Matsuki is a cat-girl who uses magical powers to enforce the law. However, her greatest threat doesn't come from the criminals. She is partnered with Sakura, a nine-tailed fox who craves something more than attention. She is plotting to eat Matsuki and gobble up her magic!

It is the year 22 H.C. (Holy Century) and Shinjuku is populated by monsters and goblins. Natsuki is a rookie at the Police Company and a newbie bounty hunter. She is also half-human, half-catbeast with magical powers that are helping her slowly get the hang of the business.

Natsuki has been released from the Underworld court system with two vital bits of information. First, she is the mixed daughter of the Egyptian sun deity Bastet and her human father. Second, a grave fate may befall Batanen. Older teens.

This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.

Tommy and Batanen have to rescue Natsuki when she's arrested for hunting without a license, then the four decide to join forces to get through a dry spell. About that time, however, a samurai named Sakunoshin appears out of a time warp and thinks that Natsuki is his fiance.

Written by internationally renowned academics, this volume provides a snapshot of the field of applied linguistics, and illustrates how linguistics is informing and engaging with neighbouring disciplines. Chapters in this second volume present an overview of new (and interdisciplinary) applications of linguistics to such diverse fields as economics, law, religion, tourism, media studies and health care. Both volumes represent the best of current practice in applied linguistics, and will be invaluable to students and researchers looking for an overview of the field.