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Over the course of his career, legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka adapted many of Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare Manga Theater collects these adaptations into one volume. The book includes the following: The Merchant of Venice (1959), Robio and Robiette (from Astro Boy, 1965), Macbeth (from Vampire "The Three Fortunetellers", 1966), Hamlet (from Rainbow Parakeet, 1981), The Taming of the Shrew (from Rainbow Parakeet, 1981), and Othello (from Rainbow...
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Witness the epic finale of "Sinbad and the Merchant of Ages" as Sinbad and his crew confront monstrous transformations and perilous challenges in a strange dimension. Uncover the shocking truth behind the enigmatic Merchant of Ages in this thrilling last chapter of their extraordinary adventure.
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Villains from popularFarCrygames are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari, who has pulled them from their lives before they've committed their most heinous crimes. Now, they're tasked with fighting against the dangers of a prehistoric world and challenging their supposed destiny. Will the unusual circumstances encourage them to come together, fight against each other, or go rogue? This nature-versus-nurture narrative examines...
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An orphaned boy struggles against his parents' killer to save a planet and discovers a new world of danger...and wonder. Jack, a teenager from Earth, has a dire premonition: something is wrong. However, he cannot imagine the change he will experience in his life when he arrives home one day to discover his parents have been killed. In the midst of his sudden grief, he's transported by two mysterious strangers to a magical world. Together with Victoria,...
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Maleficent, Queen of the Forbidden Mountain! Her realm is shrouded in darkness, and evil, and full of all things that go bump in the night. Her soul is cold, hardened by a lifetime of small-minded wanderers seeking to steal her powers to satisfy their mortal greed. Her patience wears thin. Her mystical might grows. It is a matter only of time before she descends the mountain and unleashes her horrible magics upon the powerless people below. A stunning...
6) Braided
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When her older sister Rapunzel returns home but is not what she expected, Princess Cinna must risk everything for a sister with whom she may having nothing in common except their long, magical hair.
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After being ghosted by Aphrodite, Hercules suspects that the goddess of love may have been the victim of malevolent forces. But before he can investigate much further, hes tasked with another Olympian mission this time on behalf of Aphrodites husband Hephaestus, god of the forge, who enlists Hercules to track down a clockwork war machine that might be responsible for his wifes mysterious disappearance. However, when Hercules joined by the always-helpful...
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With the Sword of Omens broken, and bitter division spreading over what to do with Calica, the ThunderCats are in turmoil and the time is ripe for Mumm-Ra to strike! Casting aside his diminished appearance, the devil-priest attacks with his legion of mummified MuTants. Its the moment of truth for Lion-O will he prove himself to be a worthy leader? Or will his youth and inexperience condemn the last survivors of Thundera to their final doom? Find...
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"Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the books she's read, Ren has never found one that's taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her twenty-two years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves...
10) Twelfth knight
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Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more "likable," and her school's star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she's ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi's favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren't exactly kind to girls like her--girls who are extremely...
12) The little foxes
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An evil southern woman sets out to destroy everyone in the way of her goals of wealth and power.
15) The long game
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Follows five young Mexican-American caddies in 1955 who, fueled by their passion for golf, defy the odds by creating their own course in the South Texas desert. Despite facing outdated equipment and a lack of professional instruction, they triumph over wealthier, all-white teams to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.
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Based on the non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown, and directed by George Clooney, this is the story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.
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A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora, who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine...
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After the royal wedding, the girl in the glass slippers has everything she ever wanted: an escape from a life of drudgery, an innate magical gift, and a devoted husband who looks at her like she is the only one in the room. But all wishes come with a price. To the people of the palace, she is an outsider, nothing more. Even her famous shoes cannot help her--the glass slippers no longer fit.
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In San Francisco's Chinatown, Tom discovers his family's legacy: they guard the phoenix egg, a powerful artifact that can either create or destroy. Stepping into this role, Tom teams up with a savvy tiger and zodiac warriors who can shift forms. Together, they dive into a high-stakes adventure, battling foes to protect the egg and uphold their family's honor.