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Concerned by Gimul’s changing social climate, Ryoma resolves to revive the city and eliminate the mastermind behind the city’s decline, calling on the full strength of his connections to set in motion a plan that will revolutionize public policy and make the streets of Gimul safe! Meanwhile, the nine gods have a key detail about slime magic to share with Ryoma…

Proven appeal of subject: Digital sales remain strong, and are expected to receive a new boost from the second anime series. Genre staying power: A heartwarming high fantasy series, By the Grace of the Gods provides a calming spin on the genre, inviting the readers to feel good about themselves and each other. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

Ryoma continues to enjoy his extended time in the fishing villages of Fatoma territory, away from his home base in Gimul. As he streamlines his morning hunts of mad salamanders to protect the fishermen at work, Ryoma receives two more special requests from Count Porco, lord of Fatoma, where his culinary ingenuity shines! Can Ryoma accomplish Porco¿s quests with the help of his evolved slimes, modern knowledge, and experience in this fantasy world? While his slow living comes to fruition, a shocking truth about Ryomäs previous life is revealed...!

At the Duke¿s estate, Ryoma toils away to add his finishing touches to the venue as the wedding fast approaches. The night before the festivities begin, he encounters the mysterious Yui and gains another glimpse of the traveler between worlds who came before him. As the ceremony draws to a grandiose close attended by the gods themselves, a sense of normalcy returns to Ryomäs life. A new adventure in a new destination may lead to a jackpot of slimes the likes of which this fantasy world has never seen... Sit back, and enjoy the eighth installment in this slow-living, slice-of-slime-ridden-life fantasy.

Ryoma, the boy from another world, takes the opportunity to revisit the Jamil estate, where his fellow merchants Serge and Pioro and a friend¿s unexpected marriage are all converging. Ryomäs happy to help the young lovebirds¿provided he can tear himself away from developing new uses for his slimes and expanding his business! There¿s more familiar faces and laid-back scenes to come as well, of course, and a stalwart (if dubiously attained¿) new ally too!

Proven appeal of subject: Over 13,000 copies of this series have been sold as eBooks during Q1+Q2 2020. Japanese turnout is strong, with a manga adaptation also released in monthly serialisation and an anime coming to Japanese television in Q4 2020. Genre staying power: A heartwarming high fantasy series, By the Grace of the Gods provides a calming spin on the genre, inviting the readers to feel good about themselves and each other. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

Proven appeal of subject: Over 13,000 copies of this series have been sold as eBooks during Q1+Q2 2020. Japanese turnout is strong, with a manga adaptation also released in monthly serialisation and an anime coming to Japanese television in Q4 2020. Genre staying power: A heartwarming high fantasy series, By the Grace of the Gods provides a calming spin on the genre, inviting the readers to feel good about themselves and each other. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

Proven appeal of subject: Over 15,000 copies of this series have been sold as eBooks. Japanese turnout is strong, with a manga adaptation also released in monthly serialisation and an anime coming to Japanese television in Q4 2020. Genre staying power: A heartwarming high fantasy series, By the Grace of the Gods provides a calming spin on the genre, inviting the readers to feel good about themselves and each other. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Multiple full-page illustrations (including color frontmatter) add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull baiting, highwaymen and the stench of corpses swinging on roadside gibbets, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to discover the genuine story of Jane Austen's England and the background to her novels.

As Gimul heals from the recent attacks, Ryoma's life has finally regained some normalcy. Now he sets out for the Sea of Trees of Syrus to fulfill one of his lifelong goals. Along the way, Ryoma happens to reunite with Reinbach-and meet a couple of Reinbach's old friends, coincidentally headed for the same destination. New magic, equipment, and challenges abound in this chapter of Ryoma's laidback adventure!

The bamboo branch. Troubles continue to plague Ryoma and his laundry business as shady customers and mystery assailants persist in targeting him. However, with the help from his friends at the Adventurer's Guild and the Merchant's Guild, the attacks are easily countered. With worries about the safety of his business and employees wrapped up, Ryoma heads to Renafe to open his first branch shop. New friends, a new shop, and fresh adventures await in Renafe!

With the help of the Jamils and volunteers throughout the city, Ryoma's ventures in city management and defense have come to full fruition-just in time to combat the sinister forces plotting to bring down Gimul. As fires and violent attacks break out across the city, Ryoma jumps into action, but he soon discovers that his enemies are after him personally... Now Ryoma must fight to protect the city of Gimul, along with all his friends!

Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically tamed slime are an untapped natural resource!A Slimy Conspiracy!Ryoma’s life in his new world has been blessed by many encounters with wonderful people, but lately malicious miscreants have been invading his otherwise blissful existence. The laundry shop’s success has seemingly attracted more mischief-making thugs, but there appear to be hidden motives behind the actions of these troublemakers. After some investigating, it seems a major faction of the Tamers’ Guild may have it out for Ryoma!

"Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically-tamed slime are an untapped natural resource! Ryoma's laundry business is now almost too successful, having even attracted thieves! While considering opening a branch shop in another location, Ryoma can't help but be concerned about finding employees he can trust. A chance encounter with Jeff provides an unexpectedly wonderful solution. The Duke's family will soon be leaving Gimul, but one last opportunity to create a precious memory with Ryoma remains. Elia and Ryoma both take on the challenge of forming a contract with Limour birds, but the beautiful birds can only be tamed with a musical performance."--Provided by publisher.

"In his past life on Earth, Ryoma worked himself to the bone as an employee of an exploitative company. Now, in Seilfall, the former office drone decides to start a business of his own?! Now that he's surrounded by tamed slimes and trustworthy staff, it's smooth sailing for Ryoma's business venture! Discovering new kinds of slimes and practicing taming magic with the Duke's family are only the start of the good times in store for Ryoma."--

"Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically-tamed slime are an untapped natural resource!" --

Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically-tamed slime are an untapped natural resource!Now that the fantasy of being transported to another world has become his new reality, it's up to former office worker Ryoma to figure out how he wants to make his way in this brand-new world! His days are packed with advising acquaintances, exterminating goblins, and planning his new business! The pace of his life might be slower than the one he was living on Earth, but Ryoma has more than enough to keep him busy!

Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically-tamed slime are an untapped natural resource!After office worker Ryoma Takebayashi dies, three gods ask for his help and reincarnate him as a child in a parallel fantasy world. Ryoma enjoys his slow new life of patiently taming and researching slime, but after three years of living alone in the forest, he meets a kind duke and his entourage. Together, they journey to faraway towns, where Ryoma meets his patron gods again! And from them, he learns that the duke and his family are descended from former Earthlings just like Ryoma himself!

Under the protection of the gods, a relaxed life with slimes in another world begins!One day, the life of middle-aged Japanese businessman Ryoma Takebayashi came to a rather sudden and disappointing end. Ryoma had never had a blessed life, but after his death, three great gods sought his cooperation and reincarnated him as a child in another world with swords and magic!Receiving a most cordial and divine welcome from the gods, Ryoma decides to live leisurely on his own in the forest for the time being. Working diligently at magic and hunting, Ryomäs greatest passion comes to be researching his tamed slimes?! Training a variety of slimes (some newly discovered), the curtain rises on this easygoing life fantasy celebrating a second life with kind people in another world!

Slime's up for one recently deceased middle-aged businessman! When the gods reincarnate him in another world as a boy with magical powers, he discovers that magically-tamed slime are an untapped natural resource!Upon his sudden death, middle-aged otaku businessman Ryoma Takebayashi finds himself in a curious situation. Three gods request his cooperation in their divine plot, which requires him to reincarnate in another world as a young boy! Equipped with magic, young Ryoma undertakes a carefree existence in the forest, leisurely learning more about his new abilities and surroundings. And when he encounters slimes like those in video games from his former life, Ryoma uses his newfound magical powers to get creative with his research! Will the gods get more than they bargained for in Ryoma?!

Decades ago, an old woman in an Egyptian bookstore implemented a plan inspired by manuscripts rescued from the ancient Library of Alexandria. These papers predicted that when global climate change threatened humanity, opportunity would manifest, but to take advantage, China must awaken.However, with the attempted murder of the Dalai Lama, someone is trying to return China to the old ways of Mao. How do the shocking similarities between quantum physics, Buddhism, and the ancient Japanese game of Go, provide answers?Only when the paths of a woman, code-named The Blue Rose, sequestered in the Tiger Monastery of Bhutan and the youngest high-ranking Chinese Communist, nicknamed The Seeker, converge will solutions become clear.While lovers embrace and assassins stalk their prey, the Middle Kingdom sits on a geo-political precipice - one path leads to the old ways, the other to a new world.