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I am You, You Are Me

by Rustam Mirsaidov ...

A flight to escape. A past that refuses to stay buried. A journey that feels like a dream – or a trap. Everything seems normal – until it isn't. Strangers know too much. Shadows whisper forgotten truths. Memories shift, twisting into something unrecognizable. What was left behind is catching up, and the answers may be more unsettling than the questions. I Am You, You Are Me is a mind-bending ... Read more

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A flight to escape. A past that refuses to stay buried. A journey that feels like a dream – or a trap. Everything seems normal – until it isn't. Strangers know too much. Shadows whisper forgotten truths. Memories shift, twisting into something unrecognizable. What was left behind is catching up, and the answers may be more unsettling than the questions. I Am You, You Are Me is a mind-bending
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Daler: A Novel

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Something isn't right.The streets are familiar, yet subtly off—like a song played in the wrong key. Time moves forward, but moments slip through unseen cracks. Conversations repeat with eerie precision, yet their meanings shift. Faces he's known forever now carry a faint trace of unfamiliarity. The past feels rewritten, rearranged as if by an unseen hand.The deeper he searches for answers, the ... Read more

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Something isn't right.The streets are familiar, yet subtly off—like a song played in the wrong key. Time moves forward, but moments slip through unseen cracks. Conversations repeat with eerie precision, yet their meanings shift. Faces he's known forever now carry a faint trace of unfamiliarity. The past feels rewritten, rearranged as if by an unseen hand.The deeper he searches for answers, the
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Daler: A Novel

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Daler is a coming-of-age story that follows a young man navigating life and relationships from his teenage years into early adulthood. Over the course of the nonlinear narrative, Daler experiences friendship and heartbreak, lust and love, wisdom and betrayal. He tries to make sense of a confusing world as he grows into his own. Though introspective and reserved, Daler has a kind heart and forms ... Read more

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Daler is a coming-of-age story that follows a young man navigating life and relationships from his teenage years into early adulthood. Over the course of the nonlinear narrative, Daler experiences friendship and heartbreak, lust and love, wisdom and betrayal. He tries to make sense of a confusing world as he grows into his own. Though introspective and reserved, Daler has a kind heart and forms
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People from My Neighborhood

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**Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson AwardFrom the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).**A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a ... Read more

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**Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson AwardFrom the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).**A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a
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Rainbirds

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Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan’s dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man’s path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister’s murder.Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister’s violent death. Keiko was stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to ... Read more

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Set in an imagined town outside Tokyo, Clarissa Goenawan’s dark, spellbinding literary debut follows a young man’s path to self-discovery in the wake of his sister’s murder.Ren Ishida has nearly completed his graduate degree at Keio University when he receives news of his sister’s violent death. Keiko was stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to
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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Light Novel) Vol. 3

by Nanako Tsujimura ...

Series Book 3 - The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Light Novel)
College student Seigi works part-time at Jewelry Etranger, run by the equally handsome and capable jeweler, Richard. All sorts of people visit the shop: a couple looking for a ring for their thirtieth wedding anniversary, a college student who’s lost contact with her significant other, and a client looking for someone to attend a very special auction in their stead--an auction in which a man who ... Read more

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College student Seigi works part-time at Jewelry Etranger, run by the equally handsome and capable jeweler, Richard. All sorts of people visit the shop: a couple looking for a ring for their thirtieth wedding anniversary, a college student who’s lost contact with her significant other, and a client looking for someone to attend a very special auction in their stead--an auction in which a man who
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Durarara!!, Vol. 5 (light novel)

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Series Book 5 - Durarara!! (novel)
Ikebukuro, Tokyo. All kinds of people are showing up to settle their scores with Izaya Orihara the information broker. A pair of foreigners who specialize in odd jobs. A runaway girl still looking for her Shizuo. A fellow dressed like a bartender who looks like he's had better days. A womanizer set on getting his revenge against the Dollars. An underground doctor waiting for someone to come home. ... Read more

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Ikebukuro, Tokyo. All kinds of people are showing up to settle their scores with Izaya Orihara the information broker. A pair of foreigners who specialize in odd jobs. A runaway girl still looking for her Shizuo. A fellow dressed like a bartender who looks like he's had better days. A womanizer set on getting his revenge against the Dollars. An underground doctor waiting for someone to come home.
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We Move

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by Gurnaik Johal ...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SARASWATI, SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE'A debut collection of such precocity and aplomb that it stands comparison to the likes of Junot Díaz and Bryan Washington' Observer'Moving, truthful, straight from the heart' Neel Mukherjee'These are excellent stories, told with skill and verve' Jon McGregor'Delicate, controlled ... ... Read more

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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SARASWATI, SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE'A debut collection of such precocity and aplomb that it stands comparison to the likes of Junot Díaz and Bryan Washington' Observer'Moving, truthful, straight from the heart' Neel Mukherjee'These are excellent stories, told with skill and verve' Jon McGregor'Delicate, controlled ...
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When Karma Goes Upside Down

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Karma has a wicked sense of humour.All we can do is laugh when it’s our turn.By day, Aarush is struggling to get admission in a reputed college forhis Master’s degree; by night, he is a technical support man workingin a call centre. His lady love plans the most unexpected surprise gifton their fourth love-anniversary a break-up!In trying to accept that she is gone, he bumps into several girls, ... Read more

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Karma has a wicked sense of humour.All we can do is laugh when it’s our turn.By day, Aarush is struggling to get admission in a reputed college forhis Master’s degree; by night, he is a technical support man workingin a call centre. His lady love plans the most unexpected surprise gifton their fourth love-anniversary a break-up!In trying to accept that she is gone, he bumps into several girls,
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A Fool's Journey

Walking Japan's Inland Route in Search of a Notion

by William De Lange ...

“I had been here before: I was going from being a mere ‘interpreter’ to being a ‘cultural interpreter.’ It was a dangerous path to tread.”Walking Japan's ancient inland route in search of a vague romantic notion, the author encounters a string of idiosyncratic characters, locals with a story to tell. Recording their stories, the author braids a travelogue deftly interwoven with his own experiences ... Read more

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“I had been here before: I was going from being a mere ‘interpreter’ to being a ‘cultural interpreter.’ It was a dangerous path to tread.”Walking Japan's ancient inland route in search of a vague romantic notion, the author encounters a string of idiosyncratic characters, locals with a story to tell. Recording their stories, the author braids a travelogue deftly interwoven with his own experiences
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You Know You've Been in Japan too Long...

by Bill Mutranowski ...

Anyone who spends even a little time in Japan will have a few good stories to tell when they get back home.But rubbing elbows with the Japanese, on their own turf, is good for more than just a laugh. The experience can give you a lot of insight into yourself. And that's not the kind of thing you can pick up in any old souvenir shop.This illustrated Japan travel culture guie is for anyone who can ... Read more

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Anyone who spends even a little time in Japan will have a few good stories to tell when they get back home.But rubbing elbows with the Japanese, on their own turf, is good for more than just a laugh. The experience can give you a lot of insight into yourself. And that's not the kind of thing you can pick up in any old souvenir shop.This illustrated Japan travel culture guie is for anyone who can
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The Mud of a Century

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by Yūka Ishii ...

Yūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories, ... Read more

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Yūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories,
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