Mari's life is starting to fall apart. She's fallen out with her friends, teachers and family. So, with few clues as to where she has disappeared to, Isao and Yori turn their focus on the man currently living in the Komori apartment.[...]
Komori's apartment has led them to a dead-end. Yet, after days without a reasonable lead to Mari's whereabouts, one finds them. Mari has called home! Where has she been? Why has she disappeared? And why did she decide to make contact now?[...]
There is an urge coming from somewhere inside of you, a little voice that starts getting louder, telling you that you have to take back your life from the person who's been running it so ineptly. The life you're living doesn't feel like your own. The person who people take you to be doesn't feel lik[...]
Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice
"What Night Brings "focuses on a Chicano working-class family living in California during the 1960s. Marci-smart, feisty and funny-tells the story with the wisdom of someone twice her age as she determines to defy her family and God in order to find her identity, sexuality and freedom."Carla Trujill[...]
"Origami for Children" is the perfect introduction to origami, the fun Japanese papercraft for parents and children of all ages. Divided into six sections, the projects cover a fun range of themes, from classic origami designs such as animals to party decorations and modern vehicles. There's even a [...]
Swoop, dive, glide, float and hover with these 35 brilliant flying objects and animals that can be made in minutes. Mari and Roshin Ono bring you "Fly Origami Fly", which comes with all the paper you will need to make the projects - so grab a piece and prepare for take off! With four great chapters [...]
Learn how to create 24 beautiful Japanese paper designs, step by step. The Simple Art of Japanese Papercrafts reveals the best of true Japanese design, focusing on understanding and using paper in a modern and authentic style to make beautiful gifts, decorations and more. Tokyo-born graphic designer[...]
Make your own origami zoo with Mari and Roshin Ono's collection of amazing animals. Whether you love cute and cuddly animals like the baby bear and the cheeky monkeys, or are friends with the feathered variety, you are sure to go wild for any of the 35 innovative designs. There are four great chapte[...]
My First Origami Book is an exciting introduction into the world of paper creations. With origami, the Japanese craft, you can turn ordinary pieces of paper into animals, decorations, toys and more - and My First Origami Book teaches you how, as well as other ways of using paper creatively. There ar[...]
Go back to the days when dinosaurs ruled the earth with Dinogami, the great new origami book containing 25 prehistoric paper-folding projects to sink your teeth into. With big dinosaurs, small ones, ocean-dwellers and high flyers, there are projects here to entertain any paper paleontologist. Try yo[...]
"Damn if I didn't actually laugh out loud while reading it--several times, in fact. If you're looking for a funny, well-written novel . . . give this a try "--AfterEllen.comJust when you thought it was safe to pitch your tent, the Santora family shows up. Lisa's taken over a rundown campground, baby[...]
This wild romp of an omnibus edition contains the first three volumes of the "Inukami!" manga series at one low price. Inukami: a mystical being with a doglike appearance that forges a contract with a powerful human tamer to eliminate monsters and demons that prey on the innocent. Teenage slacker Ka[...]
Inukami: a mystical being with a doglike appearance that forges a contract with a powerful human tamer to eliminate monsters and demons that prey on the innocent.
In a mansion high above the city, the life of Shindo Kei, the last remaining heiress of the Shindo family, hangs in the balan[...]
Akira and his classmates are on a plane heading back home after a field trip abroad. Suddenly the plane crashes on a mysterious island. Akira is somehow still alive despite the crash, but soon discovers that he's not exactly safe and sound when enromous supposedly extinct beasts begin chasing him. A[...]
In the second volume of The Limit, Mizuki has found herself in a position where her not only her social life is at risk, but her survival rests in the hands of the young women she was so desperately attempting to avoid. In the wild the strong survive, and while Alisa may not be smart or cute, she is[...]
Seemingly immobile and durable, architecture remains a challenge in the modern world of collecting and exhibiting. From the late eighteenth century onward, divergent conventions of display have been conflated with urgent discussions of how material culture is handed down, distributed, appropriated, [...]
Mari liebt ihr Pony Paloma über alles. Und die Stute lässt sich von niemand anderem reiten. Denn Mari reitet ausgezeichnet, ohne Sattel und mit großem Einfühlungsvermögen. Als ihr Onkel stirbt, muss Mari machtlos mitansehen, wie der grausame Großbauer Aumale ihr die geliebte Stute wegnimmt. Na[...]
English summary: These essays interpret Old Testament prophetic writings and their social criticism in the cultural context of ancient near Eastern prophecy. German description: Die radikale Gesellschaftskritik der alttestamentlichen Propheten in Israel und Juda wird haufig in scharfem Gegensatz zu [...]