"Ufufu. And YOU shall be my attendant." Iris, the seventh princess of Luxembourg, has arrived at IS Academy-and taken Ichika as her servant. Ling is less than pleased, and when Iris proposes eloping back to her country, she challenges her to an IS match to put a stop to it. But even teamed up with Houki, the two can't keep up with her fourth-generation IS... And if that isn't bad enough, the changes Houki's been going through prompt a previously unknown...

Compelling collection of short stories from Mari Collier, author of Earthbound. The third definition of skewed is to look obliquely. That somehow describes my mind as I may see things a bit differently than the rest of the population. To me there is always something more, perhaps something hidden or shaded by another dimension. You'll meet a boy who doesn't grow old, a witch that wants to be normal, an Iowa farm woman battling frogs, a vampire that...

Was it a trick of tired nerves, the retention of the light-image upon my retina in the dark?

Extrait : "Depuis trois siècles le bruit courait qu'il existe sur la cte occidentale d'Afrique, au nord et au sud de l'équateur, un singe d'une force extrême, d'une taille gigantesque, le plus grand et le plus redoutable de tous : le roi des forêts africaines."

La historia de la mujer que buscó justicia en una botella de gasolina El 17 de octubre de 1998, el Pincelito, un hombre de sesenta y dos años, violó a Verónica, una niña de trece, en la localidad alicantina de Benejúzar. Seis años más tarde, cuando el Pincelito gozaba de un permiso penitenciario, Mari Carmen, la madre de Verónica, se cruzó con él por el pueblo, le prendió fuego y le causó la muerte. Este libro reconstruye los entresijos...

In January 2015, Muslim terrorists massacred cartoonists and writers at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, proclaiming to be avenging Islam's prophet. The rampage, which included the murders of hostages at a kosher market, prompted global leaders and throngs of citizens to rally in support of free expression. But was the support genuine? In this Broadside, Andrew C. McCarthy explains how leading Islamists have sought to supplant...

Featuring the Nebula and World Fantasy Award–winning novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill" Twelve exceptional stories by the multiple award–winning author of Waking the Moon and Black Light prove that Elizabeth Hand is just as adept with short fiction as she is in the novel form. The title story traces a world-changing summer at a New England artists' colony for young Shadowmoon Starlight Rising, who comes to know life, death, and an unbelievable...

I see a chicken. The chicken has a beak. Beginning readers can learn all about chickens in this short book in the I See Animals Series. With less than 20 unique words, kids can find out about interesting animals while building their reading fluency. Each I See Animals book uses simple sentences, sight words, and vibrant photos to help even the earliest readers dive into a nonfiction informational text. The books all contain a note to parents and...

Chomsky observes the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "Path to a Better World," while chronicling how far off the trail the United States is with respect to actual political practice and conduct. Analyzing the contradictions of U.S. power while illustrating the real progress won by sustained popular struggle, Chomsky cuts through official political rhetoric to examine how the United States not only violates the UD,...

Qu'est-ce qu'un grand projet urbain? Quelles sont ses conditions d'implantation et ses répercussions sur la ville? Comment en mesurer les retombées économiques, ou comprendre les relations complexes qui s'établissent entre les entrepreneurs immobiliers et les collectivités qui les accueillent? Avec plusieurs exemples de grands projets immobiliers et patrimoniaux à Montréal et dans le monde — et à travers un large spectre disciplinaire incluant...