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(Tentative title)
Alive or dead, as humans, we may never truly understand. And if this is so, just what is medicine? Is modern medicine a blessing of science or a bind? And, what is the ultimate remedy that doctors, with their miraculous powers, have toiled to find?
| Author | Taguchi, Randy |
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| Publisher | Asahi Shimbun Publications |
| ISBN | 4-022-50348-3 |
| Category | Fiction |
Learn the Art of Japanese Furoshiki (Tentative title)
Summary
Wrapping, carrying, covering, laying out, and decorating. This single square piece of fabric with its unnumerable uses is an efficient yet beautiful part of Japanese culture.
Wrapping, carrying, covering, laying out, and decorating. This single square pie...
| Author | Komatsu, Mutsuko |
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| Publisher | Kanki Publishing |
| ISBN | 978-4761264840 |
| Category | Reference |
See Your Entire World in a Single Notebook (Tentative title)
Summary
Using several notebooks for different purposes won't work! Using classification or organization is pointless. A unified management system for practically using information. Immediately doable by anyone! A low-tech technique for intellectual production.
Using several notebooks for different purposes won't work! Using classificati...
| Author | Okuno, Nobuyuki |
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| Publisher | Nana Books |
| ISBN | 978-4901491761 |
| Category | Business |
Tenken Festival (Tentative title)
Summary
The book, recalling the essence of the great Greek legends, comes from the Japanese counterpart Kojiki, a record of ancient Japanese mythology. Tenkensai revolves around a terrifying beast deity that appears in the ancient volume. The beast, known as the Yamata-no-orochi, is a monster that must eat and kill the beautiful princess Kushinada, a heroin who is dramatically rescued by the heroic god Susano Onomikoto. In Japan, even to this day, it is not too unusual to believe that such a bizarre snake like deity really exists that possesses strange mystical powers.
The book, recalling the essence of the great Greek legends, comes from the Japan...
| Author | Shirai, Yumiko»» |
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| Publisher | Sanctuary Publishing»» |
| ISBN | 486113921X |
| Category | Manga/Graphic Novel |
The Over-Evolved Brain (Tentative title)
Summary
This book, "The Over-Evolved Brain" was given as a brain science lecture to eight Japanese high-school students living in the USA, and ever since has been a mainstay in Japanese newspapers and magazines. It has sold exceptionally well for a science text, with more than 230,000 copies sold.
This book, "The Over-Evolved Brain" was given as a brain science lecture to eigh...
| Author | Yuji Ikegaya |
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| Publisher | Kodansha |
| ISBN | 4255002736 |
| Category | Science |
Psychic Therapy: Your Soul's True Purpose (Tentative title)
Summary
If you open up this book – if you really open up this book, if you open up your mind, if you abandon all prejudices and preconceptions – you will discover your true purpose in life. "Psychic therapist" Kinue Shima guides us through the deepest mysteries of the universe and of our own minds, all in crystal-clear, jargon-free prose.
If you open up this book – if you really open up this book, if you ...
| Author | Shima, Kinue»» |
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| Publisher | KK Bestsellers»» |
| ISBN | 4-584-18982-X |
| Category | Self-Help |
Live With Meaning. Die with Passion (Tentative title)
Summary
What is life without adventure?
What is life without adventure?...
| Author | Naoe, Fumitada |
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| Publisher | Sanctuary Publishing»» |
| ISBN | 104861130158 |
| Category | Autobiography |
Massoud's War (Tentative title)
Summary
The hero of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Masoud. An unparalleled commander, feared as the "Lion of Panjshir" during the war with the Soviet Army, Massoud waged a fierce war against the Taliban, a regime strongly supported by Pakistan, as the chief commander of the anti-Taliban United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance). He was revered by many for not only his military genius, but also his good-natured character.
The hero of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Masoud. An unparalleled commander, feared as...
| Author | Nagakura, Hiromi »» |
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| Publisher | Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| ISBN | 4-309-40647-5 |
| Category | Non-fiction |
TENGU (Tentative title)
Summary
Keiichi Michihira - an independent investigative reporter who in the year 2000 embarks on a journey to unearth the heavily shrouded truth behind a series of brutal murders that occurred a quarter-century earlier in Shikamata, a secluded hamlet situated in the mountains of Japan's Gunma Prefecture, whose residents are convinced that the culprit is none other than the fabled tengu.
Keiichi Michihira - an independent investigative reporter who in the year 2000 e...
| Author | Shibata, Tetsutaka |
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| Publisher | Shodensha |
| ISBN | 4396632681 |
| Category | Fiction |
Jokes from War Zones (Tentative title)
Summary
Iraq, Cambodia, Afghanistan... life in these countries is no laughing matter. Do people there find it in their hearts to see the funny side of life? The answer is a resounding... Yes! This book is a testimony to people's universal will to live.
Iraq, Cambodia, Afghanistan... life in these countries is no laughing matter. Do...
| Author | Hayasaka, Takashi |
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| Publisher | Chuokoron-Shinsha |
| ISBN | 4-12-150124-1 C1295 |
| Category | Humor |
Fujisan (Tentative title)
Summary
Four short stories reflect four different views of Mt. Fuji, A man with a cult history meets a suicidal girl. Three teenage boys spend a night at a spooky forest. A city worker is intrigued with a deranged old woman collecting tons of garbage. A nurse is depressed from her job of aborting babies. All see hope in majestic Mt. Fuji.
Four short stories reflect four different views of Mt. Fuji, A man with a cult h...
| Author | Taguchi, Randy»» |
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| Publisher | Bungei Shunju Ltd. |
| ISBN | 4163227407 |
| Category | Fiction |
Something Fishy (Tentative title)
Summary
Welcome to the world of Fukusuke Kurenaimon, a private detective with a knack for attracting rather strange cases... His first client, for example, asks him to investigate why her ex-husband was wearing a girl's school uniform on the morning he was run over. Armed with plenty of humour, Fukusuke sets off to solve this case as well as three others. However, some grisly murder always makes things far more complicated ...
Welcome to the world of Fukusuke Kurenaimon, a private detective with a knack fo...
| Author | Kasumi, Ryuichi |
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| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
| ISBN | 4-04372901-4 |
| Category | Fiction |
One Hundred and One Nightmares (Tentative title)
Summary
Akumu hyakuichi ya (One Hundred and One Nightmares) is a collection of short stories exploring our deepest fears and neuroses while remaining firmly rooted in our experiences of daily life. Although drawing on elements of Japanese culture, the nightmarish scenarios are surprisingly familiar for Western readers who will immediately identify with the characters and the situations they face.
Akumu hyakuichi ya (One Hundred and One Nightmares) is a collection of sh...
| Author | Hanawa, Kanji |
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| Publisher | Uchiyama Shuppan |
| ISBN | 4903391000 |
| Category | Fiction |
