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Twenty pivotal moments in anime filmmaking--and the untold drama behind them. From secret production battles to box-office triumphs, Japan's Anime Revolution reveals how each landmark film transformed Japanese animation

Anime expert Jonathan Clements presents gamechanging moments in Japanese film history, from Japan's first black-and-white animated feature to modern blockbusters which have redefined the art form. From box-office hits to career-threatening flops, each of these case studies has changed the anime world in its own unique way, influencing developments in content, production methods, or distribution, capturing all the vibrancy and diversity of this world-beating medium.

This illuminating book describes the twenty most notable films in anime history, including:

• Momotaro: Released at the end of World War II, this was Japan's first feature-length anime
• My Neighbor Totoro: Miyazaki's iconic work, consciously created as an alternative to formulaic animated films with no conflict or antagonist
• Ghost in the Shell: The influential sci-fi feature that inspired The Matrix
• Spirited Away: The first Oscar-winning anime and highest-grossing Japanese film of all time!
• A Silent Voice: Adapted from a popular manga, an essential entry from a woman director
• Plus 14 other landmark films!

Clements reveals behind-the-scenes decisions that changed the course of Japanese animation. Which movie was finished by a staff of out-of-work waitresses? Which animator hated his work so much that he threatened to shave off his own eyebrows? How did a maverick producer enlist fans to drive his movie to box-office gold? Which director learned his trade by watching The Bad News Bears ten times?

Illustrated with full-color images, this fascinating book is a must-read for every devoted anime fan!

Whether you want to hike Half Dome, stroll through the Giant Forest, or visit the Crystal Cave, the local Fodor's travel experts in California are here to help! Fodor's Yosemite & Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.

Fodor's Yosemite & Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks travel guide includes:

• AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
• MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
• MORE THAN 10 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently
• COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
• HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, and more
• PHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Best Trails of Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks" and "Best Waterfalls of Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks"
• TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
• HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, geography, and more
• SPECIAL FEATURES on "Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals of Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks" and "Plants of Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks"
• LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
• UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Mariposa, El Portal, Three Rivers, Visalia, and more

Planning on visiting California? Check out Fodor's California, Northern California, or Southern California.

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ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

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Whether you want to escape to an all-inclusive resort, experience inclusive nightlife, or get adventurous with horseback riding and snorkeling, the local Fodor's travel experts in Puerto Vallarta are here to help! Fodor's Puerto Vallarta with Guadalajara and Riviera Nayarit guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.

This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.

Fodor's Puerto Vallarta includes:

• AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
• MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
• MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently
• COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
• UP-TO-DATE and HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS for the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and more
• PHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Puerto Vallarta's Best Beaches," "Puerto Vallarta's Best Resorts," and more
• TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
• SPECIAL FEATURES on "The Art of the Huichol," "Tequila and Mezcal," and "Mariachi"
• HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on Huichol art, cuisine, and more.
• LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
• COVERS: Zona Romantica, hilltop retreat destinations of Talpa and San Sebastian, Riviera Nayarit, Guadalajara, Costalegre, San Blas, and more

Planning on visiting more of Mexico? Check out Fodor's Cancún & the Riviera Maya.

ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

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Whether you want to hike in Maui's Haleakala National Park, watch for whales, or walk on a black sand beach, the local Fodor's travel experts in Maui are here to help! Fodor's Maui guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.

Fodor's Maui travel guide includes:

• AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do
• MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time
• MORE THAN 15 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently
• COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!
• HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side trips and more
• PHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Maui's Natural Wonders," "Maui's Best Beaches," and more
• TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money
• HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local cultural traditions, including luaus, leis, and more
• SPECIAL FEATURES on "What to Watch and Read Before You Visit," and "What to Eat and Drink"
• LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems
• HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE PRIMERS with useful words and essential phrases
• UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Ololwalu, Wailea, Kaanapali, Lahaina, Kahului, Paia, Haleakala National Park, Kihei, the Road to Hana, Wailuku, Molokai, Lanai, and more

Planning on visiting the rest of Hawaii? Check out Fodor's Essential Hawaii, as well as Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii, Fodor's Oahu, and Fodor's Kauai.

*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.

ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Have you ever wondered how grandmasters can see what's really going on in a chess position in just seconds? It's all about structures, as grandmaster and top coach Ivan Sokolov explains in his groundbreaking book, Winning Chess Middlegames. This classic chess manual has been updated with more than half of the games replaced by modern examples. Sokolov addresses the often-ignored yet extremely important topic of pawn structures. There are four main types: doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns, and pawn majorities. With its highly accessible explanations and in-depth analyses of top-level games, this book helps you solve basic middlegame problems involving space, tension, and initiative. Club players who study this book will greatly enhance their middlegame skills, develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style, and acquire new strategic and practical opening knowledge. Sokolov explains matters profoundly, honestly, and objectively, including lots of inside stories from top-level chess.

Three stories of instrumental side characters are explored in full, collected for the first time in a trade paperback graphic novel perfect for any Hellboy fan's library!

When did Rasputin find his calling to bring about Ragna Rok? How did the Visitor stay hidden on Earth for so long? And where did the legendary Sledgehammer armor really come from? These questions and more are answered in this new collection from the world of Hellboy!

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by John Arcudi, Chris Roberson, Laurence Campbell, Christopher Mitten, Dave Stewart, and others to bring these hidden corners of the Mignolaverse to light.

Collects Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon, Sledgehammer 44, and The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed.

A hunt for a vampire pulls Geralt into a series of swindles, twists, and punch-ups.

Geralt arrives to a small town rumored to be under attack by a vampire. The bounty on its head is substantial, drawing in every two-bit monster hunter for miles, but the competition stiffens when another Witcher, wearing the medallion from the School of the Bear, joins the hunt.

Geralt is offered an advantage in the hunt by a peasant woman, but there's a catch, and a small issue of her being locked up in prison. And with an orphan boy appointing himself as Geralt's squire, the White Wolf finds himself with an unlikely team, and even more unlikely rivals, but are they after the same prize?

Collects The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly #1-#4.

When proud mermaid Muireann flees her climate-ravaged ocean in search of hope on land, she confronts human cruelty and body-shaming as she struggles to find her true home and voice. Caught between a dying ocean and a divided world, she must grapple between the sea that made her and the surface that might break her - in this stunning verse novel that reimagines The Little Mermaid.

Muireann is a mermaid - fierce, curious and proud of the body that keeps her warm beneath the waves. But life in the ocean is becoming impossible. The merfolk are at war with the human ramifications of climate change: food is scarce, and her twin sister has been killed in a mass-fishing net. With her mother lost in grief and her world falling apart, Muireann longs to escape to the surface to find some answers. But the human world isn't the haven she hoped for. It's colder, crueller - and here, her large body is seen not as strength, but as something to be ashamed of.

In this beautiful novel-in-verse, Muireann must find her voice and fight for where she belongs - whether that be beneath the waves, or above them.

Speak plain and to the purpose with this 3" tall cheeky miniature talking bust of The Bard!

Specifications: 3 1/2-inch talking bust of William Shakespeare that speaks eight phrases from his most famous works, such as "If music be the food of love, play on!" and "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Illustrated miniature book included: A 32-page, 2-1/2 x 3-inch guide to all things Shakespeare, complete with a list of the works from which the quotes are featured.
The perfect gift for theatre and lit lovers alike: Whether you're a Shakespeare enthusiast, a lover of classic literature, or simply seeking a distinctive conversation piece, this bust serves as a tribute to the man whose words have shaped the world.

Includes button cell batteries.

Let your creativity sparkle with more than 175 magical pages of coloring fun! This great big coloring book lets your imagination shine, and with 25 jumbo stickers, you can decorate, doodle, and design for hours!

IT'S A UNICORN UNIVERSE! Dive into this magical world of unicorns, princesses, cuddly animals, fairies, rainbows and more! This jumbo coloring book features over 175 pages of large coloring images with chunky, bold outlines for hours of fun! After you're done coloring, decorate your masterpieces with 25 huge stickers that are perfect for even the youngest artist.

Also Available: My Great Big Dinosaur Coloring Book

From the author of The Whispers comes a heartrending tale of friendship, hard-won truths, and the healing power of forgiveness.

A lonely twelve-year-old boy spends his days "stuck" at the deserted Hollow Pines Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina with no recollection of his name, how long he's been there, and no idea how to leave. Things never change much for the lost souls at Hollow Pines and time is strange when you're dead. But when visitors from the living world arrive for the first time in a long while, the boy feels a spark of hope. These visitors are around his age, and they seem to understand more than others that the plantation is not just spooky or eerie, it's a sad place where the unspeakable happened again and again. And if these kids could understand the truth about Hollow Pines, maybe they could help him uncover the dark secrets of his past and help him find a way to finally move on. But Hollow Pines doesn't like visitors. And with a malevolent spirit lurking in the shadows and painful memories buried deep, and for good reason, the boy wonders if he'll ever find his way home or be stuck at Hollow Pines forever.

When Cora discovers her grandmother's old guitar tucked away in the attic, she doesn't yet know how much it will change her world-and her community. What begins as a quiet moment of curiosity becomes a journey of learning, sharing, and finding her voice. With patience, sore fingers, and the encouragement of her grandma, Cora slowly starts to strum real songs. They're not perfect, but they come from the heart.

Before long, Cora feels ready to share her music with others. She doesn't plan anything big at first. She just sees someone who looks tired and wonders if maybe a little music might help. At the bakery, Mr. Wheaton has been up since dawn. Cora plays a cheerful tune, and the room shifts-just a little. He smiles. Customers linger. There's warmth again. Encouraged, she visits the local clinic, where Nurse Emily is rushing from one task to the next. Cora plays a softer melody this time, and a quiet calm fills the space. Later that evening, she finds Mr. Winston, the night watchman, beginning his shift in the park. Under the glow of the streetlamps and falling snow, her gentle song lifts his spirits, if only for a while.

Little by little, Cora's music starts to bring people together. It's not about being the best guitar player or putting on a show-it's about noticing others, caring, and offering what you have to give. And when the town begins to grow cold and quiet for the winter, Cora has an idea. What if everyone shared music together? What if they filled the town square with light, sound, and joy?

With help from her parents and neighbors, Cora organizes a night of music in the square. People bring instruments, voices, and open hearts. There are cookies, cocoa, and shared laughter. The air fills with the sound of recorders, tambourines, banjos, and voices singing in harmony. It's not a perfect performance-but it's real. It's heartfelt. And for this small town, it's just what they needed.

Cora's Magic Melodies is a tender, uplifting picture book for children ages 4 to 8. Written with warmth and sincerity, it tells a story that celebrates small acts of kindness, the value of community, and the beauty of expressing yourself through music. It's about what can happen when a child follows a spark of curiosity and learns that even simple things-like playing a song-can bring people closer.

Ideal for parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers, this book offers a gentle way to talk with children about empathy, using your talents to help others, and taking brave steps toward connection. It's not preachy or overly perfect-it's grounded in real feelings and child-sized actions that kids can see themselves doing. Whether a child is musical or not, they'll relate to the feeling of wanting to make a difference.

Families can enjoy it as a cozy bedtime read, while educators can use it to support lessons in emotional literacy, music appreciation, or community building. The story doesn't rush-it takes time to let readers feel the rhythm of Cora's growth. And by the end, young readers will understand something simple but powerful: you don't have to do something huge to make someone's day better. You just have to begin.

Whether you're looking for a story to inspire kindness, a celebration of creativity, or a reminder that little things matter, Cora's Magic Melodies is a lovely addition to any collection. It's a book that encourages children to notice the world around them, listen with their hearts, and share their gifts-whatever those may be.

The situation with Liz has been resolved, so Zenos shifts his focus to researching the Black Guild, a mysterious organization that closely guards all information about their members. Even so, he learns of an important figure within it who can supposedly heal any malady. Could it be his childhood friend and fellow student of healing magic, Velitra? Upon looking further into the matter, he suspects Velitra also has their old mentor's notes. Finding his old friend could be the key to learning more about their mysterious mentor...Will Zenos manage to infiltrate the Black Guild? And if he does, what secrets will he unveil?

The ABC's of the Erie Canal is a non-fiction children's book exemplifying the building and history of the Erie Canal. Researched and written by Joseph R. Zupan, the ABC's of the Erie Canal is a brilliant children's book. Beautifully illustrated by the talented Nancy Stewart, together, she and Joseph bring history to life. Ebook $8.99, paperback, $10.99, hardcover, $15.99

Step into the soul of Tokyo in this musical manga - a beautifully drawn collection of stories.

Fleeting encounters, forgotten records, and quiet moments speak volumes through Ryoichiro Kezuka's breathtaking art and storytelling.

For the first time in English, experience Record Journey Vol. 1, a captivating collection of short stories by Ryoichiro Kezuka that explores the quiet, powerful intersections of music, memory, and everyday life.

At the heart of these stories is a young woman working at a small record store in Tokyo. Each story introduces a new visitor to the shop--each with a unique past, a specific record in mind, and an emotional thread waiting to be uncovered. As the needle drops, so do the walls between strangers, revealing bittersweet moments, long-lost connections, and the smooth healing of sound.

Originally self-published before Kezuka's commercial debut, these stories are richly illustrated and emotionally resonant, blending slice-of-life realism with a gentle, introspective tone.

Kezuka, also known for Onban Kikou--a manga about forbidden pop music and jukebox mysteries--has carved a distinct place in the world of manga with his love for vinyl culture and human stories.
Record Journey is a must-read for music lovers, manga fans, and anyone who's ever found a memory hiding in a melody.

After Sammi Clover, a friendless high schooler has her world shattered when she's attacked by the monstrous Shadow Queen, she flees to the hidden, magical town of Ivy City. Beneath all of its heroic history and friendly residents, Ivy City has buried many dark, and dangerous mysteries. Here, Sammi finds herself caught in a dangerous prophecy that she is forbidden to speak about. To prove her innocence and go home she forms a reluctant alliance with the reckless and irresponsible Ash Collins. Both with their own sets of secrets, they must learn to fight shadows, uncover century old secrets and try to survive a world that wants them both dead