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For these two typecast actors, love can't always be black or white.
Shin is an actor whose awkward personality has gotten him typecast
as the villain, whereas his secret lover Shige garners all the
prime princely roles. As their careers advance, can these two
endure all eyes being on them not just in public but in private
too? Up-and-coming actor Shin has become friendly with Tatara, a
veteran actor he admires, which makes Shin's boyfriend Shige
visibly jealous. And when Shin and Shige finally get their chance
to work together, the situation only worsens. Being forced to hide
their relationship while on set is more than Shige can handle, so
he confronts Shin and tells him that this was precisely why he
didn't want them to become intimate. Unfortunately for the secret
lovers, the eavesdropping Tatara overhears it all!
At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are
divided into predators and prey. At a high school where the
students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships
maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar-a
hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?
Gray wolf Legoshi joins forces with Beastar horse Yahya to try to
apprehend a mixed-species elephant poacher. Meanwhile, gray wolf
Juno meets with red deer Louis and learns why he can't be with her,
even if he wanted to. Juno and Legoshi commiserate about the
drawbacks of being in love with a beast of another species. Then
Legoshi falls into a trap he can't escape without the aid of a
stranger, and Louis gets an offer he might not be able to refuse.
"Delightfully morbid and surprisingly emotional" -The New York
Times A chilling and twisty horror of toxic friendships, punk rock
and vampire parasites from the Bram Stoker award-winning modern
master of horror and author of The Cabin at the End of the World
and A Head Full of Ghosts. 1988, and puberty has hit Art Barbara
hard - he's a painfully socially awkward teenager, underweight,
acne-ridden, and bent crooked by scoliosis. Worse, he has no extra
credits to get him into college. So Art starts the Pallbearers'
Club, dedicated to mourning the homeless and lonely - the people
with no one else to bury them. It might be a small club, unpopular
and morbid, but it introduces Art to Mercy Brown, who is into
bands, local history, folklore and digging up the dead. Decades
later, Art is writing his memoir to try and make sense of it all,
because nothing about Mercy is simple. It's all a matter of trust,
right? Their friendship twists and coils around the pair of them,
captured in Polaroid snapshots and sweaty gigs and the freaky,
inexplicable flashes of nightmare that lurk in a folded jacket at
night. Because Art is writing his memoir to make sense of it all,
but Mercy is reading it too. Mercy thinks Art's novel - because
this isn't a memoir - needs some work, and she's more than happy to
set the record straight. What if Art didn't get everything right?
Come on, Art, you can't tell just one side of the story...
Seamlessly blurring the lines between fiction and memory, the
supernatural and the mundane, The Pallbearers Club is an immersive,
suspenseful portrait of an unforgettable and unsettling friendship.
Romance! A crazy, overprotective brother! And...spies?! Taiyo Asano
has been on his own ever since his parents died and the only one
who seems to care for him is his childhood friend and classmate,
Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret-she is the head of a
family of spies! And on top of that, her brother Kyoichiro is
dangerously protective of her! To stop Kyoichiro from killing him,
Taiyo and Mutsumi must take the ultimate leap-marriage! Because in
the Yozakura family, family cannot kill family. Mutsumi's been
kidnapped by Hanawa, a spy who is a master florist! The entire
family is dispatched to save her. Having failed to put up a fight
against Hanawa the first time they met, will Taiyo be able to
defeat him this time? Later, Taiyo is arrested by a mysterious
detective who seems to know a lot more about the Yozakura family
than he should...
For almost thirty years, Judge Dredd has dominated the British
comic scene. Now you can re-discover the roots of this legendary
character in this vast and Thrill-packed series of graphic novels
collecting together all of Dredd's adventures in chronological
order, complete and uncut.
AN IRISH TIMES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 A GUARDIAN BEST COMIC
AND GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 A TELEGRAPH BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
OF THE YEAR 2022 'Alison absorbed, delighted and moved me with its
quiet truthfulness' Helen Garner 'A genius graphic novel (but lots
of words) about a young woman from Dorset who leaves her life to be
with a much older famous artist in London. It's also brilliant on
relationships, creativity and friendship (and the art world)' India
Knight 'Every now and again a book comes along that is such a
bright joy, so true, so beautiful and moving. Alison is one of
those books. I loved it' Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
'Alison is Posy Simmonds meets Edward Bawden - and really, what
higher praise could there be?' Observer 'Subtle and deliciously
complicated, this is a big book on big subjects, but lightly,
elegantly done. I loved it' Tessa Hadley, author of Free Love
Alison is newly married, barely twenty and struggling to find her
place in the world. A chance encounter with an older artist upturns
her life and she forsakes convention and her working-class Dorset
roots for the thrumming art scene of London in the late seventies.
As the thrill of bohemian romance leads inevitably to
disappointment, Alison begins to find her own path - through art,
friendship and love. 'This book is a testament to the right to
choose your own life' Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater 'A
delicious portrait of 80s and 90s London and a more universal tale
of a working-class young woman making a life in a world that has
not been designed for the likes of her. For all its effortlessness
[...] Alison ends up carrying a great emotional heft. It's a lovely
book, and I cried at the end.' Guardian
Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note
Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
Final Volume--Contains Volumes 11 and 12 of Death Note Light
Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out
of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a
notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose
name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to
use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. Will
Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into
the very thing he fights against?
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Moon Knight Omnibus
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Charlie Huston, Duane Swierczynski; Illustrated by David Finch
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Mega-City One - a nightmarish enclosure located along the Eastern
Seaboard of North America. Only the Judges - powerful law enforcers
supporting the despotic Justice Department - can stop total anarchy
running rife on the crime-ridden streets. Toughest of them all is
Judge Dredd - he is the law and these are his stories... After a
pack of vicious Dune Sharks attack Mega-City One, Judge Dredd sets
out into the Cursed Earth with a group of cadets, intent on finding
where the alien fish fiends have come from, so he can wipe them out
once and for all! Meanwhile in another classic adventure from the
pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine, Dredd teams up with the
celebrity freelance exorcist, Devlin Waugh, to battle Kigishu the
evil sorcerer on the plains of Pan-Africa...
In a Gotham City where friend and foe are indistinguishable, Bruce
Wayne's path toward becoming the Dark Knight is riddled with more
obstacles than ever before. Focused on punishing his parents true
killers, and the corrupt police that allowed them to go free, Bruce
Wayne's thirst for vengeance fuels his mad crusade and no one, not
even Alfred, can stop him. This stunning collection contains all
three volumes of the Batman: Earth One series! Contains Batman:
Earth One, Batman: Earth One Vol. 2, and Batman: Earth One Vol. 3.
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RIN-NE, Vol. 26
(Paperback)
Rumiko Takahashi; Rumiko Takahashi
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Manga legend Rumiko Takahashi's lighthearted tale of a girl who can
see ghosts and a boy from beyond. After a mysterious encounter in
her childhood, Sakura Mamiya gained the power to see ghosts. Now a
teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! Then
one day she meets Rinne Rokudo, a boy who is far more than what he
seems. The haunted hijinks continue as spooky summer days turn to
fall. Masato, everyone's favorite demon, accidentally wins the
favor of an angel and ends up with wings and a knack for good
deeds-no matter how hard he tries to be bad! Can Rinne revert him
to his normal self? The latest series from one of Japan's greatest
manga creators.
Zero customers, a naked young lady, and an armed militia-it's just
another postapocalyptic day for this food truck owner! The owner of
a food truck in a postapocalyptic world nearly runs over a naked
girl sleeping in the middle of the desert. When he gives her a
lift, he inadvertently takes on her baggage too-an armed militia
hot on her trail...and her even more problematic appetite. If one
doesn't take him out, the other surely will! Gordon, a middle-aged
cook, and Arisa, his wild-woman companion, are still freewheeling
their way through the desert on their food truck journey. Fueled by
good grub, it's a sauna for the soul. Meanwhile, Gordon's former
subordinate Kyle finds himself a new companion of his own-Arisa's
younger sister Myna! It's time to put the pedal to the metal on
this crazy food truck road trip!
In this noir collection, millionaire Wesley Dodds becomes the
Sandman to fight injustice in 1930s New York City, going after
kidnappers, blackmailers and predators who prey on rich socialites.
The year is 1938, and the world is holding its breath-mesmerized by
the onrushing storm that will soon engulf it in fire and steel. In
New York City, one man's sleep is filled with tormenting visions of
the evils that mankind visits upon itself, compelling him to act.
And so, by night, Wesley Dodds lays aside the trappings of his
inherited wealth to roam the shadows as the Sandman, armed with a
tranquilizing gas gun and driven by an unrelenting sense of
justice. Haunted and obsessed, the Sandman moves through a
decadent, post-Depression landscape, stalking the predators who
hide themselves beneath society's callous indifference to the weak
and vulnerable. No one sees him at his work until he chooses to
reveal himself-no one, that is, except the woman who is destined to
be the light to his darkness.
The conclusion to the WE ARE THE SLAYER event storyline! IT'S THE
FINAL SHOWDOWN FOR THE MULTIVERSE! The Scooby Gang goes
head-to-head with Silas, now on their own terms inside the high
school. But when Buffy's memory is stolen, Willow, Kendra, Faith,
and the others are left to fight him alone. With Buffy and Giles
trapped in the memoryscape, things look grim, as their allies face
Silas and the Lurkers in a desperate battle. But will Buffy be able
to regain her memory and save her friends? Perhaps... through sheer
willpower and some unexpected magical help. Writer Jeremy Lambert
(Doom Patrol) and artists Marianna Ignazzi (An Unkindness of
Ravens) and Valentina Pinti (Destiny, NY) along with their own
Scooby Gang of writer and artist friends bring the "We Are The
Slayer" event storyline to its pulse-pounding conclusion with the
Multiverse itself at stake! Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer
#34-35 and Buffy The Vampire Slayer: 25th Anniversary Special #1
What happens when an unlucky girl meets an undead guy? Pure chaos!
Tired of inadvertently killing people with her special ability
Unluck, Fuuko Izumo sets out to end it all. But when she meets
Andy, a man who longs for death but can't die, she finds a reason
to live-and he finds someone capable of giving him the death he's
been longing for. Shen's obsession with avenging his sister's death
at the hands of Feng nearly causes him to lose sight of himself
until Andy reminds him his purpose is to protect the person right
in front of him-Mui. During their battle, Feng launches a
devastating attack, and Fuuko and Mui are his targets! Shen and
Andy manage to block the attack in time, but not without paying a
tremendous price. Now it's up to Mui to find a way to turn the tide
in their favor!
The children of the Grace Field House orphanage must escape a
macabre fate before it's too late. Life at Grace Field House is
good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and
exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides
them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not
everything is as it seems... With Lucas's help, Emma is able to
finally uncover the mystery of William Minerva. While their helper
may no longer be alive, Emma now knows how to escape the world of
demons. However, first they will need to escape Goldy Pond in one
piece. And to do that, they'll have to take down some of the most
powerful demons they've ever come across!
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Secret Wars
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Jonathan Hickman; Illustrated by Esad Ribic
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A seminal series from a legendary creator. Dragon Ball, a wry
update on the Chinese Monkey King myth, introduces us to Son Goku,
a young monkey-tailed boy whose quiet life is turned upside-down
when he meets Bulma, a girl determined to collect the seven Dragon
Balls. If she gathers them all, an incredibly powerful dragon will
appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are scattered
all over the world, and to get them she needs the help of a certain
super-strong boy...
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Rosa Parks
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Mariapaola Pesce; Illustrated by Matteo Mancini
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