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1) Hunger
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First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on "an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body." Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic...
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Hunger Games trilogy volume 1
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English
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In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
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Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties -- including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point at age 12 -- and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With candor, vulnerability, and authority, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when...
4) Hunger
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National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
1973.
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English
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In this Oscar-nominated animated short film, director Peter Foldès depicts one man’s descent into greed and gluttony. Rapidly dissolving and ever-evolving images create a contrast between abundance and want. One of the first films to use computer animation, this satire serves as a cautionary tale against self-indulgence in a world still plagued by hunger and poverty.. Winner of Best Animated Film at the BAFTA Awards. Winner of Best Short Film at...
5) Hunger
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Hunt, feed, repeat...
Deirdre Griffin didn't choose to be a vampire. But she is. And she's determined to make the most of her fate.
For Deirdre that means surrendering to the raging hunger ignited by even the slightest whiff of blood—a hunger that pulses through her body like a fever, demanding release.
It means making friends in dark places-and savoring every hot, salty, bitter, revitalizing drop of life force the night has to offer......
Deirdre Griffin didn't choose to be a vampire. But she is. And she's determined to make the most of her fate.
For Deirdre that means surrendering to the raging hunger ignited by even the slightest whiff of blood—a hunger that pulses through her body like a fever, demanding release.
It means making friends in dark places-and savoring every hot, salty, bitter, revitalizing drop of life force the night has to offer......
6) Hunger
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A sequel to 'Wings', Peshah gets a job at a shirtwaist factory where one of the workers falls in love with her.
Anzia Yezierska wrote about the struggles of female Jewish immigrants in New York's Lower East Side. She confronted the cost of acculturation and assimilation among immigrants. Her stories provide insight into the meaning of liberation for immigrants-particularly Jewish immigrant women.
7) Hunger
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Scouring the world's most remote fields and valleys, a dedicated Soviet scientist has spent his life collecting rare plants for his country's premiere botanical institute in Leningrad. From Northern Africa to Afghanistan, from South America to Abyssinia, he has sought and saved seeds that could be traced back to the most ancient civilizations. And the adventure has set deep in him. Even at home with the wife he loves, the memories of his travels return...
8) Hunger
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Riders of the Apocalypse volume 1
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Lisabeth has anorexia, and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless.
9) Hunger
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Even in our "land of plenty," food insecurity and hunger are persistent problems. This book discusses the root causes of food insecurity in America, the groups most affected, and the best solutions for overcoming challenges, from community outreach to federal legislation.
10) Hunger
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Hunger is the second novel in the Kindred Trilogy. It's a Vampire Romance with lots of bite. Meet Mr. Brandon Rouge the maker of Dominic (Thirst - Kindred Trilogy - Part 1) He has a dry sarcasm that perpetually delivers him into trouble. This is not the guy you love to hate. He's the vampire you hate to love. Why? Because sometimes even the bad Vampires need love to.
11) Hunger
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A play about currency during wartime, survival, and the power dynamic between protectors and the protected.
In an isolated farmhouse during a period of ethnic cleansing, Johanna and Max attempt to perform an act of selflessness by hiding two persecuted individuals, a musician and a scholar, in an alcove behind their walls. When the money runs out, they are forced to take in a third refugee, a little girl whose father is willing to pay handsomely...
12) Hunger
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Anna Rossi grew up in a home where every meal was boiled until the flavor was gone. Now, years later, a gifted cook, she finds her own appetite draining away as her marriage dissolves into blandness. Desperate to hold her lawyer husband's attention for more than five minutes, she convinces him to go on a second honeymoon in New Hampshire, only to find that, in the end, they have nothing left to say to each other.
Taking her six-year-old daughter,...
13) Hunger
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Simply because you don't believe in something doesn't, necessarily, make it any less deadly... Two women from different backgrounds discover that they share a mutual misunderstanding regarding their beliefs.
14) Hunger
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A must-listen for fans of police procedurals and international crime from Stefán Máni's Grimsson series.
Contains mature themes.
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Lionsgate
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English
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Katniss realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival; they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends; including Gale, Finnick and Peeta; Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become...
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A "narrative of [rock guitarist and actor Brownstein's] escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way, Brownstein chronicles the excitement and contradictions within the era's flourishing and fiercely independent music subculture, including experiences that sowed the seeds for the observational satire of the popular television series Portlandia years later"--Dust...
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has...
20) The hunger
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Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos....
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