In Ex Libris you are a collector of rare & valuable books in a thriving gnomish village Recently the Mayor & Village Council have announced an opening for a Grand Librarian a prestigious (and lucrative) position they intend to award to the most qualified villager! Unfortunately several of your book collector colleagues (more like acquaintances really) are also candidates To outshine your competition you need to expand your personal library by sending your trusty assistants out into the village to find the most impressive tomes Sources for the finest books are scarce so you need to beat your opponents to them when they pop up You have only a week before the Mayor&s Official Inspector comes to judge your library so be sure your assistants have all your books shelved! The Inspector is a tough cookie & will use her Official Checklist to grade your library on several criteria including shelf stability alphabetical order & variety
- & don&t think she&ll turn a blind eye to books the Council has banned! You need shrewd planning & cunning tactics (and perhaps a little magic) to surpass your opponents & become Grand Librarian!1-4 Players 30-60 Min Playing Time Age 12
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Anne Fadiman is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father&s copy of Fanny Hill & who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice EX LIBRIS wittily recounts a lifelong obsession with books Writing with humour & erudition she moves easily from anecdotes about Coleridge & Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family & One of the most delightful volumes to have come across my desk in a long whilewitty enchanting & supremely well-written& -- Robert Mc Crum Observer ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From acclaimed writerdirector Alex Garland (28 Days Later Sunshine) comes Ex Machina a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future of artificial intelligence In the mountain retreat of a gifted internet billionaire a young man takes part in a strange experiment testing an artificial intelligence housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl But the experiment twists into a dark psychological battle where loyalties are torn between man & machine Domhnall Gleeson Oscar Isaac & Alici Vikander lead the cast of Ex Machina an intense psychological thriller played out in a love triangle The film explores big ideas about the nature of consciousness emotion sexuality truth & lies ...

Award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad Y The Last Man) uniquely combines big city politics & superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series Set in our modern-day world Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred who becomes America's first living breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crime fighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide after the events of 911 Illustrated by Tony Harris Ex Machina Book 1 is the first chapter of one of the finest series ever from Vertigo Collects Ex Machina 1-11 ...

Award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad Y The Last Man) uniquely combines big city politics & superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series Set in our modern-day world Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred who becomes America's first living breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crime fighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide after the events of 911 Illustrated by Tony Harris Ex Machina Book 2 finds Mayor Mitchell Hundred making a difficult decision about his own future becomes part of a shocking trial complicated by the unexpected arrival of an all-new superhero & leaves New York City for the first time since his election to embark on a strange adventure Plus a shocking tragedy strikes an Iraq War protest in downtown Manhattan ...

In this last deluxe Ex Machina hardcover Mayor Mitchell Hundred descends into the NYC sewers to learn why he was given the strange powers that helped him become the heroic Great Machine while a powerful new foe reveals a terrifying plan that&s been in the works since the series began Then in the very last Ex Machina adventure will Mitchell Hundred&s new archenemy a dogged reporter with powers far beyond those of the Great Machine finally bring down his administration? Will the tragedies that Mayor Hundred warned about from the beginning finally come to pass? Collects Ex Machina 41-50 & Ex Machina Special 4 ...

Award-winning writer Brian K Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad Y-The Last Man) deftly combines big city politics & superheroes in this much-lauded series Now the entire critically acclaimed series written by Brian K Vaughan one of the writers of LOST is collected into a five volume series In this fourth volume Mayor Mitchell Hundred is summoned to Rome for an audience with the Pope But as Hundred makes his travel plans he is unaware of the assassin who has him in his sights! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From acclaimed writerdirector Alex Garland (28 Days Later Sunshine) comes Ex Machina a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future of artificial intelligence In the mountain retreat of a gifted internet billionaire a young man takes part in a strange experiment testing an artificial intelligence housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl But the experiment twists into a dark psychological battle where loyalties are torn between man & machine Domhnall Gleeson Oscar Isaac & Alici Vikander lead the cast of Ex Machina an intense psychological thriller played out in a love triangle The film explores big ideas about the nature of consciousness emotion sexuality truth & lies “SMART FUNNY GRIPPING & DISTURBING…STUNNING”
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The first volume of the Eisner Award-winning series featuring Eisner Award-winners author Brian K Vaughan & artist Tony Harris Set in our modern-day world EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred who becomes America&s first living breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him amazing powers Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo retires from masked crimefighting & runs for mayor of New York City winning by a landslide But Mayor Hundred has to worry about more than just budget problems & an antagonistic governor especially when a mysterious hooded figure begins assassinating plow drivers during the worst snowstorm in the city&s history! ...

Written by Brian K Vaughan Art & cover by Tony Harris & Tom Feister The second volume of the Eisner Award-nominated series collecting issues 6-10! What forced Mayor Hundred to make one of the most controversial decisions in the history of New York politics? Featuring an introduction by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix) & a new cover by Tony Harris! ...