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10-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield has just graduated from magic academy. He dreams of becoming a master wizard. Instead, he's sent to Japan to teach English...at an all-girls high school! The students are delighted with their cute new teacher. Although he is forbidden to display his magical powers, sometimes Negi can't resist. In an omnibus collection combining volumes 1-3, Negi embarks on exams, secret, magical islands and vampires.

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Running from 2003-2009, Tsubasa was one of Clamp's most successful series - they are the collective also responsible for Magic Knight Rayearth (Dark Horse) and Cardcaptor Sakura (Dark Horse). This series features many of the characters from Clamp's equally popular xxxHOLiC (also available from Turnaround), which is also to be released as an omnibus later in the year by Kodansha Comics. This edition collects the first three Tsubasa stories, and is a charming and action-stuffed adventure, a must for manga fans of all ages.

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A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS! 'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard 'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James, Mail on Sunday Who rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters? Who told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end? Who advised Guthrie Featherstone, Q.C. to adopt a more judicial attitude? The answer is barrister Horace Rumpole.His legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the 'Oxford Book of English Verse' and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated in the first omnibus, including Rumpole of the Bailey, The Trials of Rumpole and Rumpole's Return. John Mortimer's hilarious Rumpole, which fans of Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse will love, sees the magician of the Old Bailey at his unpredictable and brilliant best.

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Batman: Detective Comics Omnibus collects together the stories of your favourite heroes from the Batman Universe! With Batman, Batwoman, and Nightwing fighting to defend it, is Gotham safe from any potential threat? Or is there a monster still lurking that would be able to take them down? Batman decides to recruit young vigilantes and train them to be a team worthy to face any evil that may come to Gotham will this vision for a team of Bat-Heroes be able to take flight or will it go down in flames? And what would Batman consider threatening enough to require a team?

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Sazan, a young man from Earth, works on other planets and has seen his share of galactic oddities. But when he meets Mina, a red-headed girl who zooms into his life on a space scooter, he knows he's run into someone special. Mina contains shocking power within her body - power that attracts armed thieves who hope to steal it from her. Mina zooms out of Sazan's life almost as quickly as she arrived, but Sazan is determine to find her again... no matter how far he has to chase her across the galaxy. This spectacular full-color manga - an homage to energetic space operas of years past - is entirely contained in this 500-page omnibus. Nominated for the Manga Taisho Award in Japan!

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From the padded cells of Arkham Asylum to the mean streets of Crime Alley, one truth is whispered wherever evil gathers: Gotham City belongs to the Batman. Until now! The crimelord formerly known as the Penguin is now Mayor Oswald Cobblepot -- elected to be Gotham's leader by promising to outlaw vigilantes and villains alike. The immortal mastermind Ra's al Ghul has ordered an invasion of assassins - not to destroy the Dark Knight, but to eliminate his enemies permanently. And a two-bit hood called the Black Mask is forming a deadly new masked mob. Outlawed. Outnumbered. On the run. Batman's greatest battle for the soul of Gotham City is about to begin! Collects The Batman Adventures #1-36, The Batman Adventures Annual #1, The Batman Adventures Annual #2, The Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1, and stories from Batman: Black & White Omnibus.

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The greatest adventures of DC's supernatural crime-fighter are collected in a massive, era-spanning hardcover! First introduced in 1952, the Phantom Stranger stands decades later as one of DC's most enigmatic characters, a supernatural hero whose origins have remained shrouded in mystery! This omnibus collects the Phantom Stranger's earliest adventures in the 1950s, his late-1960s revival, and early 1980s stories in the pages of The Saga of the Swamp Thing. Through it all, the Phantom Stranger has remained one of DC's most unique characters, navigating the weird, scary side of the DC Universe! Collects The Phantom Stranger #1-6 (1952), The Phantom Stranger #1-41 (1969), stories from The Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-13, Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18, The Brave and the Bold #89, #98, #145, Showcase #80, Justice League of America #103, House of Secrets #150, DC Super-Stars #18, Secret Origins #10 and DC Comics Presents #25, and #72.

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En el futuro devastado por la guerra del cuadragésimo primer milenio, el comisario Ciaphas Cain, héroe del Imperio, es respetado por sus compañeros y una inspiración para sus hombres, al menos eso es lo que la propaganda quiere hacerte creer. La realidad es muy diferente, ya que Ciaphas simplemente busca una vida fácil y una manera de mantenerse fuera de peligro.Sin embargo, el destino tiene la costumbre de arrojarlo a las situaciones más mortales, y la suerte siempre se las arregla para llevarlo hacia el más alto de los pedestales. Para sobrevivir, el comisario Cain debe esquivar, fanfarronear y engañar para salir de los problemas, incluso si aumenta su estatus más allá de su control!

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Princess Sakura is under a terrible curse and Sayaoran will do whatever it takes to save her, even if it means journeying through space and time! Together with some strange companions, Sayaoran begins an epic quest through the universe to save the one he loves. Running from 2003-2009, Tsubasa was one of Clamp's most successful series; they are the collectively also responsible for Magic Knight Rayearth (Dark Horse) and Cardcaptor Sakura (Dark Horse). This edition collects the first three Tsubasa stories, and is a charming and action-stuffed adventure.

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Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko's shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined! Watanuki is Yuko's unwilling assistant, but even he is compelled by the fascinating adventures he's having since he started working for the 'space-time witch.'

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10-year-old Negi Springfield has just graduated from a British school for wizards. After meeting with the school headmaster to discuss his graduate work assignment, he finds that he will be moving to Japan to teach English at an all-girls high school. Under strict instructions not to show his magic powers, Negi finds that he can't resist using them to help others. Of course, despite his good intentions sometimes his magic just makes things even worse.

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Najika came to Seika Academy to find the boy who saved her life. She thinks her 'prince' might be either Sora or Daichi - the super-cute brothers who are the most popular boys at school. That is, until one of the brothers warns Najika that her mysterious prince may not be all he seems. Will this revelation put an end to Najika's lifelong quest?

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When Keitaro Urashima fails his entrance exams to get into Tokyo University for the second time, he's officially an unemployed and uneducated slacker. To make things worse, his parents have kicked him out of his house. Fortunately, his grandmother owns the fabulous Hinata Lodge and has agreed to take Keitaro in as caretaker. What he doesn't know is that the lodge is actually a girl's dorm and he's the only guy around. Most guys would kill to live with five ladies, but if Keitaro's not careful, this job will kill him.

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Shusei is the most handsome and popular boy at his high school - and he's turned down almost every girl there, including Aoi's best friend. But when his apartment catches fire, he has to move in with his neighbor: Aoi! What will these unwilling roommates become to each other when forced to share an LDK?

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Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko's shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined! Watanuki is Yuko's unwilling assistant, but even he is compelled by the fascinating adventures he's having since he started working for the space-time witch.' Yuko operates a shop that grants people what they need, but there is always a price to be paid!'

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Horace Rumpole turns down yet another invitation to exchange the joys and sorrows of life as an Old Bailey hack for the delights of the sunshine state, where Senior Citizens loll on beaches and the sarcastic tones of the Mad Bull (Judge Roger Bullingham) are heard no more. He settles instead for the beaded bubbles of Chateau Pommeroy's ordinary claret, the domestic chill emanating from she who must be obeyed, and his role 'extraordinaire' as Defender of the Faith: 'Never plead guilty'.

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Collects the entirety of the ground-breaking, critically acclaimed DC Comics weekly series by award-winning writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid!

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Five years ago, Batman and Robin worked the most disturbing case of their crimefighting careers... Bringing down the organization of the ultimate human trafficker, the mysterious woman known only as Mother. At the time, Dick Grayson never quite understood the scope of that case, but now its darkest secrets are coming back to haunt him and everyone else who ever worked with Batman! With Bruce Wayne now lost to them, Dick and all his allies are out in the cold! Who can they trust? Is someone among them not who they say they are? And who is the deadly, silent young woman in black who s come to Gotham City looking for Batman?

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Introducing the most gallant and redoubtable figure in naval history - Horatio Hornblower. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. The reader stands right beside him as he prepares to fight his first duel, feels that heat as he battles to control a blazing ship and shares his horror as he experiences for the first time, the panic of the plague. The young Hornblower - A truly formidable force in his majesty's service.

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El crimen del ómnibus es pionero en la creación de un misterio en habitación cerrada. pero en movimiento. Una joven muere misteriosamente en un ómnibus de París. El pintor Paul Freneuse ?testigo de la escena?, al percibir que la joven que viaja junto a él está muerta, comienza a pensar que tal vez ha sido asesinada sin que ningún pasajero se haya dado cuenta, y comparte su deducción con su amigo Binos. Freneuse debe ocupar su escaso tiempo en completar el cuadro que presentará a la Exposición Universal, pero Binos no cejará en la investigación del crimen. El lector hará entonces un recorrido por el París más bohemio, con pistas salpicadas en cada capítulo ?una aguja envenenada, el fragmento de una carta.?, una historia de amor y un par de asesinos particularmente audaces...

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In this omnibus edition collecting volumes 4-6 of the original manga series, Shin ichi Sakamoto masterfully fictionalises the true life of Charles-Henri Sanson, the ''Gentleman of Paris,'' who performed nearly three thousand executions in 18th century France. What has begun, must be seen to an end. Despite the sorrows of a broken heart, Charles must carry out the execution of the condemned Damiens. Swearing to fulfill his duty mercifully, fate plays a cruel hand, and within the ranks of the Sanson family, one intervenes in a shocking display. With dreams of a future of mercy and flourishing equality, Charles faces the execution of the century. Available in English for the first time and presented in a special omnibus edition collecting volumes 4-6 of the original Japanese manga series!

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Known for his groundbreaking work on Green Lantern, over a decade ago Geoff Johns brought Justice Society of America characters rooted in the Golden Age of comics back to the forefront of comics. Mixing younger, edgier characters with the elder statesmen of superheroes, Johns brought the JSA back to the forefront of comics in what became the industry's best-selling comic series. Collected here is the second and concluding volume on Johns' now-legendary run on the original JSA. JSA OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC collects JSA #26-75, JSA ANNUAL #1, JSA SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS #2 and HAWKMAN #23-25

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Evil Dark Knights from the multiverse have risen! Only Batman and the world s greatest superheroes can save the multiverse! Get the entire Dark Nights Metal epic in one heart-pounding collection. Batman has uncovered one of the lost mysteries of the universe...one that could destroy the very fabric of the DC Universe! He ll wage war against diabolical Dark Knights across the multiverse and come face-to-face with The Batman Who Laughs. These are the dark corners of reality that have never been seen till now! The Dark Multiverse is revealed in all its devastating danger and the threats it contains are coming for the DC Universe! Can Batman and his allies save the Multiverse from total darkness? This epic omnibus contains the entire Dark Nights: Metal saga, including Dark Nights: Metal #1-6, tie-in stories from Dark Days: The Forge #1, Dark Days: The Casting #1, Batman: The Red Death #1, Batman: The Devastator #1, Batman: The Merciless #1, Batman: The Murder Machine #1, Batman: The Drowned #1, Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1, Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs #1, Batman: Lost #1, Hawkman: Found #1, Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1, Nightwing #29, The Flash #33, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32, Green Arrow #32, Suicide Squad #26, Teen Titans #12, and Justice League #32-33.

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Edward Lear (Londres, 1812-San Remo, 1888) fue el último de veintiún hermanos, desde la adolescencia tuvo que ganarse la vida como ilustrador de libros de botánica, zoología y tipografía en diversos lugares, incluido el British Museum, hasta que el conde de Derby le invitara a dibujar las aves de su zoo privado. Para los nietos del conde escribió sus minúsculas y famosas composiciones humorísticas conocidas como nonsense, ilustradas con viñetas. La forma lírica que E. Lear hizo famosa es el Limerick, breve estrofa rimada, de donde tomó su estructura para elaborar nonsenses memorables, casi siempre retratos exagerados y caricaturescos de personajes extravagantes y patéticos, habitantes de un mundo loco pero no siempre inocente. El gusto por la paradoja, la ironía y la invención verbal, inscriben su obra, como la de L. Carroll, en la corriente irracional de la literatura inglesa, imperando y celebrando la lógica del absurdo.A nuestro parecer E. Lear es cronológica y esencialmente el

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Innocent country boy Oyamada Kouta transfers to a big city high school in his freshman year, and from day one, his life enters a world of crazy. First, a beautiful second-year student named Chizuru professes her love to him, then reveals that she is in fact a fox spirit. Frisky and flirty, she suggestively teases naive Kouta in front of his classmates, embarrassing him to no end. If that wasn't enough, a gorgeous wolf spirit named Nozomu suddenly transfers to Kouta's class and decides she wants the hapless country boy for herself. As fox girl and wolf girl vie for his heart, does Kouta have any say in this?

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Everybody knows that Itsuki is the most fearsome skater around. With his high tech Air Gear skates, his moves are so smooth they're almost like flying. But, because he's the best, someone will always want to take him down. Action, adventure and high-stakes competition feature throughout - and that's just the beginning!

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