The steampunk danmei/Boys Love novels from China that inspired multimedia adaptations written by Priest, the author behind live-action hits Guardian and Word of Honor!The discovery of violet gold, a vital fuel for steam-powered machines, propelled Great Liang into an age of prosperity. But for Chang Geng, a young man raised on the impoverished northern frontier, the concerns of the empire are as distant as the stars above. When raiders from the north attack Chang Geng s small village, he discovers that the life he knows is a lie. His mother, his teacher...even his beloved godfather, the man he trusted most in the world, are not who they seem. As enemies of the empire circle ever closer, Chang Geng must travel to the heart of the capital with his godfather at his side to meet his destiny. This steampunk series set in a world like historical China, built around the desire between two men (danmei), was penned by blockbuster author Priest, whose works have been translated into many languages and inspired global multimedia franchises, including the live-action dramas Guardian and Word of Honor. The Seven Seas English-language edition will include exclusive, all-new covers and new interior illustrations.
A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy romcom!Wakana and Marin make it through their very first cosplay event, and not long after, Marin's heart undergoes a change...?! But that's not going to stop her cosplaying! To research their next project, the duo decide to watch the anime it's based on...but on screening night, they wind up alone together...?! And with JuJu, another gorgeous cosplayer, dropping by Wakana's house...it seems like a love triangle is abrew!
This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it nearly 30 years later. The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937 with a print run of 1,500 copies. With a beautiful cover design and nearly a dozen black & white drawings by the author himself, the book proved to be popular and was reprinted shortly afterwards, and history was already being made. The scarcity of the first edition has resulted in copies commanding huge prices, way beyond the reach of most Tolkien fans. In addition, subsequent changes to the text - particularly those to chapter five when Tolkien decided to expand the text to marry it up to events in The Lord of the Rings - mean that the opportunity to read the book in its original form and format has become quite difficult. This special printing reprints the first edition, so that Tolkien's story may be enjoyed in its original form.
Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published. Leading Benetton, Ferrari, Honda, Brawn and Mercedes, Ross Brawn worked with drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to make them world champions. This is his story.
By far the largest and most up-to-date single-volume English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary available and endorsed by academics worldwide, the Oxford Chinese Dictionary has been designed both for English speakers learning Mandarin Chinese and Mandarin Chinese speakers learning English. It has been produced using the latest lexicographic methods and the unique dictionary resources of Oxford University Press in Oxford and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing, together with an international body of expert advisors. The Oxford Chinese Dictionary contains over 300,000 words and phrases and 370,000 translations, including the latest vocabulary from computing, business, the media, and the arts, and tens of thousands of example phrases illustrating key points of construction and usage. There are over 300 cultural notes giving essential information about many aspects of life and culture in the Chinese- and English-speaking worlds. The dictionary is based throughout on corpus research for both English and Chinese, providing up-to-date evidence on real language. The English is based on the Oxford English Corpus, and the Chinese draws on the LIVAC corpus from the City University of Hong Kong. Extensive supplementary material includes sample letters and emails, guides to telephoning and text messaging in both Chinese and English, chronologies of Chinese history and culture, and features on particularly difficult aspects of the Chinese language, such as kinship terms and measure words. There are also over 50 pages of lexical and usage notes which contain helpful extra information about Chinese and English. The organization and layout have been designed for maximum clarity and accessibility. All Chinese headwords and compounds are shown with Pinyin transcriptions, so that the learner of Chinese can pronounce each one correctly. Chinese headwords are given in Simplified Chinese characters, but Traditional Chinese character versions are also given in brackets after the headwords when they differ from the Simplified form. All the English headwords are also shown with phonetics, so that the learner of English can pronounce each one correctly. The Chinese-English section of the dictionary is organised alphabetically by Pinyin and there is also a radical index which allows you to look up a character without knowing its Pinyin form. 12 months
Ichigo is out on a date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much bigger plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project."Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using animal to attack humans!
On a cold winter's day, Winnie is tired of shivering and Wilbur is tired of frozen whiskers. So Winnie uses a little magic to bring summer to their garden. But just as they settle in a deckchair, hordes of people arrive to enjoy the sunshine. It's a muddled-up Winnie and Wilbur adventure!
Winnie loves diving beneath the ocean waves ... Wilbur isn't so sure. So Winnie changes herself and her big black cat into creatures of the deep. When her magic wand sinks out of sight, how will Winnie rescue it? And can she find a safe way to see the wonders of the sea?
This is an exciting storybook with four embedded tracks and a pull-back train toy that will amuse little children again and again. You can pull-back the train to start its 'engine' then place it on the tracks and watch it zoom across away from the city station, across bridges and fields, over a long viaduct until it reaches its destination at the zoo.There's so much to look for, talk about and spot on every page, it will make a gift present, and is guaranteed to delight and entertain anyone who loves trains.
The next entry in National Geographic's iconic line of large-format photo books will immortalize the beauty of the great outdoors, showcasing evocative, and often unseen, images of extraordinary landscapes from around the world.
Avasta maagiliseks meisterdamiselamuseks põnevad võlukaardid! Kraabi, et paljastada 6 rõõmsat pildikest, kasutada on võimalik 8 erksavärvilist värvipliiatsit. Vaata, kuidas maagia ellu ärkab. Komplektis on 6 võlukaarti ja 8 värvipliiatsit.
Avasta minu esimesed värvitavad kleepsud, mis on ideaalsed noortele kunstnikele! Suurtel kleepsudel on paksud äärised, mis teevad värvimise lihtsamaks. Markerid on mahapestavad ja neil on ümmargune, eriti tugev otsik. Komplektis on värvimiseks 26 kleepsu ning 5 markerit: kollane, oranž, punane, roheline ja sinine.
Sixth edition. Contains more than 600,000 words, phrases and definitions from the entire English-speaking world, including North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Fully updated with 2500 new words and meanings based on the ongoing research programmes of Oxford Dictionaries and the Oxford English Corpus.
