Former special forces soldier and now elite Scout bounty hunter Daniel Legend is leaving the mean streets of Los Angeles for the meaner streets of Shinjuku.In the real world, Tokyo’s most cosmopolitan ward: center of metropolitan power, crossroads of traffic, den of vice. But in Shinjuku, Daniel Legend, in search of his missing sister Angela, discovers the unreal city: Shinjuku, the nexus of realities, riddled with underground pathways.In ...

A First Course in Linear Algebra is written by two experts from algebra who have more than 20 years of experience in algebra, linear algebra and number theory. It prepares students with no background in Linear Algebra. Students, after mastering the materials in this textbook, can already understand any Linear Algebra used in more advanced books and research papers in Mathematics or in other scientific disciplines.This book provides a solid foundation for the theory dealing with finite dime...

Kate O'Reilly loves a stroll down memory lane.Nowadays she's a mother to Declan and Phoebe, has the semi-detached in suburbia and the dependable husband, Seamus but when faced with a never-ending pile of laundry and new chin hairs sprouting overnight, no wonder she daydreams about the past.A time when the music was better (Girl Power forever!), her social circle was wider, Cool Britannia reigned supreme and only a penalty shootout stood between England reaching the finals...

CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND HER AND GOLDIE WILL USE ANYTHING TO GET IT. . . .In the hood every day is about struggle and survival, and no one understands that more than twenty-two-year-old Kaeyla “Goldie” Dennis. So when the affair she’s been having with a wealthy married man comes crashing to an end, Goldie doesn’t waste any time getting back on her grind. Her new hustle? Running a strip club where she also happens to be the main attraction. Pretty soon she’s knee-deep in the ski...

From one of the most daring voices in urban fiction comes a sexy novel about a modern-day Foxy Brown who goes undercover in a dangerous quest for revenge.Naeema "Queen" Cole takes care of herself. From the death of her parents when she was just eleven years old to when she found herself pregnant and alone at sixteen, Naeema has had to make her own way in the world. She gave up her son for adoption and became an apprentice at a barber shop, making just enough money ...

Roxy, Jack and daughter Joey, three, are building a new life for themselves in sunny Sydney, Australia, but Roxy's finding it hard to settle down. When she discovers she's pregnant again, things become even more complicated - how will she cope with a second child?Frustrated at the lack of places for stressed-out mums to go, Roxy and her new friend, Shoshanna, set up Just Another Manic Mum-Day - a café catering exclusively for parents. But when an opportunity arises for Roxy to retu...

Long-time vocalist, composer, and recording artist, Len Mink, examines the origins, power, and potential of music, the role of sound in the universe, and the wide variety of revelations found in a quantum study of the sound we call music. This universal energy affects everything in the cosmos, downloading its power and meaning into everything it touches. From the full array of medical benefits to the cross-cultural ability of musical sound to bring people into unity, music saturates our li...

Passion, attraction, and the unforgettable moments when two women realize they want something more.This collection of lesbian romance stories explores the excitement, vulnerability, chemistry, and desire that can bring two women together. From unexpected encounters and irresistible attraction to relationships that become far more meaningful than either woman anticipated, each story offers a different journey into love and connection.Written...

While indigenous languages have become prominent in global political and educational discourses, limited attention has been given to indigenous children’s everyday communication. Voices of Play is a study of multilingual play and performance among Miskitu children growing up on Corn Island, part of a multi-ethnic autonomous region on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.Corn Island is historically home to Afro-Caribbean Creole people, but increasing numbers of Miskitu people be...

This textbook provides an introduction to abstract algebra for advanced undergraduate students. Based on the authors' notes at the Department of Mathematics, National Chung Cheng University, it contains material sufficient for three semesters of study. It begins with a description of the algebraic structures of the ring of integers and the field of rational numbers. Abstract groups are then introduced. Technical results such as Lagrange's theorem and Sylow's theorems follow as applications...

It's Annie Beaton's 50th birthday!But instead of getting roses and perfume, she gets sacked; her son, Ben, tells her that she's growing a beard, and her husband Joe tells her he wants a divorce.Moving to the countryside to stay in her eccentric aunt's house, Annie must find her mojo again – and fast. So when she discovers a stack of self-help books – from Chicken Soup for the Soul to The Secret – Annie vows to use their advice to get her life back on track.Armed wit...

3rd edition of Marci Mink's anthology of lesbian erotica. A series of erotic short stories from the imagination of Marci Mink!