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Gokurakugai, Vol. 1
Gokurakugai, Vol. 1
Choujin X, Vol. 1 (1)
Choujin X, Vol. 1 (1)
<b>Dark humor and quirky horror unite in this tale of clashing heroes and monsters from the creator of <i>Tokyo Ghoul</i> and <i>Tokyo Ghoul: re</i>!</b><br><br>Best friends Tokio and Azuma do everything together, even if most of the time it feels like Tokio is just stumbling along in Azuma’s cooler, more talented footsteps. But when they’re attacked one night by a superhuman mutant called a choujin, Tokio finally has a chance to shine—by turning into a choujin himself!<br><br>Being a superpowered creature isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, though. Tokio has to hide his transformation from his family and dodge a truancy charge at school, all while dealing with the increasingly odd incidents happening around town!
AJIN
Gamon Sakurai · 2021
KIRIKO NANANAN - BLUE - KIRIKO
KIRIKO NANANAN - BLUE - KIRIKO
Kayako e Masami frequentano l'ultimo anno delle superiori in una cittadina che si affaccia sul Mare del Giappone. Diventano gradualmente sempre più amiche, ma il loro legame va oltre la semplice amicizia. Il passato doloroso di Masami, la gelosia di Kayako, le scelte decisive per il loro futuro... Kiriko Nananan delinea un universo tutto al femminile con il suo stile unico e intimista narrando con maestria il passaggio delle protagoniste verso l'età adulta.
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1
Bibliomania
Obaru / Macchiro · 2022
Doubutsu Ningen
Okada Takuya
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Inuyashiki
Hiroya Oku
Mushishi
Yuki Urushibara
Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams
· 2020
From award-winning author Naoki Urasawa comes a tale of crushing debt, a broken marriage, and the painting that can fix it all—if Kasumi and her dad can manage to steal it.<br/><br/>Kamoda will do anything to earn a quick buck, even if it means skipping out on his taxes to take his wife on a luxury cruise. But when a random tax audit bankrupts his family, Kamoda soon discovers his wife has taken that cruise after all—only without Kamoda or their daughter Kasumi.<br/><br/>Desperate to provide, Kamoda invests in a scheme to mass-produce masks of controversial American presidential candidate Beverly Duncan. But a lackluster election kills their sales potential, burying Kamoda under a mountain of masks and debt. On the verge of despair, Kamoda discovers a sign that leads him to the Director, an art fanatic who vows he can make all of Kamoda and Kasumi’s dreams come true.
Cats of the Louvre
Taiyo Matsumoto · 2019
Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition)
Junji Ito,Ichiro Nakayama,Hirokatsu Kihara · 2018
No Longer Human (Junji Ito)
Junji Ito · 2019
Bakuman
Tsugumi Ohba
Mob Psycho 100 Volume 1
ONE · 2018
One-Punch Man, Vol. 1 (1)
ONE · 2015
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Sakamichi no Apollon Vol.1 [In Japanese]
Yuki Kodama · 2008
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. It won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. (from www.mangaupdates.com)
Akira, Vol. 1
Katsuhiro Otomo · 2009
EDEN
Hiroki Endo
Hiroki Endo's epic manga series returns to blow fans away with a 232-page volume crammed with jaw-dropping battle sequences, strange sci-fi twists, and political power plays! Several years after the last volume, Elijah is still on a mission to free his sister from the Propater organization's clutches, but an older Mana has some skills of her own and a lethal bodyguard to boot! Elijah calls on some old friends and a few new mercenaries to devise a complex rescue plan to get Mana back — but Propater agents, cyborg assassins, and their twisted Aeon super soldiers appear to block their every move!
Homunculus (Omnibus) Vol. 1-2
Hideo Yamamoto · 2023
Die Vinlandsaga
Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
Kentaro Miura, Jason DeAngelis · 2019
Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
Kentaro Miura, Jason DeAngelis · 2019
Vagabond, Vol. 1 (VIZBIG Edition)
Takehiko Inoue · 2008
<b>Three volumes in one! A prestige treatment of Inoue’s epic samurai series with bonus content, color pages, storyboard samples and more!</b><br><br>Real-life figure Miyamoto Musashi was the most celebrated samurai of all time. The quintessential warrior-philosopher, Musashi authored <i>A Book of Five Rings</i>, a classic treatise in the canon of world philosophy and military strategy. But the path to enlightenment is an endless journey, and to get there through violent means--by way of the sword--makes mere survival an even greater challenge.<br><br><b>Invincible Under the Sun</b><br><br>At seventeen years of age, Miyamoto Musashi--still known by his childhood name, Shinmen Takezō--was a wild young brute just setting out along the way of the sword.<br><br>In the aftermath of the epic Battle of Sekigahara, Takezō finds himself a fugitive survivor on the losing side of the war. Takezō's vicious nature has made him an outcast even in his own village, and he is hunted down like an animal. At this crucial crossroads in Takezō's life, an eccentric monk and a childhood friend are the only ones who can help him find his way.
Me and the Devil Blues
Akira Hiramoto · 2008
STRANGE FRUIT<br/><br/>In Me and the Devil Blues, bluesman Robert Johnson, an American legend, has been completely reimagined. This fictionalized biography takes us deep into the heart of some of the darkest chapters in American history. RJ was a simple farmhand who dreamed of becoming a great bluesman. When RJ made a deal with the devil, he lost his wife and his mortal soul. Now he may lose his last remaining possession: his life.<br/><br/>Kidnapped by thugs, RJ is locked in a tiny cell to await mob justice. His only hope lies with gangster Clyde Barrow. Clyde, however, has problems of his own. Masquerading as a newspaper reporter, Clyde befriends Stanley McDonald, the most powerful man in town. Clyde is all set to help free RJ, but while staying in McDonald’s mansion he discovers a chilling secret that could mean death for an innocent boy. Now Clyde must decide whom to save: the innocent child or his mysterious friend RJ?
Look Back
Tatsuki Fujimoto · 2022
BILLY BAT #16 - BILLY BAT #16
Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa · 2017
20th Century Boys: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 (1)
· 2018
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 7 (7)
Naoki Urasawa · 2010
Who Killed Astro Boy?<br/><br/>In an ideal world where man and robots coexist, someone or something is after the seven great robots of the world. Interpol assigns robot detective Gesicht to this most strange and complex case--and he eventually discovers that he is one of the targets!<br/><br/>Pluto has destroyed six out of the seven great robots of the world, and the pacifist robot Epsilon is the only one that remains. Will Epsilon, who refused to participate in the 39th Central Asian War, leave behind his war-orphaned charges to step onto the battlefield? It just might be that kindly Epsilon, who wields the limitless power of photon energy, will be Pluto's greatest opponent of all!
Already Read Yaoi
Pink Heart Jam
Shikke • 2023
Doukyuusei
Asumiko Nakamura • 2019
Sasaki and Miyano, Vol. 1 (Sasaki and Miyano, 1)
Sasaki and Miyano, Vol. 1 (Sasaki and Miyano, 1)
Already Read Yuri
Goodbye, My Rose Garden Vol. 1
Dr. Pepperco • 2020
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1
Sumiko Arai · 2024
Reading
19 days
Old Xian
Boy's Love to read
FANGS
Billy Balibally • 2021
"What kind of guy is unlucky enough to get bitten... and survive?"<br/><br/>As the sole survivor of a vampire attack, En wakes up to find that his hair has gone white as snow... and, worse, that he's developed a craving of his own for blood.<br/><br/>Fortunately, the vampire health and welfare organization FANGS is there to help with the transition, and the handsome Ichii steps up as his guardian and mentor. Swept up into a confusing and lonely new world where everyone seems to be hankering for a taste of his "virgin" blood, En must navigate the FANGS pairing system, an arrangement that sets up compatible vampires as mutual feeding partners... and partners in all other ways as well. But what happens when En panics and declares that he'll be paired with Ichii? And what does brooding, rough-around-the-edges Ichii make of his spunky, outgoing new charge?<br/><br/>This book contains sexual content and is intended for an audience aged 18 years and up.
You Can Have My Back Vol. 1
Minami Kotsuna • 2021
I’ll Never Let You Go Again... When Ionia, proud knight of the realm, loses his life in a violent insurrection, his memories are inherited by a boy born one day after his death. Years later, Leorino Cassieux, fourth son of the Margrave of Brungwurt and blessed with angelic beauty, begins to see Ionia’s memories in his dreams. He relives Ionia’s ill-fated romance with the king’s younger brother, Prince Gravis, as well as his death at the hands of a traitor to the kingdom! But as Leorino tries to make sense of the feeling swelling in his chest, he stumbles too close to the truth of that fateful day. The traitor’s identity is revealed, and in a panic, the traitor threatens to end himself and take Leorino with him! As Leorino’s life hangs in the balance, he instinctively cries out for his only hope: the love of his past life, Gravis.
Boy Meets Maria
Peyo • 2018, 2021
Hirano and Kagiura, Vol. 4
Shou Harusono • 2023
Ten seconds. That’s how long Kagi has every day to change Hirano’s mind about the whole dating thing. Just ten measly seconds. But Hirano isn’t reacting, even when Kagi holds his hands...So when Niibashi suggests he stop acting like a kid by getting woken up each morning and instead do something nice for Hirano, Kagi embraces the idea with open arms. Yet, for some reason, Hirano gets really upset about it...Could it be...? Is Hirano lonely?!
Hirano and Kagiura Vol. 3
Shou Harusono • 2022
Hirano and Kagiura Vol. 2
Shou Harusono • 2021
Hirano and Kagiura Vol. 1
Shou Harusono • 2019
Akira Kagiura has decided. He will marry him. Taiga Hirano, roommate―and the most perfect man who has ever existed! After all, Hirano’s bad boy vibe doesn’t really matter when he acts so sweet. Like when he wakes Kagi up every morning or cheers him on when he’s feeling down...So now there’s only one thing left to do: enact his grand plan and overcome the first hurdle―confessing his feelings! From the creator of Sasaki and Miyano― the story of Miyano’s bad boy senpai and his BL life with his roommate!
Until I Meet My Husband
Ryousuke Nanasaki • 2021
<b>The memoir of gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki and the first religiously recognized same-sex marriage in Japan. (Original novel of essays also available from Seven Seas.)</b><br><br>From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author’s “firsts” as a young gay man searching for love. Dating is never ever easy, but that goes doubly so for Ryousuke, whose journey is full of unrequited loves and many speed bumps. But perseverance and time heals all wounds, even those of the heart.<br><br>This moving memoir by gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki, following his historic life story, was originally released in Japan as a novel of collected essays. They are compiled here beautifully in a manga format.
Given
Natsuki Kizu
Shonen To Read
Ao no Flag
Kaito • 2018
Horror To Read
Dead Days
Dey • 2014
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!
Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!
From the mind of Japan’s “queen of horror manga” comes a short story collection sure to put a grin on your face and send a chill down your spine. Survive six of the author’s hand-picked scares, plus original commentary from the author.<br/><br/>Fans of Junji Ito, Kazuo Umezu, and Mermaid Saga, your collection isn't complete until you're very afraid of Kanako Inuki!<br/><br/>JAPAN'S “QUEEN OF HORROR MANGA” RETURNS!<br/><br/>The six hair-raising stories selected for this collection feature an array of unnerving characters and scenarios brought to life in Inuki’s signature art style, in the tradition of Junji Ito, Kazuo Umezu, Shintaro Kago, and Junko Mizuno.
Hideout
Kakizaki Masasumi • 2010
La Casa de los Insectos
Kazuo Umezz • 2021
La Casa de los Insectos
Kazuo Umezz • 2021
Mimi's Tales of Terror (Junji Ito)
Mimi's Tales of Terror (Junji Ito)
Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these “true” horror series to life!<br/><br/>University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There’s the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe—but if she’s so odd, why does it seems like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi’s movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day?<br/><br/>Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collecton of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga by horror genius Junji Ito!
Fragments of Horror (Junji Ito)
Fragments of Horror (Junji Ito)
A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga.<br/><br/>An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase Junji Ito’s long-awaited return to the world of horror.
Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection
Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection
<b>Another of Junji Ito's classics, the sci-fi masterwork <i>Remina</i> tells the chilling tale of a hell star.</b><br><br>Something is rotten in Okinawa...the floating stench of death hangs over the island..What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene...so begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror (and stench) of the sea. Here is the long-awaited new horror manga series from the Eisner-nominated creator of <b><i>Uzumaki</i></b>, Junji Ito.<br><br>Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you’ll get<i> smashed</i>… What horrific events happened to create the <i>earthbound</i>—people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? Then, a strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell… Welcome to Junji Ito’s world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares.
Uzumaki
_ • 2021
Acontecimentos grotescos começam a surgir em Kurôzu, a pequena localidade onde Kirie Goshima nasceu e cresceu. O vento sopra em curvas, folhas e ramos se enrolam e a fumaça expelida do crematório sobe desenhando redemoinhos funestos. Logo os humanos também são afetados pelo fenômeno helicoidal. Cabelos se revolvem em círculos e corpos se retorcem... Kirie tenta escapar da cidade para fugir da maldição da espiral...<br/><br/>Este clássico mangá de terror, que profetizou o clima claustrofóbico e a desigualdade da atual sociedade japonesa, é uma das principais obras do mestre do horror, Junji Ito.
Black Paradox (Junji Ito)
Junji Ito • 2022
Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection
Junji Ito • 2021
An ever-increasing malice. A mind-numbing terror. The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of Junji Ito’s earliest works.<br/><br/>A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the war never ended. A pair of girls look alike, but they’re not twins. And a boy’s nightmare threatens to spill out into the real world…<br/><br/>This hauntingly strange story collection showcases a dozen of Junji Ito’s earliest works from when he burst onto the horror scene, sowing fresh seeds of terror.
The Liminal Zone
Junji Ito • 2022
Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection
Junji Ito • 2023
Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories
Junji Ito,Ichiro Nakayama,Hirokatsu Kihara • 2017
Tomie
Junji Ito • 2021
Remina (Junji Ito)
Junji Ito • 2020
Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection
· 2023
Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection
Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection
Ibitsu
Ibitsu
Goth
Goth
Strange Pictures: A Novel
Strange Pictures: A Novel
<p>"Uketsu's strange riddles are chilling and addictive - I couldn't put it down." --R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface</p> <p>"Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels."--G. T. Karber, author of the national bestseller Murdle</p> <p>"Wonderfully complex and carefully crafted . . . Uketsu keeps readers guessing until the very end." --New York Times Book Review</p> <p>The spine-tingling "triumphant international debut" (Publishers Weekly starred review) that has taken Japan by storm--an eerie fresh take on mystery-horror in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches.</p> <p>An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . .</p> <p>A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning.</p> <p>A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message.</p> <p>A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality.</p> <p>Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu--an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.</p> <p>Translated from the Japanese by Jim Rion.</p> <p>Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.</p>
Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology
Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology
<b>All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito!</b><br><br>All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito!<br><br>Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in <i>Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology</i>, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border?<br> <br>Featuring stories from a range of award-winning and popular creators, as well as a foreword and exclusive cover art by global phenomenon, Junji Ito.<br> <br>Ryo Hanada (creator of <i>Devil’s Line</i>), Aki Shimizu (creator of the <i>Suikoden III</i> manga), and Shima Shinya (creator of <i>Lost Lad London</i> and cowriter of <i>Star Wars: The High Republic, The Edge of Balance</i>) each tell uniquely Japanese tales of ghosts and creatures who exist alongside us. American creative duo, Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (cowriters of <i>Wonder Woman</i> and <i>Batgirls</i>) along with duo Leslie Hung (cocreator of <i>Snotgirl</i>) and Sloane Leong (creator of <i>A Map to the Sun</i>) and up and coming creator Hua Hua Zhu round out the anthology with tales that would make anyone paranoid about who they may encounter.
Gyo
Junji Ito • 2015
Yuri To Read
I Want To Be Called a Vampire!
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
Destroy It All and Love Me In Hell
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
I'm in Love with the Villainess
Inori • 2021
I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl
Kashikaze • 2024
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Sakaomi Yuzaki • 2022
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Sakaomi Yuzaki • 2022
A Love Letter for the Matching Puppy
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
The Moon on a Rainy Night
Kuzushiro • 2023
A high school girl's chance encounter with an enigmatic female classmate whose musical aspirations were complicated when an accident almost completely took her hearing leads to the slow blossoming of love. Perfect for fans of yuri series like Whisper Me a Love Song and sweet, sophisticated romances like A Sign of Affection.<br/><br/>One rainy night, Saki is rushing to a piano lesson when she crashes into a beautiful, long-haired girl, dropping her sheet music in the process. Saki stutters an apology, but the girl simply hands back her sheet music and leaves without a word. Saki begins her first day of high school the following morning, only to find the stranger from the night before sitting at the desk next to hers. She learns that the girl's name is Kanon and that she is not quite completely deaf, but very hard of hearing. Though Kanon needs to be close to people to read their lips, she tends to push people away with her icy demeanor. Through one kind gesture, Saki slowly begins breaking down the walls around Kanon, even as she feels something new blossoming within her.
I Love Amy
UNNI • 2025
I Love Amy
UNNI • 2025
Love Bullet
inee • 2025
<b>In this contemporary world, Cupids solve problems of love not with bows and arrows but with guns! However, when the Cupids get in an argument over how to solve a love triangle...a full on shoot-out occurs?!</b>
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Nachi Aono · 2025
<b>There's an orphanage that's actually a boot camp, turning out magical child soldiers for a gruesome war. Yet love finds a way to blossom amid bloodshed, in this dramatic, much-anticipated yuri manga that is spiritrual kin to the likes of <i>Revolutionary Girl Utena</i>, <i>Otherside Picnic</i>, and <i>Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury</i>.</b><br> <br> <b>Drowning in Blood and Tears</b><br> Prayers are Sheena's only source of hope and comfort as she watches Mimi head into combat night after night in a senseless war. While the immortal Mimi continues to thrive in battle, the teachers at the orphanage decide it's time for others to sacrifice their lives. The chosen one is the stoic and gallant Seiran who is ready to fight in order to protect the girl she loves. As the war targets more vulnerable victims, will the injustice finally force Sheena to reconsider her love for Mimi?<br> <br> Love blossoms amid bloodshed in a new, enthralling dystopian yuri manga
Whisper Me a Love Song
Eku Takeshima · 2020
Adachi to shimamura
Hitoma Iruma · 2015
Bloom into You
Nakatani Nio · 2017
<b>A charming love story about two young women who together discover that their dreams of a heart-pounding romance can indeed come true--now with an anime!</b> Yuu has always loved <i>shoujo</i> manga and fantasizes about the day that she too will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings for her ... she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity and finesse that Yuu is inspired to ask her for advice. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is the alluring Nanami herself, has Yuu's <i>shoujo </i>romance finally begun?
The Summer You Were There
Yuama · 2022
Shizuku is a shy high schooler who hardly talks to other people. Instead, she loses herself in writing, crafting a novel that she never intends to show anyone. But when her cute, popular classmate Kaori gets her hands on Shizuku's manuscript, everything changes. Kaori suggests that, in order to give Shizuku material for her next book, the two of them should start dating! Can this mismatched pair create their own happily ever after?
Goodbye, My Rose Garden Vol. 3
Dr. Pepperco • 2020
THE LAST GOODBYE Alice has finally revealed her secret to Hanako: she is Victor Franks! Yet secrets that must be kept still abound, and family, status, and love bind Alice like thorns. Will she and Hanako ever be free? The beautiful and stirring finale of Goodbye, My Rose Garden! The final volume!
Goodbye, My Rose Garden Vol. 2
Dr. Pepperco • 2020
A LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME Lady Alice shares the story of her love for her former governess Eliza, as well as its tragic end. In the wake of that story, Hanako finds herself harboring two secrets—including the fact that the feelings in her heart are growing all the more intense.
Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl: The Complete Manga Collection
Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl: The Complete Manga Collection
Seinen
The flower of Evil Vol. 1
Shuzo Oshimi · 2010
