ONE reckless night. TWO pink lines. THREE off-limits hockey gods.You can get a lot done in the back of a Jeep for a big, hard, bad reason . . . you just have to arch your back.My job with the Minneapolis Marauders is my lifeline, and I know better than to mix business with pleasure. But Ambrose—the broody new guy—made me forget my own name while he showed me exactly how to handle his stick shift.Then Braden...

Can one would-be villainess fend off multiple handsome suitors’ advances to simply live a peaceful life? Or will the game force a happy ending no matter what?With the power of love, the impossible becomes possible! To protect everyone from the East Star, Luciana resolves to remain in the sacred Rainbow Tree Sea, but her entourage of admirers refuses to leave without her. When their hearts come together, Luciana’s magic unleashes a miracle strong enough to rewrite e...

*Even though I don’t want to go to the dungeon!*Caught up in a “Hero Summoning,” the hapless Mukohda was brought to another world from modern Japan, but he decided to make the most of it and enjoy a leisurely life of travel with his familiars, Fel and Sui.With new goddesses forcing blessings on him in exchange for offerings, and another familiar in the form of a peckish pixie dragon, Mukohda steadily amasses wealth and power. Finally, the cowardly hero (with a little “help”...

After conquering dungeons and finally getting some leverage over the gods ganging up on him, Mukohda sets his sights on the domestic life. With his new palatial manor fully staffed with trustworthy servants and guards, it seems like as good a time as any to focus on building up his long-neglected business of selling Japanese goods in this otherworld. But he’s suddenly found himself in the sights of an unscrupulous competitor, backed by a shady lesser noble, who is after the secrets of his ...

With another dungeon behind them, Mukohda and party (and Elrand for some reason) take a well deserved rest to collect themselves before hitting the road again. And now, with many more levels, Mukohda has earned another new Tenant. But Mukohda doesn’t have time to sit back and enjoy it, nor to nurse his freshly wounded heart - they’re on the clock to ditch Elrand back in Dolan! Meanwhile, in the divine realm, the gods who have been mooching off Mukohda all this time may have met their match...

A new power - the tenant “???” opens shop!Mukohda, the salaryman from modern Japan who was (accidentally) whisked away to another world via a “Hero Summoning” ritual, finally arrived at the dungeon city of Dolan. Pressured into challenging the dungeon by his familiars, the cowardly Mukohda survives waves of terrifying monsters, and thanks to his familiars' overwhelming might, they became the first party to conquer the dungeon!While the Adventurers and Merchants guilds fuss ...

This book offers a groundbreaking comparative study of Directors' and Officers' (D&O) liability insurance regulation across representative common law jurisdictions (mainly the UK and US), and the Chinese legal system, examining its legal character, regulatory frameworks, and corporate governance implications.In an era where companies are expanding across borders and operating in increasingly complex financial markets, D&O liability insurance has become an integral part of modern co...

A new dungeon, and a new meeting!?Mukohda, the salaryman who was brought from modern Japan to another world because he was caught in a “Hero Summoning,” along with his familiars Fel, Sui, and Dora-chan, enjoyed their fill of seafood at the seaside town of Berléand. Finally, they set off for the dungeon city of Aveling, just as he promised Fel!But before that, Mukohda asks for information about the dungeon from the gods… and hearing that many undead wander the dungeon, Mukoh...

While Ward Capital purchases sixty percent of the restaurant chain Naomi Hale has labored for nine years to build, Naomi expects spreadsheets, firings, and strangers who view numbers where she sees people.Then Gabriel Ward shows up at the door.Charming, privileged, and fatally easy to like, Gabriel has been dispatched to familiarize himself with the business before his family makes its decision regarding the future of their new acquisition. Naomi becomes Gabriel's unwilling...

Enjoy the bounty of the sea!Mukohda was brought to another world from modern Japan by falling victim to a “Hero Summoning.” Though he managed to conquer a dungeon along with his three familiars, Fel, Sui, and Dora-chan, in the end they just went back to enjoying their carefree trip. After ordeals like suffering the envious gazes of new adventurers, and destroying an orc settlement, Mukohda finally arrives at the seaside town of Berléand. Now that they’ve come to the ocean, there is...

Introduction to current modeling methods for electromagnetic metasurfaces using the generalized sheet transition conditionNumerical Methods for Modeling Metasurface with GSTC provides a systemic and deep monograph of numerical modeling approaches for metasurfaces and thoroughly explores various numerical methods, encompassing not only those in the frequency domain, but also those in the time domain that incorporate generalized sheet transition conditions (...

Teacher Preparation in Taiwan offers an analytically rich account of how teacher education has been shaped through the transnational circulation of ideas, institutions, and modes of governance.Taiwan represents both a geographically understudied and a national context in which to examine the historical origins and contemporary dynamics of teacher preparation and education policy. The book demonstrates that Taiwan’s teacher education system has been constituted through sust...