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In this action-packed dark fantasy, humanity lives under the threat of annihilation by immensely powerful dragons. The dragon hunter Ragna embarks on a revenge-fueled quest to eliminate that threat once and for all!Set on victory at any cost, Ragna joins forces with Crimson, a powerful dragon and traitor to his kind. Crimson's motivations may be obscure, but he and Ragna share the same goal: to destroy the dragon monarchs. Their current target...

From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together.A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their fe...

With Brittany Jacques as your guide, your journey to becoming a vodka snob starts here.

Weird Science is a very hot genre right now and this will be the essential book on flying cryptids. Written in accessible style, it is very readable for a general audience. Featuring numerous line art and a color insert, the original art for this project will be a selling point for individuals interested in seeing how this legendary creatures are described. Mother and daughter team are well-versed in marketing and appear on podcasts. They are ...

Whether investigating refugee parrots, indentured elephants, the pathetic fallacy, or the revolving absurdity of the human role in the "invasive species crisis, " Personhood reveals how the unmistakable problem between humans and our nonhuman relatives is too often the derangement of our narratives and the resulting lack of situational awareness. Building on her previous collection, Bird Lovers, Backyard, Thalia Field's essayistic investigatio...

Detective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attempted assassination brings him to the construction site of the Panama Canal--and straight into a nest of vipers--in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series from Clive Cussler.Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the assassination of a U.S. Senator shortly after meeting th...

GrundideenDie Unterrichtsmodelle der Reihe EinFach Philosophieren bieten Bausteine für den Philosophie- und Ethikunterricht der Sekundarstufen I und II, die sich in zweierlei Hinsicht von den "herkömmlichen" Modellen und Materialsammlungen unterscheiden.Erstens orientiert sich EinFach Philosophieren - ganz im Sinne moderner Curricula für den Ethik- und Philosophieunterricht - daran, philosophische Kompetenzen (weiter) zu entwickeln, etwa die A...

Von einer dreiwöchentlichen Fahrt hat noch selten ein Ausflügler eine so üppige Ernte an Eindrücken und Erinnerungen heimgebracht wie wir Passagiere der , Augusta Victoria'." Die "Augusta Victoria" der Rekorde - einst das größte deutsche Passagierschiff und der erste deutsche Doppelschrauben-Schnelldampfer seiner Zeit auf dem Nordatlantik. Benannt nach der deutschen Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria, war sie das allererste für eine Kreuzfahrt genutzte...

A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews.Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadersh...

Detective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attempted assassination brings him to the site of the Panama Canal--and straight into a nest of vipers--in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler.Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a United States Senator shortly after meet...

A new history of Ottoman Tunis The first Ottoman conquest of Tunis took place in 1534 under the command of Kheireddine Barbarossa. However, it was not until 1574 that the Ottomans finally wrested control of the former Hafsid Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia), retaining it until the French occupation of Tunisia in 1881. The Regency of Tunis was thus born as an imperial province, and individuals originating from throughout the vast territory of t...

Go behind the scenes of the biggest battle in movie history, with this deluxe book that explores the art and making of Godzilla vs. Kong.Delve into the making of Godzilla vs. Kong, and experience cinema's most colossal clash like never before. Featuring exclusive concept art and insights from the filmmakers, Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall is the ultimate guide to an iconic movie showdown. From creature design to on-set photography, Godzilla ...

This "delicious take on the one percent in our nation's capital" (Town & Country) and clever combination of The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Nest explores what Washington, DC's high society members do behind the closed doors of their stately homes.They are the families considered worthy of a listing in the exclusive Green Book—a discriminative diary created by the niece of Edith Roosevelt's social secretary. Their aristocratic bloodlines ar...

In the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health-from the James Beard Award-winning journalist Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide, palm oil production has nearly doubled in just the last decade: oil palm plantations now cover an area nearly the size of New Zealand, and some form of the ...

TARGET CONSUMER Fans of Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs Readers of the best contemporary Japanese fiction: Haruki Murakami, Yoko Ogawa, Yoko Tawada, etc. The stories of working-class women are often at the center of Kawakami's novels, as such she is also reminiscent of authors like Lucia Berlin, Stepheni Danler (Sweetbitter), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joy Williams, George Saunders Blurbs solicited from Porochista Khakpour, Rowan Hisayo Buchan...

This book will consist of seven or more essays, critical in different ways of racial "diversity" preferences in American higher education. Unlike many more conventional books on the subject, which are essentially apologies for racial reverse discrimination, this volume forthrightly exposes the corrosive effects of identity politics on college and university life.

In Damage, author Tris Dixon delivers a gripping history of "boxing's darkest secret"--CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), which was known previously as "Dementia Pugilistica" and "Punch Drunk Syndrome." This highly-anticipated book has already generated intense discussion on social media about the inner-conflict that comes with being a fan of the "sweet science, " and the difficulty involved in witnessing the devastating brain trauma suff...

Moral issues and questions abound in daily life. Media outlets frequently raise awareness of many, such as those concerning individuals' right to privacy. The same venues seldom, if ever, raise awareness of others, such as moral issues and questions concerning our fantasies. Regardless of the level of publicity various venues afford particular moral matters, most people who become aware of those matters find many interesting and important. A p...

This monograph examines the ways in which discourses on the public sector were articulated in the print media during the 2011 financial crisis in the Irish, UK and European news media. It finds that coverage of the public sector was ideological, portraying public sector workers as overpaid, inefficient, and sheltered from the worst of the crisis. These explanations perpetuated the view that there was a need for austerity through cutbacks to pu...

Your instant Fairy Tail manga collection! Stylish box includes Vol. 23-33 -- eleven volumes! -- of the magical shonen adventure that became an anime megahit, plus an exclusive bonus sticker sheet.Lucy is a young, rebellious celestial wizard with a dream: to join Fairy Tail, the world's most rambunctious and powerful magical guild! When she happens to meet one of Fairy Tail's top wizards, he turns out to be not quite what she expected: a slob t...