Katsuhiro Otomo Presents: Memories (1995) Â Katsuhiro Otomo Presents Buy New: $23.99 Plot Synopsis: “Memories” is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, “Magnetic Rose,” three space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman’s memories. In “Stink Bomb,” a young lab assistant accidentally transforms […]
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader Author: Bradley K. Martin; Buy New: $19.77 Reading about the personality cult of the North Korean leader had not fully prepared me for what I found when I arrived in Pyongyang in April 1979, as a member of the first large contingent of Americans to visit since […]
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Spirited Away (2001) Â Spirited Away Buy New: $19.99 Plot Outline: In the middle of her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by witches and monsters, where humans are changed into animals. Plot Synopsis: Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in […]
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Princess Mononoke – The fight in man against nature, makes this Myazaki’s first true action epic. Princess Mononoke Buy New: $18.96 Â Plot Outline: On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami’s curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest and Tataraba, a mining colony. In this quest […]
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Barbie Collector Silver Label – Legends of Ireland – S… Â Iseult, legendary lady of the emerald isle, ill-starred innocent in an ancient story of heroic deeds and love lost is the third doll in the Legends of Ireland Collection. In the medieval tale of Tristan and Iseult, a magic draught is shared from a […]
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