Meet Nao and Ai, a couple that has been dating since their university days. The legalization of same-sex marriage spurs them into taking the next step and formalizing their union, along with adopting Hiro, a newborn baby boy.See how these two polar opposites handle sleepless nights, sending Hiro off to his first day of preschool, and managing relationships with other parents. They may even find that being a parent to Hiro teaches them more about themselves than they could have ever...

This volume comes with an exclusive Animate Bonus and ComiComi Studio Bonus!Keito, an author troubled by his inability to sleep, has taken an interest in a man named Furukawa who works for a bedding manufacturer. Though they start out as patrons at the same café, they eventually get closer and start spending time together on a personal level.The sociable yet secretive Furukawa keeps Keito on his toes, yet his good looks make it impossible for Keito to stay ...

Meet Wataru, an open book who wears his heart on his sleeve, and Minato, a man who always comes across as cool, calm, and collected. Though they're polar opposites, their shared love of photography brings them together in high school, and they become such good friends that they decide to rent a place together in college.It's only when Minato moves across the country for work after graduation that Wataru realizes he's been harboring romantic feelings for the stoic gentleman this whole time....

This volume comes with an exclusive Animate Bonus Manga! Nao and Ai, a legally married same-sex couple who have adopted a child, are back! With their beloved son Hiro turning four, they've gotten into the groove of taking turns picking him up from daycare. But when one of Ai's old classmates, a closeted man named Keito, also starts stopping by the daycare to pick up his niece, he makes his feelings against gay parents very clear. Though Nao and Ai try to understand where he's coming from, ...

Meet Wataru, an open book who wears his heart on his sleeve, and Minato, a man who always comes across as cool, calm, and collected. Though they're polar opposites, their shared love of photography brings them together in high school, and they become such good friends that they decide to rent a place together in college.It's only when Minato moves across the country for work after graduation that Wataru realizes he's been harboring romantic feelings for the stoic gentleman this whole time....

An Indian college student moves into a rented house in a suburban town in England. The shared house, which he starts living in, has other foreign boarders too, including an overage German student - a social misfit who has this uncanny talent to vex even the mildest of men.The Indian graduate notices that the German's boorish behaviour and queer mannerisms had isolated the latter from everybody around. But over a period of time, the newcomer starts seeing a different side to the unc...

Reuben is a twenty-two year old Indian software engineer who has been sent by his employer to carry out an assignment in a client company in Bangladesh. His only friend in the foreign country is Abbas, a young database administrator, who also works in the same office.Despite the chaos, deadlines and drudgery associated with their corporate lives, the young men often make time to enjoy each other's company during lunch or dinner.One day after work hours, when the two friends...

This book is meant to relate my life long path and it is merely the experiences, the stages of development and growth and above all the real life faced by a child of a farmer who through grit and determination was able to come up to become someone in a society. Carl Jung stated life began at 40 and indeed my real potential was shown when I reached that age. I was promoted for the first time in my service in Department of Education Sarawak as Deputy Principle Assistant Director of Education...

Emerging Green Processing Technologies for Beverages, Volume Seven in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series, covers the fundamentals and recent trends in the processing of different beverages, such as herbal beverages, fresh produce-based beverages, and dairy beverages. Chapters cover a broad range of beverages to enhance knowledge in quality retention and shelf life extension. Sections summarize the influence of green technologies on nutritional quality, microbial safety, and...

Master the fundamentals of SPSS with this newly updated and instructive resourceThe newly and thoroughly revised Second Edition of SPSS Essentials delivers a comprehensive guide for students in the social sciences who wish to learn how to use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for the effective collection, management, and analysis of data. The accomplished researchers and authors provide readers with the practical nuts and bolts of SPSS...

Asian Christians will identify with the context of the epistle to the Philippians – a church hemmed in on every side. The internal struggles of the community, personality conflicts among leaders, division within the church, and challenges from false teachers coupled with the violent threat from outside the church parallels the situation in many parts of Asia today. Paul’s ethical exhortations to the believers in Philippi enrich, guide, and correct so that a vibrant Body of Christ can be es...

This is a story of a researcher involved in a research project on seeds that could be processed as food supplement. This product was presumably could prolong human lives. In the midst of a tropical rainforest, there is a plant that produces the incredible seeds. The new discovered seeds to become the panacea for a long life. Attempts were made by several groups to obtain the seeds and process them into the product that became a booming business throughout the globe. However, a conflict bro...