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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, Tanjiro Kamado is a
kindhearted boy who 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. Learning to slay demons
won't be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The
surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know
what's going on, might provide some answers...but only if Tanjiro
can stop Giyu from killing his sister first! Action-adventure title
similar to InuYasha that pits samurai swords against demons.
For generations of Oxfords residents, students and visitors,
Boswells has been part of the city's charm. It was therefore an
obvious subject for Oxford Inc, a group of writers who compile
stories around a common theme. All sorts of people pass through the
department store; they may look just like the rest of us but,
underneath the surface, the authors reveal private lives with
twists, joy and despair, all of which make for an entertaining
read. There are stores here to make you laugh, some will make you
cry, and others will make you think; together they present a
collection which is a varied and delightful as Boswells, the famous
old store which links them all. Boswells are donating a percentage
of the profit from every copy they sell to their Charity of the
Year.
To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit,
Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself
caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a
world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments
of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and
scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the
power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately,
there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to
protect the precarious existence of the living from the
supernatural! Dagon has evolved into a terrifying curse, releasing
a flood of endless cursed energy attacks at Nabito, Maki, and
Nanami! At the same time, a group of curse users devoted to Geto
attempt to summon the jujutsu world's most terrifying threat.
In these masterfully crafted stories set across southern Africa,
ordinary lives intersect with extraordinary circumstances, weaving
together tales of survival, betrayal, and transformation.
At a township's edge, the child performers of an improvised circus
develop impossible abilities, defying gravity and reality. In
post-independence rural Namibia, a security guard protects an abandoned
fish farm while harbouring painful secrets about wartime loyalty. A
zoologist's search for a new amphibian species in Zambia masks deeper
personal turmoil, leading to tragic consequences. And a conversation
with a seductive stranger on a flight to Addis Ababa becomes the
turning point in the life of a young woman flailing between two
cultures.
From a teenage girl's near-fatal swim off the coast of Mozambique to
the stark choices facing a naive man caught up in corrupt activities as
the pandemic rages, each story exposes layers of human nature to reveal
both beauty and darkness. The collection offers a deep understanding of
the region's social landscape while remaining grounded in universal
experiences: the need for acceptance, the weight of secrets, and
unexpected resilience in the face of failure and loss.
For the first time ever, a beautiful deluxe stamped clothbound
hardcover edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings housed in
a custom-built clothbound slipcase, and illustrated throughout in color
by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colors
and with many bonus features unique to this edition.
The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most
gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of
the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the
jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable
fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth.
The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his
kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to
Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against
the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The
Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as
Elrond and Galadriel took part.
The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth
of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of
each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of
the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and
Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third
Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.
This deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is
printed in two colors and features, for the very first time, more than
50 colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien
himself as he composed this epic work.
Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all
the detail of Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet
featuring ‘A Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making’ by
Christopher Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing ‘Taniquetil’.
It is additionally quarterbound with raised ribs on the spine, stamped
in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built
clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in silver and include a ribbon
marker.
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