A journey through grief, identity, and cultural understanding in the heart of Japan.Lucy, an American woman, travels to Japan seeking answers about her past and a lost love, Owen. Her journey takes her from the bustling streets of Tokyo to the haunting Aokigahara, the infamous Suicide Forest, where she confronts the complexities of cultural identity and personal loss. With the help of Owen's brother, Hisashi, Lucy navigates the nuances of Japanese ...

100 poems written by jarrett sleeper over a decade or two. mostly about love.

Hold’em Ranges and Math is the crucial book to have to make better decisions against today’s best players. In the early days of poker, players relied on catching cards and playing ABC poker. As time passed, players became more aggressive, bluffing was artistically being created, and decisions were made based on incomplete factors. The more recent “old school” of poker, players were even more aggressive, bluffing was more common, and everyone was putting their opponents on a few hands to as...

Level up with Tableau to build eye-catching, easy-to-interpret data visualizations. In this follow-up guide to Practical Tableau, author Ryan Sleeper takes you through a collection of unique tips and tutorials for using this popular software. Beginning to advanced Tableau users will learn how to go beyond Show Me to make better charts and learn dozens of tricks to improve both the author and user experience.Featuring many approaches he developed himself, Ryan shows you how to creat...

Your subconscious mind, also known as your inner child, is heavily influenced by the experiences you had in the past - even when they're not experiences you consciously think about.If you struggle with self-doubt or anxiety and find it difficult to embrace new experiences, there's a high chance that your inner child is crying out for help.That child is no stranger... that child is you, and their experiences are still shaping the one...

Unveiling a powerful and proven methodology for teens and young adults with ADHD, this guidebook offers complete instruction for professionals and parents on what ADHD coaching for young people is and how it can dramatically improve the lives of the afflicted. A groundbreaking approach, this handbook discusses powerful intervention practices to help youths with ADHD break through barriers and succeed in their lives. The thorough, hands-on guidance makes for an ideal resource for all indivi...

Advanced Holdem Volume 2 is the continuation of Advanced Holdem Volume 1. Volume 2 brings you even more of the necessary concepts for being successful in no-limit holdem cash games and tournaments. This book includes example hands and situations, as well as new advanced concepts for no-limit holdem games. Whether you play at home, in the casino, at a charity poker room, or on the internet, these concepts will help you improve your gameguaranteed! This book gives players a more detailed ide...

The most effective, practical approach to the recognition and management of cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases and disorders, Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology, Sixth Edition, walks you through the challenges and conditions encountered in everyday clinical practice. This completely updated edition includes vital information on clinical treatments, diets, minimally invasive surgery, interventional procedures and imaging techniques. New artwork and enhanced coverage of cardiova...

Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest recovers the agrarian village world Indian women created in the lush lands of the Ohio Valley. Algonquian-speaking Indians living in a crescent of towns along the Wabash tributary of the Ohio were able to evade and survive the Iroquois onslaught of the seventeenth century, to absorb French traders and Indigenous refugees, to export peltry, and to harvest riparian, wetland, and terrestrial resources of every description and breathtaking r...

A center of the lucrative fur trade throughout the colonial period, the Great Lakes region was an important site of cultural as well as economic exchange between native and European peoples. In this well-researched study, Susan Sleeper-Smith focuses on an often overlooked aspect of these interactions—the role played by Indian women who married French traders. Drawing on a broad range of primary and secondary sources, she shows how these women used a variety of means to negotiate a middle g...

The expansion of Western education overseas has been both an economic success, if the numbers of American, European, and Australian universities setting up campuses in Asia and the Middle East is a measure -- and a source of consternation for academics concerned with norms of free inquiry and intellectual freedom. Faculty at Western campuses have resisted the new satellite campuses, fearing that colleagues on those campuses would be less free to teach and engage in intellectual inquiry, an...

Ryan brings the complete collection of strategies for any player, on any level, to become a successful No-Limit Hold’em player. Included are his three books completely updated, revised, and expanded to compete, and win, against today’s top players. The Ultimate Hold’em Book provides a great start for newer players to learn the game with some basic, intermediate, and advanced strategies. Whereas the Advanced Hold’em series, focuses on uber-advanced concepts, giving any player a greater adva...