*50-PAGE FREE PREVIEW* While attending an art exhibition, Romillie is introduced to Naylor Cardell, but as they converse Romillie quickly finds the successful entrepreneur’s arrogance infuriating. Not that she expected anything different from a man…not since her artist mother had had a mental breakdown after suffering under the tyranny of her abusive father. Romillie had been her mother's support, and that left her with no time to—or interest in—romance. But when Naylor looks at her with h...

Marina's bone marrow is a perfect match. Though they've never met, Marina leaves her home of Australia and flies to England in order to save a seven-year-old girl with leukemia. There, she meets the girl's uncle, James, the Earl of Winterborne. A far cry from the elderly gentleman Marina was expecting, the dashing bachelor makes her heart flutter. However, upon reaching his estate, the earl's butler rudely warns her, "His Lordship's engagement draws near. Do please keep your distance from ...

While attending an art exhibition, Romillie is introduced to Naylor Cardell, but as they converse Romillie quickly finds the successful entrepreneur’s arrogance infuriating. Not that she expected anything different from a man…not since her artist mother had had a mental breakdown after suffering under the tyranny of her abusive father. Romillie had been her mother's support, and that left her with no time to—or interest in—romance. But when Naylor looks at her with his impudent eyes, she f...

One day serious, hardworking personal assistant Emma meets her employer’s handsome grandson Gideon. Irritated by his arrogance, Emma hesitantly goes on a business trip to Manhattan with him. Overwhelmed by his commands, she doesn’t know what to think of the private jet and the luxurious suite. They are all new to Emma. Unlike her daydreaming mother, Emma knows better than to believe in fairy tales, but what tempts her more than luxury is Gideon’s passionate gaze…

Marina's bone marrow is a perfect match. Though they've never met, Marina leaves her home of Australia and flies to England in order to save a seven-year-old girl with leukemia. There, she meets the girl's uncle, James, the Earl of Winterborne. A far cry from the elderly gentleman Marina was expecting, the dashing bachelor makes her heart flutter. However, upon reaching his estate, the earl's butler rudely warns her, "His Lordship's engagement draws near. Do please keep your distance from ...

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes scholars to examine small geographic areas within cities, often as small as addresses or street segments, for their contribution to crime. Here, the authors describe what is known about crime and...

Lucilla has dedicated herself to caring for her younger siblings on behalf of her absent parents, but her true desire is to take over the family hotel business. However, her father decided instead to appoint Christos, a mysterious, wealthy Greek man, as the new CEO. Lucilla is forced to work under him and finds herself both annoyed by and attracted to his overwhelming charm. But everyone has a weakness. Determined to find his, Lucilla hires a private investigator to find out about his past...

Analyzes Japanese democracy utilizing a comprehensive survey of politicians and voters.Democracy in Japan is based on the monumental UTokyo-Asahi Survey, a survey of Japanese voters and political leaders conducted over two decades. It succeeds in estimating the preferences of individual politicians—including prime ministers and other top leaders—in the most straightforward and reliable way and comparing them with voters on the same scale. As a result, Masa...

Education goes undercover in this compelling look at some of the world’s most secretive schools through historyCan you keep a secret? What if it meant hiding from your loved ones, sneaking out late at night, or risking imprisonment? And what if that secret was that you were going to school?From covert classrooms created by enslaved Africans in the United States, to academic schools disguised as “sewing lessons” for women in Afghanistan, to espionag...

Uzbekistan has achieved sustained growth through its gradual transition to a market-based economy through cautious economic policy reforms. Despite its gradual approach to development challenges, the country experienced the smallest output decline among former Soviet economies and enjoyed high rates of economic growth from 2004 to 2015, largely driven by the high prices of its major export commodities. However, the drop in the global prices of many key commodities in recent years have seve...

Nanoscale pattern transfer technology using molds is a rapidly advancing area and one that has seen much recent attention due to its potential for use in nanotechnology industries and applications. However, because of these rapid advances, it can be difficult to keep up with the technological trends and the latest cutting-edge methods. In order to fully understand these pioneering technologies, a comprehensive understanding of the basic science and an overview of the techniques are require...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 12th International Workshop on Information Search, Integration and Personalization, ISIP 2018, held in Fukuoka, Japan, in May 2018.The volume presents 1 invited paper as well as 7 revised full papers, which were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 papers submitted to these post-conference proceedings. The papers are organized in topical sections on data integration; text and document management; advanced data mining techn...