Being the only immortal being in existence, reincarnated every time they die, life has been lonely for Marcy Riviera, her current incarnation. Attempts to live a normal life are difficult when carrying the psychological baggage of humanities brutal past and the question of why reincarnation happens to her and only her.Marcy thought things would be better when she found out she wasn't the only one who experiences this. But after finding another, as time progresses, they both realize ...

This is the story of a few men who valued justice more than life. They were members of the large Corps of Samurai in the feudal domain of Akô in western Japan. But when their lord committed the crime of drawing his sword within the castle of the Shogun, the law decreed that he should be sentenced to death, that his heir would not inherit the domain, and all of his vassals would become ronin, dismissed from employment, evicted from their homes, and deprived of their income. All 308 samurai ...

Your Brain Isn't Broken. It's Been Hijacked.You're not lazy. You're not undisciplined. Your brain has been hijacked.Every app on your phone was engineered by teams of neuroscientists and psychologists with one goal: keep you scrolling. They've turned your dopamine system designed to help your ancestors survive into a slot machine you can't stop playing.The result?You can't focus for more than a few minutes.You s...

Emily Harris is a pawn in a high-stakes game of kings and lords, sacrificed to settle a family debt she never asked for. While King Levi Wellington expects her to be his newest prize, it is the dark and ruthless Earl, Benedict Garcia, who takes it upon himself to break her defiant spirit. Between the cold stone of the garden maze and the silk-lined walls of Chatsworth House, Emily finds herself caught between royal duty and a man who demands total submission. As the Earl's firm hand meets ...

Projekt 35-C: The Creative ChroniclesAn Afrofuturistic novel of resistance, identity, and cosmic inheritance.In a galaxy built on corporate power, colonized planets, and augmented realities, one team stands at the crossroads of survival and revolution.Led by the fierce and calculating Lady M, a former Cargo Pilot turned CEO of the multiverse-spanning initiative "Projekt 35-C," this story follows a c...

When his father is accused of rebellion and forced to commit seppuku, it falls to Maki Bunshirō to protect his family's house from future retribution. Training as a samurai, Bunshirō must hone his skills with the sword and make powerful allies among the elders of the domain if he hopes to survive. As he is navigating clan politics, the object of his youthful affection, Fuku, becomes the mistress of the lord of the domain. When Fuku and her child become the key to the future of the domain, ...

Following the events in Incarnate: Existence, the handful of desperate freedom fighters known as the forty-eights, led by an immortal being who is reincarnated every time they die, are indelibly transformed by what happened. Beset by violent insurgents, mounting corporate influences, frantic ideological governments, and a group of zealous hackers known as the Anonymous Knights, our protagonist attempts to hold the forty-eights together, even as their own mind seems to be coming apart. Prop...

Nineteen years after the events of Incarnate: Essence, Eshe finds himself reincarnated again. This time, because of the experimentations on Eshe’s brain, there are two reincarnations: Ivan Volkov and Samira Zahedi. Ivan, embracing the nihilism of his reincarnation and the crumbling of human society, has abandoned any hope of creating a better future. Instead, Ivan settles into a life of hedonism as a member of a brutal eastern Russian gang obsessed with death known as Bessmernyi. An assign...

The Tale of Genji, written one thousand years ago, is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is often regarded as the best prose fiction in the language. Read, commented on, and reimagined by poets, scholars, dramatists, artists, and novelists, the tale has left a legacy as rich and reflective as the work itself.This sourcebook is the most comprehensive record of the reception of The Tale of Genji to date. It presents a range of landmark texts relating to the work ...

Microecosystems is a book about places on our planet as yet unknown to mankind that defy logic and are only different in the way they affect our weather as compared to our geographical neighbors by being influenced by large bodies of water that surround landmasses, in this case, the Great Virginia Peninsula, insulating this stretch of land from extreme high temperatures. But most of all, from violent thunderstorms, whereas our close-by neighbors do not afford these luxuries. Why, do you as...

Its time that people on the street have more access to truth about things that directly affect them. Some of you may think that this is a novel, to be burnt after reading. I strongly differ with you on that point; Marvin Gaye had it right years ago, when he asked the question Whats Going On? For those of us on the streets we need to know, if we are going to survive in this world. No, dont burn the novel, go find out whats going on in your community, city, county, state, and country. Know w...

This is the third book in the series offering a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations. The award winning papers presented illustrate the concerns and the discourse of planning scholarship communities and provide a glimpse into planning theory and practice by planning academics around the world.All those with an interest in urban and regional planning will find this collection valuable in opening new avenues for re...