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Series
Kingkiller chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Formats
Description
The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's...
2) Void moon
Author
Language
English
Description
Cassie has never looked back. She walked away from her life as a criminal after one disastrous night and now she is thriving at a job selling Porsches. Her greatest secret is threatened and Cassie tosses her new life away to get money as fast as she can.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season 1. The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes--as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and as revered as gods--abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It's the powerless against the superpowerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven" and their formidable Vought backing.
Season 2. In a more intense Season Two Butcher, Hughie and the team reel from their...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The last ten years have presented television viewers with a host of female characters the likes of which we've never seen before. Selfish, vengeful, and often deeply unlikeable, they fly in the face of our expectations for women. In The New Female Antihero, Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman probe the stories of female protagonists who eschew aspirations for a career, marriage, and children, swerving instead toward utter apathy, at one end of the...
5) Deadpool
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, the film tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An ancient and primordial evil has been awakened beneath the streets of New York. With it, something equally evil has been awakened in that most wicked of web-slingers: Venom! The symbiote may still be a Lethal Protector of innocents in New York, but this never-before-seen threat could possibly force Venom to relinquish everything it holds dear -- including its human host, Eddie Brock!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Supereroi volume 4
Publisher
Destino
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Description
Los Superhéroes deberán enfrentarse a los terribles Antihéroes! Los Antihéroes son tres, son terribles y son absolutamente idénticos a los Superhéroes? ¡pero son muy muy malos y están destruyendo Muskrat City! Los ciudadanos y la policía creen que los criminales que están sembrando el pánico por las calles de la ciudad son Supermetomentodo, Yo?Yo y Magnum. ¡Por suerte, encontrarán a unos aliados insospechados!
The three anti-heroes look...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Regeneratin' Degenerate and his old pal Weasel are back, and they're imposing their special brand of justice on any other killers for hire who don't live up to their moral code -starting with a dangerous operation that'll take Deadpool into the heart of a castle filled with ninja... And that says nothing of the emotional damage the Merc with the Mouth is constantly grappling with. Leave the kiddos at home, True Believers, 'cause "Killer" Cullen...
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps, one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark's surprising decision to support...
10) Logan
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 2029, a weary Logan earns a living as a chauffeur while caring for the ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to escape from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant girl with extraordinary fighting prowess requires his help to outrun sinister figures working for a powerful corporation.
11) Deadpool 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Deadpool organizes a team to protect a mutant boy from a time-traveling cyborg.
12) X-men
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. But under the tutelage of Professor Xavier, these and other outcasts learn to harness their powers for the good of mankind. Now they must protect those who fear them as the nefarious Magneto, who believes humans and mutants can never co-exist, unveils his sinister plan for the future.
13) Harleen
Author
Publisher
DC Black Label
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a theory: mental illness is a survival mechanism. As she seeks to help the broken souls of Gotham City piece together their sanity she will become the one thing she fears the most: one of them. A bold new retelling of the tragic origin of Harley Quinn told through the eyes of the only person who knows her better than anyone: Harleen. It's been months since Harleen began interviewing criminals at Arkham Asylum, and she's having...
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red, 14 tales of Gotham City's craziest clown princess are presented in nothing but black, white, and bold splashes of red. See how Harley's story unfolds in worlds beyond the DC Universe, in the alternate timelines of Batman: White Knight, Harleen, and the Harley Quinn animated series! Witness her darkest hours and her happiest moments! Wait, did she just...win an underground rap battle?! An incredible array of award-winning...
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