This book provides evidence to support the health-promoting components of green tea for human health. It explores the significance of green tea and its catechins represented by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), demonstrating their beneficial effects on diseases including cancer, obesity, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, hepatitis, and neurodegenerative diseases. The present status of human studies and avenues for future research are discussed. It is written by a team of experts from across the g...

A detailed study of political gridlock in Congress, offering an alternative perspective for evaluating its persistence and charting a course for change.Drawing upon a wealth of congressional data from 1953 through 2006, this study offers new insights into the politics of gridlock, one of the more contentious issues in Washington, D.C., since the early 1990s. Previous analyses have focused on either the volume of enacted law or the ratio of enacted legislation to th...

Indicates how the rightward shift in the ideology of House Republicans has been mistaken for a broader "polarization" of both parties as well as voters.There is a widespread belief that American politics is becoming more polarized, in the sense that the Republican Party and electorate are becoming more conservative while the Democratic Party and electorate are becoming more liberal. But is this truly the case? The Phantom of a Polarized America places wide...

Celie has been running for the past four years, traveling throughout Europe, disguising her appearance and using fake names. She’s running away from the people who are after her and the large fortune she is the sole inheritor of. A sudden visitor to the café she works at sends chills down her spine. She knows this man… He’s followed her before! With his sharp outfit and stunning face, he doesn’t look like a killer, but she can’t completely rule it out. She rushes back home, changes her app...

Uncovering the overlooked histories of Asians in the American South.In sharp contrast to the “melting pot” reputation of the United States, the American South—with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement—has been perceived in stark and simplistic demographic terms. In Far East, Down South, editors Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, and Chizuru Saeki provide a collection of essential essays that restores and explores an over...

In the near future, a group of scientists and military operatives are sent on an interplanetary mission to develop Earth's first off-world colony. While the crew of the Golgotha hibernates for travel, technology on Earth continues to advance, and when they land on the planet, the crew finds it already inhabited...by another team from Earth that arrived years before they have. Now the crew of the Golgotha find themselves relics of their own time, unwanted by the colony that's been expecting...

Examines the presidential elections from 1832 to 2020 and reveals that the unequal representation of popular vote among states and wasted votes received by popular vote winners are major causes of the split between the popular vote result and Electoral College result.During the 2020 presidential election, it was possible, if unlikely, for a candidate to win the election by winning only 21 percent of the popular vote in the nation. Inversely, it was possible for a c...

Sayo is a girl with zero experience when it comes to love. She ends up as the pet to a young man named Shuya who is the son and heir to one of Japan's leading financial corporations. In his house, there is a large book archive, and it is there that she has new forms of pleasure instilled in her day after day. Vol.2, 50 pages.

Ayane, a college student in love with Kyoto “one day” finds an unusual item in front of an antique shop. “What…is this?”, from inside appears a handsome shop keeper asking her about its use. Ayane –pretending she knows- answers that it’s her favorite thing and she always uses it…What could it be…!? Vol.1, 50 pages.

Sayo is a girl with zero experience when it comes to love. She ends up as the pet to a young man named Shuya who is the son and heir to one of Japan's leading financial corporations. In his house, there is a large book archive, and it is there that she has new forms of pleasure instilled in her day after day. Vol.1, 50 pages.

Sayo is a girl with zero experience when it comes to love. She ends up as the pet to a young man named Shuya who is the son and heir to one of Japan's leading financial corporations. In his house, there is a large book archive, and it is there that she has new forms of pleasure instilled in her day after day. Vol.3, 50 pages.

In stage three of the advancement exams, Soma must beat the new Council of Ten’s ninth seat—and it’s Akira Hayama?! Although Soma isn’t happy to see Hayama sporting Central’s badge on his chest, he can’t hide his excitement over a rematch with the very person who snatched the Fall Classic win from him!