Writer and director Christopher "mink" Morrison (Dust) crafts an unforgettable tale of destiny, danger, and hard-boiled sorcery!In the year 2020, bounty hunter Daniel Legend finds himself tracking a quarry of a different kind: his long-lost sister. Armed only with his wits, his gun, and a mysterious postcard, Daniel makes his way to the heart of the seedy Shinjuku district of Tokyo, where a clash between two underworlds—the criminal and the infernal—threatens the very fabric of rea...

She's always had my loyalty.I’m the right-hand man to the rising star of the East Coast mafia. But he’s not the one who’s always had my allegiance. It’s Carina, his sister, the one woman who’s had my heart in a vise grip ever since she came back from school. But she’s off limits, and some lines, once crossed, can never be redrawn.I tell myself to keep my distance, but the more she tempts me, the more I falter. Carina isn’t just beautiful, she has secrets, o...

She is my salvation.The Butcher. My nickname isn’t really a nickname. It’s a calling. An identity that I was born with, and one that’s as much a part of me as my heart or my liver. I’m violent, remorseless, and I delight in causing pain.I’ve never made any apologies for my nature. Never felt the need to…until I saw Bianca. When I glimpsed her, something inside me shifted. Before I even knew what I was doing, I’d kidnapped her and stolen her away.Onc...

She's mine for the taking.I agreed to marry a woman I’d never met for one reason only—to become part of the Larone family, the most powerful mafia name in this city. My bride was never important to me. Sure, I’d treat her fine and keep her at arm’s length, but this was never going to be a love match.Until I heard her smart mouth. Until I saw her. Until I lifted her veil and looked into her eyes.That was it for me. I went from being a made man to a m...

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...

Ditch harmful fad diets and weight cycling, learn to respect your body, and eat intuitively with this easy-to-use workbook.Have you ever felt trapped in the diet cycle? Do you find yourself swinging back and forth between binging and dieting? Does your weight fluctuate regularly? New studies have shown the incredible negative impacts dieting and weight-cycling have on the body. With The Anti-Diet Workbook, you can regain control over your eating habits and get your life back! Inside you'll...

When winter comes and the fish disappear, a colony of penguins must cross dangerous sea ice to reach the open ocean. But the path they've trusted for generations is no longer safe.While the village elders rely on tradition, two curious young penguins, Pyro and Perri, discover a mysterious glowing light called AI. Together, they discover that the best solutions don't come from old wisdom alone or from new technology alone, but from bringing together experience, observation, and shar...

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...

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...

Teaching Resistance is a collection of the voices of activist educators from around the world who engage inside and outside the classroom from pre-kindergarten to university and emphasise teaching radical practice from the field. Written in accessible language, this book is for anyone who wants to explore new ways to subvert educational systems and institutions, collectively transform educational spaces, and empower students and teachers alike to fight for genuine change. Topics include co...

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...

This is the first book on the theory of multiple zeta values since its birth around 1994. Readers will find that the shuffle products of multiple zeta values are applied to complicated counting problems in combinatorics, and numerous interesting identities are produced that are ready to be used. This will provide a powerful tool to deal with problems in multiple zeta values, both in evaluations and shuffle relations. The volume will benefit graduate students doing research in number theory...