“Make me a love potion.”And with that single sentence, the Good Witch of the Lake’s secret crush on the dashing Sir Harij ends in heartbreak. Still, when he promises to help her gather the ingredients, Rose is thrilled at the chance to gaze upon a man she’d normally never get to interact with. She learns to brace her pounding heart for their usual stilted conversations…but what is she to do when he inexplicably shows up at her doorstep with bread and a jar of apple butter?

“I never thought there would come a day when you would look at me like that.” It has been one month since Harij rescued Rose from the thief who broke into her home, and the two have had no contact since—until a woozy Harij comes stumbling through the hermitage’s door! It turns out he accidentally consumed the love potion he ordered, and is now drunk with lovesickness. In spite of Rose’s worries, the flustered witch secretly relishes in his affection, knowing this dream come true will end w...

“With those memories, I can continue on alone.” Never in her wildest dreams did Rose imagine that she’d hold a proper conversation with her crush—yet here she is, enjoying the tea and apple-flavored snacks he brings just for her. It’s enough to almost make her forget that their peaceful days together will only last for so long. After all, once the potion is completed, that’ll be the end of…whatever this is…

“I’ve spent the night in tears… but every morning, I wake up still loving him.” With Princess Billaura’s marriage around the corner, it’s a busy time for Sir Harij—but that doesn’t stop him from returning to Rose’s shop. Maybe he needs another love potion, or maybe he’s worried about her. However, his constant visits have unexpected consequences after a thief matching Harij’s description is reported to be at-large. When the city guards come knocking at Rose’s door, will she betray her natu...

“Can I still stay beside him as a witch?”After Harij accidentally drinks Rose’s love potion, he confesses his feelings have always been romantic and asks for her hand in marriage! The reality that her crush isn’t one-sided sweeps Rose off her feet—but a witch is hardly suited to be engaged to anyone, let alone a nobleman like Harij. For now, she moves into his estate as his fiancée for her protection, where she’ll begin a new life as his guest of honor. However, as soon as she gets to the ...

In 2013, while visiting her sister in the United States, Laurel Kamada collapsed. Far from her husband, son, career, and home in Japan, she spent the next few weeks in a coma from a stroke that left a hole the size of a baseball in the center of her brain. In this multicultural memoir, Kamada writes about her years of recovery with a profound sense of grace, still seeing the beauty in her life while not shying away from its many struggles.This five-part memoir addresses the basics ...

Tamao Azukida isn’t the typical athlete you’d find on an elite baseball team. He’s not the strongest, or the biggest, or the fastest, but what he lacks in athletic prowess he more than makes up for with his moxie and analytical approach. However, his goal for playing for the national champions Hakuo Academy are dashed when he fails to make the team. Though he won’t get a chance to play for his dream team, does that mean his dreams of playing baseball are also over?!

First Published in 1988, Experimental Liver Transplantation is a helpful guide through the process of Liver Transplantation and how the surgical techniques have evolved over the years. Filled with references to the history of Liver transplantation, to the experimental procedures performed on rats. This is an essential guide to any students of surgery or professionals in their respective fields.

This thesis presents the first report of the comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the effects of tumor-derived mutations on the tetrameric structure of tumor suppressor protein p53, which plays a central role in maintaining genomic integrity. Inactivation of p53 via mutation of its gene is a key step in tumorigenesis. Biophysical analyses revealed that the stability of the mutant peptides varied widely. Formation of a tetrameric structure is to be critical for protein–protein interac...

This introductory volume provides the basics of surface-knots and related topics, not only for researchers in these areas but also for graduate students and researchers who are not familiar with the field.Knot theory is one of the most active research fields in modern mathematics. Knots and links are closed curves (one-dimensional manifolds) in Euclidean 3-space, and they are related to braids and 3-manifolds. These notions are generalized into higher dimensions. Surface-knots or s...

The fourth player to join the new Nine Dragons team is shortstop Rinnojo Tsubaki. Azukida and the other members are awed by Tsubaki’s genius, but they also begin to notice a serious defect… Meanwhile, more players join the team, and the Nine Dragons revival really starts to catch fire!

Azukida and crew are now enrolled at Kokuryuzan and playing their third game of the West Tokyo Tournament. Their opponent is Benikoma High School, led by the genius athlete Hibuse. The team wasn’t prepared to face such a tough rival. Do they still stand a chance of winning? Will they get a chance to face off with Hakuo’s Shiratori—who came to watch the game from the stands?!