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Originally published by Transworld Publishers in 2009 with the title Xanadu: Marco Polo and Europe's discovery of the East.Author: John ManPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 11/11/2014Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.30dISBN: 9780062375070Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 93About the AuthorMan,...

**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE** Join little Marcel the Shell with shoes and a big heart on his first picture book adventure! From the brilliant minds of comedian and actress Jenny Slate and writer and director Dean Fleischer-Camp comes the utterly charming, impossibly small,...

Maple Syrup Cookbook has convinced thousands of readers that maple syrup makes everything taste better. Now, the revised third edition of this classic cookbook features full-color photographs and a dozen of the author's favorite new recipes. In all, the book now offers more than...

FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SIEDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION, THE 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR TRANSGENDER FICTION, AND THE 2023 PUBLISHING TRIANGLE EDMUND WHITE AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION "These breathlessly imaginative stories are all the more...

Sent to live with her rich cousins, the Bertrams, at the age of ten, Fanny Price is acutely aware of her humble rank. As she grows up, she falls in love with her cousin Edmund Bertram, her only ally and friend. But when the...

A Stonewall Honor Book An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans teen fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town. Man o' wars are not jellyfish, and River McIntyre is not happy. River doesn't...

What does it take to be a "real" man? You don't have to be perfect to be a man of God. As Dr. Charles Stanley writes, a man of God is a maturing man, a striving man, a knowledgeable man. And the first step...

A long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. London's favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open...

What if 90 minutes could recalibrate your soul and open your mind to a new way of seeing life? In a world that never stops, Manifest the Unseen: The Answer offers a pause-a short but powerful journey designed to be read in one sitting....

This inspiring guide bridges manifestation principles like the Law of Attraction with practical exercises for developing your intuition--offering a road map for unlocking your highest potential Imagine that you hold in your hands the power to change your reality--that you are capable of creating...

Manifesting From Oneness: The Book of Yoga & ManifestationReuniting Ancient Yogic Wisdom with the Power of Modern ManifestationDiscover how yoga and manifestation aren't just compatible. Rather, they're made for each other. This groundbreaking guide shows how the ancient spiritual science of yoga and the...

Get ready to enjoy some ghoulishly good coloring! Prepare to be enchanted! Mangatopia: Spoopy Fun immerses you in a charmingly eerie world, where kawaii and chibi characters frolic in delightfully creepy scenes. Join friendly ghosts, lovable monsters, witchy kitties, sweet reapers, and playful bats...

A comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga's First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural juggernaut. Manga is the world's most popular style of comics. How did manga and anime--"moving manga"--become ubiquitous? Manga's First Century delves...

Nimble Pegasus, swift pixies, regal phoenix . . . winged beasts soar through myths of old. Now artists of all abilities can bring these aerial animals to life in the gripping manga art style! Illustrated step-by-step instructions show how to draw the fantasy beings,...

Discover countless options for rest and relief when you have chronic back pain You're probably not thrilled that you need a book called Managing Back Pain For Dummies, but you'll be thrilled that you bought it. Written by a neurosurgeon and a master personal...

In this landmark book, the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. "One of the most absorbing books I have read in recent years" (Joseph Wood Krutch, The...

An accurate and fascinating introduction to more than 200 of the most common species of mammals in North America, including information on: -Habits and habitats-Family trees-Raising young-Foods, enemies, and more Full-color illustrations accent features that help you to recognize each animal in its natural...

Works from the past two decades and a new series from the Swedish master of the oneiric and the unsettlingMamma Andersson (born 1962) ranks as one of the most important painters of her generation. The Swedish artist is an eminent interpreter of the unique...

Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennial Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story."...

EVERYTHING TO LOSE The battle with the paper umbrellas turns drastic when they reveal their trump card--the powerful Saenome who were sent to deal with them have all been devoured, with the umbrellas possessing their bodies. Forced to fight his own grandfather, Hyoma nonetheless...