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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All is a stunning Girls Love manga that depicts the budding romance between a high school girl and her classmate who she mistakes as a guy outside of school.

<strong>'A superb work of history' </strong>JAMES HOLLAND <br/><br/><strong>'A thrilling account from a master of Second World War history' </strong>DAN SNOW <br/><br/> <strong>A landmark history of the U-Boat war told through the experiences and recollections of the U-Boat crews themselves.</strong> <br/><br/> <strong>Winston Churchill famously remarked that the threat of the German U-Boats was the only thing that had "really frightened" him during World War Two. The U-Boats certainly claimed a bitter harvest among Allied shipping: nearly 3,000 ships were sunk, for a total tonnage of over 14 million tonnes, nearly 70% of Allied shipping losses in all theatres of the war. With justification, then, they are an integral part of the traditional narrative of the Battle of the Atlantic; a story of technological brilliance, dramatic sinkings, life and death, and - of course - the sinister, unseen threat of the U-Boats themselves.</strong> <br/><br/>For Allied seamen during the war, the U-Boat was a hidden menace, a faceless killer lurking beneath the waves; and the urgent needs of survival afforded them little time or energy to consider the challenges and privations of their enemy. History, however, affords us that time and energy, and any pretence of comprehensiveness demands that we consider what life was like for the crews of those most claustrophobic vessels; packed into a steel hull, at the mercy of the enemy, of the elements - and of basic physics. <br/><br/>Germany's U-Boat crews posted the highest per-capita losses of any combat arm during World War Two. Some 30,000 German submariners were killed - over 75% of the total number deployed - the vast majority of whom have no grave except the seabed. Using archival sources, unpublished diaries and existing memoir literature, this book will give the U-Boatmen back their voice, allowing their side of the narrative to be aired in a comprehensive manner for the first time. <br/><br/>With that testimony, <em>Wolfpack</em> takes the reader from the heady early days of the war, when U-Boat crews were buoyed with optimism about their cause, through to the challenges of meeting the Allied counterthreat, to the final horror of defeat, when their submarines were captured by the enemy or scuttled in ignominy. Using the U-Boatmen's own voices to punctuate an engaging narrative, it tells their story; of courage, certainly, but also of fear, privation and - ultimately - failure.

<b>Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, One Piece!</b><br/><br/>As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber...at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the One Piece, said to be the greatest treasure in the world...<br/><br/>Having learned too much of the world's history, Dr. Vegapunk is now the target of the CP0 assassins. Vegapunk's only hope may be to ask for help from Luffy and the Straw Hat crew, but where are they? Chaos erupts on Egghead Island as the world government sends some powerful reinforcements.

THE <em>SUNDAY TIMES</em> AND <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> BESTSELLER <strong>Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die...</strong> <br/><br/> <strong>Alexis Hert isn't a hero, and she certainly isn't a god. All she's ever been is a survivor.</strong> <br/><br/><strong>But the Fates disagree</strong>. <br/><br/>When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she'll have to do more than merely survive. <br/><br/>Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality. <br/><br/>But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts. <br/><br/> <strong>Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting Alexis...</strong> <br/><br/>You might just come across these favourites: <br/><br/> War academy <br/><br/> Villainous love interests <br/><br/> Gods, gladiators, and warriors, oh my! <br/><br/> Adorable animal companions <br/><br/> Animal companions with a lot of ~opinions~ <br/><br/> Prophecies <br/><br/> Dark romance <br/><br/> Why choose? <br/><br/>Touch her and die <br/><br/> Marriage law <br/><br/> Post-apocalyptic world <br/><br/> <strong>The romantasy OBSESSSION of 2024:</strong> <br/><br/><strong>'This was addictive</strong> as hell' <br/><br/> <br/><br/>'THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I'll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I'm<strong> OBSESSED</strong>! I need book 2 asap. <br/><br/> <br/><br/>'Actually <strong>iconic</strong>' <br/><br/> <br/><br/>'LOOOOOOOOOVED IT <strong>OMG</strong> I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world... EVERYTHING for a little longer... but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night ' <br/><br/> <br/><br/>'Literally gonna<strong> live rent free</strong> in my brain' <br/><br/> <br/><br/>'Perfection, <strong>favorite read this year</strong> so far'

<b>For the first time, </b><b>director Rob Reiner and co-creators </b><b>Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i> and its upcoming sequel<i>.</i></b><br/><br/> Since its original release in 1984, <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i> has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre: the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his co-writers and co-stars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band - how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i> for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at Glastonbury.<br/><br/> Reiner, Guest, McKean and Shearer provide the backstories to the movie's famous lines - among them 'Hello, Cleveland!,' 'None more black,' 'You can't dust for vomit' and 'These go to eleven' - and to such Tap anthems as 'Big Bottom' and 'Stonehenge'. Featuring never-before-seen photographs, band memorabilia and personal reminiscences of their enduring creative partnership, <i>A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever</i> will delight Tap-heads of all ages - just as the long-awaited <i>Spinal Tap </i>sequel is hitting theatres.<br/><br/> BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! <i>A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever</i> also comes with a bonus memoir by Reiner's directorial alter ego, Marty DiBergi, in which he interviews Tap band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls about their musical journey and their drummers who paid the ultimate sacrifice to the rock gods.

<b>An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.</b><br/><br/><i>In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.</i><br/><br/>Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his family and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on 28 June 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat later that year.<br/><br/>Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Here, two of America's best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to reveal the extent of Biden's decline and who knew about it, from White House staffers to senators to Hollywood celebrities. They paint President Biden's decision to run for re-election as shockingly narcissistic, delusional and reckless - and the wider cover-up as an act of unprecedented public deception. Rarely has hubris met nemesis so explosively.<br/><br/>The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will endure for decades. In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, marking the beginning of a remarkable campaign of denial and gaslighting against the American public. His decision to run again was the original sin of his precedency - the moment that led directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has come since.