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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

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We live in a world of extreme polarization. We are constantly bombarded with opinions and arguments. As a result, church culture can become segregated from the rest of the world.

But Jesus walked on both sides of the dividing line. He spoke with religious people, and he ate with town rejects. What if God’s truth is somewhere between the division?

Unbalanced takes a close look at what we’ve separated over, what the church has gotten right and wrong, and where Jesus stands in the middle of it all.

Chapter Titles:

Inside Outside: Why I’m Nervous at the Circus

Don’t Mess with the Formula: How the Top Two Greatest Albums Almost Never Happened

Silent Monk Screams: Why Some Pain Sticks Around Longer

Hollywood Moses: Why Christian Movies are So Terrible

My Public Meltdowns: What Types of People Belong in Church

Chili’s, Bennigan’s, and Other Places I Wasn’t Allowed To Go: How My Mom Conquered Her Fear of Bar-and-Grills

Zacchaeus: How God Burst My Church Bubble

Church in a Bar: How Jesus and John the Baptist Were Complete Opposites and Completely Alike

The Exaggerated Battles of American Christians: What is the Best Form of Protest?

Identity Crisis: Who does the Perfect Christian Looks Like?

Full House Lied to Me: Why I Can’t Run Away from Home

God Did It: How I Deal with Atheists, Science, and Questions

Hamster Prison Break: Why We Have Trouble with Freedom

Behind Burned Doors: When My Grandma Dropped the Mic

Please Like Me: When What You Didn’t Know Existed Becomes What You Can’t Live Without

Stick of Dynamite: What Side is Jesus On?

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The Pink Marine is the story—full of hilarity and heartbreak—of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance and doesn’t fit the traditional definition of masculinity finds acceptance and self-worth in Marine Corps boot camp.

“An inspiring memoir that displays a balanced, surprisingly reverent view of the Marine Corps and military service.” Kirkus Reviews

When Greg Cope White’s best friend tells him he’s spending his summer in Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, all Greg hears is ‘summer’ and ‘camp’. Despite dire warnings from his friend, Greg vows to join him in recruit training.

He’s eighteen, underweight, he’s never run a mile-and he’s gay.

Greg’s sheltered life hadn’t prepared him for military service. A prince out of water, he packed five suitcases since he’d never been away from home for thirteen weeks. The U.S. Marines stripped him from all of that, shaved his head and put a rifle in his hands.

At first he struggles to keep up, and afraid his secret will be discovered. But midway through, the desire to survive and become a Marine trumps fear. He learns that everyone, just like in the real world, comes into the service feeling ‘different’; possibly prejudged for the color of their skin, their weight, their poverty–some have even chosen boot camp over jail.

Can a flighty, 112-pound, unmanly Texan transform into one of the few, the proud, the Marines?

Will Greg even survive?

Advanced Praise for The Pink Marine

“A great story beautifully told-surprising, funny, courageous and inspiring.” David Hyde Pierce

“Greg is as inspirational as he is hilarious–I love this book!” Margaret Cho, Comedienne (Dr. Ken, Drop Dead Diva)

“Marine Corps boot camp was the toughest thing I ever did. I had to cope with being skinny, weak, and timid in a place that demanded strength, confidence, and fearlessness. But I didn’t have to cope with being gay or having to hide who I actually was… The Pink Marine is a wonderful book and I’m proud to be Greg Cope White’s fellow jarhead.” Jim Beaver, Actor/U.S. Marine (Justified, Deadwood)

“For five years, on a television show called Covert Affairs, I had the privilege of pretending to be a member of the U.S. military. For six years, in the United States Marines, my friend Greg pretended to be straight. He wins. The Pink Marine will inspire you, make you laugh, and remind you of what’s important in this life.”  Christopher Gorham, Actor (Covert Affairs, Popular, Ugly Betty)

“If you’re searching for the next great memoir, it’s arrived. Greg Cope White’s The Pink Marine is both funny and relentlessly honest. If we have any reason to celebrate the imposed silence of President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, The Pink Marine is it. If Greg had talked back then, we wouldn’t have this book now. The Marines got a great soldier out of it. And we civilians got a great author.” Peter MacNichol, Actor (Numb3rs, Ally McBeal)

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Fisher Stanton, Valley High School’s Nantucket wannabe, has a cheating girlfriend. When he hires Darcy Walker to chase her to a local club, in true Darcy fashion she stumbles upon a dead body. Thing is, this body has secrets…and Darcy’s mysterious friend, Jaws, and the reporter, Tito Westbrook, have a vested interest. Both enlist Darcy to find the person responsible who has eluded them for years, but Darcy doesn’t solve crimes for free anymore–especially where Jaws is concerned. Knowing Darcy’s Achilles heel, Jaws blackmails Darcy into working for him.

In a true test of wills, Darcy and Jaws battle head-to-head—Jaws needs Darcy to help him end a bitter grudge war; Darcy needs Jaws to divulge the mystery surrounding her mother’s death. Haunted by a past that shapes her present, Darcy will stop at nothing to get answers. Even if it means breaking the law and being disloyal to her new boyfriend, Dylan Taylor, in the process.

DEFCON DARCY gives Darcy’s demons a name and ties up loose ends that make Darcy into the verb that she is. What she thinks she knows as truth, isn’t. What she wishes wasn’t true…is.

The problem is, when your life goes DEFCON 1, not everyone lives to tell about it.

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Containing all of the Sam and Max material published by Marvel’s Epic Comics and the one-page strips commissioned by the comic’s current publisher, LucasArts, The Collected Sam and Max is replete with the wry humor, witty repartee, and first-class graphics that have earned this quirky pair of furry flatfoots a rabidly devoted following. Color illustrations throughout.

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YouTube sensations Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) were just two awkward guys who shared their lives on the Internet…until now.

Dan Howell and Phil Lester, avoiders of human contact and direct sunlight, actually went outside. Traveling around the world on tour, they have collected hundreds of exclusive, intimate, and funny photos, as well as revealing and candid side notes, to show the behind-the-scenes story of their adventure.
 
Fans of Dan and Phil’s #1 New York Times bestseller, The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire, and their more than 10 million YouTube subscribers will love this full-color book featuring never-before-seen photos and stories from Dan and Phil.

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“Let’s go chew on someone’s face. What else is there to do on a Saturday night?”

The monsters are exposed as Trinity and her friends find the life of a supernatural is not what it seems. Friends are forged and alliances are made as they try to stay in front of the humans that now hunt them. Doubt clouds Trinity’s mind though, as the right path seems to take her down the wrong one. Lust will consume her, despair and torment will rip her apart. Fate has many plans for her, will she find the strength within her to defy them all?

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Jon Bradshaw needs a girlfriend stat. When he convinces Darcy Walker to be his wingman at a speed-dating event, one debacle leads to another, and before you know it, they’re the proud new owners of a dead body. Problem is, the body has a tie to Darcy…making her a person of interest in a murder.

Things quickly jump from bad to worse when someone hijacks the name of Darcy’s alter ego, framing “Jester” in a Hitchcock-like blend of crimes that leaves her head spinning.

In FOOLPROOF, Darcy battles an adversary who tests her IQ while she navigates the daunting worries of a high school senior. Add on the emotional fallout of her latest caper, a cop breathing down her neck, and a hot but stubborn boyfriend, and she’s at her wit’s end.

Can she find her zen and unmask the real murderer? Or get used to a life of prison orange?

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Teacup is an acquisitioner, not a thief. Admittedly, the nuance doesn’t play well with the town authorities, but as long as the kids get fed and nobody notices the little odds and ends that keep disappearing, he can ignore his nagging conscience. Unfortunately, staying gainfully employed has become increasingly difficult ever since his misunderstanding with the assassins’ guild.

When the dark guild sends a pair of magii to polish him off, Teacup decides there’s no shame in seeking sanctuary in Fortrus, a city built up around the greatest abbey of the Paladins. He’s always preferred a quiet retreat anyway. Loaded down with dark relics, his kids, and an injured knight, Teacup takes to the road in search of safety, redemption, and a good night’s sleep.

But, safety isn’t the soup du jour. The city of Fortrus is in upheaval when Teacup arrives, and the Paladins are at the center of it, and neck deep. With his back against the wall and the assassins’ guild closing in, Teacup begins to wonder if wits and wee-sized weapons will be enough . . .

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The weather outside is frightful in Christmas village, but the only thing that a bitter snowman like Frosty will find delightful is the end of Santa’s reign. Years of jealousy have led him down such a dark path that he hires a mascot from another holiday to punch the fat man’s ticket.

Donner knows Frosty is up to something, and as head of the Santa Security Team it’s his job to figure it out before something bad goes down. But he might be too late when Christmas village is invaded by an army led by Frosty and… the Easter Bunny?!

Will this be a white Christmas or will it be blood red and green with a bitter snowman’s envy? Filled with humor, vulgarity, and a heavy dose of action this is a short story sure to make you see Christmas and Easter in a whole different way.

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IMAGINE YOURSELF BEING BORN IN BROOKLYN. Louis Borek is a typical American, born and raised in a rough section of Brooklyn, (East New York) in the 1940s. He tells short stories of his exciting experiences growing up on the streets. Highlighting the many ways, children improvised with inexpensive games, his continuous and resourceful ways to earn money, and love for family. His willpower to adapt to the gradual neighborhood change from predominately Italian, Jewish and Irish, to Negros and Puerto Ricans. Louis articulates involvements with block busting realtors, street gangs, encounters with the law, street brawls and members of the mob, along with the good times. He describes the vulnerabilities on construction jobs, the loss of friends and the heartaches of owning a construction company while dealing with greedy clients and the powerful unions. Many stories are hilarious while some are heartbreaking. Every story is true. Enjoy reading A Brooklyn Boy’s Stories.

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Penelope Ann Davis suffers a childhood of abuse at the hands of her older brother before she runs away on graduation night. She escapes on a bus headed north from her home in Atlanta and ends up on a mountain farm in southern West Virginia. There she establishes a happy, contented life as Stella for the next three decades. Then, out of the blue, her brother shows up in front of her church and her life starts to unravel: church money goes missing, her best friend is found dead, and a new church member is in desperate financial straits. Her brother discovers her identity and she faces imminent danger. Underlying the action is wry mountain humor and a tender love story between Stella and an Alaskan Inupiaq man with some mysterious circumstances of his own.

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Are you a student who loves to have fun and learn English? Are you a teacher who is seeking to make English classes more appealing? Are you a funny guy in search of new jokes to tell the others? Then this is the perfect book for you – a collection of 300 original clean jokes to entertain yourself, your family, friends and colleagues.
Here are some examples of the pun jokes you will find in this book:
What’s the best thing to do to prevent Alzheimer?
Forget about it.
How does a K1-fighter encourage his son before an interview?
“Break a leg!”
Which is men’s excuse to watch football all day long?
They are goal-oriented.
Which was Al Capone’s favorite magazine?
A full one.
Did you hear about the policeman who fell in love with the heart surgeon? He had a cardiac arrest.

English Laughs Best is full of idioms for you to learn and use in everyday speech. It is not only funny, but also practical, containing an appendix list and a pun mind map which will help you memorize the jokes very quickly. Also, there are funny cartoons to accompany this light-hearted read that will surely make you burst out laughing.

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Acid balloon fights. Scorpion juggling. Land mine hopscotch. One-way time machines.

There are one million books to help you with the good decisions.THE H.M.S. BAD IDEA is the only book that helps you with the bad ones.

Welcome aboard the H.M.S. BAD IDEAH! It’s a collection of geeky comics celebrating bad ideas, lost causes, and the dumb decisions that start awesome adventures!

This book features a guest-illustrated list of hundreds of bad ideas, plus five years of the very best comics by Peter Chiykowski, creator of the Aurora Award-winning webcomic Rock, Paper, Cynic.

Illustrations by 40+ guest artists, including: Zach Weiner, SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CEREAL, Rob DenBleyker, CYANIDE AND HAPPINESS, Abby Howard, JUNIOR SCIENTIST POWER HOUR, Ryan North, DINOSAUR COMICS, TO BE OR NOT TO BE, Christopher Hastings, THE ADVENTURES OF DR. MCNINJA, Lar DeSouza, LEAST I COULD DO, Katie Tiedrich, AWKWARD ZOMBIE, and Reza Farazmand, POORLY DRAWN LINES.

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Fascinated by the boarded up house on the hill, three teenagers, Eric, Brooke, and Rick are drawn to the ancient rumors surrounding the abandoned place. According to local legend, teenagers have been disappearing from the house for centuries. Determined to solve the mystery, the friends uncover a book that may hold the key to the mystery. However, after opening the old book to search for clues, something phenomenal happens…the pages literally suck them in. They now find themselves in a literary fantasy world with no way out. Will they find their way home or will they be forever trapped in the pages of the book battling strange creatures?

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Long Legs and Tall Tales is a comic memoir about a naïve, goodie two-shoes, Midwesterner who tosses aside her conservative business suit and college education, leaves the safety of suburbia behind, and hesitantly sets off to become an international, sexy showgirl supreme. Follow her into her dressing rooms around the globe, as she learns to survive and then thrive (in stilettos, no less) in the wild and wonderful world of entertainment. With a virtual VIP All-Access Backstage Pass, readers get a sneak insider peek into two of America’s most iconically sexy and spectacular institutions—Playboy and the Radio City Rockettes—like never before. But wait! There’s more. The book also chronicles highlights of Kristi’s wacky journey from obscurity to fame including:

*her humble tutu and tiara-loving beginnings at her local “Dolly Dinkle” dance schools
*her awkward stretch into modern dance amid the danger and excitement of New York City
*mortifying corporate party performances (including dancing as half of the Brooklyn Bridge and knocking over patrons with her big buttress)
*musical theatre and movie escapades in and around Hollywood
*homespun fun in the Ozarks as Buddy Ebsen’s hottie Beverly Hillbillies sidekick
*jet-setting and bar-hopping with real live Playboy Bunnies
*her horror at sashaying on stage in a G-string
*going overboard for love on a cruise ship, and
*shaking her tail feathers for President Bill Clinton.

From the sweaty, smoky nightclubs of Singapore to the sizzling Las Vegas strip to the snowcapped mountains of Alaska and beyond, these behind-the-scenes, high-kicking high jinks rival the euphoria of thunderous applause. Having spent over 12 years strutting her stuff as a professional entertainer, including logging in over 1,200 performances (and 240,000 kicks) as a Rockette and touring overseas with the steamy Playboy’s Girls of Rock & Roll, Kristi has juicy secrets and shenanigans to spill. Through stories of her sparkling success despite mortifying missteps, the book aims to inspire readers to light their spark, pursue their passion, and shine brightly as the stars they truly are.

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On Columbus Day of 2010, the love of my life, my wife of fifteen years, died suddenly of a double pulmonary embolism. This is the story of a man shattered by loss who somehow comes back to life. It’s a memoir and a survival guide, with humor and a breezy irreverent style that mitigates the sadness. It’s about relationships and finding love again; about insomnia and a mind that won’t go to sleep. And it’s a love letter to my wife who’s no longer here. And through it all, the quest for the perfect cocktail as an antidote to, as the subtitle says, “life’s pummeling.”

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In the tradition of Post Secret and Other People’s Love Letters, a crowdsourced compilation of letters, stories, and art work about the modern state of love and relationships, edited by rising filmmaker and beloved YouTube vlogger Will Darbyshire.

“What would you say to your ex, without judgment?”

This is the question filmmaker and vlogger Will Darbyshire posed to hundreds of thousands of his closest friends on YouTube. Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience, and to get at the heart of one of life’s unknowable yet universal mysteries: love.

Over a period of six months, Will posed a series of questions to his audience and asked them to reveal their innermost feelings about their own romantic experiences in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.

The result is a curated collection of responses that are, at turns, funny, dark, confessional, awkward, comforting, and uplifting. This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, fantasies, resentments, and fears that reminds us that, whether we’re in or out of love, we’re not alone.

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Homophones are words which sound the same but have different spellings/meanings. Given their nature, they may create confusion in everyday communication, and that is why they are ideal candidates for joke making.
Perfect to kill time, on a rough or sunny day, this collection contains 200 original homophone jokes that will surely please any punster.
Although the book is safe for most ages, some jokes (without being vulgar) are not suitable for young readers, so parents are advised to read it beforehand.
The Key to Joke Comprehension provided at the end of the book is very useful especially for non-native English speakers.
Here are some examples of the homophone humor you can find in this book:

When do Tories accept Whigs?
When they get bald.

How does an anteater describe a termite mound?
A vile ant house.

What happens to famous drum players when they die?
They become cymbals.

If Louis XIV was the Sun King, how come all historians speak only about his reign?

For his entire successful activity, the iguana breeder was given a pat on the back.

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A collection of flashy fiction featuring telemarketing dolphins, voyeuristic cell phones, a potentially amorous GPS unit, and a blow-up doll with a troubled past. These 37 very short stories provide a quick fiction fix for today’s busy reader.

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DINTON YULE is an epic dark comedy following the odyssey of an omnipotent megalomaniac. Dressed in a golden suit, Dinton Yule spends his days committing senseless murder, frequenting whorehouses, and wandering the streets in search of purpose. Becoming a better man is not easy for Dinton, whose erratic behavior only seems to escalate. The journey to refine his chaotic mind leads him to a meeting with God in the flesh, fighting in a bloody war, and much much more.

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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…

After defeating the diabolical Caesar Clown at Punk Hazard, Luffy and crew head to the kingdom of Dressrosa. Awaiting them there is Caesar Clown’s former boss, Doflamingo. Trafalgar Law has a plan to take down Doflamingo, but can he get the wild Straw Hat crew to stay focused?

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This best-selling manga of high seas adventures just got bigger with this collection of the Baroque Works saga of One Piece!

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…

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.

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This best-selling manga of high seas adventures just got bigger with this omnibus edition of One Piece!

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…

When a demented king shows up to reclaim his island kingdom, Luffy and his crew are there to stop him! As the Straw Hats battle the royal interlopers, they get to know all about eccentric Dr. Hiriluk and his reindeer assistant, Tony Tony Chopper. But can they possibly overcome King Wapol—whose body changes depending on what he eats—and survive the scheming of the Baroque Works crew on the island of Alabasta?

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.

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Macy Anderson’s entire life revolved around soccer, her family and her friends but she didn’t know how much she had been living under a rock for seventeen years. When she meets Sam Cahill she learns that even though he’s considered to be a typical ‘high school bad boy’, his leather exterior isn’t exactly what he’s made out to be. Neither of them thought they would go along a journey involving friendship, drama, humor and love.

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A vampire, a werewolf and the Detroit Police Department’s most incompetent Inhuman Crimes Unit officer walk into a bar.

Oh, and so does the CEO of a pharmaceutical company which is hiding a terrible secret.

And also the charismatic pastor of a Detroit mega-church/casino who is enraged that the corpse of one of his flock may have been reanimated as part of a mafia-run zombie fight club.

And let’s not even get into the young pharmacology researcher conducting a controlled experiment to figure out why men never call her for a second date.

In The Bone Eaters, newly minted private eye, Nick Slipwick, joins forces with Lieutenant Amato to unravel these mysteries. They discover more than they expect: vampires weren’t driven from North America 200 years ago after all, the werewolf fences that surround every town and city may not be as effective as everyone thinks, and a creature is stalking the night who is completely unlike all of the regular monsters you learn about in social studies.

And not just because he is somewhat obsessed with Dirty Dancing.

The Bone Eaters is a fast-moving, genre-skewering comedy, lovingly satirizing horror, mystery, and ‘chick lit.’ The novel brings together multiple interwoven story lines into a fun and satisfying conclusion. Just like we’re praying George R. R. Martin does.

The Bone Eaters: 50% humor, 50% horror, 50% mystery, and 50% romance. It’s twice the entertainment of a regular book.

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High jinx on the high seas!

R to L (Japanese Style). High jinx on the high seas!
 
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the 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! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world!

Vivi’s Adventure: With all the Officer Agents defeated, only Crocodile and his final plan to destroy the palace stands in the way of peace. While Luffy battles it out with the evil Croc in the royal tombs, Vivi and the rest of the Straw Hats have to find the bomb before it blows up the capital–with everyone in it!

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High jinx on the high seas!!

Reads R to L (Japanese Style). High jinx on the high seas!!

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the 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! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world! 
 
Arriving Again: The Straw Hats are in a desperate battle against time and Gecko Moria to get their shadows back before dawn. Gecko Moria unleashes his devasting power of a thousand shadows, but Luffy counters back with his “Gear” powers. To save his crew, will Luffy have to make the ultimate sacrifice?

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The best-selling manga in the world!

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…

The Straw Hat pirates have finally arrived in the dangerous waters of the New World. On a mysterious island called Punk Hazard, Luffy and his crewmates run into all sorts of trouble. And controlling things from behind the scenes is a rogue scientist and weapons creator, Caesar Clown. Luffy and Trafalgar Law enter into a pirate alliance in order to defeat Caesar, but the mad scientist unleashes a deadly gas all over the island. As Luffy goes after Caesar, Trafalgar Law puts his plan into action.

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences.

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