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Yuji Kaku

Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope—in order to earn his freedom, he must travel to a long-hidden island and recover an elixir that will make the shogun immortal. Failure is not an option. On this island, heaven and hell are just a hair’s breadth away.

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R.L. Mathewson

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Neighbor from Hell

Jason Bradford is about to do the one thing he swore he’d never do, fall in love.Haley Blaine is officially done with being the world’s biggest pushover. For the past five years, her incredibly handsome next-door neighbor has made it his personal mission to turn her life into a living hell. But everyone has a breaking point. When Jason finally pushes her too far, Haley decides to take matters into her own hands.The last thing Jason expects is for his shy ne...

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Mike Mignola

The basis for the upcoming feature film Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen!Terrible powers determined to kill Hellboy force him strike a deal with the Russian witch, the Baba Yaga, and to confront the truth about his destiny. The human race hangs in the balance, as well as King Arthur's sword Excalibur, in a story that wipes England off the map and sets in motion the end of the world ...Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo's complete trilogy is collec...

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Mike Mignola

The Hellboy saga concludes, with the most ambitious chapter, Hellboy in Hell, collected in its entirety--all written and drawn by Mike Mignola.On the heels of Hellboy Omnibus Volume 3: The Wild Hunt, Hellboy is cast into Hell, where familiar faces reveal secrets of his origins, and previously unknown family members come forward. Hellboy forever alters the face of Hell, giving new significance to his role of Beast of the Apocalypse.While featuring b...

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E.T.A. Hoffmann

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Stella Humphries, Vernon Humphries, Sally Hayward

This selection of Hoffmann's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Suspense dominates tales such as Mademoiselle de Scudery, in which an apprentice goldsmith and a female novelist find themselves caught up in a series of jewel thefts and murders. In the sinister Sandman, a young man's sanity is tormented by fears about a mysterious chemist, while...

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SM Reine

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Preternatural Affairs

This urban fantasy boxed set contains the first three books of the Preternatural Affairs series: Witch Hunt, Silver Bullet, and Hotter Than Helltown.My name's Cèsar Hawke. I’m a witch working for a division of the government you’ve never heard about.The world’s not what everyone thinks it is—unless you think that our world’s a pawn in a game of chess between Heaven and Hell, and riddled with as much magic and wonder as it is with evil.In that case, the worl...

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Geoff Saunders

Ian Baker-Finch: To Hell and Back is the first and only biography of one of the best-known names in golfing circles. Charting Ian Baker-Finch's story from his early golfing career through to his later success in media, it has been written with Ian's full co-operation and explores the tragic circumstances behind the Australian golfer's loss of form.When Ian Baker-Finch won the 1991 Open, he became a household name. Yet his world collapsed after a dramatic a...

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Lora Beth Johnson

Oceans Eight meets Six of Crows in this YA fantasy heist novel about a teenage con artist and her ragtag crew teaming up for their toughest job yet: stealing a soul from the Afterlife.Elle Fields comes from a long line of thieves who specialize in breaking into the Afterlife to steal secrets—and magic—from the dead. But after her parents’ disappearance and her brother’s death, Elle is left adrift, without even her crew to rely on.Until a m...

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Charles Pellegrino

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Asia/Pacific/Perspectives

Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, detonated over Japan, changed life on Earth forever.To Hell and Back offers readers a stunning, “you are there” time capsule, wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino’s scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritat...

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Sherilee Gray

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Knights of Hell

Once, the passion between fallen angel Silas and Lucifer's vicious handmaid, Ursula, burned hotter than hell. Until he destroyed it all.Now they're together again, unwilling teammates in a brutal tournament that will push them to their mental and physical limits; exposing all the fury and hurt Ursula has tried so hard to hide - and a scorching desire that cannot be denied.But to survive the deadly trials ahead of them, Silas and Ursula must learn to trust e...

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Janna Ruth

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Ashuan

Hell hath no fury like a brother scornedLast year was hell. And Matt grew up there. Just as he's begun to learn what it means to be human, his demon mother tempts him with a life-changing offer. Problem is, he’s not the only one she’s offered it to.As Matt returns to Greenvalley for another year of school, love, and monster hunts, his half-brothers are out for blood. One has a thousand years more experience than him, while the other hunts humans for sport.

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Wanitta Praks

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The Mafia and His Maiden

Amelia StoneChoices. Every choice leads to a consequence. This is now my new life. And I must live with this consequence.Nikolas Lorenzo, head mafia of the Lorenzo Group. He barged into my life like a raging pit bull, destroying my orderly lifestyle and shattering my innocent dreams. Gun poised at my father’s temple, he asks me point blank, “Choose between his life or yours.”I’ve made my choice, and now I must live with this consequence. I ...