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In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and villainous monkeys; a sister mourns her invisible brother whom only she can still see, while the rest of her family welcome his would-be wife into their home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to discover the snake-families everyone else seems to be concealing.

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In little more than a century, industrial practices have altered every aspect of the cheesemaking process, from the bodies of the animals that provide the milk to the microbial strains that ferment it. Reinventing the Wheel explores what has been lost as raw-milk, single-farm cheeses have given way to the juggernaut of factory production. In the process, distinctiveness and healthy rural landscapes have been exchanged for higher yields and monoculture. However, Bronwen and Francis Percival find reason for optimism. Around the world—not just in France, but also in the United States, England, and Australia—enterprising cheesemakers are exploring the techniques of their great-grandparents. At the same time, using sophisticated molecular methods, scientists are upending conventional wisdom about the role of microbes in every part of the world. Their research reveals the resilience and complexity of the indigenous microbial communities that contribute to the flavor and safety of cheese. One experiment at a time, these dynamic scientists, cheesemakers, and dairy farmers are reinventing the wheel.

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Away from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park’s lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being watched. An elderly woman approaches her, claiming that she knew Bonita’s mother—that they had been friends when Bonita’s mother had lived in Mexico as a talented young artist. Bonita tells the stranger that she must be mistaken; her mother was not a painter and had never travelled to Mexico. Though the stranger leaves, Bonita cannot shake the feeling that she is being followed.

On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.

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Jesus, the Son of God. Buddha, the Enlightened One. Two of history's most important figures whose sagely deeds have been told and retold. After a few millennia of helping humanity, they have decided to take some time off and rent an apartment together in modern-day Tokyo. But even their saintly status hasn't fully prepared them to navigate the ups and downs of life in 21st century Japan, from theme parks, to shopping for rice cookers, to the wonderful world of manga. Follow this pair on a goofy, light-hearted, and pun-filled adventure in friendship.

Buddha, the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God, continue their goofy adventures through modern-day Tokyo, with escha-pades aplenty. The wise guys of Tachikawa, along with their band of saintly companions and immortal foes, immerse themselves even deeper into daily life among their new neighborhood acquaintances. As the seasons turn, new adventures await them around every corner: from the blissful highs of bullet train travel and gaming with friends to the mundane challenges of staying on budget when you have to pay for rent and groceries, not to mention Valentine's chocolates when you are filled with love for all of humankind...

Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!

Shin faces off with a strange assassin who’s targeting Mr. Sakamoto, but how will he manage against a foe whose thoughts are unreadable? Then, the Sakamoto gang does their best to enjoy a peaceful family outing at the amusement park, only to be rudely interrupted by a pair of menacing assassins. Can Mr. Sakamoto and his buddies take care of them without his family noticing?

Team Sakamoto enters an airsoft tournament organized by the shopping arcade in the hopes of winning the million-yen prize. However, things don’t go as planned and they find themselves teaming up with a not-so-sharp sniper called Heisuke. Meanwhile, some shady characters connected to the secret organization that raised Shin are on their way to Sakamoto’s...

Source title: Saqueo (CMYK) (Spanish Edition)

Ever since his parents disowned him for being gay, Shun has been living with his aunt on a small island near Okinawa. One day, he meets Mio, a high school student who recently lost his own parents and now spends his days sitting by the sea. The two young men begin to open up to each other…until Mio reveals that he’s leaving. Three years later, an adult Mio returns to the island to confess his true feelings, but is Shun ready for a relationship?

Shun has had no contact with his family since the day he revealed that he's gay. Now he's headed home to Hokkaido to visit his ailing father, and he's taking his new boyfriend, Mio. The trip will be unpleasant enough for Shun, but what will it bring up for Mio, who knows all too well the pain of losing a parent?

After returning to Shun's hometown -- and moving into his family's old shop -- Shun and Mio have begun their new, if slightly offbeat, life. But just as they're settling in, Shun's younger brother, Fumi, catches these two lovers in the act! With Sakurako's help, Shun tells Fumi the unvarnished truth. Will his family finally be able to accept him for who he is?

When Shun and Mio attend Visitors' Day at Fumi's elementary school, Shun runs into his former classmate and crush, Wada. Though Shun is shaken, Mio grows strangely close to this carefree character from his lover's past. And if that weren't stressful enough, the novel Shun's been agonizing over is about to be published!

It's been five years since Mio and Shun came to stay with Shun's parents. By all accounts, their life is great. Shun has taken a temporary break from writing novels, and Mio is working as a mechanic. But with stability comes ennui, leading both to begin quietly questioning their relationship. And an even more turbulent storm is brewing, as Shun's now-teenage brother, Fumi, has entered a rebellious phase!

For five years Mio and Shun have been living with Shun's family in Hokkaido, far from the sunny Okinawan island where they first met. But when an unexpected accident forces the couple to re-think their living situation, they decide to return to Shun's old stomping grounds: Tokyo! Shun even decides to go back to work while Mio takes a much-needed break. Now that they have a place of their own for the very first time, will they finally be able to rekindle the spark that's been absent from their relationship?