I hope one day I'll finally free from the disappointment that buried inside me so that I can serve true happiness to anyone who still holds sadness especially me Free Me is a collection of self-talk and tears written in a poetry form.
A scientific discussion of Noel Malcolm's Kosovo. It demonstrates the extent of the betrayal of the historical truth and the manipulation of the past of nations, regions or states for the sake of the political ends of the day. It was a commonplace view that such books are possible only in totalitarian societies. But we can see that the appearance of such books is also possible in a milieu which, until recently at least, could not be called totalitarian, and that it is possible with a historiography excelling in great authors and trustworthy works.
Invisible to her classmates, Hikage Sumino is an eighth grader with no self-esteem. Her only friends are the visitors to her Internet blog. One day, the most popular boy in the grade suddenly talks to her. Encouraged by this twist of fate, Hikage determines to transform her life and declare to the world, I Am Here! WHEN THE SUNFLOWER BLOOMS After the sudden disappearance of Black Rabbit from her blog, a series of surprises continues to shake up Hikage's world. What if someone you met online turned out to be someone you knew in real life? In this volume, Hikage, Hinata, and Teru overcome jealousy and betrayal, and together learn valuable lessons about friendship, love, and forgiveness. Includes special extras after the story!
Nutrient-balance assessments are valuable tools for delineating the consequences of farming on soil fertility. Various approaches and methods for different situations have been used in the past. This bulletin presents a state-of-the-art review of nutrient balance studies. It brings out the evolution of the approaches and methods, provides for comparisons among them, features the improvements made, and highlights remaining issues. This analysis will be useful in further development of the assessment methodologies as reliable tools for devising time-scale soil fertility management interventions.
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend...Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children...?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. She is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons, where she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to five children! She also succeeds in rescuing the Demon King's mother, Dernière, who was being held captive in Soleil, the Land of Humans, who are at war with the demons. Dernière's missing husband, Shinichiro, is also a human. Together with Dernière, Akari, Gran and their children climb the World Tree in search of him and at the top find El Dorado, the Land of Celestials. However, their Queen, Ciel, is actually bored of peace and enjoys the all-out war between demons and humans! As Gran tries to save Akari from Ciel, a World Tree flower starts glowing and their sixth child is born. But then Akari gets sent back to her world with the baby...!
Hayate is on the verge of death as he breaks a Pinky Swear Note contract. The only way to save Hayate is to find Yata no gamai. Will Mashiro be successful? Meanwhile, the main Kamitsuka family prepares to realize their long‐cherished wish, the ritual by the Black Miko...
I'm a 16-year-old virgin who's never had a boyfriend…Yet I'm going to be the mother of a Demon King's children…?! I guess I became the Mother of the Great Demon King's 10 Children in Another World is a romantic comedy about raising a child in another world by Ema Toyama, the author of Missions of Love! Akari, a high school girl, lost her mother, who was the only family she had, in a freak accident. Wishing for a family, she is summoned to the Zodia Empire, a foreign world that is home to demons. There, she is told that she will bear the children of the Archfiend, King Gran, so they can fight in their war against Soleil, the land of humans! She is a virgin, but thanks to cheat items, she gives birth to six children! Akari goes looking for Shinichiro, the human husband of her mother-in-law Dernière, and Gran is captured by Ciel and mortally wounded. But thanks to the skill of Six, the sixth child, and the entire demon clan taking care of Gran's wounds, the surgery is a success and Gran is saved. For the first time in a long time, peaceful days have returned. Gran confesses his love to Akari, and the two spend the night together for the first time. Akari finally gets pregnant naturally and she's expecting triplets! With the arrival of Sept, Huit and Neuf, Akari is now the mother of nine children, and her days are very busy!
In this thought-provoking book, Ema Ushioda asks why we research language learning motivation, whose interests the research serves, and who ultimately benefits. Examining the major theoretical and research developments in this vibrant field from its origins to the present day, the author interrogates the goals and values driving academic inquiry, and argues for a more socially conscious and socially responsive orientation to researching language learning motivation. The book challenges this research field to contribute to critical movements in applied linguistics to address globally and locally relevant societal issues where language and motivation matter. “Ema Ushioda’s compelling, authoritative and timely book re-writes the story of L2 motivation research through the ethical lens. Her probing reflection is not meant to soothe but to ask difficult questions about why we research and for whom. It is impossible to imagine future L2 motivation scholarship that does not treat them seriously.” Maggie Kubanyiova, Professor of Language Education, University of Leeds Ema Ushioda is a Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick Oxford Applied Linguistics Series Advisers: Anne Burns and Diane Larsen-Freeman
Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game cartredge to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!
Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her an orphan. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own—only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she's been summoned as the "priestess from another world"...whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?! After she quaffs a stork tincture, a cheat potion that causes anyone who drinks it to become pregnant in an instant, she gives birth to An, King Gran's firstborn daughter. Just as An, King Gran and Akari are beginning to feel like a family, Akari and her daughter are whisked away by the Hero Albert, the airheaded, gallant sworn enemy of demonkind. He means to win them over to his side, but Akari chooses to return to King Gran...and gives birth to Deux, An's baby brother! It doesn't take long for Deux's gifts to manifest. He teams up with his sister to solve food shortages at the Zodia Empire...just as they take Albert prisoner! Things are livelier than ever around King Gran's castle, but on the other end of the world, the captive Queen Dernière burns with rage in the clutches of the humans...
Faa‘imata represents the traditional home of Kava, a significant figure and source of Tongan culture. Thus, as in the legend of the origin of Kava, Faa‘imata connotes a place where great sacrifices have been laid to honour authority and yet also where kingly favours have been granted that covered shortcomings and inadequacies. More significantly, it marks a place where new beginnings and new legacies can sprout. Therefore the Road to Faa‘imata represents the many facets and multiple interpretations of the pathways and passages traversed by each of the Tonga High School ex-student featured. It represents an equalizer of sorts where students coming from diverse backgrounds and stations in society are provided with empowering opportunities to achieve outcomes that benefit Tonga, reflecting their capacity to absorb, critique and reapply what they have learnt.
Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success – and therefore crucial for the language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and Researching Motivation reflects the dramatic changes in the field of motivation research. With an increased emphasis on dynamic perspectives on motivation and its relations with other individual, social and contextual factors, this book offers ways in which advances in the field can be put to practical use in the classroom and in research. Key new features and material: exploration of the motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs); principles for designing L2 motivational studies; discussion of emerging areas of research, including unconscious motivation and language learning mindsets. Providing a clear and comprehensive theory-driven account of motivation, Teaching and Researching Motivation examines how theoretical insights can be used in everyday teaching practice. The final section provides a range of useful resources, including relevant websites, key reference works and an online repository of tools and instruments for researching language learning motivation. Fully revised by pre-eminent researchers in this field, Zoltán Dörnyei and Ema Ushioda, this is an invaluable resource for teachers and researchers alike.
Mito and Ruka have weathered many challenges together… and no sooner are they engaged than the Patriot militia makes its move, led by none other than Ruka's long-lost brother, Ruzé! Ruzé's sights are set on none other than Mito herself, and he won't rest until his childhood love returns his affections! Can Mito end the brothers' feud and bring peace to the Land of the Vampires?! The dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire speeds towards the ultimate conflict!
Mayu, the daughter of a cafe owner, is down-in-the-dumps and unlucky in love--until she meets Puchyo, the magical fairy of beverages. Now, whenever Mayu drinks something, she transforms accordingly. But what will help her win the man of her dreams? Young adult.
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