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Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 ...

From Chinese-Canadian award-winning author Ai Jiang comes a masterful debut collection of short fiction that explores both near-future and far-future societies, the fantastical and surreal, the horrific and psychological, found family and those we've lost, generational disparities, the value of language and identity and memories, and more.Memories Are Only Valuable If They Can Be Lost features 40 works of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy, including the Hugo Awa...

"Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human."–Samit Basu, author of Turbulence★ Finalist – Hugo Award for Best Novelette★ Finalist – Nebula Award for Novelette – Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association★ Finalist – Locus Award for NoveletteIf you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations. . . would you?Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an...

Three cowboys walk into a bar.It’s not the start of a joke.It’s the start of the biggest, baddest bar brawls the Old West has ever seen.In the dusty, lawless towns of the untamed frontier, a quiet drink is a luxury few can afford. Especially for an unlikely trio of heroes. One a mountain of a man with fists like boulders, another a lanky brawler with a reach that defies reason, and the third a lightning-fast warrior...

Anxious to get into a Tokyo groove, both women are on the prowl for a funky and cheap place to live. But inexpensive apartments in Japan's capital city are hard to find. Thank goodness each Nana has a clique of cool friends willing to help out. Too bad these friends are a little wiggy!

In a brand-new high school of only first-years, Midori, a girl who gives her all, runs for a spot on the student council alongside Akira, a guy who sees things through. Once elected, they start a new legacy at the school while also falling in love.

The West is haunted.Its ghosts don’t just whisper.They ride, they shoot and they drag you to hell.Across the unforgiving frontier, in forsaken towns like Deadwater and Dry Gulch, grizzled lawmen and hardened drifters discover that the deadliest threats don’t carry six-shooters. From the cursed peaks of Hangman’s Ridge to the shadowy depths of Black Hollow Mine, an ancient evil stirs. The sins of the past refuse to s...

From a rising-star author, winner of the both the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion that will stay with you long after the final page. For readers of Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H. Rao's The Surviving Sky.Liu Lufeng is the eldest princess of the Feng royalty and,...

Wildly-popular artist Ai Yazawa’s beloved fashion-centric manga, Paradise Kiss, is back in a glamorous omnibus edition to celebrate 20 years since the manga began serialization.Follow Yukari’s through-the-looking-glass journey as she is drawn into the world of fashion by a group of passionate, young aesthetes who are determined to make their couture label a success, with Yukari as their muse...

Harrowing confessions from the grave. Missing children, deaths, framing, Oakland County, Michigan

They were at the top of their careers, but their hearts were running on empty.A single trip was meant to be an escape… but it led them straight to a love that would change everything.Twelve women. Twelve destinations. Twelve chances at forever.From the misty highlands of Scotland to the sun-drenched vineyards of Tuscany, and from the vibrant coast of Rio to the tranquil oases of Morocco, this collection will transpo...

Navigate The Digital World with ConfidenceParenting in the Digital Age is the ultimate guide for navigating the challenges and opportunities of raising children in a world dominated by technology. With the rapid growth of digital devices and the internet, it's more important than ever for parents to understand the impact of technology on their children's development and wellbeing.This comprehensive e-book covers all the impo...