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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself.
Author
Series
The Brown sisters volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. She's come up with seven directives to help her "Get a Life", and she's already completed the first: finally moving out of her family's mansion. She's ready to enjoy a drunken night out, ride a motorcycle, and other adventures. But it's not easy being bad, and Chloe knows just the man to help her complete her list. Redford 'Red' Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle,...
6) D.A.R.Y.L
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The product of combining a cloned body and a computer brain results in a perfect little boy, until he is discovered by a normal little boy and taught about imperfection.
7) Press start
Author
Series
Ctrl+Alt+Del volume 2
Publisher
Ctrl+Alt+Del Productions
Language
English
Description
Ctrl+Alt+Del is back and better than ever with the revolutionary* sequel to the wildly successful volume one! Even more of your favorite comic strips, commentary on every page and a handful of comics that aren't available anywhere but here! ; Reading Ctrl+Alt+Del is clinically proven to increase your gaming skills, train you in no less than seven deadly forms of kung-fu, and enhance your sex-life while simultaneously allowing you to fly!** So what...
8) Insert coin
Author
Series
Ctrl+Alt+Del volume 1
Publisher
Ctrl+Alt+Del Productions
Language
English
Description
Ctrl+Alt+Del, the popular web comic, is now available for the first time ever on honest-to-goodness paper with this first collection of strips! ; -Almost the entire first year re-mastered from the original digital files ; -Running commentary by the cartoonist and characters ; -Exclusive strips not found anywhere else ; -Original never-before-seen sketches, including the first ever sketches of Ethan and Lucas ; -New car smell and a 100% monkey-proof...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Until May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd. Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts, debating who would win in a brawl (Rocky Balboa or Freddy Krueger? Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel? Magnum P.I. Or T.J. Hooker?), and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos...
12) The rhesus chart
Author
Series
Laundry files novels volume 5
Publisher
Ace Books
Edition
Ace mass-market edition.
Language
English
Description
Bob Howard is a newly appointed manager within the Laundry, the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats. But shining a light on what's best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do. When traders working for a merchant bank in London start to show unusual symptoms such as super strength, mind control, an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and an unquenchable thirst for blood, Bob digs...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats. Assigned to External Assets, Bob discovers the company--unofficially--employs freelance agents to deal with sensitive situations that may embarrass Queen and Country. So when Ray Schiller--an...
18) Weird science
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Two nerdy best friends have the power to create the "perfect woman". Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, the duo's fantasy creation guides the pair through the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescences.
Author
Series
Nerdy dozen volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Out of this world! Neil Andertol never thought playing video games would make him a real-life hero. But then his favorite game, Chameleon, turned out to be the training simulator for an actual fighter jet, and Neil and the eleven other high scorers of the game were recruited to fly a top-secret rescue mission for the United States Air Force. Now it's been four months since Neil and his friends saved the planet, and the thirteen-year-old supernerd...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Operation Wedded Bliss: will Chuck and Sarah finally become Mr. and Mrs. Superspy? Season Four's 24 laugh- and action-filled episodes include the duo's romance from proposal to planning to the big day. Yes, Chuck's in love, but he has more than romance (and the Intersect) on his mind. His mom comes in from the cold, escaping the evil control of an international arms dealer to become part of the Nerd Herder turned spy's life, and more.
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