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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! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting
humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna
were 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!
Things happen in Beaumont Street, but what? To Whom? What really
goes on behind the elegant facades of the Ashmolean Museum and the
Randolph Hotel? You'd be surprised. Could that really happen in the
Playhouse? In this book, it does. A group of Oxford writers have
let their imaginations roam through the past, present and even the
future to produce a collection of short stories, all based in
Beaumont Street. The result is an entertaining read, just as
enjoyable to those who know Oxford well as it will be to its many
visitors. But be warned: once you have read this book you'll never
see Beaumont Street the same way again. All profits from the
publications of this book are being donated to the Ashmolean Museum
It's time for Tate and Gia's story. The third book in the Forbidden Love series - also suitable as a standalone - following Book #1, Truly Madly Deeply and #2, Wildest Dreams. Details coming soon . . . READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH L.J. SHEN: 'The way this book had me in a chokehold' 'I'm honestly speechless' 'New favourite author! I could NOT put this book down' 'This book was everything . . . GRAB THIS BOOK NOW' 'All emotions covered' 'Five stars all day long'
Broke young man + chainsaw dog demon = Chainsaw Man! Denji was a
small-time devil hunter just trying to survive in a harsh world.
After being killed on a job, he is revived by his pet devil Pochita
and becomes something new and dangerous-Chainsaw Man! A mysterious
devil is demanding Denji's heart! But will the devil hunters from
Division 4 agree to this deal to save themselves? Or will Denji
have to do what Denji does best-turn into a chainsaw and carve up
everything that gets in his way?!
Come take a walk through Roy's mind. A collection of short stories
and poems - some funny, some sad, some true, and some not so true.
But you decide. Read some ghost stories and funny ghost stories or
quickly change your mood, flick through a page or two and read
about Leprechauns or even the shadow people or try to free the lost
souls from Blackthorn Cottage if you dare. There's a bit of
something for every one when you venture in to Roy's thoughts
Under the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen
into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a
revolt, and, led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they
overthrow Mr Jones and drive him away from the farm. In the
subsequent struggle for power, it is Napoleon who emerges as a
victor: he renames the place "Animal Farm", gets rid of his enemies
and, by the way he behaves - expecting to be glorifi ed above the
others and turning the screw on his fellow beasts in order to keep
them subjugated - begins to resemble more and more the former
rulers of the farm, the hated humans. Written during the Second
World War and published in 1945, this allegorical novel is a
carefully constructed critique of the Russian Revolution and a
sharp satire on the abuse of power. It remains unsurpassed both as
a document of its time and as a testament to the versatility and
creative genius of George Orwell.
Twenty tales of adventure, fraud, horror, intrigue, justice, magic,
murder, mystery and the supernatural, all with a twist in the tale.
The tenth volume of the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, and British
Fantasy Award-winning series.
The Defiled, a group of Monstra long confined to the prison planet
Golga, have slipped through a rift between worlds and possessed anyone
who has ever held the Mask of the Shaman-Empress--including Maika,
Kippa, and Maika's father, the Lord Doctor. Without Zinn at her side,
Maika will need to partner with the most unlikely of allies to fight
this invasion--or risk losing everything and everyone she loves.
Collects MONSTRESS #55-60
Poetry is by its nature very personal and often reveals more about
the poet than any other medium can. Unlike prose, it is not so
closely bound to the rules of language and grammar and can take
wings and fly where the muse takes it. My poetry is largely of an
autobiographical nature which includes events, people, places in
fact anything that has impinged upon my life. My short stories on
the other hand can be read as straightforward fiction although
mostly they have a basis in fact. As for any wise sayings - some
are mine - others come from my father and other wise people. Jokes,
however, are few and depend largely on your sense of humour.
This little collection of poems, stories, outbursts and musings is
put forward as an homage to Jerome K. Jerome. His book, Idle
Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is like mine, a
series of humorous articles on various subjects.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is
not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you
many strange things.' Earnest and naive solicitor Jonathan Harker
travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous
Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian
Mountains. Through notes and diary entries, Harker keeps track of
the horrors and terrors that beset him at the castle, telling his
fiance Mina of the Count's supernatural powers and his own
imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape and
reunite with Mina, his experiences have led to a mental breakdown
of sorts. Meanwhile in England, Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten
and begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van
Helsing, a previous suitor of Lucy's, Seward, and Lucy's fiance
Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula and his attempts on Lucy
and consequently Mina's life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic
novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling
today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of
Victorian values as it was at its time of publication.
The private lives of strangers can be fascinating, as these tales
reveal. In them, the strangers are all passengers on the No 13 bus
leaving Oxford Station at 1.15pm on a summer's day, arriving some
40 minutes later at the John Radcliffe Hospital. During their
journey more passengers get on and others get off and they rarely
interact. But behind each inscrutable facade are the joys and fears
of complex private worlds and private thoughts. This is a book to
dip into. It will, of course, help pass the time on a bus journey
or even in hospital but it is intended to give pleasure to anyone
who enjoys reading about other people and lives which may be
exciting, sad or just plain different. All proceeds from the book's
sale are being donated to the Hidden Heroes Fund of the Oxford
Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds which supports staff
recognition, development and training across all the Trust's
hospitals.
A Lolita boy and a punk girl form a fashion-forward bond without realizing they already know each other from work!
There are two sides to every working adult: one they show when they’re on the job, and one they show when they’re off the clock. Until now, Amata was determined to keep his work and private lives separate. But thanks to a neighborhood cat known as Mitsu, he’s deduced that his prickly colleague Hanku could be the kind and stylish Aki he’s been spending his precious weekends with! Will telling her the truth about his own identity bring them closer or drive them apart?
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