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"...What's, going on. Halter, what kind of joke is this!!" Naoto and Marie are betrayed by none other than Vainney Halter. The gang is visiting the crime capital of the world, Shangri La Grid. But what awaits them there is not only an unexpected betrayal and conspiracies, but a new Initial-Y...The fourth installment of the overhaul fantasy by Yuu Kamiya x Tsubaki Himana x Sino!

Ten-year-old Martha has leadership skills. At least, that's what her parents say. Her cousins, Sanjay and Anand, say she's bossy. When Martha secretly adopts a very pregnant cat from a garage sale free box right before her cousins come for a long visit, it puts a serious kink in her carefully laid plans for summer. That kink grows even bigger, when the cat runs away. Still, Martha's determined to give her cousins forty-two days of fun, Portland,...

"Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written - let alone published - anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast...

"In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools and practical advice needed to write a novel in a single year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the reader through the fundamental building blocks of fiction to deliver a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of conversational and instructive chapters, Mosley breaks down the art of fiction to its most...

An intelligent and outspoken only child, Marjane Satrapi--the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor--bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Marjane's graphic depiction of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen brings home, with eloquence and force, the contradictions between private and public life in a country plagued by political upheavals. Her child's eye view...

Toda historia tiene un principio; cada acción, una reacción, y todo evento es un desencadenante. Historias entrelazadas nos sumergen, bajo la perspectiva de un adolescente, a un mundo lleno de cambios. Vuelve Juan Acevedo, esta vez con una mirada ingenua hacia el mundo que lo rodea. Teniendo que asimilar situaciones para tomar decisiones; las mismas que le servirán como bisagra hacia la madurez. Una historia que nos hará replantear quiénes somos. ¿Somos...

Readers meet Harry Dresden, Wizard for Hire. He finds lost items, conducts paranormal investigations, does consulting work, gives advice and charges reasonable rates. This is the first book in the Dresden Chronicles, with two more to come.

Imaginative Babymouse's science partner, Felicia the cat, expects her to do all of the work for their report on microscopic creatures, but Babymouse gets help from a pizza-loving amoeba named Squish.

Business has been slow for professional wizard Harry Dresden, who hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work, magical or mundane. But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise.