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In Tokyo, 1984, a young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion to notice puzzling discrepencies in the world around her and realizes she has entered a parallel existence. She calls it 1Q84 - the "Q" is for "question mark". Meanwhile, an aspiring writer na...
"Agent 007 is hurled into a pulse-pounding race to save the world from armageddon when two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil SPECTRE organization"--Container.
A story about two sisters set in Tokyo one night from midnight till dawn exploring the themes of loneliness and secrecy.
The Joker's about to travel around the world, including the United States, to Brazil, to Argentina, and more! This anthology features Joker stories by creative teams representing thirteen different countries.
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off al...
A special commando team is trained to take on the Nazi's in Scandinavia but has their assignment cancelled.
"This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today ... The Penguin Book of Japanese Short stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy...
Mouschi the cat relates the experiences of Anne Frank and seven other people who hid in from Nazis in a secret annex over a factory in Amsterdam during the Holocaust. Includes facts about the Holocaust and about Anne Frank.
With his trademark humor and psychological insight, Murakami's power of observation plays out in this sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn.
A collection of short stories that explore the human experience from the surreal to the mundane.
Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreak...
An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
In 1962, bank robbers Frank Morris and Clarence & John Anglin launched a patchwork raft into the waters surrounding Alcatraz Prison. The men disappeared, leaving behind a cold case that has mystified law enforcement for over half a century. Now, three Dutch scientists have used 3...