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A book cover is any protective covering used to bind together the pages of a book. Beyond the familiar distinction between hardcovers and paperbacks there are further alternatives and additions such as dust jackets ring-bindingand older forms such as the nineteenth-century paper-boards" and the traditional types of hand-binding. The term Bookcover is often used for a book cover image in library management software. This article is concerned with modern mechanically produced covers.The Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements at the turn of the twentieth century stimulated a modern renaissance in book cover design that soon began to infiltrate the growing mass book industry through the more progressive publishers in Europe London and New York. Some of the first radically modern cover designs were produced in the Soviet Union during the 1920s by avant-gardists such as Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky. Another highly influential early book cover designer was Aubrey Beardsley thanks to his striking covers for the first four volumes of The Yellow Book (1894 5).

Falling from nobility, Zen Luo became a humble slave and served as a human punchbag for his former cousins. Inadvertently, he found a way to refine himself into a weapon and a legend started because of that. With a strong belief in never surrender, he strove for revenges and pursued big dreams. Warriors from various clans contended for hegemony and the world was stirred. Relying on the body that was comparable to a powerful weapon, Zen beat his numerous enemies on his way to the immortality. Would he succeed eventually?

Traversing back to the ancient Prime Martial World from modern age, Austin finds himself in a younger body as he wakes up. Yet, the young man he possesses was a miserable dimwit, what a bummer! But it doesn’t matter as his mind is sound and clear. Possessing this younger and stronger body, he will fight his way to become the God of martial arts, and rule the whole Martial World!

Alex is born in a continent where power is respected. His mother dies during his birth. His father then marries another wife with whom he gets two sons. Alex fails to awaken his powers thus his mother treats him badly while his father turns a blind eye to his son's predicament. Alex is fed up with the treatment he receives thus he decides to leave his home and try to find how fate has planned for him. After leaving home, he awakens after receiving a skill book named the system awakening skill book. Let's join Alex in his adventure in a journey full of thorns where he rises from grass to grace. ***** Guys, the story would start low but once it reaches chapter twenty five, the flow of the story would be stable. So, please don't give up on the early chapters. Just go down till the end. ... Note: The cover is not mine.

In Lothlann Continent, talent in martial arts won cultivators respect. Darren Chu, a mediocre talent in martial arts, was deemed a loser by everyone. His status changed when a fireball fell from the sky and hit him on the head. He cheated death. Empowered with the ability to assimilate other creatures' talent, Darren sought to better himself and seek vengeance against those who had wronged his family, including his little sister. "You will kneel in front of me one day," swore the future lord of martial arts.

Rocky Bai, a young and talented scholar in the field of gene study, ranked number one among his peers. While he was on the flight headed for the venue, an aircraft accident occurred right before he passed out. ... Rocky Bai is reborn! He saves a dragon and trains it in the Holy Dragon Empire. To his surprise, his dragon can cure disease and even bring people back from death. With the dragon, Rocky starts a new life. He is no longer a good-for-nothing, but an ambitious martial arts master and spirit manipulator among his generation. Let's join in their adventure!

Follow the two lives of Alex Brim on Azurath and Sakamo Ryu on Earth. On Earth, he is a fifteen-year-old boy with ascendency of English-Japanese. His father was English, and died before he was born. His mother was Japanese and died of tiredness when he was three, trying to keep two jobs to grant him a house and food, after his father’s death. He is a Part-time worker and has a lot of secrets that grants him an easy going life as a High School student. On the Magical World Azurath to where he can travel by using a magical pendant, he is Alex Brim, a Hero for hire and a Mage Summoner, a rare evolution of a Mage that enables him to make contracts with different Spirits of the elements and use their powers. His help is needed from time to time, because of the Magical Voids that appear in the sky from where Monsters fall, making the lives of the different species that lives there, a very hard one. … Alex shouted to the Orc, surprising everyone: - “Eat him already! He is in my way, I want your head and the pretty Magical Orb you have inside you! You are not dead already because that dumbass is still there, but as soon as you kill him, you are all mine!” The Orc let his hostage go that fell on the ground with a muffled bump. The Orc raised his mace to the sky and screamed, giving the signal for the Goblins to attack. At the same time, Alex whispered: - “Give me a little of your strength, Shinatobe.” A small dot of light near his right ear answered in a low voice: - “As you say, Master.” ...

A person who cultivates martial arts to the extreme can go up to the nine heavens and step down to the Yellow Springs, waving his hand and snapping his fingers to reverse yin and yang. Using martial arts to enter the Tao, using Elixir to supplement his body, is he a waste or a genius? Mysterious system, special encounters, all of this made a loser youth, stepping on the white bones of his enemy, and coming to the peak!

Zachary Zi traveled through time and space with the help of his Treasure-hunting Compass, which led him to the Olden World where he took over the body of a young man with the same name. The old Zachary’s clan was slaughtered three years ago and his fiancee had gone missing ever since. Although he managed to survive the ordeal, his injuries had taken away his ability to cultivate anymore. Will the new Zachary be able to fit into his new life? The Treasure-hunting Compass was a mythical artifact that could be used to release many quests. Each time Zachary finished a quest, he would receive a reward more desirable than the last. However, that wasn't all. With the help of the compass, he also met a variety of beautiful and exotic women. Will they fall in love with him?

Leo and Deo were lover gods that have been in love with each ever since they were created, and they had lived different lifetime together with no changes to their heart desires. Maybe they could have been changes to their heart desires if they didn't shared one heart, which means whatever happen to one happens to other. However, Leo was a god with a demonic side and a good side which are the souls of his powers. The demonic side of Leo is called Fawrus, and the good side of him is called Fawmus, and they are both what owns his shared powers. Leo's demonic side, which was Fawrus, sought to end Deo to make Leo powerful and have revenge on Deo for what Deo done to him . Fawrus felt that the death of Deo is what will make Leo achieve his true purpose and greatness, and in the process, he will release Lucifer from hell to unleash hell on Earth as intended. However, Leo's good side, which was Fawmus, has to do everything in his powers to save Deo, since he loved Deo and wanted to stop Fawrus, which is the only way to put an end to the hell that will be unleash on Earth. Leo himself will have to give up everything including his life to save Deo from his demonic self, and make sure she is safe for all eternity.

After a global catastrophic event, a small group of survivors must navigate a post-apocalyptic world while dealing with the challenges of living in a society that has been pushed to the brink of extinction.