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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A young man named Hiiragi has recently learned that he has a half-brother. Seeking him out, he not only finds the brother he never knew, but discovers he is a mysterious individual covered in bandages who runs an exclusive rare animal pet shop. But this unique shop is itself a front for something even more mysterious: a secret shop where customers in-the-know can sign a contract forged in blood and rent out yokai for their own singular purposes!
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Description
The raid on the Devil's Nest becomes a slaughter, leaving Ed and Al forever affected by the battle. Foreign travelers, Mei and Ling, arrive from the country of Xing, searching for the Philosopher's Stone and a secret even the Elric brothers never imagined.
Author
Series
Yokai rental shop volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When the lonely Hiiragi Yasase learns that he has a long-lost half-brother, he decides to meet the man–but is shocked by what he discovers. His brother is the proprietor of a pet shop, one that is actually a front for supernatural rentals. Customers in-the-know can rent out yokai to perform supernatural deeds. There’s just one catch: they have to forge a contract written in blood… An all-new dark fantasy from the creator of Nightmare Inspector!...
Author
Series
Salt water taffy volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Brothers Jack and Benny anticipate a dull summer when they are forced to go on a family vacation to Chowder Bay, Maine, but when a giant kleptomaniac eagle swoops in with an obsession for hats, the boys get to scale a nearby mountain.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
As Greed and King Bradley continue their battle, the mysterious homunculus "father" makes his move under Central City. In order to achieve his objectives, he will need to force Mustang to make an unthinkable choice. Meanwhile, Alphonse has the chance to regain his own body, but the sacrifice to do so may be too much.
47) Two brothers
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different from one another. And the possessive love of their mother, Zana, stirs the troubled waters between them even more. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub, "the good son," is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him, his tensions...
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
"In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical 'auto-mail' limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother's bodies...the legendary Philosopher's Stone. Betrayal and double-crossing are the order of the day. Greed, Pride and Envy prove to be formidable enemies, but one homunculus...
Author
Series
Psychic Academy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"The mysterious new girl Fafa sweeps into school and enchants Ai with the romantic notion of ditching class-- a way to achieve, as she describes it, true 'freedom.' Ai, certainly not the rebellious type, but also not a big fan of school, attempts to embrace this new form of academic self-expression. When Mew shows up to drag him back to class she learns that Fafa won't surrender her new plaything without a fight!"--Back cover
Author
Pub. Date
[ 2019]
Description
Giraffes on Horseback Salad was a Marx Brothers film written by modern art icon Salvador Dali, who'd befriended Harpo. Rejected by MGM, the script was thought lost forever. But author Josh Frank found it, and with comedian Tim Heidecker and Spanish comics creator Manuela Pertega, he's re-created the film as a graphic novel in all its gorgeous full-color, cinematic, surreal glory. In the story, a businessman named Jimmy (played by Harpo) is drawn to...
Author
Series
Seekers of the Aweto volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Xinyue and his brother are seekers, hunting Aweto--a rare, plantlike treasure--along the Silk Road. When Xinyue discovers the child of a deity that creates Aweto, it disrupts his already turbulent life."--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Though Kazuto has lived for years with a bullet lodged in his brain, the childhood injury is starting to take its toll. Uncertainty over his future may explain why he has chosen to reach out to Senri after so long, even if his methods remain frustratingly roundabout. Meanwhile, Senri and Enan are on the cusp of unraveling the events that separated the twins in the first place--but not if the "fire" man has anything to say about it!"--
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Description
"Ed and Al come face to face with the 'father' of the homunculi, who just so happens to be a dead ringer for their own father, Van Hohenheim--a resemblance too uncanny for coincidence. And later, when the allure of immortality proves to be too much for Prince Lin of Xin, he lets Greed take over ... literally!"--P. [1] of cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Senri's hunt for his twin heats up as a rival criminal group sets Kazuto and the "fire" man's hideout ablaze mere minutes after he and Enan finish their search. As he draws closer and closer to his brother, the danger only seems to increase, and so too does Senri's recklessness. He feels sure Kazuto is reaching out to him, yearning to meet as much as he is, but Kazuto has a long history with the "fire" man-and a terrible burden to bear..."--Provided...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Desperate to find and stop his brother as soon as possible, Senri reluctantly agrees to meet with Detective Wakazono. The offbeat officer has his own reasons for wanting to find--and finish off--the 'fire' man, but Senri is determined to beat him to it. Armed with new information and the few clues surrounding his parents' deaths, Senri and Ena journey through the countryside, piecing together the past. Each step leads them closer to Kazuto...but...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"Ai Shiomi is pushed into attending the Psychic Academy, a place of learning for psychically gifted students. Not only must he live up to his older brother's heroic reputation as 'The Vanquisher of the Dark Overlord,' but he must also deal with the fact that his brother teaches at the academy and insists on embarrassing him, especially in front of all the girls at the school who find him mysteriously attactive now that he has super psychic powers....
Author
Series
Montague twins volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Alastair, Pete, Charlie, and Rachel aren't just magical teen detectives in their coastal town of Port Howl--they are also members of a local teen rock band. Before a show one night, Charlie and Rachel meet a famous rockstar, Gideon, and invite him to their show. He'll never come, but why not try, right? Little do they know, Gideon does show up, and he brings the threads of his dark past with him. In fact, he might even be the source of the rumored...
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"T'Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though - Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T'Challa is the true heir to the throne. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them...explore the moments that make T'Challa who he is, from his adventurous upbringing to...
Author
Series
Fullmetal alchemist light novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When an alchemical ritual goes awry, causing Edward Elric to lose limbs and his brother to become trapped in a suit of armor, Edward begins a quest to recover the one thing that can restore them, the legendary Philosopher's Stone.