Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s luminous meditation on traditional Japanese aesthetics finds unexpected beauty in shadows, silence, and cold. In an age of glare and noise, he praises dim rooms, worn surfaces, and the hush of a winter toilet. With wit and sensual precision, Tanizaki shows how elegance emerges not from display but from concealment—what we soften, what we shadow, what we leave unsaid.

The book offers a thorough review of the historical evolution of the economic theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics since the reform and opening-up, systematically analyzing the substantial achievements and significant successes China has made over the past 40 years. It covers various areas, including the basic socialist economic system, market economy theory, the theory of the primary stage of socialism, income distribution theory, macroeconomic regulation, and foreign opening-...

This book explores the complex interplay between test-takers’ strategic competence, task complexity, and performance, focusing on Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). It introduces and empirically validates the Strategic Competence Model of L2 Speaking (SCMLS), the first framework in second language research to clearly conceptualise strategic competence in speaking, designed primarily for Chinese EFL learners. It also provides a feasible solution to the long-standing ch...

Joshi High is an elite school that most girls in Japan only dream of attending. Then one day everything changesthe allgirl school goes coed. There's just one catch: The girls outnumber the boys. So begins a wild, noholdsbarred competition for the boys of the school. Which smart and independentminded girl will rise above the fray?

This book provides an analytic description of the converging trend entailed by the technological development related to cinema industries. It is becoming essential for the development of the cinema industry to settle the competition issues raised by the convergence trade. Furthermore, this book tries to define the relationship between the production, distribution and exhibition stages of the cinema industry. In the end, this book explores the impact the latest technology can have on the ov...

The book aims to deduce stipulative properties of binding conditions by reformulating them through a novel movement theory, under the tenet of the Minimalist Program. Integrating the insights of Abe’s (2014) pro-movement theory and Higginbotham’s (1983) linking theory, it offers a fresh perspective on bound variable anaphora, Binding Conditions A, B and C. Assuming Abe’s (2016) Search and Float approach as a general framework, It offers a way to distinguish bound variable anaphora from cor...

Reiko Kujirai experiences within her mind the end of a summer past, including the true events behind Kudou and Kujirai B’s relationship. But while Reiko has no history to call her own, she’ll build up her life day by day to become her “absolute self.” Even if tragedy awaits, she’ll choose her future without regrets…

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…

Rizu's childhood friend Souta-kun has always been super cute but also just a little helpless, so she's taken it upon herself to take care of him. Little does she know, that Souta-kun is only a facade! No scheme is too extravagant-Souta-kun will stop at nothing to keep her to himself. From the creator of Gakuen Prince and Rose & Wolf, Jun Yuzuki's newest work: a love story about a cute but cunning childhood friend!

Poisoned. Betrayed. Reborn without magic.Roan Kervys should have died at the king's banquet.After years of fighting for a kingdom that praised him as a hero, he was rewarded with honeyed poison and a quiet sentence from the man he had served.He had no mana.No scan could find him.No ward could measure him.And that made him the last threat the crown needed to erase.But death was not the end.Roan wakes again as a te...

Dylan Greyworth was born as the unwanted heir of a declining noble house.Weak body. Poor reputation. No expectations.But the soul inside him is not ordinary.In his previous life, he was Osric Hale, an Eighth-Circle Archmage who reached the peak of mortal magic and died while chasing the unfinished mystery of the Tenth Circle. Now reborn into a world where magic has grown rigid, politics rot beneath polite smiles, and noble families measure children by usefulness, Dy...

Go behind the runway as style icon Nami stars in a life-changing fashion show, observe wise Robin as she helps to decipher an ancient tablet with Koala and Sabo, watch as solemn Princess Vivi receives a love letter from an unexpected admirer, and check out Ghost Princess Perona’s battle over the last bottle of wine with Zolo and Mihawk!