully respond to them. - _Jim Davis_...
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Language
English
Description
Of Human Bondage is Maugham's masterpiece strongly autobiographical in nature, although Maugham denied this stating that this was a novel not an autobiography. Though much in it was autobiographical, more is pure invention. Of Human Bondage is often included in lists of best English-language novels of the 20th century.
5) Nerve
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English
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From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a jockey investigates the source of the rumors threatening his career (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Rob Finn is a talented young jockey on the rise, though nothing can help him rise above the feeling that he is a misfit in his family of accomplished musicians....
7) For kicks
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Language
English
Description
Horse expert Daniel Roke is called on to leave his Australian farm and journey to England to investigate a series of mysterious horse racing accident, mayhem, and murder.
8) Knockdown
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English
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From the New York Times–bestselling"master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a former jockey takes on the crooked world of horse dealing (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life...
9) Whip hand
Author
Series
Sid Halley novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Sid Halley, now a private investigator with a bionic hand, finds himself uncovering corruption in the racing world.
10) Bonecrack
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Series
Language
English
Description
A New York Times–bestselling mystery author is "at the top of his form" in this suspense novel about a horse racing family threatened with murder.
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon's home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will...
11) Hansel et Gretel
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Series
Language
Français
Description
Une mère désespérée surprenant l'innommable dans le quatre pièces et demie miteux qu'elle partage avec son salaud et leur couple de jumeaux.
Un frère et une soeur télépathes ayant sauvagement perdu leur innocence, avidement convoités par les serviteurs de Satan.
Une adolescente rebelle à l'enfance éclatée servant de guide dans une métropole abritant anges et démons.
Un prêtre et une sorcière cherchant à accomplir la plus ancienne...
12) Flying finish
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Series
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English
Description
A thriller about jumping horses and how they are transported from one place to another around the world.
13) Forfeit
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Language
English
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Jim Tyrone is commissioned to do a sports story on the Lamplighter horse race. He suddenly finds himself involved in a mysterious death and a fight against the bookmakers who have been tampering with the odds.
14) Dead cert
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English
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"In this chilling novel of vice and vengeance, a man suspects that his best friend was murdered— and joins a manhunt in which he himself is the quarry." --
15) The Perfect Tear
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English
Description
The twelfth dimension is a realm of pure invention, where the combination of song and DNA sequences bring forth creations of beauty and excellence. It is here that the angelic, otherworldly being Tsera resides as the Main Creator. But when her position is challenged by Lerion, a confident young novice who dreams of ruling the universe, Tsera must place her hope in a human being named Eleanor who lives on planet Earth. Eleanor is a timid girl who lives...
16) L'héritage d'Éva
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Series
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Français
Description
Pas un jour ne passe sans qu'Éva ne pense à sa mère et à cette mise en garde qu'elle lui a adressée: «Je sais que tu trouveras un mari, mais je t'en conjure, ma fille, sois certaine de ton choix.»
Éva se sent seule et abandonnée après la perte de sa mère et de ses soeurs. Tous ses deuils la ramènent à cet anneau ancestral supposément
porte-bonheur, dont la légende n'est que pure invention à ses yeux. Éva ne veut pas croire au maléfice...
17) Rat race
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Language
English
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Assigned to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore is forced to make an emergency landing, and he soon finds out that the mob has been tampering with the horse racing industry.
18) Slay ride
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English
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From a New York Times–bestselling "master of crime fiction and equine thrills," a private eye investigates the suspicious death of a horseman (Newsday).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Champion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared right before his wife was about to give birth. And right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence?
British...
19) In the frame
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Language
English
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From a New York Times bestseller, "action, character, and color ride in perfect balance" in a thriller about a horse portraitist turned amateur sleuth (Kirkus Reviews).
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Charles Todd, a renowned painter of horses, is shocked when he turns up at his cousin Donald's house for a weekend visit to find his cousin's young wife...
20) Cast a cold eye
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Language
English
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Seven extraordinary stories from bestselling author Mary McCarthy that carry readers from the heartbreaking core of a broken family to the tourist sites of Italy and into the contemplative mind of a potential murderess Best known for her acclaimed and provocative novels, including The Group and Cannibals and Missionaries, author Mary McCarthy also won praise for her brilliant short fiction. Cast a Cold Eye offers readers seven unforgettable tales...
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