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A hot-blooded romantic cosplay comedy begins when an otaku meets a girl who dresses up as his favorite manga character. This sexy manga series comes recommended by Eiichiro Oda (creator of One Piece)--and don't miss the anime, coming soon!“I have no interest in real girls!” So claims Okumura, the president of the school’s manga club. He’s your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer–and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.

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A newcomer to the scene, aerobic granulation is on its way to becoming the hot new technology for high-efficiency wastewater treatment. Thus far, intensive research has been conducted with regard to the understanding of the mechanism of aerobic granulation in sequencing batch reactors (SBR) and its application in treating a wide variety of municipal and industrial wastewater. This basic research has promoted the technology from laboratory-study all the way to the present pilot- and full-scale application. The time is right for a reference that discusses the technology and its application in wastewater purification.Wastewater Purification: Aerobic Granulation in Sequencing Batch Reactors discusses state-of-the-art research and application of this environmental biotechnology tailored to enhanced wastewater purification. The seventeen chapters provide a systematic and comprehensive understanding of aerobic granulation in SBR by incorporating fundamental principles of aerobic granulation with the basis of process operation under various conditions. The book clearly explains what aerobic granules are and how they form. It elucidates key factors that influence aerobic granulation and addresses common problems encountered and their solutions. This is the first book-length exploration of aerobic granulation. Other books that cover it are smaller, less comprehensive, less in depth, and less up to date. This book provides first-hand information derived from the authors’ research and presents a newly-developed theory for aerobic granulation that offers a deep understanding into the essence of current aerobic granulation technology. Using this book as a platform, the technology can be developed further and quickly applied in the wastewater treatment industry.

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Focusing on Los Angeles farmland during the years between the Immigration Act of 1924 and the Japanese Internment in 1942, Transborder Los Angeles weaves together the narratives of Mexican and Japanese immigrants into a single transpacific history. In this book, Yu Tokunaga moves from international relations between Japan, Mexico, and the US to the Southern California farmland, where ethnic Japanese and Mexicans played a significant role in developing local agriculture, one of the major industries of LA County before World War II. Japanese, Mexicans, and white Americans developed a unique triracial hierarchy in farmland that generated both conflict and interethnic accommodation by bringing together local issues and international concerns beyond the Pacific Ocean and the US-Mexico border. Viewing these experiences in a single narrative form, Tokunaga breaks new ground, demonstrating the close relationships between the ban on Japanese immigration, Mexican farmworkers' strikes, wartime Japanese removal, and the Bracero Program.

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Haru the Shiba Inu and his ever-so-slightly strange owner—the last human on Earth—continue their pleasant post-apocalyptic journey to wondrous new places with peculiar inhabitants!

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“I have no interest in real girls!” So claims Okumura, the president of the school’s manga club. He’s your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer - and guess who her favourite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.

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A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words. People. Leader. Reading. Writing. Revolution. Grassroots. Through these and other common vernacular words and phrases, Yu Hua – widely regarded as one of China’s greatest living writers – tells powerful personal stories of the Chinese experience from the Cultural Revolution to the 2010s. With wit, insight and courage, he presents a refreshingly candid vision of the ‘Chinese miracle’ and its consequences, and a unique perspective on one of the world’s least understood nations.

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A young girl has resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.

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Amidst the chaos and confusion that beset the kingdom after the secret of Leonhart’shuman form was exposed, Set’s plot to usurp the throne succeeded. In stunnedconfusion, Leonhart flees through the city with Sariphi at his side...but danger lurksaround every corner as Set fans the flames of war...!

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Having successfully entertained the true Duke Galoa, Sariphi has triumphed in the trials concocted to test her capacity to be Queen. However, her success has infuriated Chancellor Anubis. As Sariphi searches for a book alone in the library, Anubis approaches her...but what is the history between the King and his Chancellor, whose family has served the royal line for generations?

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Sariphi is confronted with a new challenge to prove herself worthy of becoming Queen--to welcome the mysterious Duke Galoa on his visit to the palace. But the Duke is rumored to be a fearsome warrior with an ever-burning hatred of all things human. Sariphi devotes herself to learning every step of every dance and every detail of palace etiquette, but what will she do if Galoa refuses to so much as disguise his blatant loathing of humankind?

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A Mature-rated comedy that gives new meaning to "the family jewels"!Satou Yukinari has a very strange medical condition: he ejaculates diamonds. But like all fortunes, it comes with a price. These special gems are worth untold riches, but each one he spurts out cuts a year off his life span! As word spreads of his condition, a trio of beautiful seductress witches descends, starting in his hospital room. Yukinari must overcome sexy but deadly temptation if he wants to live, but boy these witches are persistent!

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'I have no interest in real girls!' So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, and his heart belongs to Liliel, a 2D manga character. Then the new school year starts, and a 3D girl whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer--and guess who her favorite character is? The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.

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SUMMER OF LOVE AND MONEYBeautiful girls in swimsuits glistening in the sun? Yes, please! Summer break is finally here and Yukinari is on duty as a lifeguard at the local pool, but he best not let his guard down—voluptuous senior lifeguard Nonoka is taking her shot at him now! She may have an innocent face, but this witch is about to drag Yukinari into a dangerous game of tits-for-tat.

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Focusing on Los Angeles farmland during the years between the Immigration Act of 1924 and the Japanese Internment in 1942, Transborder Los Angeles weaves together the narratives of Mexican and Japanese immigrants into a single transpacific history. In this book, Yu Tokunaga moves from international relations between Japan, Mexico, and the US to the Southern California farmland, where ethnic Japanese and Mexicans played a significant role in developing local agriculture, one of the major industries of LA County before World War II. Japanese, Mexicans, and white Americans developed a unique triracial hierarchy in farmland that generated both conflict and interethnic accommodation by bringing together local issues and international concerns beyond the Pacific Ocean and the US-Mexico border. Viewing these experiences in a single narrative form, Tokunaga breaks new ground, demonstrating the close relationships between the ban on Japanese immigration, Mexican farmworkers' strikes, wartime Japanese removal, and the Bracero Program.

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After the dust settles from the Hyperion incident, Excalibur Academy receives a strange distress signalone that appears to be from the Third Assault Garden. The problem? The Third Assault Garden should have been destroyed by Voids six years ago! Determined to find out what happened to her birthplace, Riselia leads the eighteenth platoon on a new mission: exploring the abandoned city. But what awaits them may be more than just ghosts from the past

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When a high-ranking government official is kidnapped, the Prime Minister must call in his top crime fighting force known as Section 9.ó Lead by the beautiful (and deadly) Major Kusanagi, the cybernetically enhanced squad must use all their skill to take down the kidnappers and rescue the hostages.ó But that's only half of the mission; can Kusanagi and company find out who's behind the kidnapping, and, more importantly, just what they're after?ó Find out in this thrilling first volume of The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

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CAN COSPLAY REUNITE A FAMILY?Hoping to find her long-lost mangaka father, Aria sets out to make headlines at Summer Comiket, and even Mikari pitches in to help. Aria fights an uphill battle sewing her costume, but what if after all that effort, the man she longs to see doesn’t show up? The struggles of otakudom continue in volume seven of this hot-blooded romantic comedy!

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A coup d’état. A new social order. Civil war on the horizon. As a result of Judge Set’s malicious actions, Sariphi and her beloved, Leonhart, have one last chance to topple the pretender from his perch and free all of Beastkind from the false king. But standing in their way is Leonhart’s oldest friend-and once staunchest ally-Anubis. Can Sariphi’s words reach the heart of the stubborn jackal...? The fate of the kingdom rests in his hands... Don’t miss the grand finale of a magnificent tale of romance between the king of beasts and a sacrificial maiden!

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Sariphi has carried out her first official job as Acting Queen-giving a royal blessing to the newborn prince of the nation of Sarbur. That night, Leonhart summons her, and when they are alone, he tells Sariphi of his violent past, which only deepens their bond. But just as Sariphi is sure that nothing could ever come between them, she is tasked with an unthinkable duty...

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Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as the Laughing Man.

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A young girl has resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.

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The book is about a very active research field in software engineering. In modern society, the fact of the world's high reliance on software requires the system's robustness, i.e., continual availability and satisfactory service quality. This requirement gives rise to the popularity of the research on the self-adaptive software in open environment. There are some academic conferences dedicated to this field. But there is a lack of monographs about the topic. We believe such need is unmet in marketplace. By publishing the book, it can help bridge the gap and bring benefits to readers thereof.Key Features: The topic is well-motivated, interesting and actively studied worldwide The research represents as the state-of-the-art in the field The technical part of the book is rigidly evaluated The theoretical part of the book is sound and proved The organization and presentation of the book will be double-checked by professional scholars

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A comprehensive guide to sludge management, reuse, and disposal When wastewater is treated, reducing organic material to carbon dioxide, water, and bacterial cells—the cells are disposed of, producing a semisolid and nutrient-rich byproduct called sludge. The expansion in global population and industrial activity has turned the production of excess sludge into an international environmental challenge, with the ultimate disposal of excess sludge now one of the most expensive problems faced by wastewater facilities. Written by two leading environmental engineers, Biological Sludge Minimization and Biomaterials/Bioenergy Recovery Technologies offers a comprehensive look at cutting-edge techniques for reducing sludge production, converting sludge into a value-added material, recovering useful resources from sludge, and sludge incineration. Reflecting the impact of new stringent environmental legislation, this book offers a frank appraisal of how sludge can be realistically managed, covering key concerns and the latest tools: Fundamentals of biological processes for wastewater treatment, wastewater microbiology, and microbial metabolism, essential to understanding how sludge is produced Prediction of primary sludge and waste-activated sludge production, among the chief design and operational challenges of a wastewater treatment plant Technologies for sludge reduction, with a focus on reducing microbial growth yield as well as enhancing sludge disintegration The use of anerobic digestion of sewage sludge for biogas recovery, in terms of process fundamentals, design, and operation The use of the microbial fuel cell (MFC) system for the sustainable treatment of organic wastes and electrical energy recovery

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After overcoming various obstacles, First High has emerged victorious in the NineSchools Competition! However, Tatsuya is nowhere to be found among the celebratingstudents! With her brother going off to one last battle, Miyuki can do nothing but prayfor his safe return in this thrilling conclusion to the series!

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Hestia Familia is back in an all-new adventure! All is quiet as Bell, Haruhime, Hestia, and friends celebrate the Holy Night Festival, but when a Familia from another land comes along, all hell breaks loose! What's more, Hestia's getting jealous again, which spells serious trouble for Bell…

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There are two Pupil Books in Jìn bù, one for each year group. Each one includes a wide variety of activities so lessons can be tailored for different abilities. Every chapter of the Pupil Book includes: activities covering all four language skills on every spread plenty of illustrations and photographs to keep pupils engaged grammar tips on every spread to help pupils understand key concepts writing exercises to help with character acquisition an ‘Investigating characters’ unit to show pupils how radicals relate to their meanings making them easier to remember a unit exploring Chinese culture. Audio files to accompany our Student Books are sold separately.

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1 Introduction.- 2 Review of fracture criteria.- 3 Review of fracture test methods.- 4 Mixed-mode I/II fracture        .- 5 Ture mode-II fracture.- 6 Mixed-mode I/III fracture.

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SHE WILL KILL HER MOTHER, THEN HERSELF.Shino wants to end her life, but not before ending her mother’s, saving them both from a fate worse than death. However, they are Adashino, immortals who can’t be slain by ordinary means. That’s why she’s enlisted her new kinsman, former samurai Haruyasu, to steal a sessho-seki, a blade capable of killing the unkillable. But wielding one also claims the bearer’s life. Can Haruyasu help Shino fulfill her duty without sacrificing himself as well?

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Ogami-san has been keeping a dirty little secret from her peers at school: Puberty has emptied her mind of everything but perverted fantasies! For the sake of leading an ordinary school life, she pulls out all the stops to keep her mental wild side under wraps. But when she literally reaches a hand out to Yaginuma-kun, a cute but mysterious boy in her class, her innermost thoughts just come spilling out! All she wants is to get to know him (and his body) better, but she can''t do that without the risk of exposing her true self. What''s a girl to do?!

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