Fourteen-year-old Kakeru must aid Ayano, a teenage psychic, and her friends evade capture by a secret organization training young psychics as assassins.

When a beautiful girl asks Kakeru to run away with her, he suspects theres something strange afoot. It turns out she is on the run from a shadowy government organization intent on using her psychic abilities for their own nefarious ends. But why does she need Kakerus help?

MONSTER TWIST Shinichi vows to destroy Goto, one of the deadliest of the alien parasites that have invaded Earth–and people’s bodies. But at the moment of truth, Shinichi discovers something unexpected in his heart: sympathy for the monster. Soon Shinichi, who harbors his own alien parasite, will come to a stunning realization about the dark side of human nature–and his own soul. This is the final volume of Parasyte. Includes special extras after the story!

SECRET SUPERPOWERS Kakeru’s life changed when he met the girl of his dreams, the beautiful Ayano. But falling in love with her came with strings attached: Ayano is a gifted psychic whose talents have made her the target of a group of supervillains. She’s also helped Kakeru discover his own extraordinary destiny–because Kakeru may be the most powerful psychic of all. . . .

Fascinating and unique, Wonderful Houses Around the World gives children a welcome entrée into other places and other lives throughout the world. Glorious two-page photographic spreads capture families outside their homes, be they simple or imposing. Detailed cutaway illustrations reveal the inside of each house, showing the various family members engaged in typical daily activities. Captions explain where each house is located, the environmental conditions that affect the house design, how the family lives in the home, and their possessions -- all providing interesting glimpses of life in other cultures. The ten houses profiled include a red mud dwelling with thatched towers in Togo, a yurt in Mongolia, a steep-roofed, shake-covered house in Transylvania, and a large donut-shaped communal building for 300 in China. This book increases children's wonder about and cultural awareness of the many different people and ways of life around the world.

A collection of fifty five essays organized around such topics as reconstituted familes, generational differences, career options, ethnic and gender identity, political correctness, entertainment and other issues that serve to define campus life. Aimed at undergraduate students on English courses.