Launching a brand new Romantasy series, a gorgeous gift edition of modern fantasy romance short stories focusing on majestic dragons.Dragons may be fierce but they are symbols of great power, and the bond between human and dragon, once forged, can never be broken. Or can it? Can romance deal a deathly trail of vows abandoned, or forgotten, and can realms beyond our time conjure tales of Dragon Lords, warrior princesses and great rivalries? Modern writers have sough...

Anime Japanese Decoded is a lookup dictionary for the Japanese you actually hear on screen.It holds 640 words and phrases, arranged A to Z by romaji, so you can find a word the moment you hear it. Every headword written with kanji carries its reading in kana as well, because the kana is what a Japanese dictionary, a phone keyboard and a search box all run on. Every entry answers the four questions a subtitle never answers: what the word means, how polite or how rough it is, what le...

Deep within the inner court of Xiang, Yue Hua, voiceless and isolated, endures relentless bullying from rival consorts who all compete for the favor of Jing, the young emperor who once saved the nation. Her days are bleak until fate intervenes, when the emperor suddenly takes notice of her. She bears an uncanny resemblance to the lover he lost in a past life. Everything begins with a fateful encounter in this Cinderella story set in a Chinese harem!

This book contains some of my previously written favorite poems and my new and exciting short stories. Lastly, my autobiography. For the first time readers will learn about my family history starting with 1913 to the present time. I am very proud of my ancestry and hope all my readers will enjoy this, my sixth book.

A "sweet, touching" memoir about animals, loss, and finding a home in the world by the author of Shizuko's Daughter and Yarn ( Kirkus Reviews).Cat and Bird, a "memoir in animals," is anchored around Kyoko Mori's relationship with the six house cats who defined the major eras of her life as a writer: Dorian, Oscar, Ernest, Algernon, Miles, and Jackson. As she details the rhythms and routines of their days together, she weaves a na...

Dr. MORI Hiroshi is a prolific author with over 380 published works in Japan as of March 2025. He is renowned for his "MORI Mystery," which has sold 17 million copies. This book is the complete edition that includes all Chapters 1-11 of his third full-length novel, "Mathematical Goodbye." It is the third installment in the S&M (Saikawa & Moe) series, following "The Perfect Insider," the monumental masterpiece that reshaped the history of Japanese mystery fiction, and "Doctors In the Isolat...

Gan (geese) evokes Meiji-era Tokyo: its alleyways, rivers, mansions, poverty, and occasionally tense class interactions. In Mori Ogai's Gan, Okada, a student at the most prestigious university in Japan, becomes entangled in a bittersweet tale of unrequited love involving a woman trapped by circumstance and societal expectations and an ethically suspect merchant. Set against a backdrop of rapid social change, the characters are bound by social and economic pressures, rigid social s...

Moving to San Francisco from a small New England town was a very big step for 27 year old Heather Layton, but this is exactly what she did after a highly bitter divorce. Relocation is difficult. She encounters sexual abuse and other obstacles. She is determined. Eventually meeting a young corporate attorney, Scott Marshall, who hires her as his private secretary. She's highly efficient at her work, but also seems to "pamper him." He's delighted at the progress she makes in the office. Even...

Opal and Claude are finally married, but before they can fully enjoy their newlywed life, a surprise guest shows up at their door: Hubert McLeod, Opal’s ex-husband! Hubert wants to consult with Opal about his remarriage, but he also brings news that leaves Opal shocked. Beth, Opal’s previous lady attendant, was fired from the duke’s mansion for being pregnant and would not reveal the father! Although Beth used to mistreat her, Opal simply cannot sit idly by. She decides to travel back to S...

Deep within the inner court of Xiang, Yue Hua, voiceless and isolated, endures relentless bullying from rival consorts who all compete for the favor of Jing, the young emperor who once saved the nation. Her days are bleak until fate intervenes, when the emperor suddenly takes notice of her. She bears an uncanny resemblance to the lover he lost in a past life. Everything begins with a fateful encounter in this Cinderella story set in a Chinese harem!

A recipe for courage, shaped by love.Nine-year-old Mizu has a secret - she's nervous. Every Saturday is spent at her Obaa-chan's house in the quiet fishing town of Hinodejima, but this Saturday is different. She's finally old enough to learn the most important lesson of all: how to make onigiri, the savory, triangular rice balls that are a symbol of family love.From waking up the rice to waiting for the water to drink, Obaa-chan guides Mizu through the care...

Deep within the inner court of Xiang, Yue Hua, voiceless and isolated, endures relentless bullying from rival consorts who all compete for the favor of Jing, the young emperor who once saved the nation. Her days are bleak until fate intervenes, when the emperor suddenly takes notice of her. She bears an uncanny resemblance to the lover he lost in a past life. Everything begins with a fateful encounter in this Cinderella story set in a Chinese harem!