Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with some rather bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru, who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and fiery relationship!

We had a tangled history, Adair and I. He had been my lover and my teacher, master to my slave. We had literally been prisoners to one another. Somewhere along the way he fell in love with me, but I was too afraid to love him in return. Afraid of his unexplainable powers, and his furious temper. Afraid of what I knew he was capable of and what even he himself didn't know he could do. I ran away to follow a safer path with a man I could understand. I always knew, however, that my path would one day lead back to Adair... This is the stunning conflusion to Alma Katsu's gripping supernatural trilogy that began with The Taker.

Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. The eldest daughter of Edward IV, at seventeen she was relegated from pampered princess to bastard fugitive, but the probable murders of her brothers, the Princes in the Tower, left Elizabeth heiress to the royal House of York, and in 1486, Henry VII, first sovereign of the House of Tudor, married her, thus uniting the red and white roses of Lancaster and York. Elizabeth is an enigma. She had schemed to marry Richard III, the man who had deposed and probably killed her brothers, and it is likely that she then intrigued to put Henry Tudor on the throne. Yet after marriage, a picture emerges of a model consort, mild, pious, generous and fruitful. It has been said that Elizabeth was distrusted and kept in subjection by Henry VII and her formidable mother-in-law, Margaret Beaufort, but contemporary evidence shows that Elizabeth was, in fact, influential, and may have been involved at the highest level in one of the most controversial mysteries of the age. Alison Weir builds an intriguing portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal, world she inhabited, and revealing the woman behind the myth, showing that differing historical perceptions of Elizabeth can be reconciled.

A delicious Christmas feast of short stories from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of A French Affair and The Perfect Match. Add some extra sparkle to your Christmas by joining Katie Fforde for a perfect, romantic Christmas feast of short stories. Collected together for the first time and including one brand new story. Make your Christmas wishes come true...

When a boy goes missing and a policewoman starts drawing cave paintings, the Doctor suspects the Silurians are back. With the Brigadier distracted by questions about UNIT funding and problems at home, the Doctor swears his assistant Liz Shaw to secrecy and investigates alone. But Liz has enquiries of her own, teaming up with a journalist to track down people who don't exist. What is the mysterious Glasshouse, and why is it so secret? As the Silurians wake from their ancient slumber, the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier are caught up in a conspiracy to exploit UNIT's achievements — a conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British Government. It is an adventure featuring the Third Doctor, as played by Jon Pertwee, his companion Liz Shaw and UNIT.

The event that the New 52 has been building towards since the beginning! Number 1 New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Batman: Earth One) brings together almost two years of plot threads here in Justice League: Trinity War. When the three Justice Leagues go to war with one another, who's side will everyone be on? Allies will be born, friends will become enemies, and the DC Universe will never be the same! This hardcover graphic novel collects Free Comic Book Day 2012, Trinity of Sin: Pandora numbered 1-3, Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger number 11, Justice League numbered 22-23, Justice League Dark numbered 22-23, Justice League of America numbered 6-7, and Constantine number 5.

Novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson are not merely turning George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy A Game of Thrones into a graphic novel: They are meticulously translating one art form into another, and capturing the intricate nuances of Martin's novels just as HBO is doing with the blockbuster series. The Abraham/Patterson collaboration is more than just a faithful adaptation. It is a labor of love — and a thrilling masterwork in its own right. Now, in the second volume, the sweeping action moves from the icy north, where the bastard Jon Snow seeks to carve out a place for himself among bitter outcasts and hardened criminals sworn to service upon the Wall... to the decadent south and the capital city of King's Landing, where Jon's father, Lord Eddard Stark, serves as the Hand of King Robert Baratheon amid a nest of courtly vipers... to the barbarian lands across the Narrow Sea, where the young princess Daenerys Targaryen has found the unexpected in her forced marriage to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo: love — and with it, for the first time in her life, power. Meanwhile, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, accused by Lady Catelyn Stark of the attempted murder of her now-crippled youngest son, must call upon all his cunning and wit to survive when he is captured and imprisoned in the lofty dungeons of the Eyrie, where Lady Stark's sister — a woman obsessed with vengeance against all Lannisters — rules. But Catelyn's impulsive arrest of the Imp will set in motion a series of violent events whose outcome is fated to shake the world at the worst possible moment. For now is not the time for private feuds and bloodthirsty ambitions. Winter is coming... and with it, terrors beyond imagining.

The successful B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs hardcover — the first of four epic volumes collecting the entire Plague of Frogs saga from Hollow Earth to King of Fear — returns as an affordable paperback! With over 400-pages, there's never been a better time to delve into the haunting world of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Led by fish-man Abe Sapien, firestarter Liz Sherman and a bizarre roster of special agents must re-establish the B.P.R.D. after Hellboy's departure and defend the world from occult menaces!

Lions say I love you with a purr and a cuddle. Wolves say I love you with a howl and a huddle. Bears like to say it with a kiss on the muzzle. A mama cow says it with a lick and a nuzzle... Sweet, simple rhymes and glowing illustrations in soft pastels show the touching ways that animals from elephants to giraffes to chickens bond with their families.

Bound as a beautiful hardcover, Bethesda and Machine Games offer up the secrets behind Wolfenstein: The New Order, a richly detailed and compelling game set in a post-WWII world where the Nazis have won and only you can rewrite history. Featuring concept art, character designs, and astonishing settings, landscapes, and technology, The Art of Wolfenstein: The New Order provides a unique look at one of the gaming industry's most intriguing games.

Onkel Wanja sieht sein letztes Stündlein herannahen, und er wünscht sich von seinem Neffen Wladimir nur noch eines: Bevor ich sterbe, möchte ich noch einmal die Welt bereisen. Vielleicht nicht die ganze Welt, vielleicht nur Europa oder gar nur Deutschland. Und auch dort nur Berlin. Kurzum, schicke mir bitte eine Einladung. Gesagt, getan. Als Onkel Wanja in Berlin eintrifft, machen sich die beiden zu Fuß auf den Weg zu Wladimir nach Hause. Es ist ein Spaziergang durch die nächtliche Stadt voller eigentümlicher Begegnungen und unvergesslicher Betrachtungen über das Leben. Was ist gut, was böse? Was bleibt irgendwann von uns? Warum leuchtet die Hose des Onkels im Dunkeln? Und wo gibt es eigentlich die besten Matjes?

To know some Shakespeare provides a head start in life. In this book, acclaimed playwright Ken Ludwig provides the tools you need to instill an understanding, and a love, of Shakespeare's works in your children, and to have fun together along the way. Ken Ludwig devised his methods while teaching his own children, and his approach is friendly and easy to master. Beginning with memorizing short specific passages from Shakespeare's plays, this method then instills children with cultural references they will utilize for years to come.

This treasury collection includes: Elmer and the Lost Teddy, Elmer and the Wind, Elmer and Grandpa Eldo, Elmer, Rose and Super El.

The international bestselling series takes flight with Max and the flock in this manga adaptation. Having rescued Angel from the horrors at the School, the flock heads east to escape the Erasers. But the danger's not over yet. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family are on the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb — now her betrayer and greatest enemy — that her purpose is to save the world. But can she? The Angel Experiment concludes in volume 2!

Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24-hour entertainment complex — a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting — and dangerous... What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control? For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now it's ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience... Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the hit Doctor Who BBC Television series.

Narrowly surviving their encounter with erasers in New York City, the flock is following up a lead on their pasts in Washington, D.C. But what they find waiting for them is... a home? How will the flock adjust to a real school — one that doesn't involve mad scientists and genetic freaks?

A young boy, Victor, is collected from school by a stranger in a bowler hat — the stranger says he has won Victor in a game of backgammon with Victor's father. The stranger, known as the Captain, takes Victor to live with the sweet but withdrawn Lisa, where he serves as her conduit to the outside world. From mysterious beginnings, Graham Greene's final novel becomes a twisting thriller of smuggling, jewel theft and international espionage which culminates in a dramatic showdown in Panama.

Enderby — poet, social critic, comrade and Catholic — is endlessly hounded by women. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the dolce vita. But whether he is pursuing revenge and inspiration in Morocco, expounding on his notorious sex film on a TV chat show, or writing a hit musical based on the life and work of Shakespeare, Enderby emerges triumphant.

«Rice, best known for her «Vampire Chronicles» and «Lives of the Mayfair Witches» novels, has taken a new direction in her writing.»

Rod Stewart was born working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. He was never, as some stories later had it, a professional footballer or a gravedigger, though he did become a bit of a singer — and a fairly good one at that. This book tells the story of a guy with one hell of a voice and one hell of a head of hair.