A month after arriving at Amanotsuka Academy for Girls, Misaki is getting used to her new life as a maid, even if itâs not what she was expecting. Sheâs even gotten to meet a whole host of new faces, friendly and otherwise! However, thereâs trouble in store when a head maid is chosen for their class: a British exchange student named Sarah. When she judges Misaki and her friend Kirara on their domestic service skills and finds them lacking, things start to look bleak! Thatâs not allâthe staff of Erisuâs Ãcole Kitchen, a restaurant on campus, have fallen out of their mistressâ favor due to their dismal customer turnout. If business doesnât pick up, not only will they never be made into Seraphs, theyâll lose their maid contracts altogether! Misaki wants to help, but what can she possibly do?
All Misaki wanted was a free education. Instead, she accidentally lands an exclusive contract with the most prestigious girl in school... to serve as her personal maid! Misaki soon discovers that Amanotsuka Academy for Girls is no ordinary schoolâher classes are all about how to be a maid, too! Students who impress the schoolâs elite young ladies with their domestic service skills might be lucky enough to become a âSeraph,â guaranteeing them a job with an upper-class household after they graduate. But Misaki doesnât want to be a maid; she just wants to study hard, go to college, and work for a good company. So why did Himeko make her into her Seraph out of nowhere? What kind of rich girl hires a maid who wants nothing to do with the job?! If she wants to get through high school, Misaki has a lot to get used to!
Itâs a battle of the salons! At the school for mistresses and maids, three groups are vying for the new girlâs attention. Will Sakura join the Sky Salon, the Paradise Palace, or the Gloriana Guesthouse? Kagura, head of the Sky Salon, is determined to beat the competition fair and square. Itâs a battle of wits, ambition, andâbelieve it or notâhomemade confections. Plus, the mystery of who spread the word about Sakuraâs arrival is solved. During summer vacation, a new problem arises. Matsuri, a Seraph whoâs been working hard to pay off her familyâs debts, suddenly finds herself spurned by her cruel mistress. Misakiâs determined to help, but what can she and Himeko do? This vacationâs going to be anything but relaxing!
The colorful history of the Hawaiian Islands, since their discovery in 1778 by the great British navigator Captain James Cook, falls naturally into three periods. During the first, Hawaii was a monarchy ruled by native kings and queens. Then came the perilous transition period when new leaders, after failing to secure annexation to the United States, set up a miniature republic. The third period began in 1898 when Hawaii by annexation became American territory. The Hawaiian Kingdom, by Ralph S. Kuykendall, is the detailed story of the island monarchy. In the first volume, "Foundation and Transformation," the author gives a brief sketch of old Hawaii before the coming of the Europeans, based on the known and accepted accounts of this early period. He then shows how the arrival of sea rovers, traders, soldiers of forture, whalers, scoundrels, missionaries, and statesmen transformed the native kingdom, and how the foundations of modern Hawaii were laid. In the second volume, "Twenty Critical Years," the author deals with the middle period of the kingdom's history, when Hawaii was trying to insure her independence while world powers maneuvered for dominance in the Pacific. It was an important period with distinct and well-marked characteristics, but the noteworthy changes and advances which occurred have received less attention from students of history than they deserve. Much of the material is taken from manuscript sources and appears in print for the first time in the second volume. The third and final volume of this distinguished trilogy, "The Kalakaua Dynasty," covers the colorful reign of King Kalakaua, the Merry Monarch, and the brief and tragic rule of his successor, Queen Liliuokalani. This volume is enlivened by such controversial personages as Claus Spreckels, Walter Murray Gibson, and Celso Caesar Moreno. Through it runs the thread of the reciprocity treaty with the United States, its stimulating effect upon the island economy, and the far-reaching consequences of immigration from the Orient to supply plantation labor. The trilogy closes with the events leading to the downfall of the Hawaiian monarchy and the establishment of the Provisional Government in 1893.
Thereâs never a dull moment in Misakiâs life as a maid at Amanotsuka Academy for Girls. Her first paycheck is a cause for celebration, but when she has to find the perfect thank-you present for Himeko, she just canât decide! Then a spooky mystery haunts the school, with students claiming to have seen a ghost in the woods. Itâs up to Misaki to brave the danger and find out if there really is a spirit among them! If all that wasnât hubbub enough, thereâs a new lady on campus, and sheâs an exchange student. In fact, sheâs the former mistress of Misakiâs British classmate. The Sky Salon wants to recruit her, but it seems like sheâs in high demandâeven from an unexpected party. Surprises and revelations are afoot!
Delve deeper into the heart of antebellum America with Frederick Law Olmsted's groundbreaking exploration. This concluding volume offers a raw and unflinching look at the realities of slavery and its impact on the South. From bustling plantations to impoverished backcountry, Olmsted paints a vivid portrait of a society on the brink of change. Witness firsthand the complexities of the cotton economy, the lives of enslaved people, and the tensions that would ultimately ignite a nation. Prepare to be challenged and informed as you journey through this pivotal era of American history.
With his relaxing life as a ranch hand in a peaceful corner of the Shiyalta Kingdom far behind him, Yuri Ho has begun training at the Knight Academy so that he might someday succeed his father as ruler of Ho Province and commander of the family’s forces. At school, however, Yuri quickly encounters a serious problem. Because he’s skipped a good portion of his credits and the martial arts training is a breeze compared to the practice he received under his family’s veteran soldiers, he has ample free time every afternoon. For an enterprising young student with memories of modern Japan, this ought to be the perfect opportunity to take the city by storm. Yuri courts some novel business ideas, but will his disruptive commercial models really stand a chance in a city as corrupt as the royal capital? The kingdom’s witch families are determined to maintain the status quo, and they’re not known for fighting fair!
Distant lights illuminating the darkness pique Chito's and Yuuri's curiosity, so the two hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad and head for the horizon. What they find may not be what they were looking for, but the surviving fragments of civilization are enough to keep them going. There's no telling what other strange surprises lie in store as their journey continues...
(Volume 1) The hit social network game "The Magical Girl Raising Project" selects one out of every tens of thousands of players to become a real life magical girl. The lucky chosen girls gain magic powers as well as incredibly good fortune, and spend their days blissfully. But one day, an absolute announcement declares that the number of magical girls has risen too high and must be cut down to half. Sixteen young maidens are thrust into a merciless, deadly contest to survive...but how many will come out the other side?
Mennonite Romantic Suspense Sure to Thrill Readers Gentle and unassuming Hope Kauffman has never been one to question or try to make changes. She quietly helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal her father arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller. Despite Hope's and other Kingdom residents' attempts to maintain the status quo, changes have already begun to stir in the small Mennonite town. The handsome and charismatic Jonathon Wiese is the leader of the move to reform, and when one of Kingdom's own is threatened by a mysterious outsider, Jonathon is one of the first to push for the town to arm itself. Hope's fiance, Ebbie, is at the forefront of those demanding the town stay true to its traditions of nonviolence. When strange incidents around town result in outright attacks on several townspeople, Hope can't help but question what she's always been taught. As the town that's always stood so strong together is torn apart at the seams, Hope is caught between opposing sides, both represented by those she has come to care for. With tensions high and lives endangered by an unknown threat, Hope fears Kingdom can never survive in one piece.
