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A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil---literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul---it remains more than three decades after its original publication a profoundly disturbing novel, riveting in its exploration of a woman and a society in crisis and stunning in the still-startling intensity of its prose.

This volume includes novels, nonsense verse, miscellaneous poems, short stories, puzzles and acrostics by Lewis Carroll.

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, sometimes the only way to fight monsters is to become one...

As the workers delve further into the depths of the mysterious tomb, they must contend with the elite team Foresight, the Heavy Masher warriors, and the immortal swordsmen of Angel - a series of adversaries that cast into doubt whether even workers savvy as these will make it out alive.

The classic thriller that enthralled the nation and heralded the introduction of one of the most iconic figures in cinematic history - Rambo.

In this debut, which takes the form of a fictional graphic diary, a 10-year-old girl tries to solve a murder.

Corporate secretary Shirotani suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder in this doctor-patient romance fraught with compulsion!

The latest collection of the classic fantasy series by Wendy and Richard Pini continues the canonical adventures of the Wolfriders. The tale takes a dark turn as the seductive Winnowill allies herself with a brutal human warlord, Grohmul Djun, fanning the flames of hatred for all "elf-demons" and setting the course for inevitable war between humans and elves.This fourth volume of the New York Times best-selling series weighs in at 492 pages. It collects issues from ElfQuest: Hidden Years (#10-#15) and the ElfQuest: Shards saga (#1-#16). Feast your eyes on elegant art from Wendy Pini and others.

Plucky Gon's quest to find his dad leads him into a whole world of crazy adventure.

The hotly awaited psychological tale of forbidden love between a therapist and his patient.

A collection of masterful short fiction from the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of NEUROMANCER.

Fighting for a FutureThorfinn and his crew are on their way to Greece, the first leg of their expedition to Vinland. Having landed near Bergen, in Norway, Thorfinn is attacked by a bear, only to be saved by a fierce huntress named Hild. While sharing a meal together, Hild recounts how her village and family were massacred many years ago—a story Thorfinn knows quite intimately. Now, Thorfinn must face Hild and his own violent past in order to press forward. As his journey progresses, Thorfinn encounters more factions that do not share his vision, and a war in the name of Vinland may be looming on the horizon. 

The manga adaptation of the landmark animated series that changed the mecha genre.

This attractive collection gathers more than 150 of her memorable works. Featuring insights about nature, love, life, death and immortality, these poems are among the best loved in English literature.

The definitive edition of Naoki Urasawa's masterpiece of suspense

A gripping story of love and bravery set in Malaya, London and Australia. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan.

In a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what "land" is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene-a genetic mutation that once allowed humans to access the cybernetic NetSphere. Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter, Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans, cyborgs and silicon-based lifeforms. Along the way, he encounters a highly-skilled scientist whose body has deteriorated from a lengthy imprisonment who promises to help Kyrii find the Net Terminal Gene, once she settles a score for herself...

Contains: The Time Machine; When The Sleeper Awakes; The Chronic Argonauts. In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present; his aim is to provoke rather than predict.

Finally available, by popular demand! The third and finalstory arc for Naruto including volumes 49-72.

One of the most eagerly-anticipated new series finally gets a UK release!

An omnibus edition of One Piece containing volumes 43, 44 and 45.

After months of hard labor as a farm slave, Thorfinn begins to realize what his father meant by the words, "A true warrior needs no sword." Perhaps he can find a new purchase on life in the mysterious land he heard tell of in his childhood- the continent to the west known as Vinland.

A groundbreaking and candid novel-in-real-time, considered a cult classic, from one of America's most celebrated poets.

For the first time, Naoki Urasawa's classic series Monster is finally available in the UK, in a beautiful new Perfect Edition.

This edition-newly typeset with an introduction by Stephen Dunn-presents the entirety of E.E. Cummings's transcendent body of work.

A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga.

Software mogul Blake Landon has met his match in headstrong Erica Hathaway. Can their relationship survive when Blake's enemies cross the line and threaten more than her livelihood?The perfect new addiction for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared To You series.

For fans of all ages, legendary British writer Rudyard Kipling's complete collection of enchanting fables set in India?the basis of the beloved animated Disney film and a modern cinematic retelling from director Jon Favreau?now available in a deluxe four-color illustrated collectible edition. The Jungle Book features stunning artwork and nine 3-D interactive elements crafted by MinaLima Design, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the illustrated classic Peter Pan.Since its publication in 1894, Rudyard Kipling's beloved masterpiece The Jungle Book has been celebrated by generations of readers. Composed of seven tales, each one accompanied by a poem, The Jungle Book is a coming of age fantasy that introduces a lush, colorful world full of adventure and danger. The first three tales include some of the most charming and unforgettable characters in literature?the man-cub Mowgli, the black panther Bagheera, the wise brown bear Baloo, the ruthless tiger Shere Khan, and the hypnotic python Kaa. The other four tales each tell the story of a different animal, such as the travels of the white seal Kotick; the battle between the courageous mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the deadly cobra Nag; Toomai and the elephant dance; and the camp animals of the queen's guard.The second volume in Harper Design's newest series of deluxe reimagined children's classics, this beautiful unabridged edition takes readers deep into the heart of the Indian jungle with specially commissioned four-color illustrations and nine exclusive interactive features that will delight readers, including a map of the lost Indian city where Mowgli is taken by the monkeys; a trifold detailing the Laws of the Jungle; a spinning dial of the elephant dance; and a map of Kotick's route to find a new home.Beautifully designed, this keepsake illustrated edition will be treasured by readers of all ages.