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Kim Nelson has heard the legend of Jade, a powerful djinn, a spirit with the ability to seduce any human heart—but Kim isn’t interested in legends. She’s just looking for her grandmother. Fifty years ago, Jade served the Black Sultan as part of the Imperial Harem, but Jade was no ordinary harem girl—she was the sultan’s favorite. Rumored to be a djinn from the Ottoman Empire, she had the power to manipulate men’s hearts, subtly alter their convictions, and even affect the course of an entire war. The legends also say that Jade, and Jade alone, knew where the Black Sultan hid his treasure . . . a treasure that no one has ever managed to unearth. Now, fifty years later, Kim Nelson is reliving the life of her ancestor Jade in modern Istanbul, hoping to find answers that have been lost to history. It will be a long journey, a journey that will change her life forever.

THE GRAPHIC CANON (Seven Stories Press) is a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind trilogy that brings classic literatures of the world together with legendary graphic artists and illustrators. There are more than 130 illustrators represented and 190 literary works over three volumes—many newly commissioned, some hard to find—reinterpreted here for readers and collectors of all ages. Volume 1 takes us on a visual tour from the earliest literature through the end of the 1700s. Along the way, we're treated to eye-popping renditions of the human race's greatest epics: Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey (in watercolors by Gareth Hinds), The Aeneid, Beowulf, and The Arabian Nights, plus later epics The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales (both by legendary illustrator and graphic designer Seymour Chwast), Paradise Lost, and Le Morte D'Arthur. Two of ancient Greece's greatest plays are adapted—the tragedy Medea by Euripides and Tania Schrag’s uninhibited rendering of the very bawdy comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes (the text of which is still censored in many textbooks). Also included is Robert Crumb’s rarely-seen adaptation of James Boswell’s London Journal, filled with philosophical debate and lowbrow debauchery. Religious literature is well-covered and well-illustrated, with the Books of Daniel and Esther from the Old Testament, Rick Geary’s awe-inspiring new rendition of the Book of Revelation from the New Testament, the Tao te Ching, Rumi’s Sufi poetry, Hinduism’s Mahabharata, and the Mayan holy book Popol Vuh, illustrated by Roberta Gregory. The Eastern canon gets its due, with The Tale of Genji (the world’s first novel, done in full-page illustrations reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley), three poems from China’s golden age of literature lovingly drawn by pioneering underground comics artist Sharon Rudahl, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Japanese Noh play, and other works from Asia. Two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays (King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and two of his sonnets are here, as are Plato’s Symposium, Gulliver’s Travels, Candide, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Renaissance poetry of love and desire, and Don Quixote visualized by the legendary Will Eisner. Some unexpected twists in this volume include a Native American folktale, an Incan play, Sappho’s poetic fragments, bawdy essays by Benjamin Franklin, the love letters of Abelard and Heloise, and the decadent French classic Dangerous Liaisons, as illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Edited by Russ Kick, The Graphic Canon is an extraordinary collection that will continue with Volume 2: "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray in Summer 2012, and Volume 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest in Fall 2012. A boxed set of all three volumes will also be published in Fall 2012.

Meredith is shy and self-effacing—even though she’s the daughter of an actress, the spotlight just makes her insecure. Still she agrees to participate in her company’s charity bachelorette auction to help out a friend. Much to her surprise, she finds herself very much in demand after getting a makeover and a sexy new dress! As the price keeps rising higher, she begins to wonder which bidder will be the man to win her attentions.

A request was sent to two manga artists, M and H, from the editorial department of the Ichijinsha comic HOWL. "I would like you to create artwork based on the name (storyboard) for 'SCP,' which is popular on the internet. Additionally, I would like you to draw a manga that serves as an introduction to 'SCP." The two accepted the project, but there were many unknowns about the original name. While tilting his head in confusion, M who is learning about SCP from H, who is knowledgeable about horror continues to draw the manga. M will be in charge of the introduction part, and H will handle the artwork for the original name part. The most popular horror author on the web, Pear, returns to her roots. A thought-provoking horror story that will surely help you understand what SCP is once you read it.

"Suck it nicely, you weakling!" The one servicing that bastard's thing was my beloved girlfriend. There was nothing I could do before that scene... After starting to play an erotic game recommended by a friend, Mitsuki falls head over heels in love with the game's main heroine, Kotoha. But this game is a NTR game in which the heroine is seduced by the player's best friend, Ryo?! While searching for a happy ending with Kotoha, Mitsuki accidentally falls onto the train platform. When he wakes up, he finds himself faced with none other than... Kotoha!? To his surprise, Mitsuki has been reincarnated as the player character of "that" game...! With his vast knowledge and love of games, Mitsuki is determined to change fate this time. In order to protect Kotoha and the others from Ryo, he must achieve a perfect happy ending!

Excia has had to endure her stepmother and stepsister's relentless abuse since she was young. Her best friend and only source of emotional support is Hattie, a wild puppy she met one day. But when her stepfamily causes harm to him, Excia can bear her torturous family no longer, She runs away and wanders into the forest in despair. However, it is there that she encounters Gracies, a wizard with a hatred for humanity and a fondness for animals. Little does Excia know it, but her life is about to transform...

In a world where evil spirits roam, Jeongwol has seen them since childhood and tried to live a normal life by ignoring them. However, he gets caught up in a mission for the "Disaster Management Department" and loses his life. But instead of dying, Jeongwol finds himself mysteriously alive, now bound by a contract with a black serpent named Sahyeon. This contract has granted him immortality, but he can't help but wonder—has he been blessed, or cursed?

Waka is a 20-year-old university student when her grandfather sets up a first meeting with Keiji, a strikingly handsome older man who also happens to be the President of a huge company. Though she is filled with doubts at an arranged marriage at first, Keiji proves himself time again and again to be a true gentleman with his kindness, leaving her heart racing and bringing her to realize that she has completely fallen for him. But even though they are now officially a married couple, night after night passes without them having their "first time" together... This must mean Keiji has feelings for someone else, right? So, for his sake, Waka proposes they get divorced. But with this, the true feelings that Keiji has been hiding the whole time run wild in his desperation to make Waka his, and their relationship suddenly takes a sharp turn into a sweet but unfamiliar territory! The delicate timing of love is all too apparent in this story where everything starts with divorce!

Kitagawa Nagi, a college freshman, is in love with his senpai, Yamasaki Yuu, who happens to be both his neighbor and in the same folk song club as him. Since popular Yuu is handsome and nice to everyone, naive country boy Nagi resigned himself to the fact that his love would always be unrequited. During their club’s welcoming party, Nagi, being his neighbor, was tasked with bringing Yuu to his apartment. As Nagi tucks him into bed, Yuu grabs hold of him and passes out with Nagi trapped in his embrace. Once morning comes, Nagi sneaks out, careful not to wake Yuu up and keeps that night a secret…

Amae Yuuya, an office worker in his third year of employment, is completely exhausted by the daily grind. Then, for the first time in seven years, Yuuya meets Aoi Shiratori, a girl eight years younger than him who used to live in his neighborhood. She had grown up to be a beautiful JK girl who was good at housework, and she said to him,"Yuuya-kun, would you like to live with me under the premise of marriage?"Aoi desperately wants to live with Yuuya, her first love. Yuuya, who is puzzled, agrees to live with Aoi as a guardian for the time being, but Aoi's aggressive approach makes him very nervous inside.(https://firecross.jp/hjbunko/series/492)

Did I just slept with a guy in the library?" Stella Perez, a busy student council president with a part-time job, takes a nap at the school library during breaks. One day, she finds her lazy classmate, River, already asleep in her usual spot. As they doze off, their dreams merge into one, trapping them. Now, they must work together to find a way out.

The Digimon card game has evolved. After a year-long closed beta test, "Digimon Liberator," a futuristic and fully immersive game that allows players to enjoy card battles in the metaverse space of Lacuna, has finally been officially launched. Shoto Kazama, a boy who has never been able to win a card battle because of his habit of giving up on things easily, enters the world of Liberator through the invitation of his childhood friend, Arisa Kinosaki. Encounters with wild Digimon. Battles with NPCs who have gone rogue. These various happenings set the wheels of fate in motion. This is a story about "Digimon" and the "world".

Six years ago, a novelist named Jeong Seon lost his young son and divorced his wife. He meets the orphan Hyunwoo by chance in a rural village where he went to work as a instructor, and they become close. However, Hyunwoo leaves home without saying goodbye just before he becomes an adult, and two years later, he suddenly returns and reveals that he has become a stage actor… “Mister, is there any reason why I shouldn’t do this?” 惨白沼泽 하얀 늪

I'm supposed to hate younger men, but before you know it, our lips are getting closer... I think I'm about to break the "no romance under the same roof" rule...!

Adults should start by having sex and check their physical chemistry... His fingers are slowly stroking my deepest parts... Be it his kisses or caresses, I've never felt like this...!

On her first day at her job at the bank, Yumeha Ayase is reunited with her childhood friend and middle-school punk ex-boyfriend, Ko Ogami. Ko is still just as intimidating as ever, but Yumeha finds herself attracted to him once again as he helps keep her after getting drunk during a welcome dinner party.When she excuses herself to go to the bathroom and freshen up, a worried Ko, thinking Yumeha’s taking too long, goes in to check on her and bumps right into her. Yumeha drops her pouch, spilling out all of her naughty toys inside! Ko then invites her back to his place, where Yumeha expects things to take a steamy turn, but she just ends up getting lectured by Ko instead! Frustrated, Yumeha mounts Ko, tells him she’s always loved him, and rips her shirt off, taking Ko’s hand and planting it on her chest! How will Ko react!? Don’t miss this spicy love story between a sultry bank employee and her intimidating ex-bad boy boss!

Read manhua The Girl Who Blooms Hard / C y Tht Xinh p / She's So Pretty / She's So Beautiful / / / Stunning and pure, she is like the camellia at night. Insensitive to romance, she fell for her bodyguard after many turns and twists. He was the boy who she considered her enemy 12 years ago. What's worse, he was her senior whom she once flirted with

Provides a graphic interpretation of the Mozart opera in which the noble Prince Tamino seeks the fair Pamina against a backdrop of the battle between darkness and light. Long out of print, the many adaptations that Russell has done of famous operas are finally collected again in 3 volumes (this been the first), in the wake of his highly successful massive recent adaptation of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung. This first volume presents his adaptation of one of Mozart's most famous works, a farcical tale mixed with fantasy. The story begins as the Queen of the Night sets Prince Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter, Pamina from the evil Sarastro. On the way, he meets the bird-catcher Papageno, who is "persuaded" to help Tamino in his quest. Tamino's spiritual quest is counterpoised with Papageno's own earthly search for his one true love, Papagena. Both couples' strivings are juxtaposed with the eternal conflict between Sarastro and the Queen of the Night.