From a small lake nestled in a secluded forest far from the edge of town something strange emerged one day: three young girls. Shem, Ham and Japheth are sisters from another world. Equipped with their magical powers, they are charged with saving all the creatures of earth from becoming extinct. However, there is someone - or something - sinister trying to stop them. While saving our world from destruction, these sisters live like normal human girls: they go to school, work at a flower shop...

Meet Aaron, an accidental werewolf with a painful past of abuse and abandonment, seeking an answer to his problem. He decides to take a position as an assistant with Pamela at the Tarot Cafe while he searches for a solution. A glimpse into Pamela's life before the Tarot Cafe is laden with prejudice and persecution. 700 years ago Pamela's mother made the ultimate sacrifice for her daughter... but even now, is the fear that doomed her mother really gone?

The spirit of Shandy visits Pamela's dreams in hopes of reconciling with his sister, Fay, before he leaves the earth forever. With a tragic past of betrayal, cruelty and eventual friendship, Shandy will do whatever it takes to make peace with the sister who's the cause of his unexpected death. Amongst these cries of lost love and unfinished business from visiting spirits, the poignant past of our Tarot Cafe owner unfolds. In a life rich with aiding spirits caught in her human world, is Pam...

More paranormal tales from the Tarot Cafe, including a sultan who wishes for nothing more than to learn what has become of his first love... an impoverished student falls in love with a lake fairy... two 700 year old dragons attempt to rekindle an ancient friendship...

The adventures of Japheth, Hamu and Shem never end! The three sisters set out to save the sole survivor of the turtle world. Meanwhile, Japheth's relations with the "pretty" boy starts getting serious. Shellshock sets in once secrets of his identity unravel in a flash. Speaking about identities, the sisters discover the identity of the mysterious Cactus Three?!

Pamela journeys to Scotland searching for the truth about her past. After using a perfume that reveals memories, she is repeatedly relives her most painful memory. Will she ever wake from this nightmare? Only Ash holds the answer, but Belus is the only one capable of getting it out of him before it is too late.

An epoch-marking alliance of laborers, students, dissident intellectuals, and ordinary citizens was at the heart of South Korea’s transformation from a dictatorship into a vibrant democracy during the 1980s. Collectively known as the minjung (“the people”), these agents of Korean democratization historically carved out an expanded role for civil society in the country’s politics. In Revisiting Minjung, some of the foremost experts in 1980s Korean history, literature, film...

**A chilling international debut following a vampire who targets men who have harmed women—in the present, past, and future—and the woman-led task force entrusted with solving the murders"A haunting portrait of grief and pain and the lengths a mother will go to to protect her child." —Monika Kim, author of Molka and The Eyes Are the Best Part**When a man’s body is discovered in a park outside of Seoul, Detective Noh Jin-seon is called to the scene, but she...

Ever wonder what goes on at Camp Half-Blood in between Percy Jackson’s legendary quests? Find out in the start of a new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rick Riordan and an all-star team of coauthors!In book one, five newbie demigods dare to enter Camp Half-Blood’s forbidden Wild Zone, unleashing ancient curses, bloodthirsty monsters—and a fight to survive.Katie Kim may be a newcome...

The theory of symbolic management reveals a pervasive pattern of 'symbolic decoupling' - a separation between appearances and reality - at every level of the governance system. At each level the processes of governance are less efficient or effective than they appear; from interpersonal relations within organizations such as those between CEOs and directors, top managers and lower-level employees, to relations between firm leaders and external stakeholders such as journalists and security ...

Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States: Personal Narratives on Ethnic and Racial Identities compares the formation of the ethnic identities of two distinct cohorts of Korean Americans. Through personal essays, the book explores four influential factors of ethnic identity: retention of ethnic culture; participation in ethnic social networks; links to the mother country and its global power and influence; and experiences with racial prejudice and discrimination. The essay...

This two-volume set LNICST 335 and 336 constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, SecureComm 2020, held in Washington, DC, USA, in October 2020. The conference was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The papers focus on the latest scientific research results in security and privacy in wired, mobile, hybrid and ad h...