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A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the
secret power of his "family jewel," so who better to fight
alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?! Momo
Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum
regarding what they'll believe in and what they won't. Their quest
to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes
and paranormal battles they'll have to participate in to believe!
Okarun, a high school boy obsessed with supernatural phenomena, is
cursed by Turbo Granny! To break the curse, Okarun and his
classmate Momo Ayase challenge Turbo Granny to a high-stakes race.
But Turbo Granny's assassin, a bound spirit in the form of a giant
crab, has other plans!
So was Pemberley all peace, calm and pleasure after Elizabeth
Bennet married the sternly handsome Fitzwilliam Darcy? The
delightful short story from which this book takes its title tells
us in faithful detail how Lizzy fared and how her faithful
sister-in-law Georgiana rose Venus-like as a woman with her own
will and talents - and made an excellent match into the bargain. In
'Trina', we visit Tsarist Russia and the Tolstoyan setting of St
Petersburg, where a headstrong young girl falls for a man who can
work on her mind - and her fondness for rubies. Against the
backdrop of an era closer to our own, 'Friends and Relations'
explores the impact of World War I and a friendly American giant on
the tidy lives of a group of middle-class Britons. A keen eye for
social differences, a wonderful sense of time and place, and
occasional elegiac notes set these stories apart, guaranteeing the
reader rich and continuing rewards.
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Wuthering Heights
(Paperback, Abridged)
Emily Bronte; Introduction by John S. Whitley; Notes by John S. Whitley; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex.
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and
almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a
foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death,
Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley
and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not
reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later
as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible
revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic
and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a
complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely
moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make
this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
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The Territories
(Hardcover)
Chad Dundas, Jonathan Snowden
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The Hobbit
(Paperback)
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure.
A timeless classic.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again.
Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J. R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, ‘The Hobbit’. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an
assassin and a telepath! Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when
it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the
betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate
assignment-to get married and have a kid-he may finally be in over
his head! The Forgers look into adding a dog to their family, but
this is no easy task-especially when Twilight has to simultaneously
foil an assassination plot against a foreign minister! The
perpetrators plan to use trained dogs for the attack, but Twilight
gets some unexpected help to stop these terrorists.
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. The fight with Kokushibo, the highest-ranking
demon among Muzan's servants, is over. Although Himejima and Sanemi
defeated Kokushibo and sent him to hell, the price the Demon Slayer
Corps has paid is very high. Kiriya Ubuyashiki, the new leader of
the Demon Slayers, struggles to recover from the losses. With the
battle against Muzan far from over, the remaining fighters will
need his help more than ever. Meanwhile, deep within Infinity
Castle, Tanjiro and his friends come face-to-face with their
nemesis at last...
One missing girl. Five bodies. Time is running out. When
nineteen-year-old university student Emma goes missing, Detective
Inspector Gareth Gravel is called in. But what is a simple missing
person case soon turns into something much darker as Gravel's
inquiries lead him to the graves of five young women - each of whom
looks just like Emma. With a serial killer on the loose and his
latest victim already in his control, can the police find Emma in
time? Or will Emma have to save herself? The Carmarthen Murders is
the first book in the dark, edge-of-your-seat Carmarthen Crime
thriller series set in the stunning West Wales countryside.
*Previously published as Portraits of the Dead*
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Hired Guns
(Hardcover)
Paul Salamoff; Illustrated by Ana Teresa Rivera
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