Hikari Hamura, nicknamed Picasso because of his natural artistic abilities, survived a horrible accident, but his friend Chiaki wasn't so lucky. Suddenly, Chiaki appears in front of him and tells him in order to keep living he must help the people around him. Can Hikari save people with his sketchbook and a 2B pencil?

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chro...(展开全部)

Robot is the ongoing series created by Renge Murata, character designer for Studio Gonzo's Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6. His hand-picked contributors come together in a mind blowing experiment of what happens when top manga artists work with the unusual medium of color. Narrative diversity competes with high level artistic experimentation in this monumental work.

This title features the continuing adventures of a master vampire and his protege, who has become the cyborg vampire-assasin for the Vatican!

Gin's "to do" list for this volume:1. Pick a fight with those Shinsengumi losers2. Throw out my old SHONEN JUMP magazines3. Save Shinpachi and Kagara AGAIN4. Take Kagura's so-called dog for a walk5. Protect the environment

The mystery heats up as Jimmy learns his secret destiny! The mer-people know that Earth's only hope is for the daughter of the original "Little Mermaid" to fall in love with Shona and bear his eggs. What they don't all believe is that Jimmy, a 12-year-old amnesiac, is that girl. After all, Shona was the only witness to Jimmy's startling transformation into the girl of his dream...(展开全部)

"Absorbing [and] astute . . . Cohen-Solal captures a facet of Picasso’s character long overlooked." ―Hamilton Cain, The Wall Street Journal "A beguiling read, as ingenious as it is ambitious . . . See Picasso and Paris shimmering with new light." ―Mark Braude, author of Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris Born from her probing inquiry into Picasso's odyssey in F...(展开全部)

In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction, and theories of literature. This final volume, a comprehensive reexamination and synthesis of the ideas developed in volumes 1 and 2, stands as Ricoeur's most complete and satisfying presentation of his own philosophy. Ricoeur's aim here is to ex...(展开全部)

This third volume of Maugham’s stories, introduced and selected by the author himself, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in WWI. Based on Maugham’s own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and b...(展开全部)