SF, Fantasy & Comics

Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.About the AuthorR.L. Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506726014Author Jeff LemireFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Years ago, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate, Shoko Nishimiya. When she transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied, and is left completely alone. Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's...

'I absolutely adored this book' - Stephen KingMeet Mrs Planksy, supposed retiree, reckless motorbike rider and exasperated solver of international internet scams.Mrs Plansky's Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn's first novel in a new series...

As Rita enacts her plans for world domination, the Rangers are left powerless and without Zordon to call on. This is the greatest threat they have ever faced and the world hangs in the balance. Enter the age of the Black Dragon from writer Kyle Higgins...

An apocalyptically dark take on Sleeping Beauty for fans of Monstress and Grim!What if Sleeping Beauty never got her happily ever after... and had to save herself instead? One-hundred years after Briar Rose first fell into her slumber, the sleeper has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506728759Author Mike MignolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

This new manga series takes readers to the land of Britannia, a picturesque country ruled by the benevolent King Lyonnesse - or at least it was, until the king's guard assassinated him and started a full-blown Holy War! Now the king's only daughter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879804367Author Marcia GradFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Wilshire Book Co ,U.S.Publisher Wilshire Book Co ,U.S.

"Polaris Rising is space opera at its best, intense and addictive, a story of honor, courage, betrayal, and love. Jessie Mihalik is an author to watch."--Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA space princess on the run and a notorious...

Stjepan Sejic continues the critically acclaimed Sunstone series with Volume 4. A classy, sexy, fun, and emotional look at two women and the alternative lifestyle they live. It's all fun and games until someone falls in love! But the fun and games carry...

The last survivors of the human race escaped a ruined Earth. Eos seemed perfect at first. Warm. Hospitable. Safe from the grid. But everything isn't as it seems. The planet's first settlers have disappeared. As Dr James Sinclair digs into the mystery...

Soji, Yosuke, and Chie are hot on the trail of the Inabi kidnapping victims... which now include Chie's best friend Yukiko! Now, with the help of their strange new ally Teddie, our heroes venture into the TV World again to get Yukiko back. Based on the...

A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings. What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew...

The third book in an exciting Arthurian trilogy.For many years, the people of Briton have enjoyed peace and prosperity under the reign of King Artor and the Union of Kings. Having spurned the despotism of his predecessor, Uther Pendragon, Arthur has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506729503Author Mike MignolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425270684Author Ilona AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ace BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 182g

'Brian Staveley's storytelling gets more epic with every book, and The Empire's Ruin takes it to a whole new level' - Pierce Brown, author of Red RisingThe Empire's Ruin is the first book in the epic fantasy Ashes of the Unhewn Throne trilogy by Brian...

Weaponized is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed science fiction author Neal Asher.A bright new future for humanity - or a dark and inescapable past.Ursula has lived twice the normal human lifespan, courtesy of the latest technology. But now...

Harry Potter, Bruce Wayne, Annie, and Oliver Twist can go #& (c)% themselves! There's a new orphan badass in town. Homeless teenager, Jesse "Street Angel" Sanchez cuts school and fights ninja gangbangers, mad scientists, cops, time-traveling...

As The Complete Peanuts reaches its halfway point, Snoopy's family suddenly expands, adding a brother (Spike), a sister (Belle), and even a nephew. Also in this volume, the Linus/Snoopy/Truffles love triangle, Peppermint Patty's Powder Puff Derby and...

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of...

When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: sacrifice their love to save the world ... or choose love and let it burn?'I loved the book!! Fantastic ending to a fantastic series' Jodi PicoultSix months after saving their island from de...

YOU ARE NOT PREPARED Illidan Stormrage: one of the most powerful beings ever to walk the lands of Azeroth, but also the least understood...Long ago, the night elf sorcerer Illidan infiltrated the demonic Burning Legion to ward off its invasion of Azeroth...

"An intelligent, defiant novel, akin to any of Annalee Newitz's writings while also brushing shoulders with some of the great questions of identity and consciousness brought up in the works of William Gibson." -San Francisco Chronicle A groundbreaking...

Shortlisted for the Whitbread prize, MOTHER LONDON is a dazzling journey through the heart of a city that the author loved. Spanning generations of characters across a variety of boroughs from the Blitz to the mid-eighties, this is a book about the real...

The power of stories is felt and known in every corner of Azeroth. From the windswept fields of the Eastern Kingdoms to the bustling city of Gadgetzan, differences were bridged by common tales of average people overcoming incredible odds. Lessons learned...

'FOR THE ENEMY IS NOT TROLL, NOR IS IT DWARF, BUT IT IS THE BALEFUL, THE MALIGN, THE COWARDLY, THE VESSELS OF HATRED, THOSE WHO DO A BAD THING AND CALL IT GOOD ...'In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities.A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646090198Author Rensuke OshikiriFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Square EnixPublisher Square Enix

In January 2314, Rowena Savalas - a curator of the vast archive of the twenty-first century's primitive internet - stumbles upon a story posted in the summer of 2024. She's quickly drawn into the mystery of the text: Is it autobiography, fantasy or...

When Eva - a video game streamer who is secretly the superhero RADIANT PINK - is invited to the biggest charity stream event of the year, she sees her chance to use her platform for good. But when a surprise attack sends her hurtling across...

As a winter storm looms over Ambrose County in January of 1992, a local woman's body is discovered and believed to be the latest victim of a horrifying West Texas serial murderer known as The Red Queen Killer.Christopher Cantwell (Halt and Catch ...

Sasaki's pet bird (and otherworld sage) Peeps has bestowed him with powerful magicand the ability to cross between worlds, all in order to game the system and live thegood life. But due to unforeseen circumstances on both sides, things are not going...

The adventures of the Brotherhood of the Tofu continue! See the heroes of WAKFU ride again in the brand new manga series written by Tot, the creator of WAKFU & DOFUS! In a story that directly follows season 2 of the TV series. Yugo, Ruel, Percedal,...

Seigi's battle at the ruins site in Antarctica comes to a head in Volume 12 of Taboo Tattoo! Book InformationISBN 9781975300548Author ShinjiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Yen PressPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781302954055Author Howard MackieFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Marvel ComicsPublisher Marvel Comics

Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game-until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and...

'When the monsters are involved, it's never just one dead body. One way or another the dead multiply.'First, there were the dead in the graveyard, two hundred years dead. I'd been hired to raise them to settle a dispute over who owned the land they were...

The TARDIS brings the Doctor and his friends to a space tracking base in the Antarctic - and straight into trouble. A space mission is going badly wrong, and a new planet has appeared in the sky.Mondas, ancient fabled twin planet of Earth has returned...

When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her. Even worse, the...