uki - Fiction & Literature 18

The Seven Deadly Sinsーa legendary order that once served the Kingdom of Liones as the mightiest of its Holy Knightsーstand accused of treason and have fled the realm. Princess Margaret and young Gi……続きを見る

Presenting a fresh examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book breaks new ground in its investigation of love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early to mid-twentie……続きを見る

This collection of ten critical essays is the first scholarly criticism of haiku by Sonia Sanchez, who has exemplified herself for six decades as a major figure in the Black Arts Movement, a central……続きを見る

Necromancy is a cursed art of a cursed art. The blackest category under the already forbidden practice of magic. Necromancers seek out the weak and kill the innocent to help put a bloodlust backed b……続きを見る

What are the Bamboo? They are from China. They look just like us. They live by night. They drink human lifeblood but otherwise keep their distance. And every century, they grow white blooming flower……続きを見る

Shaking the wide plains of Britannia, known only to a select few, is the legendary travelling tavern the BOAR HAT. Gathered in this tavern are the equally legendary Seven Deadly Sins, the proud orde……続きを見る

American Haiku: New Readings explores the history and development of haiku by American writers, examining individual writers. In the late nineteenth century, Japanese poetry influenced through trans……続きを見る

This is a story of John, a 16 year old who loses his mother to cancer. During the last year of her life she writes a series of eight letters for her son to read after her death. Designed as a treasu……続きを見る

Rebel mind Throughout my life I questioned and doubted everything As the night falls I still have no answers I doubt myself now 続きを見る

Anglo Fleecing is based on one of the largest real life scams, of the same name, to come out of Africa in recent years. Joe Mwamko, the main character, takes advantage of the folly by African leader……続きを見る

This collection of engaging short stories emanates from the Camdeboo region of South Africas Karoo. They are told by a traditional African griot (career storyteller), Ndabazabantu, who knows all the……続きを見る

Extremes of Crossed Paths: Book 1 is a fiction based on true experience. Molo, a region in Rift Valley, Kenya, hived from the favor of God and handed over to the cruelty of extremely ungrateful and ……続きを見る

Eine japanische Familiensaga, die sich über drei Generationen erstreckt Japan 1953: Manyo, das Mädchen aus den Bergen, hat eine besondere Gabe: Sie kann die Zukunft voraussehen. Doch sie verrät nich……続きを見る

German title: Cala Ibi – Romanauszüge Indonesian title: Nukilan Cala Ibi Caba Ibi tells the story of Maya, a woman whose well-planned life is suddenly upset by her dreams of a mysterious woman by th……続きを見る

L’amicizia fra due bambini che diventa amore non corrisposto nell’adolescenza, il dolore della separazione e della solitudine quotidiana, sono queste le note di cui è intrisa la colonna sonora dell’……続きを見る

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 'In Yukiko Motoya's delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar . . . Certa……続きを見る

Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one b……続きを見る

Elizabeth Cellier, the scandalous celebrity known as the 'Popish midwife', became the focus of a large number of pamphlets in 1680: accounts of her two trials, her self-vindication, Malice Defeated,……続きを見る

First published in 1920. Stories included: The Quest of the Sword, The Tragedy of Kesa Gozen, The Spirit of the Lantern, The Reincarnationof Tama, The Lady of the Picture, Urasato, Tsubosaka, Loyal ……続きを見る

This book examines how early research on literary activities outside national literatures such as émigré literature or diasporic literature conceived of the loss of ‘mother-tongue” as a tragedy, and……続きを見る

2V has come up with a plan to kill Akuto using virtual phase space, and he recruits the teenage genius scientist Yoshie Kita to help. Akuto and the rest of the school are sealed in a game of Yoshie'……続きを見る

Alors que jusque-là je marchais normalement sur ce que je pensais être mon propre chemin, voilà que soudain celui-ci a disparu sous mes pas, et c'est comme si j'avançais simplement dans un espace vi……続きを見る

A thriller like you’ve never read one before, from the hottest new voice in Korean fiction ‘Kill Bill meets Murakami’ D. B. John, author of Star of the North ‘A work of literary genius’ Karen Dionne……続きを見る

Réflexion passionnante sur la force de la création, la générosité du musicien et la puissance de l'imagination, De la musique est une œuvre lumineuse qui nous dévoile deux artistes hors du commun et……続きを見る

2V, with the newly-awakened First Demon King, Zero, has successfully taken over the Empire. All Liradans, including Korone, are under her control. And with Akuto out of commission and no one allowed……続きを見る

Lukian von Samosata war ein bekannter griechischsprachiger Satiriker der Antike. Dieser Sammelband beinhaltet seine wichtigsten Werke: Lukians Traum Nigrinus Timon Der Hahn oder der Traum des Micyll……続きを見る

Misima Jukio önéletrajzi ihletésű regénye megrázó dokumentuma annak, ahogy egy fiatal fiú önnön másságára eszmél a harmincas-negyvenes évek Japánjában: kortársaival ellentétben nem csupán saját nemé……続きを見る

First love. Young love. Holiday love... Wish Come True is a collection of contemporary, new adult, holiday short stories by some of our favorite authors! Included in this anthology: "A Very English ……続きを見る

In een intieme blik op zijn schrijverschap vertelt Murakami over zijn werkwijze, inspiratie en liefde voor muziek, terwijl hij aspirant-schrijvers voorziet van advies en persoonlijke anekdotes. In ‘……続きを見る

Gendered Power sheds light on the sources of power for three prominent women of the Meiji period: Meiji Empress Haruko; public speaker, poet, and diarist Nakajima Shoen; and educator and prolific au……続きを見る