**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Axie Oh, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in this lighthearted romantic fantasy reimagining of a Korean legend.**Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. An ex-soldier, he can remember little of his life from before two years ago, when he woke up alone with only his name and his sword. No...

Jenny’s never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk. A modern forbidden romance wrapped in the glamorous and exclusive world of K-pop, XOXO is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Maurene Goo.**Jenny didn’t get to be an award-winning, classically trained cellist without choosing pr...

A New York Times Bestseller!Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is an enthralling retelling of a classic Korean folktale, perfect for fans of Wintersong, Uprooted, and Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once thei...

There are few brands more synonymous with luxury than Cartier. Founded in France in 1847 by Louis-Francois Cartier, the luxury jeweller has been at the forefront of innovation and opulence for over 175 years. The jeweller of kings and queens, actors and adventurers, presidents and popstars, Cartier has a history as shining and multi-faceted as the diamonds they curate.The Little Guide to Cartier will track the history of this exclusive brand, covering key designs from watc...

Godzilla is more than a character - this creature has reached cultural icon status. From its Japanese film origins to becoming achieving worldwide fame, there is no doubt that Godzilla has earned the title of 'King of the Monsters'. Emerging from the sea as an immediate movie monster star, Godzilla has been invading our screens for over 70 years - and we still can't look away.The character is simultaneously instantly recognizable and constantly evolving. Imposing, violent, prehisto...

The entire first year of the best-selling Werewolf High series is now available in one collection!Join Lucy and the pack in the first three books, as they face down all the dangers that come along with werewolves, witches and high school!Book 1: The Truth SpellLucy O'Connor is more IT girl than "it girl" but even though she'll never fit in, the scholarship to elite Amaris High is an opportunity she can't refuse.The ...

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.Sori has worked her whole life to become a K-pop idol, until she realizes she doesn’t want a life forever in the spotlight. But that’s not actually up to Sori—she’s caught between her exacting mother’s entert...

This book explores the development of the ecological monetary paradigm in which money is created for the restoration and improvement of the Earth’s ecology in a way that simultaneously addresses environmental and human well-being issues. Ecological money is created via the facilities of monetization and proliferated by the pricing of products.The book, however, postulates that the development of an ecological monetary paradigm is hampered by a trilemma between inflation, the expend...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Final Fantasy meets Shadow and Bone in** The Demon and the Light, the hotly anticipated follow-up to Axie Oh's The Floating World.The battle is over, but the war is just beginning...With the help of her friends and allies, Ren managed to topple the General's insurrection, but the Floating World and its territories are still under threat of attack from the ri...

K-pop Dance Education is the first comprehensive guide to teaching, studying, and researching K-pop dance in global contexts.Through ethnographic fieldwork with fifty K-pop dance professionals, idols, agency CEOs, and choreographers across the US and Korea, this book offers an inside view of K-pop dance pedagogy. Integrating dance and performance studies, media studies, and cultural studies, it establishes five foundational movements of K-pop dance training in studio and e...

Shakespeare may be celebrated for his timeless tragedies and romantic sonnets, but he was also a master of mischief.The Little Book of Rude Shakespeare proves that Elizabethan wit could be as saucy and scandalous as anything today. From outrageous wordplay to lines that still raise eyebrows, it gathers the best of the Bard's sharp-tongued insults, risqué quips and salacious double entendres. Sprinkled with surprising facts about Elizabethan life and Shakespeare's world, it...

Knock, knock!Who's there?Chris.Chris who?Christmas.Don't worry, the jokes get better than that, though not much more, admittingly. Welcome to Cracking Christmas Jokes!This tiny tome is full of Christmas spirit, and celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with an endless stream of yuletide cheer. It's stuffed to bursting with cracker jokes as timeless as Santa himself - and they feel just as old, too. From classic cracker gags to, well, even...