Growing up in the midst of a bloody rebellion, Miyabi is witness to the worst the world has to offer. Bloody assassinations are a daily occurrence in the streets of Kyō and drug use is rampant. But while the dark clouds of the civil war loom over her existence, Miyabi tries to come to terms with her life and the world around her. While wrestling to keep a smile on her face and hope in her heart, she marches forward.

Naota Dante lives in one of the countless poverty stricken towns in a highly advanced world. When tensions rise between the major world powers, he gets conscripted into the army, together with his best friend Amelia. As he tries to cope, the state of cold war erupts into an all-out open conflict. While the world is ripping itself apart, Naota slowly loses grip on his own mind.

"Not That It Matters" is a collection of essays written by A. A. Milne, who is best known as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. The book was first published in 1919. Unlike Milne's more famous works for children, "Not That It Matters" is a collection of humorous essays intended for an adult audience.

Dive into the delightful world of A. A. Milne beyond the Hundred Acre Wood with "Not That It Matters"! Unleash your laughter as Milne, the genius behind Winnie-the-Pooh, takes you on a rollicking jo...

Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment ...

Tales of upheaval and confusion, longing and love in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake. For the characters in after the quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Miyake left his family in Kobe to make midnight bonfires on a beach hundreds of miles away.

Fourteen-year-old Sala has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her inside a little box. Katagiri...

The Writer of Wirlt presents 10 inspiring stories with an unusual look at the creation and the relationship between Creator and creature. He uses the metaphor of a writer who gives his characters the knowledge that they were made up by him, in order to playfully address very serious actual questions such as: What is the relationship between a long history and a recent creation? Can we deduce from scientific observations regarding the creation how the creation took place? If there is a Writer ...

"I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall write such a line!" Thus Jack London, well along in his career. And thus almost any collection of his adventure stories is acceptable to young readers as well as to their elders. So, in sorting over the few manuscripts still unpublished in book form, while most of them were written primarily for boys and girls, I do not hesitate to include as appropriate a tale such as "Whose Business Is to Live."

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Final part in the Blessed Trilogy

Himeko continues her path as a professional musician. While her professional life is going smoothly, her private life is still a struggle. But when she becomes friends with a young idol, she discovers a new side of herself. How will she handle caring for someone younger and being a guide and teacher to her?

Still struggling with her emotions, Himeko still has trouble dealing with the people around her. But when love starts coming into the picture, will she be...

A masterful and eerie collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson

Our lives are digital, exposed and always-on. We track our friends and family wherever they go. We have millennia of knowledge at our fingertips.

We know everything about our world. But we know nothing about theirs.

We have changed, but our ghosts have not. They've simply adapted and innovated, found new channels to reach us. They inhabit our apps and wander the metaverse just as they hau...

Grasses, trees and the lovable grouch of the Lowlands

For many years, no one knew the Dutch writer A.L. Snijders (b. 1937). But in 2001 he started writing zkv's, very short stories. He sent them to his children and some friends, not thinking about publication. Now, fifteen years later, we have about 2,500 zkv's ('zeer korte verhalen'), collected in ten books.

Some of them were translated into German and published (by Reclam Verlag) but English translations were not available. Until-in 2011-t...