A rollicking, sexy memoir of a young poet making his way in 1960s New York City When he graduated from Columbia in 1958, John Giorno was handsome, charismatic, ambitious, and eager to soak up as much of Manhattan's art and culture as possible. Poetry didn't pay the bills, so he worked on Wall Street, spending his nights at the happenings, underground movie premiers, art shows, and poetry readings that brought the city to life. An intense romantic relationship with Andy Warhol—not yet the global superstar he would soon become—exposed Giorno to even more of the downtown scene, but after starring in Warhol's first movie, Sleep, they drifted apart. Giorno soon found himself involved with Robert Rauschenberg and later Jasper Johns, both relationships fueling his creativity. He quickly became a renowned poet in his own right, working at the intersection of literature and technology, freely crossing genres and mediums alongside the likes of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin. Twenty-five years in the making, and completed shortly before Giorno's death in 2019, Great Demon Kings is the memoir of a singular cultural pioneer: an openly gay man at a time when many artists remained closeted and shunned gay subject matter, and a devout Buddhist whose faith acted as a rudder during a life of tremendous animation, one full of fantastic highs and frightening lows. Studded with appearances by nearly every it-boy and girl of the downtown scene (including a moving portrait of a decades-long friendship with Burroughs), this book offers a joyous, life-affirming, and sensational look at New York City during its creative peak, narrated in the unforgettable voice of one of its most singular characters.

Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game cartredge to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!

New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima presents the first installment in a thrilling new fantasy series, in which the lives of Han Alister and the brave Princess Raisa collide in a magical and dangerous adventure. One day Han Alister catches three young wizard setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea. Han takes an amulet away from Micah Bayar, son of the High Wizard, to ensure the boy won't use it against him. The amulet once belonged to the Demon King, who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. With a magical piece so powerful at stake, Han knows that the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back. Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana'Marianna has her own battle to fight. She's just returned to court after three years of riding and hunting with her father's family. Raia aspires to be like Hanalea, the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. But it seems that her mother has other plans for her-plans that include a suitor who goes against everything the Queendom stands for. The Seven Realms will tremble when the lives of Han and Raisa collide in this stunning page-turner from best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima.

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! In order to cheer up the inhabitants of a human country ruled by Ciel, Akari and the others hide their true identities and visit a town in Soleil as a circus troupe. However, they are caught by Ciel and she orders all of them to be executed. In order to save her children, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her last minute while she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel. The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control…!

The Monkey King Sun Wukong leads the Tang monk and his two fellow disciples westward until their path is blocked by a river eight hundred miles wide. On the riverbank is a village where the people live in fear of the Great Demon King, who demands two human sacrifices each year. Sun Wukong and the pig-man Zhu Bajie come up with a clever plan to trick the Demon King and save the people of the village, but they soon discover that the Demon King has clever plans of his own. This is the 16th book in the best-selling The Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The story is written, as much as possible, using the 1200 word vocabulary of HSK4, plus several hundred words introduced in previous books in the series. It is presented in Simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes an English version and glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and also on www.imagin8press.com.

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is captured by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, while Akari, who returned to her own world, goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, with her children. They find Shinichiro, but he has lost his memories of the other world. However, he is determined to go back to Zodia with Akari and her children. Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, but thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. But not for long....

I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Gran is mortally wounded by Ciel, the Queen of the Celestials, who is trying to start a war between demons and humans. However, he recovers and confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari then gives birth to triplets! Unfortunately, Akari and her children are caught by Ciel. In order to save them, Akari asks Ciel to execute her alone. Akari is saved by Gran, who catches her at the last minute as she's falling to her death, but the whole thing was actually a trap set up by Ciel! The children, believing that their mother had been executed, are so filled with hatred that their “demon blood” is out of control and they destroy everything on their path. According to an old legend, the tenth child will be the child of hope, the one who can make the situation right again. Akari and Gran manage to give birth to their tenth child on a sacred island, but Ciel has caught up with them…!

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend…Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children…?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Akari goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, and Gran is captured by Ciel and mortally wounded. But thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. Gran confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari finally gets pregnant naturally and she's expecting triplets! With the arrival of Sept, Huit and Neuf, Akari is now the mother of nine children, and her days are very busy!

I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. She is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons, where she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to five children! She also succeeds in rescuing the Demon King's mother, Dernière, who was being held captive in Soleil, the Land of Humans, who are at war with the demons. Dernière's missing husband, Shinichiro, is also a human. Together with Dernière, Akari, Gran and their children climb the World Tree in search of him and at the top find El Dorado, the Land of Celestials. However, their Queen, Ciel, is actually bored of peace and enjoys the all-out war between demons and humans! As Gran tries to save Akari from Ciel, a World Tree flower starts glowing and their sixth child is born. But then Akari gets sent back to her world with the baby...!

Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?! After she quaffs a stork tincture, a cheat potion that causes anyone who drinks it to become pregnant in an instant, she gives birth to An, King Gran's firstborn daughter. Just as An, King Gran and Akari are beginning to feel like a family, Akari and her daughter are whisked away by the Hero Albert, the airheaded, gallant sworn enemy of demonkind. He means to win them over to his side, but Akari chooses to return to King Gran...and gives birth to Deux, An's baby brother! It doesn't take long for Deux's gifts to manifest. He teams up with his sister to solve food shortages at the Zodia Empire...just as they take Albert prisoner! Things are livelier than ever around King Gran's castle, but on the other end of the world, the captive Queen Dernière burns with rage in the clutches of the humans...