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61) Fangirl: 3
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Fangirl (Manga) volume 1
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"Everything in Cath's offline life is going wrong. Just when she's started to realize her feelings for Levi, she sees him kissing someone else. Plus, her writing partner, Nick, is acting strange, and her twin sister, Wren, is suddenly making time for their mother--the same woman who walked out of their lives ten years ago! When their dad ends up in the hospital, Cath decides it's time to rethink her plans for the future. But how can she leave the...
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In this debut novel we follow actress Valerie Torrey - who took her son Alex and fled Los Angeles, leaving her husband after a spectacular tragedy blew their small family apart. Six years later, Val must reunite 9-year-old Alex with his estranged father, so they set out on a road trip from New York. For Alex, this world is a magical place where fiction becomes reality, but as they get closer to their destination, he begins to realize that the story...
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"It's no secret that genres like science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more, have evolved from niche interest to mainstream staple in the last few decades. However, the countless women who have been instrumental in creating and shaping those genres for the last fifty-plus years have largely gone largely unrecognized -- until now. Pop Culture Pioneers explores and pays respect to the work and influence of 75 female creators who played a crucial role...
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Parrots are flying loose all over a convention hotel, making trouble and imitating everything everyone says. Monkeys are swinging from chandelier to chandelier. Michael is a teacher moonlighting as an actor in the show Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle, and the cast, crew, and their exotic animal colleagues are performing at the hotel. Michael and his partner Meg have become part of the show’s family—but as with most families, there's...
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The Glimmerberry Ball movie (2014, 66 min.): Celebrate winter with Strawberry Shortcake and friends at the Glimmerberry Ball. It's a delightful, fun-filled time as the girls exchange presents, solve a hollow tree mystery and set out to carve the most beautiful Glimmerberry lantern ever.
Everyone's hero: 10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during...
66) Trekkies 2
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'Trekkies 2' director Roger Nygard and host Denise Crosby bring audiences the best and most informative moments from this astounding world tour, and present another fascinating look at the world through the eyes of the people we have come to know as Trekkies. Emphasis is duly placed on the charitable activities of Trek devotees, while Trek tribute bands are given props for their musical inspiration. Most importantly, gives the motivation, purpose,...
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"Turn Your Fandom Into Cash teaches fans how to power up their own geeky businesses, harness the power of their fandom, and shield themselves against the wrath of intellectual property holders. This book will also offer real-world examples for aspiring Tony Starks and Bruce Waynes. In many cases, these passion-pursuits have led to full-time careers; in one case, it created a $100 million business. This book is filled with advice from geeky creators,...
69) Dream sequence
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Henry became famous starring in The Grange, a television drama beloved by mothers and wives, and whose fans speak about the characters as though they were real people... yet Henry dreams of escaping the small screen. An audition for a movie directed by a highly respected Spanish auteur holds the promise of a way forward. Whether holed up in his apartment eating monkish meals of rice and steamed vegetables or snorting cocaine at desert parties in Doha,...
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Fangirl (Manga) volume 1
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Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
"Los meses son diferentes en la universidad, especialmente el primer añ0. Suceden demasiadas cosas. Cada mes del primer año equivale a seis meses normales: son como meses de perros."--Back cover.
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Research shows that 61 percent of Americans feel lonely, misunderstood, and left out. And those are the numbers before the pandemic enforced isolation. There is also evidence that loneliness can impact your physical health. So how do we go from being lonely to belonging? Becoming a sports fan may be the first step. In Fans Have More Friends, sports fans, dads, and data analysts David Sikorjak and Ben Valenta argue that fandom can not only increase...
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Start backstage before the concert. Then you see Hannah sing 'Rock Star.' The Jonas Brothers come onstage to sing with the Hannah, and then by themselves. While they are performing, Hannah goes backstage and switches to Miley. Compared to Hannah's songs, Miley's are a little edgier, slightly sexier, as she sings the sisterhood anthem 'Girl's Night Out, ' and the flamenco-inspired 'Let's Dance.' She sits down to sing and play guitar to 'I Miss You,...
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MOE is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga not just in Japan now, but throughout the world. In Japan, avid fans of manga comics, anime films and videogames use the term MOE to refer to the strong sense of emotional attachment they feel for their favorite characters. These fans have a powerful desire to protect and nurture the young, beautiful and innocent characters they...
74) Footsteps
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A neurotic mystery novelist who has recently killed off her best-known character decides to confront her biggest fear and spend a weekend in her isolated beach house where she encounters an obsessed fan and a man claiming to be a detective.
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Fanboys. Pork dorks. Tech nerds. These consumers have a lot in common: they care a lot about a specific brand, product, or market; they pursue their passions with fervor; and they spend a lot of money in the process. They're superconsumers. Superconsumers are everywhere, and they span categories, countries, and age groups. There are superconsumers of sneakers, bacon, cars, wine, and sports memorabilia. There are even superconsumers of white bread...
76) Big fan
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A diehard New York Giants fan meets his hero, the quarterback of the team, with disastrous results that impact his entire life and those around him.
77) Man of the year
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Tom Dobbs makes an offhand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote leaves...
78) St. Dale
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While on a road trip dedicated to the memory of Dale Earnhardt with her sister and an odd assortment of friends and family, Bekasu Holifield unexpectedly finds her life changed by her eccentric traveling companions.
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Where can fans meet up, get autographs from their favorite stars, and buy cool merchandise? They can do all these things at conventions. There are many things fans need to know before attending their first "con," and they'll find it all in this age-appropriate guide. The engaging text and eye-catching sidebars, graphic organizers, and colorful photographs highlight many kinds of fan conventions. Whether a young fan dreams of traveling to San Diego...
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Blog posts about the Chicago Blackhawks written by Sam Fels between 2008 and 2016.
A die-hard Blackhawks fan as a child, Fels disconnected as the organization collapsed in on itself, and then pulled back in by their resurgence. From his seat outside Gate 3, he documented every game between 2008 and 2016, taking the ride with every other fan and welcoming all the new ones along the way, while trying to come to grips with this new hockey world and...