Wildly-popular artist Ai Yazawa’s beloved fashion-centric manga, Paradise Kiss, is back in a glamorous omnibus edition to celebrate 20 years since the manga began serialization. Follow Yukari’s through-the-looking-glass journey as she is drawn into the world of fashion by a group of passionate, young aesthetes who are determined to make their couture label a success, with Yukari as their muse...

Yukari Hayasaka to typowa licealistka szykująca się do egzaminów. Jej nudne życie wypełnione jest jedynie nauką i spełnianiem ambicji swojej matki. Nie wyróżnia jej zupełnie nic… No może poza wzrostem i figurą. Pewnego dnia zaczepiają ją dziwni ludzie. Zanim dziewczyna dowie się, o co im chodzi, mdleje. Budzi się w małej, różowej piwniczce, a grupa ekscentrycznej młodzieży tłumaczy jej, że są uczniami Technikum Artystycznego Yazawa (Yazagaku) i szykują się na ważny dla nich pokaz mody, do którego potrzebują modelki. Ich zdaniem Yukari idealnie nadaje się do tej roli! Czy pozbawiona ambicji i planów na przyszłość Yukari podejmie wyzwanie zostania twarzą marki Para Kiss? Czy będzie w stanie nawiązać nić porozumienia z uczniami Yazagaku różniącymi się od niej w każdym względzie? I jakie konsekwencje niesie za sobą wejście do świata mody? Czy Yukari jest gotowa na największą przygodę i wyzwanie swojego życia?

The Rough Guide to Manga is the ultimate handbook offering a comprehensive overview of one of the most fashionable genre's in today's popular culture. The guide features the manga story: from manga's twelfth-century roots to the rise of English-language manga with profiles of influential creators like Leiji Matsumoto and CLAMP as well as publishers to look out for. You'll find an overview of manga's unique styles, techniques and genres decoded as well as a canon of fifty must-read manga, including the iconic Astro Boy, global hits Fruits Basket and Battle Royale, plus less well-known works like Please Save My Earth. The Rough Guide to Manga demystifies unfamiliar terms and genres for newcomers whilst offering manga fans plenty of new recommendations including listings for manga magazines and websites along with a glossary of terms. Crammed with illustrations, and including a section on the anime connection, this is must-have Manga for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.

Generations ago, angel Remiel chose to renounce heaven and live on Earth. He found a place among ordinary humans by converting himself into Boston P.I. Remy Chandler, but he can never tell anyone who he was or that he still has angelic powers. Remy can will himself invisible, speak and understand any foreign language (including any animal language), and hear the thoughts of others. All these secret powers come in handy for a private investigator, especially when the Angel of Death goes missing and he’s assigned to find him. As he gets deeper into the investigation, he realizes this is not a missing persons case but a conspiracy to destroy the human race and only Remy has the powers to stop the forces of evil.