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As Gu Mang’s mind continues to deteriorate, he and Mo Xi set out for the prefecture of Lin’an, hoping to find a legendary sage with the ability to summon Gu Mang’s missing souls. Chances of success are vanishingly small, but Mo Xi is unwilling to give up any hope of restoring his beloved to health.
Upon arrival, however, Mo Xi and Gu Mang find no such fabled sage, but a familiar face—Murong Chuyi, who has arrived with the rest of the Yue Clan, including Yue Chenqing and the estranged Jiang Yexue, to complete a perilous blood ritual. What begins as a chance encounter soon turns deadly as Mo Xi stumbles across one of the clan’s darkest and most deeply buried secrets.
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It Takes Two
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Julia Baznik; Foreword by Pat A Hargis
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Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister
and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro
Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is
shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little
sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed
into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to
find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who
ruined his life. Their initial confrontation with Kokushibo, the
most powerful of Muzan's demons, has left Tokito severely wounded
and Genya cut in half-but still alive! Can his regenerative power
heal even this fatal wound? The Hashira Himejima and Sanemi square
off with Kokushibo and unleash all the skill they have against him.
Himejima is blind, but if he can see into the Transparent World he
might have a chance. Who will survive this whirlwind of flashing
blades?
With their weird combination of animal limbs, or distorted visions
of human perception, beasts and creatures can be found in all myths
and legends of the world, often used to demonstrate moral or
fabulistic stories, and explain extreme natural phenomena. An ideal
companion to Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales, this new
collection includes more of the most famous and recognizable
beasts, with some insight too into the rare and the little known:
the Simurgh - the gigantic mythical bird of Persian mythology and
literature - mingles with the monstrous Great Head of Iroquois
folklore; the Kraken of originally Scandinvavian legend can be
found alongside North America's Bigfoot, or Sasquatch if you
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Phoenix, Scylla and Charybdis, the Unicorn, Satyrs and Fauns,
Centaurs and Minotaurs, the Basilisk and the Griffin. And let's not
forget the goblins of the Norse, the ogreish monsters of Japanese
mythology, the Oni, and the nymphs, fairies and sprites that appear
in many different mythological traditions. This truly is a
wonderful collection of tales. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy,
Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the
entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction.
Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction
and mystery stories the books in Flame Tree Collections series are
beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of
reading pleasure.
The English translation of this bestselling graphic novel tells the
story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in
Bangkok, as he decides to leave the city and return to his native
village. Through reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks
to his past, Nok reconstructs a journey through the slums of
migrant workers, the rice fields of Isaan, the tourist villages of
Ko Pha Ngan, and the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Based on a decade
of anthropological research, The King of Bangkok is a story of
migration to the city, distant families in the countryside,
economic development eroding the land, and violent political
protest. Ultimately, it is a story about contemporary Thailand and
how the waves of history lift, engulf, and crash against ordinary
people.
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