"After insomniac law clerk Frances Scarland is recruited by her firm's most notorious senior partner, she seems poised for serious advancement--whether she wants it or not. But when her impulsive best friend Vickie decides to move to the opposite coast for an acting role, Frances' confusing existence starts to implode ... An intimate study of work chaos and close friendships over time"--

A wordless novel in which a slaver, who killed an African man and stole his drum, finds his son playing the instrument and insists he be studious instead of musical, leading the boy to a life of study and questioning happiness and success as an adult.

"Victuals' search for the truth about his mysterious transformation leads him back home and pits him against his former friend and mentor, King Erzats -- a monarch whose dark obsession with cheating death threatens his kingdom's stability and the life of Victuals' beloved, Princess Cyrene."--Back cover.

A newly discovered fruit takes Tony Chu, a federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, to a remote island full of secrets and a shadowy killer with a particularly sinister appetite.

"All Sonia wanted was to find her missing cat, Victuals. But when he washes up on the shore of her sleepy coastal town several days later with a head full of stitches and the startling ability to speak - and no memory of how he got that way - her quiet life is forever changed. Together they set out to solve the mystery of his disappearance, embarking on a journey that leads to a strange kingdom under the waves and into the heart of a royal power struggle,...

"Years have passed since Zim was last spotted. Or maybe months? Definitely an amount of time, during which Dib, the only human on Earth who knows Zim's true identity, has grown more and more obsessed with discovering Zim's whereabouts. Dib has also grown ... well, he's grown. He's very large now. He's fused to his chair, he smells bad, and his sister hates him. Of course, that last part was always true."--Cover.

Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry's most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and for good reason! Given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory. The trailer park where she and her family live is the grand stage for her dramas big and small. Joining Marlys are her teenaged sister Maybonne, her younger brother Freddie, their mother, and...