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With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald's in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard.

Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws listeners into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind.

Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.

A man. His ex-girlfriend's cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth - from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds - collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot.

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

When an ambitious TV treasure hunter unearths a hidden British redoubt near Yorktown, he believes he's struck gold—both figuratively and literally. But as the excavation begins, reports of eerie voices, sudden accidents, and chilling apparitions start to surface. What should have been a routine historical dig quickly spirals into something far more sinister. Captain Leah Morgan and her team at the Legacy Operations Command are deployed to investigate the disturbances, only to discover that the excavation has awakened something ancient and angry.

She was the one line he swore he'd never cross. Now she's the only one who can save him. Marek spent years running from a past that still haunts him, and for an immortal, that's a hell of a long time. But when an ancient power rises from the ocean's depths, he's forced back into the one place he swore he'd never return. And into the arms of the only woman he ever loved. Lady Isolde has built her life on control... of her lands, her legacy, and the feelings she buried the day a dashing Thalassarian captain disappeared.

The Winter family are worth billions. But only they know their success is built upon a sinister deal with the devil – each Winter possesses a unique supernatural gift to ensure their power and influence, but in exchange for their souls. Nineteen-year-old black sheep of the family Cicely's gift is for uncovering secrets, which doesn't make her very popular. But, when her family are threatened, and her uncle is found dead, they need her for the first time.

Que faire d'un vieux manoir à la sale réputation et complètement délabré ? C'est la question qu'Emma Paddington se pose, en découvrant la propriété que sa tante Bree vient de lui léguer au fin fond de la Californie.

Alexandria ha sempre avuto paura di due cose: perdere sé stessa dopo il Risveglio, ed essere ridotta in servitù per mezzo dell’elisir. Ma l’amore è sempre stato più forte del fato e Aiden è pronto a dichiarare guerra all'Olimpo – e al lato oscuro di Alex – pur di riaverla con sé. Intanto il mondo è sull'orlo del caos. Gli dei hanno già ucciso una moltitudine di persone e potrebbero distruggere intere città nel tentativo di impedire ad Alex di cedere il suo potere a Seth, il primo Apollyon, rendendolo così l’invincibile Sterminatore di Dei.

Quando Suyeon, una giovane investigatrice alle prese con una serie di apparenti suicidi all'interno di un ospedale, incontra Wanda, una donna avvolta in un cappotto nero che si aggira sul luogo delle morti misteriose, non immagina certo di trovare in lei un valido aiuto per condurre le indagini. Wanda, infatti, non ha dubbi: le vittime non si sono gettate dal sesto piano, ma sono state uccise. Ed è convinta che il vero responsabile sia un vampiro. Wanda conosce fin troppo bene il mondo dei vampiri: sa che agiscono nel cuore della notte e che si nutrono del sangue di persone sole.

Quando gli zombie incontrano i social, vince la fama o la fame? Essere famosi non è facile: non hai privacy, i passi falsi non sono contemplati e nessuno conosce chi sei davvero. E poi c’è quella storia del perdere la testa. Il che è davvero un grosso problema. Soprattutto se sei uno zombie. Zack è un diversamente vivo, attrazione in uno zoo della Georgia, e desidera solo essere visto. Purtroppo l’America si è stufata degli zombie, e l’unica sua prospettiva sembra una pensione a forma di proiettile.

Raya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own. One night, on her subway ride home, Raya's thoughts wander too far. She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. On board, Raya meets a charming, handsome artist named Q and together they race to find their place on the train, through a boarding car carpeted in meadow grass and along a dining carriage where passengers picnic on lilypads.

Hidden down a quiet alley, glowing softly under moonlight, there is a bar like no other. Long ago, Mun was the guardian at a magical library where every book held the story of a person's life story. Due to his beliefs that those stories belonged not on dusty shelves but in people's hearts, Mun was cast out and shunned. He found hope in the most unexpected person - Bo-reum, a magical Moon Rabbit who gave him an enchanted recipe that could turn memories into magic.

The new novel - a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan - from the internationally acclaimed author, his first since IQ84. Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.

Eizo is a middle-aged, overworked software engineer who loves cats. One night after working late, he saves an injured cat from a speeding truck. The cat survives, but Eizo does not... Luckily, that cat turns out to be a god-like being who offers him a second chance in another world! Eizo decides that he wants a slower life, one where he can live off the things he creates with his own hands. So, why not become a blacksmith? He does have one other stipulation: a cat companion for his quiet life.

Playboy, cowboy, and con man, Logan has to go straight when he's suddenly saddled with his brother's four-year-old, filly-shifting daughter. Tabby was taken for a ride by a horse thief, and when she finally tracks him down to demand what she paid her last pennies for, finds herself lassoed into an unbelievable story about magic and shifters.

Gryphon shifter Theo has ninety-nine problems, including a brand new gryphon-shifting baby to care for, a surly preteen son who just broke his wrist, and expired truck tags. "Weird Wendy" at the DMV isn't sure what to make of the must-be-a-movie-star smuggling a baby gryphon in a car seat, but she's there to save the day when secrets—and lives!—are at stake.

Matty has lost his soul, and it's up to Frankie to find it before his body gives up the fight for survival. But soon his isn't the only life at risk from the soulless condition. The affliction is spreading from Thunderbolt, Georgia, into the beating heart of the French Quarter and right up to Madam Vionette Fontenot's front door.

It's Christmastime in Frederickport, and the twins and Emily Ann's first Christmas. What magic is in store for the mediums of Beach Drive? It will be a Christmas they won't forget. And neither will the rest of Frederickport.