"An exploration of the sensory experiences of different animals through the perspective of dreams"--]cProvided by publisher.
"The origin stories of each Chinese dish told using the framework of Chinese cuisine-oftentimes based in folklore, both ancient and contemporary"--
"Sky gazers experience a total solar eclipse in this descriptive picture book about the wonders of this phenomenon"--
Four people--teen detective Matilda, her ex-con dad, and a retired cop and his genealogist wife--form an unofficial vigilante committee with the goal of bringing elusive criminals to justice, including the notorious serial killer referred to as the California Bear, who seems to have stopped killing 30 years ago.
Just as he's getting used to his new life of world hopping with Peeps, a run-in with a psychic forces Sasaki to make a sudden career changeâ¿to the top-secret Paranormal Phenomena Countermeasure Bureau. Just how many double lives can he handle?!
The world is full of vampires, supernatural creatures who drain the blood from humans without mercy. Fighting such beings is the foundation of Isuzu Osaka's life, but with humanity losing the war, desperate times call for desperate measures. To protect his friends, Isuzu sets out to strike a deal with Baroque--a powerful vampiress whose beauty is said to drive all who gaze upon her mad...
As the members of the wealthy Yamatsukami family are murdered one by one, Hinako, Chiyo, and Narumi stumble upon a crop of roses growing deep in the mountains. Flowers with the same cloying fragrance as those grown by the Virginal Rose cult... There, Narumi and company also find a collapsed woman...who turns her unusual powers against them! The Yamatsukami arc finally draws to a close!
When Gabriel's older sister Zeruel descends from heaven to spend sometime with her, Gabriel panics until she learns Zeruel's true objective--to play games for the first time! But after Zeruel boots up a dating sim, her paranoia threatens to ruin the experience... Meanwhile, after Satanya makes another dubious purchase from the Hell Shopping Network, she ends up locked in a room with Raphy, and the only way out is to smooch! In any other situation, Raphy would be eager to embarrass Satanya...but she's never kissed anyone before!
"Discontent to remain in the shadows, Wakazono leaks police documents concerning Three-Eyes's true identity to the press--including a photo of Senri! While the release forces Senri out of the public eye, Wakazono hopes the threat against him will force Kazuto to act, revealing himself and giving him a chance to kill the "fire" man. Unfortunately for Wakazono, he has no idea just what kind of person he's been dealing with..."--Provided by publisher.
"Making friends, laughing along with her classmates, and even falling in love...To Uka, her current high school life is a dream come true! Although self-doubt still looms over her like a mountain, she's determined to keep climbing--and what better time to do so than at the school's welcome hike? But when a strange fork in the road sends the entire class down a dangerous trail, can Uka step up and save the day?"--
Nagi Yoroizuka, a twenty-seven-year old systems engineer at a software development company, is facing down her thirties with no sign of romance. She works hard at her job, but things never seem to go right. Then, when a series of mishaps leaves her at her lowest point yet, a childhood friend reappears to offer her a hand. Not only is this genius engineer warm hearted and good looking, but he also gets along great with her! There¿s just one problem: She¿s only ever seen him as a friend, while he¿s been hiding his feelings for her their whole lives. But even if she¿s willing to give him a chance, will trauma from her past prove too much to overcome?
Suzune Amano lives an extraordinarily normal life as a middle school student by day and...magical-girl assassin by night?! When a group of four magical girls begins investigating the serial murders in their city, they soon find themselves Suzune's next targets! But what motivates Suzune to hunt both witches and magical girls alike?
It¿s been a week since Aurora was offered a place at The Tower where she can dedicate each day to her embroidery without interruption. That has always been Auroräs dream, so why is she hesitating when given that exact opportunity? Felix, on the other hand, isn¿t quite as divided on the issue, and he¿s pulling out all the stops to convince her to stay with him instead. One night, after an unexpected encounter, Aurora finally sorts out her conflicting feelings, but can she tell Felix before her resolve fades?
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION...Naoya Fukamachi is a university studentwhose ability to infallibly detect lies has lefthim friendless and isolated. When he writes apaper about a strange festival he wandered intoas a child, though, he catches the fancy of hisfolklore studies professor, Akira Takatsuki, ahandsome and eccentric man with a passion forall things mysterious. Soon, Naoya finds himselfworking as Akiräs assistant, helping him interpretan array of unexplainable phenomena, fromhaunted objects and cursed effigies to urbanlegends. As this odd couple continues theirinvestigations, however, Naoya realizesthat his professor has had a few bizarrechildhood experiences of his own¿
No family, no home, and no savings¿the Nakata brothers, Kanade and Kaname, have lost it all. So when a mysterious app offers to help them find lucrative work, what choice do they have but to sign up? Introduced to a gamified system of bounties, the two soon come face-to-face with the ¿odd¿ in odd jobs¿the dangerous creatures they must now fight. But Kanade and Kaname have no choice: To make money, they¿ll have to take down these monsters called Worlds¿or die trying.
"On her eighteenth birthday, shut-in Sena Shirai finally works up the courage to leave the comfort of her home--only to be hit by a truck! Luckily, she has a second chance at life as a witch in another world, but the only spells she can use are "explode" and "perish." Unable to control her destructive power, Sena is shunned by the nearby villagers and doomed to live in isolation once again. But when a mysterious boy collapses at her doorstep on her (second) eighteenth birthday, will her fate finally turn around?"--Page 4 of cover.
A snapshot of the sweet “aww”-inspiring tale of school life!! Celebrating the first hundred chapters of Horimiya, collected in this memorial book are a treasure trove of original illustrations posted in commemoration of new chapter releases, a sneak peek at a few of the storyboards before they went to print...and more!!
DEATH COMES FOR US ALLThe Kimberly Magic Academy combat league is heating up with the upperclassmen now going head-to-head! Meanwhile, the Sword Roses¿joined by several seniors¿delve deeper into the labyrinth in pursuit of Rivermoore, who has stolen one of Godfrey¿s bones for purposes unknown. They find themselves on the necromancer¿s home turf, a veritable kingdom of the dead where hordes of skeletal beasts and ghastly foes are at his beck and call. Will Oliver and friends manage to fend off his onslaught and recover Godfrey¿s missing sternum? What role does the coffin on Rivermoore¿s back playin his schemes¿?
When skilled coroner Dr. Bunnakit is called upon to examine the body of a woman who allegedly hanged herself, he soon finds that all evidence points to foul play. That night, a mysterious stranger breaks into his home and demands that he rule the death a suicide¿and after he confides in his prosecutor friend about the incident, that friend suddenly goes missing. Dr. Bunnakit pins all his suspicions on a man named Tan, but not only does Tan have a rock-solid alibi, he also volunteers to help uncover the real murderer¿
Unjustly expelled from his last party, adventurer Nick and his crew of similarly burned adventurers¿a once-noble mage, excommunicated priest, and dragonian lady knight¿have conquered the slimes of the first beginner labyrinth, and they now set out toward the Goblin Forest. Taking down some goblins? That you can do alone! But trust and teamwork are their only hope to defeat the hordes of hobgoblins and the mighty ogre deep in the woods¿Can they really succeed when their strategy relies on Karan the dragonian, who will have to relive her traumatic memories and act as the vanguard with her back to her team once again?
Souyäs dungeon adventure has begun in earnest, but now that he has cast aside his guns, he¿ll need to master a new weapon if he wants to hold his own. The bow seems like a promising choice, especially after he convinces a pair of beautiful elven sisters to teach him. Things are going smoothly¿until the elves¿ mysterious past catches up with them! What once looked like a quick side quest ends with Souya embroiled in royal politics and fighting for the honor of his new comrades¿!!
Unjustly expelled from his last party, adventurer Nick and his crew of similarly burned adventurers¿a once-noble mage, excommunicated priest, and dragonian lady knight¿have conquered the slimes of the first beginner labyrinth, and they now set out toward Goblin Forest. Taking down some goblins? That you can do alone! But trust and teamwork are their only hope to defeat the hordes of hobgoblins and the mighty ogre deep in the woods¿ Can they really succeed when their strategy relies on Karan the dragonian, who will have to relive her traumatic memories and act as the van guard with her back to her team once again?
After becoming engaged to Randolf Ulster during Earl John Doe's Ball, Constance reaffirms her promise to help Scarlett-not for the sake of repaying her debt, but out of gratitude for her help with Pamela. Now, what awaits her at the Silent Ladies' Tea Party, hosted by none other than Deborah Darkian...?
OCTODRAGON, HORROR OF THE DEEP! Thanks to Peeps getting a little lost in the sauce, the whole world has found out about the base where Sasaki and Futarishizuka were keeping Lady Elsa. When Sasaki's various acquaintances show up there looking for him, bullets and magic fly as the carefully built boundaries in his life come crashing down. Meanwhile, Sasaki gets a new assignment--dealing with a giant sea monster in the north Pacific! Between this rampaging octodragon(?) and distressing new developments in the proxy war, can Peeps and his exhausted owner manage to save Japan and--more importantly--get some rest?
YOKOHAMA STATION HAS SWALLOWED 99% OF MAINLAND JAPANTwo hundred years ago, Yokohama Station, which had been under constant construction, developed the ability to self-propagate. Now with nearly all Honshu, the mainisland of Japan, consumed by the growing station, the population has been split into two groups: those who live inside the sprawl with fare cards embedded in their brains and the few who persist on the remaining scraps of untouched land. Hiroto has lived his whole life on the outside, but when an exile from the station entrusts him with a mission and a ticket, he ventures into the ominous belly of the beast for the first time¿
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO TRANSFORM!In a nail-biting finish, Shido managed to correctly guess who Natsumi was impersonating. His reward for beating her at her own game? A house full of screaming children! In an act of pure frustration, Natsumi turned Shidös friends into a bunch of kids before making a break for it. Of course, there¿s no need to worry because she¿s still hanging around, doing her best to ruin his reputation from a distance... Shidös only chance to return the gang to normal and reclaim any semblance of peace is to give Natsumi...a makeover?!
THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVEN LUMINARIESNow that Yamato is free, the Prodigies head for anancient elf village to learn why they were summoned to this world. The surprising truth they uncover confirms what Tsukasa has suspected all along: Time is running out. The evil dragon¿s forces are working to revive their master, and stopping them is the only way the high schoolers can return home. However, one in their group is missing. Can Masato be persuaded to rejoin the others before it¿s too late?
After meeting through an online game, Heke and Lala have become close enough that they can gripe to each other about workâ¿but it turns out the boss Hekeâ¿s always griping about is actually Lala...!? This is the love story of two awkward girls who have nothing but complaints for each other in the real world and can only convey their true feelings online...
Determined to change her fate as written in The Noble King, Princess Octavia heads to the junior ball to find herself a (fake) boyfriend! But before she even arrives, she runs into trouble¿quite literally¿when her entourage crosses paths with an out-of-control carriage. As it turns out, the passenger was traveling to the same party in secret before the driver mysteriously fainted. Entangled in a series of rumors and conspiracies, the only one Octavia can count on is her bodyguard, Klifford¿ In all the chaos, does she have any chance of scoring a faux beau?
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