Your favorite Hololive VTubers like you’ve never seen them before!Magatsuhi-no-Kami, a great evil that once terrorized Yamato, may be on the brink of resurrection! Recognizing the need for stalwart allies, Kyubi dispatches Fubuki and Mio to Akihabara, a cultural hub where an ancient power slumbers. After resolving a local stigma incident, the duo meets an elite shrine maiden moonlighting as a popular idol. Could this Sakura Miko be the help they’re looking for?

Now that they’re roommates, Shiori and Alec are paving their way toward a beautiful life together. Alec has decided to face his past, and arranges a meeting with his brother Olivier as well as his former lover, Rebecca—to apologize, make amends, and look forward to a brighter future, one unburdened by regrets. Before that, however, he and Shiori start their search for a place to turn into an adventurer sharehouse and education center. As luck would have it, the perfect place has just lande...

Belladonna is stunned to discover that her would-be fiancé, the Crown Prince, is none other than her tavern companion, Will!But before she can come to terms with the shocking revelation, she realizes someone has poisoned the cake served at a tea party. Convinced that Will's uncle, Vincent, is behind the assassination attempt, Belladonna puts her immunity to poison and her botanical expertise to use in order to protect the prince from the deadly conspiracy closing in around him....

This book critically examines the discourses and policy responses surrounding China’s success in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), offering alternative approaches to engaging with Chinese education through a nuanced understanding of its experiences and intellectual traditions.China’s exceptional PISA performance has ignited a global conversation on “learning from Chinese education.” Yet this discourse often reflects the geopolitics of knowledge and remains ...

This practical guide offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles and applications of geotechnical engineering in mining. It combines academic rigor with real‑world insight to bridge the gap between theory and practice to enable the design of safe, efficient, and sustainable mines.Structured to provide a clear and systematic understanding of mining geotechnical engineering, this book covers a broad range of topics, including rock mechanics principles; rock mass classificati...

The *History of Human Civilization* series, which has traced the majestic flow of human civilization, has now entered its third phase: "Part 3: The Design of Empires." While Part 1 examined humanity's journey and the dawn of civilization, and Part 2 honed the sharp tools for interpreting history, this 11th volume is the result of a meticulous endeavor to use those tools to deconstruct and analyze the blueprint of the vast "Egyptian Empire."The discourse on artificial intelligence a...

PrefaceThe Unique Status of the Histecture Historical Perspective1. A Historical Perspective Centered on Organically Living "Energy."Toynbee's *Challenge and Response* and conventional "geopolitics" have focused on external factors such as the environment or specific events. However, the Histecture historical perspective I have upheld has identified the fundamental driving force that permeates all such phenomena: th...

Conveying the recipe for the dish called "History"While traditional historians have been content to present a finished dish—that is, result-oriented history—and have limited themselves to criticizing its taste, the purpose of this work is to convey to readers the basic recipe itself: the fundamental principles of the system that reveal the tools and heat (energy) used to create this dish. This signifies a significant shift in human understanding, one that goes beyo...

Become The Most Interesting Man in The RoomYou Will Rock Your Brain! The Ultimate Trivia Book For Men: Over 700 Whys, Unusual Fun Facts, & Quiz Questions(Birthday Gifts for Intelligent Men)Looking for the perfect Birthday gift for the man who has everything? Or the Fathers day gift he didn't know he needed?Forget another boring gadget, coffee mug, or pair of socks.Become The Most Interesting Man in T...

In Singapore, a loudly ‘pro-family’ society, why is work-life balance so elusive? And why are parents so uneasy? What accounts for this gap between the lived reality and ideal narrative of Singapore families?Sociologist and bestselling author Teo You Yenn turns her eyes to the contours and rhythms of life inside families, exploring how ‘kiasu’ parents are made and investigating the ways in which inequality marks life in contemporary Singapore. Drawing from in-depth interviews with ...

With three members now in the rope arts club, the potential for hands-on practice and group bonding has improved greatly. Unfortunately, once the general public discovers what the club is up to, the three find themselves vulnerable to treachery from external forces they never knew were there.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis New Edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the author, and a Foreword by Kwok Kian Woon, Professor of Sociology at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try?The way we frame our questions shapes the way we see solutions. This book does what appears to be a ...