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"Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hot headed guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their band to the music, and to one another, always brings them back together again. Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all-- with school, with his basketball club, and even with his...

"Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"-- Provided by publisher.

"'Hikaru's' sudden disappearance from the mountain has not gone unnoticed...and his presence in town has begun to raise suspicions as well. Spirits from the other side grow restless, while the people sensitive to them begin taking steps to uncover the truth. As Yoshiki continues to struggle with the true identity of 'Hikaru,' he is reminded once again that his friend no longer shares his understanding of life and death-and that if you play with fire,...

A college student finds herself resurrected as Eumiella, an evil daughter of the nobility in the world of an Otome RPG that she played in her previous life. In the RPG, Eumiella isn't worth thinking about at first, but in the endgame content she returns as a hidden boss, complete with ridiculous stats that put her on par with even the game's heroes. After being essentially abandoned by her parents at their family domain, the flames of Eumiella's former...

"A social butterfly makes friends with a wallflower--whether he's ready or not!"--

"For years, Federico García Lorca's lecture on duende has been a source of insight for writers and performers, including Ted Hughes, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, and Amanda Gorman. Duende: Play and Theory not only provides a path into Lorca's poetics and the arts of Spain; it is one of the strangest, most compelling accounts of inspiration ever offered by a poet. Contrasting the demon called duende with the Angel and the Muse, Lorca describes a mysterious...

"Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika's fake engagement plan seems to have fooled their co-workers--perhaps a bit too well! But they're in hot water yet again when Takuya's father appears at their workplace wondering why they hadn't been given a heads-up to start preparing for the wedding. But before they can decide whether to reveal their lie or not, Oohara is strapped with an assignment of royal importance! Can the two of them survive the pressures of...

"The expedition to clear the miasma is finally setting out-and Kondou is coming along with them! However, the depths of the forest are quite dangerous, even for the average human...Luckily, this intrepid bean counter has a handsome knight captain risking life and limb to protect him! But then, on their return journey, Captain Aresh catches him off guard with an unexpected declaration..."--

"Asta thought his first mission as a Black Bulls Magic Knight wouldn't be much of a challenge. But when he and his teammates run into a group of evil mages terrorizing a village, the stakes are suddenly raised. Can Asta pass this first serious test in one piece?!" -- Back of book.

"Nio is an orphan who can't help dreaming of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much a few swords can change history. This riveting samurai series from the acclaimed creator of Days shares its setting with Rurouni Kenshin and chronicles the founding of the Shinsengumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice...and for themselves!"--