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A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together.After shoplifting some bread one chilly March night, just before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kakeru Kurahara runs through the city streets. Though he has grown disillusioned with the sport, he feels as if he could keep running forever . . . but to where, and for what? His revery is broken by a mysterious boy on a bike who has been following him, a fellow student at Kansei University named Haiji Kiyose, who also happens to be a runner.Impressed by Kakeru’s agility, Haiji Kiyose persuades Kakeru to move into Chikusei-so, a run-down dormitory where he lives with eight other boys, including identical twins Jota and Joji, honor student Shindo, detail-oriented Yuki, trivia junkie King, Tanzanian international stud

A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the world mourned with a wholehearted ferocity. In perhaps the largest and most intense outpouring of public art the world has ever seen, murals went up on seemingly every available wall in Los Angeles and around the globe. The paintings were both professional and amateur, some public and some private, many of them colossal. All of them expressed love and respect for Kobe and Gianna Bryant as athletes, as a father and daughter, as heroes who will not be forgotten.In Mamba & Mambacita Forever, Vanessa Bryant brings together the images and stories of more than a hundred murals honoring her husband and daughter. Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an avatar of determination, discipline, and competitiveness. He was also a worldwide icon, one of the gre

Join Simon and Chester as they get down to business: helping ghosts find their forever homes. A hilarious early graphic novel series for fans of The Bad Guys and Dog Man.After a lot of ghosts get released from a ghost trap, Simon gets a promotion. He's now a BUSINESS GHOST with a briefcase, suit and tie, and super fancy office (the shed).But he and Chester soon discover that big business is a big bummer. Nobody cares whether the ghosts are happy in their new homes, all the kids at Chester's school are annoyed at their ghosts, and the ghost assigned to Chester in Simon's absence is WAY too good at his job.Can Simon and Chester find a way to match kids and ghosts so everyone's happy? Will Simon's supervisor listen to him? Is anyone going to notice that Simon only has cookies in his briefcase? Read on to find out . . .

本書為 Bon Jovi 官方授權的重量級紀錄，以豐富的照片與珍貴文物回望樂團超過四十年的歷程。從《Livin’ On a Prayer》《You Give Love a Bad Name》《It’s My Life》等代表作，到巡迴超過 2,700 場、足跡遍及五十多國的演出史，讀者可在本書中重新感受這支搖滾天團的能量與風格。內容收錄手寫歌詞、舞台造型、樂器與工作筆記，也呈現大量來自後臺、巡演與錄音室的影像。Jon Bon Jovi 亦在書中分享創作往事與重要表演背後的故事，談到團員間的信任與陪伴，以及成就樂團風格的關鍵時刻。官方授權、完整呈現四十年歷史收錄私人典藏：手稿、服裝、樂器、攝影Jon Bon Jovi 親述創作與巡演記憶近距離看見樂團的默契、風格與影響力"As band members, you share a unique bond that no one else can truly understand, not even family. That brotherhood comes with a long career like ours. We all felt part of something special, trusted each other, and they trusted me. I never let them down. It was always a give-and-take." - Jon Bon JoviBon Jovi: Forever is the definitive anthology of one of the world’s most iconic rock bands, offering an unparalleled glimpse into their extraordinary journey through rare artifacts, stunning photography, and the personal insights of Jon Bon Jovi himself.With unprecedented access to Bon Jovi’s extensive archive, this official book chronicles the band’s remarkab

Can a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend… or more-than-friend?"EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewThirteen-year-old Ingrid’s been living a double life. At school, she’s the Girl With Dead Parents, her popular friend Rachel’s charity case. Online, things are different: she crushes it in her favorite MMORPG, geeks out in her favorite fantasy fandom, and runs a popular social media account. If only real life were that easy.But when Ingrid finally stands up to Rachel and “starts drama,” it suddenly feels like she has no life atall. . . and nowhere to sit at lunch.Until she gets a supersweet wrong-number text from a mystery boy at her school, and everything starts to go right. Spending time together playing Ancient Tomes Online as “Stitches” and “Traveler” makes her feel like she’s reallyconnectingwith someone. But when she begins to suspect that Traveler may be a popular classmate who is WAY above her in the cool-kid food chain—

本書為暢銷系列《The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night》的續作，再次回到詭譎卻溫暖的 Hallowell 世界。距離 Eve 成為不死之地唯一的活人孩子，已將近一年。然而，自從經歷「永夜」之後，她開始察覺自己正在改變——能穿牆、能吐出火焰，甚至看見只有她才看得到的神祕身影。當那道綠眼黑影提出一個危險的交易，承諾實現某位至親最深的渴望，Eve 被迫在友情與責任之間做出選擇。Return to the spooky and sweet land of Hallowell, where a new dark force embroils Eve and her friends in another adventure, perfect for fans of The Graveyard Book and The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's been nearly a year since Eve became the only living child to call the land of the undead her home and the Pumpkin King her father--except, Eve was no longer sure just how "living" she actually was, not after what transpired during the Forever Night. Now, peculiar and magical things are starting to happen to Eve, and she suddenly finds herself slipping through objects like a ghost, or even able to light torches with a mere breath. Stranger still, she's beginning to see a mysterious green-eyed shadow that no one else can. And when the shadow offers Eve a deal that would give someon