Maki Kamoya is a Japanese housewife who believes that housework is an act of love. Rather than bringing more pressure for everything to be perfect, she advocates doing what you want, when you want - this is housework without the resentment.There are chores to be done today, tomorrow and the day after. Sometimes it feels like a never-ending duty. But what if we change our way of thinking? What if we see the true purpose of housework as filling our homes with bright and robust energy...

Maki Kamoya is a Japanese housewife who believes that housework is an act of love. Rather than bringing more pressure for everything to be perfect, she advocates doing what you want, when you want - this is housework without the resentment.There are chores to be done today, tomorrow and the day after. Sometimes it feels like a never-ending duty. But what if we change our way of thinking? What if we see the true purpose of housework as filling our homes with bright and robust energy...

Blessed with the power to turn back time and return to the start of his adventure if he dies, Albus the Hero has finally, after many trials and travails, managed to defeat the Demon Lord and bring peace to the land. There’s just one problem—he wants to go back and do it perfectly this time!

Tanaka does his job and does it well. So when he’s taken in for questioning by the Magical Labor Standards Board over a bogey charge of falsifying his timesheet and working unsanctioned overtime, he knows something must be up. But he didn’t expect to be attacked by megacorporate geezer President Jingawara right away! Tanaka faces his toughest opponent yet in the form of another magical midlifer, and even Pretty-Boy Transformation Mode might not be enough to save him this time…

Mamiya has finally found Iori…but did Iori want to be found? And who's the strange alpha woman he's hanging around with? Questions mount for Mamiya-but if doesn't stop him from asking Iori to be part of a bold plan to deceive Reiko's bride and give the family the alpha heir neither of the other siblings can produce! In the Hanabusas' world, it seems even the most shocking revelations only lead to new secrets…

Beyond Kikokushijo: Teaching English in Japan After Growing Up Between Languages and Cultures is written by English language teachers working in Japan whose lives and professional identities extend beyond familiar labels such as native speaker, non-native speaker, Japanese teachers of English, and kikokushijo (meaning "returnee student" in Japanese). Through a series of deeply personal narratives, the contributors explore the complexities of growing up across languages an...

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image class...

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image class...

Rick Maki was forged in the cold iron country of northern Minnesota.From a working-class childhood to the executive suite, this is a story of grit, faith, and the quiet strength that builds a life.Forged on the Iron Range: From Working-Class Kid to VP is more than a regional memoir — it is an American journey of perseverance, leadership, family, and purpose.Born in 1937 and placed in foster care as an infant, Richard “Rick” Maki grew up in the shadow of Minnesota’s ...

After Zenjiro's death, revelations within the Hanabusa family threaten to tear the clan apart and cost it its position at the apex of society. One family member, however, can't bear the psychic toll of these discoveries, and their actions will throw the already precarious Hanabusas further into chaos… Years later, the remaining members of the family attempt to steer through a world that seems to be changing at a breakneck pace. War, new drugs, and more alphas being born than ever before be...

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image class...

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image class...