A funny and intimate travelogue of one woman's unexpected adventures in Japan. French illustrator Julie Blanchin-Fujita arrived in Tokyo for what she thought would be a one-year stint, and ended up never leaving. In this graphic novel-style memoir she shares her love of Japan, while depicting personal experiences and stories from her life in Tokyo--from the exotic (sumo wrestlers, ramen, hot springs, tatami mats, bentos, Japanese trains, Mount Fuji, earthquakes) to the everyday (hanging out with friends, moving houses, falling in love). Her voyage of discovery in the world's most exciting city will appeal to a broad range of readers--from those contemplating a trip to Tokyo and Japanophiles to fans of graphic novels and anyone who enjoys a good manga love story. Packed with keen cultural observations, this enchanting story is told in both English and Japanese--also making it a great language learning resource.
Anthropologist Evonne has strange powers?she can’t actually see the dead, but she can communicate with them. One day, she obtains a vial that is rumored to have special properties. It’s said that the vial has the ability to enhance the paranormal powers of its owner. And her paranormal powers do indeed get stronger?to the point that she brings forth a spirit from the vial! The spirit is none other than the gypsy king, Viktor, whom she’s been studying! But why does Viktor appear at night and seduce her?
Will this womanizing chef serve her heart on a platter? Schoolteacher Elisabeth falls in love the moment she first sees Angus, a guest cooking instructor at her school. Due to her wounds from a past relationship, she knows his dreamy good looks and confident gray eyes are exactly what she needs to avoid at all costs. Especially since he’s rumored to be a womanizer. While she’s painstakingly trying to suppress her feelings, Angus starts coming on to her… And the more he pursues her, the more she’s ready to give in and be his!
Lisa left Ken, her lover, to go to New York and pursue a career as a movie producer. Five years after their bitter breakup, she’s involved in a scandal. Ken, on the other hand, has opened an upscale restaurant, which is a great success. One day, Lisa went out on a limb and asked Ken if she could use his restaurant for a film shoot. She was expecting him to turn her away, but instead Ken said he would give her access to the location, but only if she gives him access to her.
When The Phil Donahue Show topped the ratings in 1979, it ushered in a new era in daytime television. Mixing controversial social issues, light topics, and audience participation, it created a new genre, one that is still flourishing, despite being harshly criticized, over two decades later. Now, the daytime TV landscape is littered with talk shows. But why do people watch these shows? How do they make sense of them? And how do these shows affect their viewers' sense of what constitutes appropriate public debate? In Talking Trash, Julie Engel Manga offers a fascinating exploration of these questions and reveals the wide range of reasons viewers are drawn to “trash talk.” Focusing on such shows as Oprah!, Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, Jenny Jones, and Maury Povitch, and drawing upon interviews with women who watch these shows, Talking Trash is the first examination of the talk show phenomenon from the viewers’ perspective. In taking this approach, Manga is able to understand what talk shows mean to the women who watch them. And by refusing to judge either the shows or their viewers as good or bad, she is able to grasp how viewers relate to these shows-as escape, entertainment, uninhibited public discourse, or an accurate reflection of their own hardships and heartaches. Manga concludes that while the form of “trash-talk” shows may be relatively new, the socio-cultural experience they embody has been with us for a long time. Absorbing, entertaining, and keenly perceptive, Talking Trash illuminates the complex viewer response to “trash talk” and examines the cultural politics surrounding this wildly controversial popular phenomenon.
Sydney is a novelist who has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of having her work reach number one on the bestseller list! However, she feels empty as she can’t stop thinking about one year ago when she had a short but passionate fling with an energetic architect named Adam. But the moment he mentioned marriage, she ran away, even though he was so special. He was worth breaking their rule about not getting deeply involved… Having finally accepted her true feelings for him, Sydney goes to meet Adam in the hopes of one more chance with him. Instead she finds him living with another woman. To top it off, he pretends not to know her!
Jane, dumped by her fiancé, decides to devote herself to her job in marketing. What fills the hole in her heart is her correspondence with a supportive childhood friend, one she hasn’t seen since they were eleven. One day she feels a sense of familiarity when she meets a model at work, and he also seems attracted to her. Why would this supermodel with thousands of adoring fans be into her? After a shocking kiss, his words stun her: “Jane... I’m Jonny, your old friend.”
After losing her favorite great-aunt, Zoe is left with the responsibility of managing her assets. When Zoe visits her great-aunt’s high-class apartment, a man searching for his father stops her in the hallway. He introduces himself as Nicolas and claims a letter from her great-aunt’s address was delivered to him. No matter how handsome he is and no matter how dazzling his eyes are, Zoe knows she shouldn’t trust this strange man. As she reluctantly moves to part ways with him, Nicolas pins her to the spot with a question she can hardly believe: “Are you in a relationship with my father?”
Gaby comes to Seven Peaks Ranch to open a veterinary clinic by the Rocky Mountains. While hiding her traumatic past and the deep scar in her heart, she throws herself into her work. However, she is constantly concerned about her neighbor Luke Anderson, a gorgeous cowboy who works at the ranch. The two feel an immediate attraction, but Gaby is torn—she feels she doesn’t deserve to love anyone…
[With Bonus Episode !] Including 4 special pages of additional story.Daisy has secret unrequited feelings of love for her playboy boss. She knows that a plain, reserved secretary like her can never be his lover, but it’s too much when Alec asks for her help arranging his dates with other women. Daisy can't take anymore and hands in her letter of resignation, determined to make a fresh start. But a few days later, Alec comes to beg for Daisy’s return. He says he needs her back on the job, but does he need her heart, too?
Antonia’s work takes her to the desert kingdom of Sinnebar, the country she’s always dreamed of visiting, but on the way her boat is attacked by pirates. She dives into the stormy sea and somehow makes it to a fancy yacht, but the owner, a mysterious man called Saif, catches her and confines her. She’s furious at arrogant Saif for treating her like a criminal, but she’s enthralled by his wild charms. Little does she know that Saif is really the man known as the “Sword of Vengeance,” the King of Sinnebar…Nor does she know how he was fated to loathe her.
【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Belinda Kelly didn’t have the most fun in high school. A little overweight and a lot bookish, Belinda was more interested in getting ready for law school than hitting the gym. Still, one boy saw through her glasses and peered into the sweet soul of the girl behind them. He always tried to help her out. Taking her to a dance turned disastrous, though, when his friends played a horrible prank on her. Ten years later, now going by Rachel, Belinda has transformed herself into a star lawyer who can turn anyone’s head. Her goal: destroy her high school date and the two friends who pranked her by teasing them with what they could have had but never will. Problem is, time changes people, and she may have picked the wrong target: the first man she chooses is the kind brother of her former tormentor!
A humble secretary’s dreams are shattered by a masked nobleman! Ellie, a secretary to the king of Korosol, is known for her earnestness, but not for her looks. Despite that, she’s had a dream since she was a little girl of dancing the waltz like Cinderella, if only for one night. One day, that dream is on the verge of coming true after she borrows a dress from Princess Lucia and heads to the ball. But on the way, she is mistaken for the princess and kidnapped! Ellie finds herself trapped in a filthy hut, surprised to see that one of her kidnappers appears to be protecting her…
Will this womanizing chef serve her heart on a platter? Schoolteacher Elisabeth falls in love the moment she first sees Angus, a guest cooking instructor at her school. Due to her wounds from a past relationship, she knows his dreamy good looks and confident gray eyes are exactly what she needs to avoid at all costs. Especially since he’s rumored to be a womanizer. While she’s painstakingly trying to suppress her feelings, Angus starts coming on to her… And the more he pursues her, the more she’s ready to give in and be his!
Daisy has secret unrequited feelings of love for her playboy boss. She knows that a plain, reserved secretary like her can never be his lover, but it’s too much when Alec asks for her help arranging his dates with other women. Daisy can't take anymore and hands in her letter of resignation, determined to make a fresh start. But a few days later, Alec comes to beg for Daisy’s return. He says he needs her back on the job, but does he need her heart, too?
[With Bonus Episode !] Including 4 special pages of additional story.Marianne never doubted the life her parents chose for her, whether it was her clothes, food, or even her fiancé. She thought everything was fine until the day her fiancé left her. Shocked, Marianne left town to begin a new life. One night at a charity dating auction, she meets and bids on a rebel named Oz. When they share a passionate kiss, she feels as though she has been reborn. But then she learns he is actually a serious doctor—just the type of man her parents would choose for her!
【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Belinda Kelly didn’t have the most fun in high school. A little overweight and a lot bookish, Belinda was more interested in getting ready for law school than hitting the gym. Still, one boy saw through her glasses and peered into the sweet soul of the girl behind them. He always tried to help her out. Taking her to a dance turned disastrous, though, when his friends played a horrible prank on her. Ten years later, now going by Rachel, Belinda has transformed herself into a star lawyer who can turn anyone’s head. Her goal: destroy her high school date and the two friends who pranked her by teasing them with what they could have had but never will. Problem is, time changes people, and she may have picked the wrong target: the first man she chooses is the kind brother of her former tormentor!
An extraordinary book that celebrates skateboarding, family, and community, from beloved artist and author Julie Flett, a winner of the New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award. Every day, a little boy watches kids pass by on skateboards, and dreams of joining them. One day, his mother brings a surprise: her old skateboard, just for him! haw êkwa! Let’s go! Together, they practice on the sidewalk, at the park, in Auntie’s yard—everywhere. But when it comes time to try the skatepark, the skateboarders crash down like a waterfall. Can he find the confidence to join them? Let’s Go! features: A glossary of Cree words featured in the book, and a Cree refrain (haw êkwa!) repeated throughout A note to the reader from Julie Flett about her inspiration for the story This fun and touching story is a tribute to family, friendship, and perseverance. Julie Flett’s renowned art and powerful text shows a community of support is all around, ready to help each other… go!
Marguerite's a shy twentysomething working hard to keep up appearances in her "normal" adult life. But something's been off for a while: everyday noise assaults her senses, constant coworker chatter works her nerves, and her clueless boyfriend makes her feel like she's imagining it all. After a failed road trip ends in disaster, Marguerite finally searches for answers: Why is she so sensitive to everything? Why can't she just make small talk? Why does she feel like she isn't enough? A miraculous thing happens: Marguerite is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, embarking her on a three-year journey of acceptance and self-love. Finally living by her own rules, she asks the real question: Why doesn't the world understand autistic people?
When The Phil Donahue Show topped the ratings in 1979, it ushered in a new era in daytime television. Mixing controversial social issues, light topics, and audience participation, it created a new genre, one that is still flourishing, despite being harshly criticized, over two decades later. Now, the daytime TV landscape is littered with talk shows. But why do people watch these shows? How do they make sense of them? And how do these shows affect their viewers' sense of what constitutes appropriate public debate? In Talking Trash, Julie Engel Manga offers a fascinating exploration of these questions and reveals the wide range of reasons viewers are drawn to “trash talk.” Focusing on such shows as Oprah!, Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, Jenny Jones, and Maury Povitch, and drawing upon interviews with women who watch these shows, Talking Trash is the first examination of the talk show phenomenon from the viewers’ perspective. In taking this approach, Manga is able to understand what talk shows mean to the women who watch them. And by refusing to judge either the shows or their viewers as good or bad, she is able to grasp how viewers relate to these shows-as escape, entertainment, uninhibited public discourse, or an accurate reflection of their own hardships and heartaches. Manga concludes that while the form of “trash-talk” shows may be relatively new, the socio-cultural experience they embody has been with us for a long time. Absorbing, entertaining, and keenly perceptive, Talking Trash illuminates the complex viewer response to “trash talk” and examines the cultural politics surrounding this wildly controversial popular phenomenon.
After being transported into medival Japan, Kagome discovers that her destiny links her to a powerful jewel of Four Souls and also to a half man, half dog demon named Inuyasha.
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