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Looking to deliver a letter from the Witch of the Forest of Illusions, Satou and his party decide to visit the village of the forest giants. He soon finds the villagers are still recovering from hydra attacks, including three children who were poisoned by the hydra's toxic breath. As Satou gets to work on brewing an antidote, Karina ponders how she can enlist the giants' assistance in ridding her hometown of the demonic presence that plagues it...

The inspiring story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty.

Alpha beckons Cid to the sanctuary, where Aurora the Witch appears beforehim. But the door to the sanctuary won''t budge an inch, even in face of two ofthe greatest masterminds. Not that it matters, since Cid only cares about hisone and only goal-to become the ultimate shadowbroker!

With the Iris Escort mission behind them, Kazuma and the gang relax in thelap of luxury at the Royal Palace, but it isn''t long before they receive anunexpected visitor. A wild Komekko appeared! They decide to look after her for awhile and bring her back to the mansion. But once she starts gushing about howamazing Axel''s adventurers are, they can''t resist the urge to flex and end upaccepting a rather troublesome quest from the adventurers guild...

Thanks to Mariela''s alchemy know-how, things in the Labyrinth City arelooking up: the Labyrinth''s subjugation is closer at hand, and the city''schemists are more knowledgeable than ever before. Sieg is busy honing his combatskills to become an A-Rank adventurer, while Lynx is starting to come to termswith his feelings for Mariela. But can these carefree days continue for muchlonger...?

After three-hundred years of turmoil, a new era begins for the Underworld.A lost child of Vecta, who seemed to appear out of nowhere, has defeated theDark God and cemented peace for all the realm. But at the hear of human lands,atop Central Cathedral, Ronie Arabel, newly promoted to Integrity Knightapprentice, receives foreboding words from Kirito."War will come again."

The world's fastest reader offers advice on how to improve reading speed and memory without reducing comprehension. Original.

Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga format.

Only a scant few weeks remain before the Thesis Competition, which becomes the perfect excuse for Tatsuya and Miyuki to scour Kyoto for the fugitive Gongjin Zhou. Together with Minoru Kudou, a Kyoto local, they comb the ancient city's streets in what appears to be a fruitless search. Even though the clock is ticking, all their leads seem to go nowhere-until Tatsuya gets word that Mayumi's bodyguard has turned up dead by the Katsura River. With new clues and new allies kicking the manhunt into high gear, the party quickly closes in on their quarry's hideout, unaware of what lies in wait for them once they finally catch up...

From the mind of Akira Hiramoto (Prison School) comes a super-powered story of heroes and villains that's wild, dirty, and unpredictable.

Locked in the elves' library, Satou has had his fill of marital activities with his five brides, and things get even more complicated when abyss monsters show up to crash the party!

Nothing ever goes the same way twice when Subaru returns to the Sanctuary using his Return to Death ability. The truth he comes back with threatens to crush him, putting his ability to save the world in jeopardy. Shinichirou Otsuka provides the artwork.

Ten years before the events of the mangaseries, a fateful encounter bringsaprofessional bodyguard named YukichiFukuzawa and an arrogant boy geniusnamedRanpo Edogawa together. Theresult: the establishment of the ArmedDetectiveAgency, an organization thattakes on dangerous jobs even the police won''t handle!

"Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina who set off on a journey across the world. Along the way, she would meet all kinds of people, from a country full of witches to a giant in love with his own muscles. With each meeting, Elaina would become a small part of their stories, and her own world would get a little bit bigger"--

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell shares lessons on self improvement and leadership drawn from the examples set by women of the Bible.

A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of "e;young but everlasting love"e; (Chicago Sun-Times).There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....

Game Plans for Success is a journey into the minds of ten top current and former NFL head coaches. These ten great coaches reveal their management philosophies and strategies, showing how what happens on the sidelines and in the locker room parallels what goes on in offices and boardrooms. Their finely tuned business skills and management techniques are transferable to every industry and profession - powerful tools that can be put to immediate use by anyone, sports fan or not. Game Plans for Success includes the insights of NFL head coaches Tom Coughlin, Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs, Bud Grant, Dennis Green, Chuck Noll, George Seifert, Marty Schottenheimer, Norv Turner, and Bill Walsh. Among them, the group has eighteen Super Bowl appearances and thirteen Super Bowl victories. Four of the featured coaches - Ditka, Grant, Noll, and Walsh - are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"Think Like a Shrink" provides the tools one needs to help solve problems and feel much better about life. Dr. Zois shows how to find buried feelings, identify defenses, free oneself from anger and depression, develop successful relationships, stop being a victim, and more.

Ever since Jane Goodall unlocked the mysteries of wild chimpanzees, and Dian Fossey lived among mountain gorillas, the world has been captivated by primates and the people who study them. Here, at last, is the riveting story of Birute Galdikas, a pioneering primatologist who has spent much of her life studying orangutans. In 1971, twenty-five-year-old Galdikas began living in the remote jungles of Indonesian Borneo, where she encountered menacing poachers, blood-sucking leeches, and swarms of carnivorous insects. Determined to penetrate the world of the elusive "red ape" in the name of science and conservation, Galdikas embarked on a quest of more than twenty years to become the foremost chronicler of orangutan life.Her first task was to forge a bond of trust with the animals, but her initial forays into their world were thwarted by skeptical and territorial orangutans like handsome Cara, who hurled dead branches at Galdikas from the tree canopy above. Eventually, Galdikas became a surrogate member of the community, triumphantly claimed as "mother" by little Sugito, who clung to her fiercely, night and day, for months. Reflections of Eden is an exotic adventure, a history of vital scientific research, and the memoir of a remarkable woman.

From New York Times bestselling author Nick Tosches comes a novel about a man, haunted by demons, who finds salvation in an unlikely source.

The making of the acclaimed, award-winning TV show told exactly as it occurred.

Author-artist and Caldecott Honor for Thank You Omu! Oge Mora's second book is a warm and uplifting mother-daughter story about treasuring time spent with loved ones that proves it's not what you do for fun, it's who you do it with that counts!

The surprising story of how wrestling superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs beat all the odds to become the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.

From the author of the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String, which has sold nearly a half million copies to date, comes the perfect companion workbook with more than 50 creative art therapy and writing activities--plus 12 bonus reflection cards in the back--that build healthy relationships and help heal the wounds of trauma.

Two months have passed since the nefarious events surrounding the latest Nine School Competition, and its cerebral counterpart, the Thesis Competition, is fast approaching. Helping out First High with the event, Tatsuya will surely have his work cut out for him even if everything goes according to plan. Of course, nothing ever does, which might explain the letter from Maya Yotsuba containing a curious request: to assist in the capture of Gongjin Zhou, one of the masterminds behind the recent Parasidoll incident. Tatsuya and Miyuki depart for Kyoto, where they'll have to keep their wits about them to safely navigate the hidden schemes and shadowy conflicts that lurk just beneath the surface of the ancient capital!