After fainting unexpectedly, Sofia begins to remember glimpses of her life before the fateful accident she had a few years ago that took most of her memories. It seems she wasn't always the straight-laced good girl everyone thought she was. Now, she'll have to reckon with what really happened back then, and what her family has done to keep her in the dark. At the center of it all is Lorenzo, but she still doesn't understand why. Sofia's mysterious past is finally starting to unravel... but what will she find when it all comes to light?
Sofia is a quiet, shy young woman who's never been away from home for long. When she moves to Turin for school, it's her first time away from her family and her boyfriend Luca. But her new roommate, Veronica, leads a life very different from hers: she prefers evenings in the company of beautiful boys! Meanwhile, Luca dreads the influence of Veronica and her entourage on Sofia, and especially the presence of the enigmatic Lorenzo, who seems to be a little too interested in his girlfriend...
Sofia is a quiet, shy young woman who's never been away from home for long. When she moves to Turin for school, it's her first time away from her family and her boyfriend Luca. But her new roommate, Veronica, leads a life very different from hers: she prefers evenings in the company of beautiful boys! Meanwhile, Luca dreads the influence of Veronica and her entourage on Sofia, and especially the presence of the enigmatic Lorenzo, who seems to be a little too interested in his girlfriend...
Betrothed to Prince Asbert of the great kingdom of Noston, Claire is shocked when the engagement is suddenly annulled. More than that, the new consort to the throne is none other than her sister, Charlotte! As the daughter of the now disgraced duke and scorned as a villainess, Claire leaves everything she knows and sets out on a journey to find her true self. But wait, isn't that's the plot of the game "Upstart ♡ ETERNAL LOVE" on its hardest difficult setting...?
She loves meat and fried foods, and eats only karaage bento. Wearing exclusively clothes with weird characters printed on them, her fashion sense is practically non-existent. No confidence in her own looks. Extreme social anxiety. She speaks with a country drawl, and even her name is unusual. But then Mame (born in Tottori prefecture) was discovered by an intimidating, bespectacled rookie manager, and now begins the arduous task of getting her ready for auditions! The road to Top Model looks awfully steep from here.
After finding out she is to be forced into an marriage of convenience as soon as she graduates high school, Kokoro sees her life ending before her eyes at her father's wishes. And so in her final year of high school, she decides to indulge in her love of other women, and create an incredible sketchbook of lesbian romance to leave behind as her legacy. As she observes the young women of her town, she learns more about their desires, their struggles, and the unpredictable whims of love.
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage—and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon. For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave. Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters—terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission. . . . China Miéville is a writer for a new era—and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Miéville’s Embassytown.
Sofia is a sheltered young woman who's recently started university far from home. It's her first time away from her hometown and family, and she was nervous in the beginning— but she's since made several unexpectedly great friends and is starting to settle in. Things are never that simple, though. Lorenzo — the achingly handsome bad-boy whose enigmatic past no one seems to talk about — always acts so strangely around her. One moment he's kind and gentle, the next evasive and pushing her away. Why does he look at her like that? What kind of secret is he hiding? And... does it have something to do with Sofia herself?
Leticiel has begun to move forward in her new life as Drossell. Suddenly, a mysterious masked man appears who seems to know her former self from a thousand years ago, then tries to take away her magic. Before he flees, he leaves her some mysterious parting words as an explanation: "Because we are two people whose destinies are intertwined." Witnessing the destruction left in the wake of the masked man, Leticiel resolves to face the true power hidden within herself and stop him.
