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Café. Waiting. Love.

The nostalgic 2000s Taiwanese classic - for the first time in English!

by Giddens Ko ...

Translated by Shanna Tan ...

A coming of age story about growing up and finding love - perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.In a small café in Hsinchu, Taiwan, everyone is waiting for something. Whether it's love, a second chance or a sign of something greater. More than just an ordinary coffee shop; this is a place for serendipitous encounters.Si-ying, a young woman working at ... Read more

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A coming of age story about growing up and finding love - perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.In a small café in Hsinchu, Taiwan, everyone is waiting for something. Whether it's love, a second chance or a sign of something greater. More than just an ordinary coffee shop; this is a place for serendipitous encounters.Si-ying, a young woman working at
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Demons & Rabbits

by KO ...

Demons & Rabbits is the autobiographical tale of Ko, who, after running away from an abusive home, tries to survive life on the streets. He eventually bands together with other homeless miscreant youths, and, miraculously, they are able to get by sleeping and living out of a car, and performing various odd jobs around town – many of them involving drugs. Some of the “notable” people that Ko gets ... Read more

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Demons & Rabbits is the autobiographical tale of Ko, who, after running away from an abusive home, tries to survive life on the streets. He eventually bands together with other homeless miscreant youths, and, miraculously, they are able to get by sleeping and living out of a car, and performing various odd jobs around town – many of them involving drugs. Some of the “notable” people that Ko gets
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Cherry and Skirt (Yaoi Manga)

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by Ko ...

Series Book 1 - Cherry and Skirt, Volume Collections
"Somehow I have to make sure he keeps his virginity!" Natsuki is in love with his friend Mikura, a virgin desperate to fall from the graces of heaven by losing his virginity. To ensure his friend doesn't get a girlfriend and stays "cherry," Natsuki uses the ploy of dressing up and pretending to be Mikura's girlfriend so Mikura can practice in preparation for the real thing. In reality, he just ... Read more

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"Somehow I have to make sure he keeps his virginity!" Natsuki is in love with his friend Mikura, a virgin desperate to fall from the graces of heaven by losing his virginity. To ensure his friend doesn't get a girlfriend and stays "cherry," Natsuki uses the ploy of dressing up and pretending to be Mikura's girlfriend so Mikura can practice in preparation for the real thing. In reality, he just
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Folk Tales of Japan: 28 Japanese folk tales with cultural commentary

by Kyota Ko ...

Once upon a time in Japan, there was a province where parents who reached the age of sixty had to be abandoned deep in the woods on a hill called Ubasute-yama... Was the story based on a real practice?History is written and re-written by the victors of history, but folktales are told and retold by folks of the ordinary. The truths they intend to convey can differ greatly...A collection of 28 ... Read more

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Once upon a time in Japan, there was a province where parents who reached the age of sixty had to be abandoned deep in the woods on a hill called Ubasute-yama... Was the story based on a real practice?History is written and re-written by the victors of history, but folktales are told and retold by folks of the ordinary. The truths they intend to convey can differ greatly...A collection of 28
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Underdogs of Japanese History: 11 tales of iconic characters who prevailed against odds... or didn't

by Kyota Ko ...

A samurai prison guard who saw the humanity in even the most savage prisoners,An untalented warlord relentlessly obsessed with protecting his people,A lady-in-waiting of ancient Japanese court who turned herself from a single-mom bookworm into a best-selling author and savior of the ruler of Japan,An impoverished samurai clan that overthrew two centuries of oppression…Japanese history holds a ... Read more

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A samurai prison guard who saw the humanity in even the most savage prisoners,An untalented warlord relentlessly obsessed with protecting his people,A lady-in-waiting of ancient Japanese court who turned herself from a single-mom bookworm into a best-selling author and savior of the ruler of Japan,An impoverished samurai clan that overthrew two centuries of oppression…Japanese history holds a
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The Uninvited Cat and His Fickle Master (Yaoi Manga)

Volume 1

by Ko ...

Series Book 1 - The Uninvited Cat and His Fickle Master, Volume Collections
One day, a beautiful man collapses in front of the home of Araragi Rikuo. "I'm the cat you rescued last week!" Such are the crazed ramblings of the self-proclaimed cat boy, given the name Tama by Rikuo, and so their life together begins... Outside of jerking off next to Rikuo in bed, Tama appears to be a cat given human form to stay close to Rikuo just as he says. But, after seeing Tama in a high ... Read more

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One day, a beautiful man collapses in front of the home of Araragi Rikuo. "I'm the cat you rescued last week!" Such are the crazed ramblings of the self-proclaimed cat boy, given the name Tama by Rikuo, and so their life together begins... Outside of jerking off next to Rikuo in bed, Tama appears to be a cat given human form to stay close to Rikuo just as he says. But, after seeing Tama in a high
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With You and the Rain 1

by Ko Nikaido ...

Series Book 1 - With You and the Rain
If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog and insists it's a dog, it's...a dog? Probably? She adopted it anyway, and her life with this ""dog"" will never be boring! ... Read more

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If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog and insists it's a dog, it's...a dog? Probably? She adopted it anyway, and her life with this ""dog"" will never be boring!
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The Gatekeepers

THE GATEKEEPERS, #1

by MINAM KO ...

Series Book 1 - THE GATEKEEPERS
Discovered futuristic technology, that can send anything and anyone at any time. A weapon that can win wars and change the past, present, and future. ... Read more

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Discovered futuristic technology, that can send anything and anyone at any time. A weapon that can win wars and change the past, present, and future.
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First Encounters with the Otherworld 2 : Human and Ghost

Legend, #2

by Alexko KO ...

Series Book 2 - Legend
Prologue: The Veil Between WorldsVolume 2 of Shadows Among the Living bears the title Human and Ghost — a phrase that captures the essential tension of the second hundred tales in this reimagining of Pu Songling's Liaozhai Zhiyi. While Volume 1 introduced readers to haunted temples, fox spirits, and the first stirrings of supernatural encounter, Volume 2 plunges deeper into the liminal space where ... Read more

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Prologue: The Veil Between WorldsVolume 2 of Shadows Among the Living bears the title Human and Ghost — a phrase that captures the essential tension of the second hundred tales in this reimagining of Pu Songling's Liaozhai Zhiyi. While Volume 1 introduced readers to haunted temples, fox spirits, and the first stirrings of supernatural encounter, Volume 2 plunges deeper into the liminal space where
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Horror Tales of Japan: 21 Japanese folktales not to be read to children, coupled with (mostly) uplifting cultural commentary

by Kyota Ko ...

The chilling consequences of greed, supernatural, wrath, and innocent mistakes... horror tales and yokai stories have been passed down orally to warn the Japanese people against overstepping their bounds in the realms of morality and the divine. Journey through the most powerful narratives that have captivated the Japanese people and shaped their worldview, each story enriched with cultural and ... Read more

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The chilling consequences of greed, supernatural, wrath, and innocent mistakes... horror tales and yokai stories have been passed down orally to warn the Japanese people against overstepping their bounds in the realms of morality and the divine. Journey through the most powerful narratives that have captivated the Japanese people and shaped their worldview, each story enriched with cultural and
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Underdogs of Japanese History

11 tales of iconic characters who prevailed against the odds... or didn’t

by Kyota Ko ...

Narrated by Kyota Ko ...

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A samurai prison guard who saw the humanity in even the most savage prisoners, an untalented warlord relentlessly obsessed with protecting his people, a lady-in-waiting of ancient Japanese court who turned herself from a single-mom bookworm into a best-selling author and savior of the ruler of Japan, an impoverished samurai clan that overthrew two centuries of oppression…Japanese history holds a ... Read more

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A samurai prison guard who saw the humanity in even the most savage prisoners, an untalented warlord relentlessly obsessed with protecting his people, a lady-in-waiting of ancient Japanese court who turned herself from a single-mom bookworm into a best-selling author and savior of the ruler of Japan, an impoverished samurai clan that overthrew two centuries of oppression…Japanese history holds a
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Folk Tales of Japan

28 Japanese folktales with cultural commentary

by Kyota Ko ...

Narrated by Kyota Ko ...

Unabridged

3 hours 27 min

History is written and re-written by the victors of history, but folktales are told and retold by folks of the ordinary. The truths they intend to convey can differ greatly...A collection of 28 Japanese folktales coupled with a digestible explanation of the cultural and historical background of each. An excellent entry point into learning Japanese culture. ... Read more

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History is written and re-written by the victors of history, but folktales are told and retold by folks of the ordinary. The truths they intend to convey can differ greatly...A collection of 28 Japanese folktales coupled with a digestible explanation of the cultural and historical background of each. An excellent entry point into learning Japanese culture.
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