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Series
Before the coffee gets cold volume 4
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series. The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks, and there are rules to follow. In the tradition of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's sensational Before...
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Series
Kamogawa food detectives volume 1
Language
English
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"What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason customers stop by . . . The father-daughter duo are 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person's treasured memories - dishes...
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English
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"For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers' life. What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother...
Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honnnoji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and holed himself up in Arioka Castle--but a string of strange incidents within the castle walls has him at his wits' end. The desperate warlord's only hope in solving these mysteries is imprisoned in the castle's dungeon: a man named Kuroda Kanbei, one of Oda's most gifted strategists. When all the conflict and intrigue reach their end,...
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English
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In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.
Series
Chasing after Aoi Koshiba volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Four years have gone by, and Sahoko still yearns for her high school love, Aoi. Flashback to the summer of their second year of high school: A bubbly yet still gawky teen, Sahoko, meets super-hot Aoi at the sports festival. The two develop a close bond but their relationship stalls. Sahoko now anxiously waits for Aoi at their high school reunion, reminiscing about their fateful kiss. Can Sahoko finally reconcile her feelings for Aoi?"--page [4] of...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination...
10) Given: Volume 5
Series
Given (Manga) volume 5
Publisher
SuBLime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music--and to each other--always brings them back together again. As the band focuses on preparing for music-festival tryouts and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris. In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister...
Series
I think our son is gay volume 5
Publisher
Square Enix Co, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their daily lives in this hilarious and heartwarming LGBTQIA+-friendly family comedy! Tomoko is no stranger to change. With two boys in high school and a husband who’s away on the job a lot, being able to adapt to new situations comes with the territory. Now, Hiroki is throwing himself into his afterschool activities with bestie Daigo despite nursing a...
13) The great fire
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
[2003].
Language
English
Description
The story of Aldred Leith, a decorated British war veteran, who is travelling through postwar Asia while writing a book.
14) Blue period: 13
Series
Blue period volume 13
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Yatora studies hard and gets good grades, and he parties hard, staying out late drinking and watching soccer with his friends. He checks all the boxes he needs to be the perfect high school student. But it all starts to feel empty, and he begins to wonder what part of his life expresses who he is...or even if he has a unique voice at all. Then he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty...
15) Catfish rolling
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, a registered trademark of Harry N. Abrams, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Years after a major earthquake in Japan creates different zones in which time passes differently, Sora and her father secretly investigate the off-limit zones in order to find the answer behind the time anomalies and the disappearance of Sora's mother.
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Aoki and Ida are hard at work studying so they can go to the same college. They pray for their exams to go well at their first shrine visit of the year, but will their bond hold strong when it's tested?! Meanwhile, Akkun and Hashimoto have taken different paths, but they still cheer each other on. Graduation is right around the corner!"--
Series
In the clear moonlit dusk volume 5
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
At the summer festival, Yoi and Ichimura-sempai pour out their hearts and officially start going out. This is Yoi's first time being in a relationship during the long summer break. And her boyfriend suggests--a trip to Kobe?! -- Adapted from page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous--and painful--moments of their lives. Though they don't know it yet, each will profoundly and unpredictably change the others, forever"--
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Yokohama Station has swallowed 99% of mainland Japan. Hiroto's journey through the depths of Yokohama Station has led him to Keiha Nijo, leader of the once-great Dodger Alliance, whose technology allows her to obscure her location and evade the station's robotic guards. The Winter War, tactical AIs, and dormant machine minds... Will her whispered stories at last reveal the secrets of the station?"--
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