This is a classic guide to 'Ikebana', the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging. It explores the different elements and styles of Ikebana, offering useful tips and detailed descriptions. With photographs and illustrations, it is perfect or beginners and not to be missed by anyone with an interest in the subject. Contents include: “The Spirit of Flower Arrangement”, “Development of Arrangement Style and Their History”, “Formation of 'Rikka' Style”, “Development of 'Shoka' Style Arran...

A gritty collection of graphic short stories by a Japanese manga master depicting life on the streets among punks, gangsters, and vagrants.Tadao Tsuge is one of the pioneers of alternative manga, and one of the world’s great artists of the down-and-out. Slum Wolf is a new selection of his stories from the late Sixties and Seventies, never before available in English: a vision of Japan as a world of bleary bars and rundown flophouses, vicious street fights ...

Dr. Hayashi is the most renowned student of Reiki founder, Dr. Mikao Usui. Dr. Hayashi Develped his own style of Reiki and became the teacher of Hawayo Takata, who introduced Reiki to the West. However, Dr. Hayashi had also tought Reiki to Japanese Students such as the Young Chiyoko Yamaguchi, born in 1920. The manual consists of: The Story of Dr. Hayashi, newly researched and sensationally illustrated with previously unpublished archive photos. Main exercises of Hayashi Reiki system which...

Judo Formal Techniques is "The most detailed explanation of Judo that has ever been published" (The Japan Times). A comprehensive training manual to the basic "free practice" forms of Kodokan Judo (the Randori no Kata), the book provides essential instruction in the throwing and grappling kata (Nage no Kata and Katame no Kata) that every Judo practitioner needs to master.The authors are two of the world's top instructors—Donn F. Draeger ...

Stars of Silverfire is an epic blend of fantasy and science fiction, weaving a tale of survival, rebellion, and ancient power in a fractured world. Stranded in the desolate Ashen Canyons after a catastrophic crash, Kaia discovers a mysterious artifact—the Starpulse Shard—that could change the fate of the Sky Cities forever.As alliances shift and betrayals surface, Kaia must navigate shadowed secrets and blazing battles to ignite a revolution against overwh...

In a city controlled by silence, one woman shatters the system.For decades, Harmony City lived under the quiet rule of MoodSync — an all-encompassing network that numbed emotions and enforced peace. But beneath the surface, humanity’s true nature was buried, forgotten, and forbidden.Lena Ardent, once a loyal architect of the system, becomes its greatest threat. When she hacks into the neural network to free the city’s mind, she unleashes a torrent of raw, unfiltered emotion...

"A fractured life. A purpose waiting to be discovered."Takashi Mori, a thirty-something middle-class man, feels like he’s always searching for something more. After years of trying everything from magic rituals to astral projection, the answers always seem just out of reach. Haunted by childhood fears that still lurk in his dreams, he’s living a life that’s almost fulfilling, but never quite hits the mark.That is, until a near-death experience changes everything. Suddenly, ...

Welcome to a world where history isn't as fixed as you thought.In "Timelines and Tangents: A Journey Through Time", time travel isn’t just an adventure—it’s a business. Guided tours take tourists back to pivotal moments in history, where they can watch, interact, and blend in with locals. But as every seasoned traveler knows, even the smallest interaction can send ripples through time, and not all of those ripples are what they seem.From Cleopatra’s final days to the moment...

A product of over twenty years of exhaustive research, Judo Training Methods is a comprehensive examination of the Japanese Judo.Written by martial arts authority Donn Draeger and judo champion and instructor Takahiko Ishikawa, it is an expert martial arts guide. Although the examples are geared toward judo, the training and conditioning methods set out are valuable for all martial artists and athletes, whatever their art or sport. Judo Training Methods is...

Even today, quantum computing is still at a developing stage. The feature of this book is from introduction to deeply investigated research results. Therefore, the contents are fully satisfied with the authors’ earnest will to transfer their concepts to the readers.Concretely speaking, the book is a simplified version of the classical quantum basic gate theory like Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, Deutsch algorithm, Bernstein-Vazirani algorithm, Grover search algorithm, Simon algorithm, et...

A spectacular and lavish photographic guide to the birds of Japan, Korea, north-east China and the Russian Far East.Eastern Asia is blessed with a rich and spectacular avifauna, and all 520 regularly occurring species are featured in this spectacular and lavish new photographic guide to the region, covering Japan, northern China, North and South Korea and the Russian Far East.The concise text focuses on key identification criteria, and is accompanied by a d...

Monodispersed Particles, Second Edition, covers all aspects of monodispersed particles, including inorganic and polymer particles and their composites. The book consists of four parts: fundamentals, preparation, analyses, and applications. Specifically, the fundamental part covers the theoretical insight into the surface energy of particles and its application to the formulation of the new theories of nucleation, growth and habit formation of monodispersed particles. In addition, the theor...