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The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.
Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her?
Years before the end of the war against the Demon King, Macht, the most powerful of the Seven Sages of Destruction, made a deal with the lord of the fortress city of Weise in an attempt to understand human emotions. Although the deal was at first beneficial to both sides, Macht eventually transformed the entire city and all of its residents into gold. Now, the strange tale of Macht, the fate of Weise, and Denken’s own past will all lead Frieren and her companions to one of their most difficult confrontations yet.
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Carmilla
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Joseph Sheridan Lefanu; Edited by Savannah Stuttgen; Foreword by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
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DESPERATE MEASURES
After a close call with a deadly epidemic and an attempt on the
emperor's life, the imperial court of Qudu is in turmoil. The emperor
is determined to hold someone among the noble clans accountable, a
desire Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye are prepared to use to their
political advantage. The chaos gives them another opportunity as
well--a chance to investigate the suspected mastermind behind the fall
of Zhongbo five years ago.
Yet as they delve deeper into the past, new dangers emerge in the
present. For every move they make, their unseen adversary seems always
a step ahead, driving them into a trap from which there is no way out.
As Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye's lives grow more and more entwined,
both find they are increasingly reliant on each other. But when Xiao
Chiye extends a hand in their most desperate hour, will Shen Zechuan
take it?
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! Yuji Itadori and his classmates are fighting two of
the three reincarnated Cursed Womb: Death Paintings brothers.
Meanwhile, Megumi Fushiguro loses consciousness after finally
defeating a special grade curse that possessed a Sukuna finger!
Whoever wins the fight between Itadori and the brothers will be the
one to secure the prized finger!
By the time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had completed the twelve stories
for The Strand Magazine that are gathered together in The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, he was already growing tired of his
most famous creation, but the financial incentive to continue was
too great. So began the second series of stories, known as The
Memoirs; these introduced such notable characters as Holmes'
indolent brother, Mycroft, and Holmes' most dangerous adversary,
Professor James Moriarty, the 'Napoleon of Crime'. The collection
included such stories as 'The Adventure of the Resident Patient'
and 'The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter', which Doyle would
list later as amongst his favourites. It was to Moriarty that was
delegated the task of ending the career of the world's finest
consulting detective in a final, fatal encounter at The Reichenbach
Falls in Switzerland in the concluding tale, 'The Final Problem'.
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. The Union members enjoy their student lives as they try to divert the tragedy that comes with the manifestation of Chikara’s negation abilities. When it appears that they have successfully managed to protect Chikara’s peaceful days, a UMA crashes their graduation ceremony! As Fuuko and the others do battle with the UMA threat, Chikara faces two choices—lead a regular life or join the superpowered organization!
'Powerful and impressive ...there is a fine inevitability in the
plot structure which gives it true tragic quality' - Dorothy L.
SayersAdrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through
violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas,
1931. Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a
riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December,
Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely
house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond
of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on
Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been
granted. This fascinating and unusual novel tells the story of what
happened that dark Christmas night; and what the murderer did next.
"Cara!" Mr. Wilkinson stood on the jetty looking out at the long,
low shadow of the island, dark against the setting sun. "A
beautiful place, and a beautiful name." "It's the Gaelic word for a
corpse." From the dramatic Highlands to bustling cities and remote
islands in wild seas, the unique landscapes and locales of Scotland
have enthralled and shaped generations of mystery writers. This new
collection presents seventeen classic stories, spanning a period
from the 1880s to the 1970s, by a host of Scottish authors
alongside writers from south of the border inspired by the history
and majesty of the storied country. Featuring vintage tales by
Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson and Baroness Orczy
together with mid-twentieth-century mini-masterpieces by Margot
Bennett, Michael Innes and Cyril Hare, this anthology also includes
a rare Josephine Tey short story, reprinted for the first time
since 1930.
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