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Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
When shoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! Takiko now knows where to find the remaining Celestial Warriors, but, with spies around every corner and the army of Qu-Dong on her trail, she may not survive the journey. When Tomite accidentally lets slip that Takiko...
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Takiko has found three of the seven Celestial Warriors, but must find the remaining four. She and her companions travel to the Oracle Anlu, hoping to locate the other warriors, but the Oracle actually makes Tariko's task more difficult when it claims that there are still five more warriors to be found.
14803) The apothecary diaries: 7
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Maomao succeeds in saving Jinshi from a horrific fate, proving herself indispensable to the palace once more. But while she is given the chance to explain herself, Maomao has yet to learn that the treachery of the plot she has uncovered is woven deep into the fabric of the very palace in which she serves. To truly unpick the mystery, Maomao will need her patience and her copious wits about her"--
14805) Book Group Bag: East of Eden
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected...
14806) House of Five Leaves: 1
Author
Series
House of Five Leaves volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Viz signature edition.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan's Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.1946, Manhattan. One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs--each...
14810) Dust child: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Past and present converge in the intertwined stories of an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man, all of whom are forced to grapple with secrets they kept during and after the Việt Nam War.
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Shonen Jump manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Kenshin and his comrades have discovered the location of Enishi's island compound, but Woo Heishin, Enishi's mysterious second-in-command, meets them on the beach with his deadly bodyguards, the Su-Shin or the "Four Stars, " to serve as a welcoming committee.
14812) The apothecary diaries: 5
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Forced to the leave the Inner Palace, Maomao finds herself in the employ of none other than Jinshi, the seemingly ever-present thorn in her side! Immune to his charms, Maomao sets about learning the ways of life in the Outer Palace, where government officials and military officers go about the daily business of running the country. Far from being fearful of her new surroundings, however, Maomao has her insatiable curiosity piqued by the soldier-occupied...
14813) Sakuran: blossoms wild
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Sakuran, Moyoco Anno lifts the veil on life in the Edo period pleasure quarter, Yoshiwara. The story follows Kiyoha, sold into a brothel as a child and forced to work as a maid and her rise to prominence as one of the top-ranking courtesans in Yoshiwara. The allure of the 'flower and willow world' as it was called by artists in the day is underscored by the very real tragedy, heartbreak and difficult lives led by those seemingly glamourous courtesans....
Author
Series
Century trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism....
14815) The apothecary diaries: 10
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When two beautiful foreign envoys with designs on the Emperor come calling with a tale of old about a spellbinding courtesan who captured the imagination of their family patriarch, it's up to Maomao to concoct a theatrical scheme to give the ladies a whopper of a story to take home! Later, Maomao goes back to sniffing around the Inner Court to find out the truth about the troubling prevalence of those foreign perfume oils that could spell disaster...
14816) Where waters meet
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller's mother, Rain, didn't live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix's life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain's unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation. Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother's suitcase, a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A graphic novel set in Indochina in the year leading up to 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a four-month battle, leading to the end of the first Indochina war between French forces and Ho Chi Minh's nationalist rebels. Minh(no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi, an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie boheme in Paris's Latin Quarter. To dissuade him from pursuing an artistic life, his father sends...
14818) Mao: 10
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Sunday edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Yurako reveals the history of her relationship with Mao, Nanoka starts to question her own feelings for him. But she doesn't have much time to dwell on her romantic life before the gang is off to investigate mysterious cases of spontaneous human combustion! Who is behind the immolation of wealthy local bureaucrats? Plus, the tragic story of Hyakka's arrival at the Goko clan's dojo. And finally, Shiranui and Hakubi's master plan is revealed"--...
14820) Vinland saga: Book 13
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
English edition.
Language
English
Description
"Thorfinn's travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in his friends, in his new wife, and in the dream that he's never let go, of a new land free of brutality and slavery. At last, the moment has come to set foot on Vinland--not the misty ideal he has carried there, but...
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