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What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the She-Devil With a Sword than to revisit her greatest tales in an all-new hardcover collection? Brought together for the first time in a single volume, these storied sagas trace the legendary exploits of the Hyboria's favorite daughter over five skull-smashing, tavern-wrecking decades!
. "The Temple of Abomination!" - Roy Thomas & Dick Giordano
. "Red Sonja" - Roy Thomas & Esteban Maroto
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Journey across the fantastic world of Octopath Traveler with over 200 pages of concept art and developer commentary collected in a stunning hardcover volume!
Join the travelers in their journey through Orsterra and discover each of their unique origins. Delve into a fantasy landscape full of amazing creatures and scenery. Ponder the inspired design and artistic passion-all through incredible art from the creation of the critically acclaimed Octopath...
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Meet a new Korean hero named...City Boy! Or at least, that's the best translation of what the cities call him. City Boy, a.k.a. Cameron Kim, is just getting by, using the powers the cities have offered him to find the lost, the missing, the valuable. But when the cities speak, it can be overwhelming. Especially when powerful humanforces aligned with one of the DC Universe's greatest threats try to take control!
As Cameron's powers get stronger,...
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Once possessed by Xamul, the spirit of the flame that possessed her, Sitha the Red has chosen to follow the path of the sword, inspired by the courage of her adopted mother, Red Sonja. Now, ten years have gone by and Sitha is a young bounty hunter, always in pursuit of the most dangerous criminals in the kingdom of Aquilonia. Until, that is, the day that someone returns from her past with a new mission for her - one that borders on suicide! Written...
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A new chapter of Robin's story begins! Picking up after the explosive events in Volume 1, it's date night for Tim and his boyfriend, Bernard, and the recent sense of calm in Gotham Marina is about to change! Batwoman shows up with a mystery only the world's best Robin can solve-if they can team up and learn to work together, that is. They need to figure it out fast if they're going to free themselves from the Chaos Monsters!
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From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The Gentleman's Gide to Vice and Virtue.
They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris...
8) Pardalita
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16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced, and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more.
Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each other while working on a play. And...
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初出版以来、ホグワーツ魔法魔術学校で公認教科書として使用されている『幻の動物とその生息地』は、魔法界の不思議な動物を学ぶうえでの必携ガイドです。本書では多種多様な魔法生物が紹介されており、映画『ファンタスティック・ビースト』シリーズでおなじみの著名な魔法動物学者、ニュート・スキャマンダーによる説明は、読む人を虜にします。
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10) Night Hunt, The
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A DARK-FANTASY ROMANCE FROM ALEXANDRA CHRISTO, AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION TO KILL A KINGDOM. Enter a world of Gods and monsters . . .
Atia is an immortal who feeds on fear and nightmare. As the last of her kind, she hides in the shadows of the world to escape the wrath of the vengeful Gods. Silas is a Herald, carrying messages and ferrying the dead, as punishment for a past he can't remember.
Atia would never dream of allying with someone like...
11) Pieces of Me
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The next gut-punching, compulsively readable Kate McLaughlin novel, about a girl who finds strength in not being alone
When eighteen-year-old Dylan wakes up, she's in an apartment she doesn't recognize. The other people there seem to know her, but she doesn't know them-not even the pretty, chiseled boy who tells her his name is Connor. A voice
inside her head keeps saying that everything is okay, but Dylan can't help freaking out. Especially when...
13) Sleepless
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I never wanted to move to Narrowdale. And doing so at the beginning of my freshman year of high school? Ugh, this is going to be the worst year ever.
But it turns out that getting used to a new school is the least of my problems. There's creepy whistling outside my window every night. I'm having the same spine-chilling nightmares over and over again. Sleep deprived, I begin to listen to vague and cryptic warnings of a scary homeless guy. Is something...
14) Fortune
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Step into the world of the mega-rich… and the mega-bitches. For anyone who loves watching The Hills or reading Katie Price, here's the book that takes the blockbusting beach read and upgrades it to first class. Brad Masters is rich. Very, very rich. CEO of the Perfect Cut record label, he owns properties in the Med, the Florida Keys, New York and London. He flies a private jet, drives a collection of supercars and walks nowhere, if he can help it....
15) Unretouchable
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Olive is spending the summer before art school at a coveted internship, helping one of the fashion industry’s elite digital-imaging specialists. After a glamourous New York photoshoot, she learns that taking pictures is only the first step. She discovers the “violent verbs” (cut, crop, slice, lasso) of image retouching software and the secrets behind “virtual models.”
Soon Olive is fixating on her own appearance and pondering the ethics...
16) Fire Starters
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Fire Starters tackles restorative justice on a contemporary reserve in Northwestern Ontario.
When two white teenagers accidentally set fire to a gas station, their Indigenous classmates are wrongly accused. The truth slowly comes to light as contrasting systems of justice are explored-both the traditional ways of the community and Canadian law enforcement.
17) Will I See?
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May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there is strength in the spirit of those that have passed. But will that strength be able to save her? A story of tragedy and beauty, Will I See illuminates the issue of missing...
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The enchanting Zatanna: Zatara has the hottest stage act in Las Vegas. And unlike the parlor tricks peddled by other would-be Houdinis around town, Zatanna's magic is no illusion. It's real. The dazzling Mistress of Magic can warp reality with just a few backwards words. But the supernatural is powerful...and in the wrong hands, it's deadly. So when mystical menaces start causing trouble, Zee steps in to stop them-from the evil sorcerer Brother Night...
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“The Saddle Boys” in this western-themed series are Frank Haywood, only son of rich miner/ranch owner Leonidas Haywood, and Frank's friend, Bob Archer, who hails from Kentucky. They became known far and wide because of being seen riding and dashing over the prairies at top-notch speed. They were often confronted by a spoiled young Peg, (nickname for Percy Egbert Grant, whose wealthy father let him get by with more than he should.)
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From debut author Andrew Duplessie, a terrifying collection of teen short horror stories that will keep you up long into the night! Perfect for fans of “Five Nights at Freddy's”.
A garbage disposal that feeds on flesh...
A beloved stuffed rabbit that cooks up your parents...
Roses that require human blood to bloom...
From blood-chilling horror to supernatural scares, this collection of short stories from debut author Andrew Duplessie offers something...
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