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Image Comics
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Set in depression-era New York, Enrico Savarese has adopted a four-eyed dragon, the runt of the litter, to train for battle in an illegal underground sporting syndicate.î EnricoÍs dedication is tested when he is forced to fight a brutal match no one is ready for. Collects FOUR EYES #1-4. Author: Joe Kelly. Illustrator: Max Fumara . 2016 Joe Kelly & Max Fumara.
2) Four eyes
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Four eyes (Rex Ogle) volume 1
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already"--
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Image Comics
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In anticipation of the next FOUR EYES arc due in September: Reprinting act one of the epic saga of Enrico, a boy living in an alternate 1930s New York where dragon fighting is the city's number one underground sport and the cause of his father's untimely death. Enrico's literal trial by fire begins here! Collects FOUR EYES #1-4.. Author: Joe Kelly. Illustrator: Max Fumara . 2015 Joe Kelly & Max Fumara.
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and finding the right pair of glasses.
Sixth grade isn't as great as Rex thought it would be. He's the only kid who hasn't had a growth spurt, and the bullies won't let him forget it. His closest friend is unreliable, at best. And there's a cute girl in his class, who may or may not like him back. With so much going on, everything is a blur —
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Four eyes (Joe Kelly) volume 1
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Image Comics
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English
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New York, 1934. Ten-year-old Enrico Savarese will go to any lengths to take care of his mother. A casualty of the Great Depression, Enrico has no choice but to find a way to survive in the wake of his father's passing--even if that means taking a job in the one place he's been forbidden to go. The Ring of Fire. An illegal underground blood sport where dragons--endangered, real, and deadly--are trained and fight for cash and glory. In his quest to...
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Twenty Four Eyes is a deeply pacifist Japanese novel based on the perversion and inhumanity of modern war. Set on Shodoshima, a small island in the Inland Sea, and covering a twenty year period embracing prewar, war time, and early postwar Japan, it centers on the relationship between a primary school teacher, Miss Oishi, and the twelve island children (the twenty four eyes of the title) in her first class. In the course of the novel, Miss Oishi faces...
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Manolito Four-Eyes volume 3
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Eight-year-old Manolito recounts further exploits in his small Madrid neighborhood with his grandfather, his little brother Bozo, and his school friends, including a shoplifting prank, recycled art, and the Filthy Feet Gang.
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English
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22 June 1941 changed the direction of the Second World War. It also changed the direction of human history. Unleashing a massive, three-pronged assault into Soviet territory, the German army unwittingly created its own nemesis, forging the modern Russian state in the process. Thus, for most Russians, 22 June 1941 was a critical point in their nation's history. After the first day of Barbarossa nothing would be the same again for anyone. Now, for the...
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For the first time, four German WWII pilots share their side of the story .Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the WWII fighter pilot was viewed as larger than life: a dashing soul waging war amongst the clouds. In the sixty-five-plus years since the Allied victory, stories of these pilots' heroics have never been...
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The much-anticipated sequel to The German Aces Speak gives voice to four more of WWIIs most noteworthy German pilots.When The German Aces Speak published in 2011, Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine welcomed Colin Heatons and Anne-Marie Lewiss masterful command of interview-based narrative, writing, . . . what might have been numbing recitations of dogfights are instead vivid descriptions of life as a warrior during World War II. Indeed, it is this unexpected...
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Selling a service or a product is about closing deals. As a sales professional, if you don't close, you're not making any money for yourself or your company. But closing won't happen without an approach that makes you stand out from the thundering herd of competition one that can make you more valuable in the eyes of the customer. In The Four Faces of Sales, author John Orvos presents a unique, fresh, and practical approach to sales excellence. Drawn...
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English
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Kenny Tedford is one of only two deaf people in the world with a master's degree in storytelling, which he earned at 55, almost half a century after being told by teachers and psychologists that he would never complete the third grade. Oxygen deprivation in utero resulted in Kenny being born deaf, partial blindness, partial paralysis on his left side, and an inability to speak clearly until the age of 10. Kenny also suffers cognitive impairment, similar...
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Criterion collection volume 442
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Language
日本語
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An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher's unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. It takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging, war, and death.
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