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September 2018Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen
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by Philipp Weiss, Raffaela Schöbitz
1000 Seiten, fünf Bände – ein Roman. In Am Weltenrand sitzen die Menschen und lachen erzählt Philipp Weiss von der Verwandlung der Welt im Anthropozän – jener Epoche der Erdgeschichte, in welcher der Mensch zur zentralen gestaltenden Kraft geworden ist. Zwischen Frankreich und Japan, zwischen dem 19. und dem 21. Jahrhundert, in Form von Enzyklopädie, Erzählung, Notizheft, Audiotranskription und Comic entwirft dieser kühne Roman ein Panoptikum unserer fliehenden Wirklichkeit. Die siebzehnjährige Paulette erlebt im Jahr 1871 den Aufstand der Pariser Kommune, bereist als eine der ersten europäischen Frauen das Japan der Meiji-Ära und liegt über hundertdreißig Jahre im Eis der französischen Alpen geborgen. Die Klimaforscherin Chantal, ihre Ururenkelin, folgt ihren Spuren nach Fernost, entwirft eine zynische Geschichte des Universums und entflieht zugleich einer Liebe und deren umstülpender Kraft. Der von ihr zurückgelassene Künstler Jona begibt sich auf die Suche, findet in Japan aber nicht Chantal, sondern eine vielfache Katastrophe: ein Erdbeben, eine Welle, einen Atomunfall. Der neunjährige Akio läuft tagelang durch zerstörtes Gebiet. Trost findet er bei Satoshi, einem obdachlosen Tagelöhner und AKW-Nomaden, der langsam an den Folgen der Strahlung stirbt. Durch einen Phantomschmerz getrieben, irrt die junge Japanerin Abra durch Tokio und verliert sich in den einsamen Schleifen ihres virtualisierten Selbst.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentAugust 2016The Art of Expressing in Words
by Satoshi Umeda
A top copywriter teaches you how to strengthen your words and thoughts that can be used in any situation! This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to improve their writing skills. How do you put your thoughts into words and communicate them? What are the secrets to expressing yourself in a way that moves people's hearts? In this book, you will learn the secrets of how to express yourself in words that move people's hearts. The author, a copywriter who is attracting a lot of attention nowadays discloses his unique techniques in an easy-to-understand manner, and explains the laws of words that move people's hearts. People are moved when they discover their own thoughts and feelings in the words, and there is no need for elaborate expressions! The author breaks down his own advertising copy, as well as famous examples from all over the world, from the perspectives of "clarity as a message," "how to project yourself into it," and "how to create the thoughts you want to convey," and explains the "art of putting your will into words. This is a book to strengthen your language and thinking, taught by a top copywriter. In this book, you'll learn how to make your words work for you. How do you improve your words? This book provides concrete explanations on how anyone can do it, and is full of useful ideas not only for business communication, project presentations, and other work situations, but also for appealing to people in your personal life, as well as for job hunting and changing jobs. The author has written many works as "The World is Made of Someone's Work," a canned Georgia coffee, "I want to support the people who support this country." "That experience is your friend."
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FictionDays at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa
25-year-old Takako has lived a relatively easy life. Born and raised on the southern island of Kyushu, she went to a good university and got a graduate job at a company in Tokyo where she met her charming boyfriend, Kashikoi. However, when Kashikoi casually announces that he’s been cheating on her and is planning to marry somebody else, Takako’s life is suddenly in freefall. She loses her job and with it all of her friends and acquaintances. She ends up in a deep depression but just as her despair seems to have reached a new low, she receives a call from her distant uncle. Her uncle, who she refers to as Ojisan, is in his forties and has always lived something of an unconventional life, especially since his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years ago. He runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyo’s famous book district which is home to hundreds of used bookshops, publishing houses and literary societies. Takako used to turn her nose up at Ojisan’s way of life but when he offers her the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store, she reluctantly agrees. In the months that follow, Takako surprises herself by discovering a passion for Japanese literature from the “Modern” period (1868–1945), partly thanks to recommendations from Ojisan and the bookshop’s loyal customers. She becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she befriends a graduate student who is waitressing there part-time, and she also meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house who’s going through his own messy breakup. Just as Takako is learning how to enjoy life again, Kashikoi gets back in touch which unearths all the negative emotions associated with their relationship. Ojisan notices the decline in Takako’s mood and when she finally tells him the whole story he is horrified at Kashikoi’s behaviour. Ojisan convinces Takako to take a cab to Kashikoi’s apartment at 11pm. They confront him and this gives Takako the closure she needs. Takako is infinitely grateful to Ojisan and her life starts to come back together again: she’s offered a job at a design company and she finds a new apartment. A year and a half later, Takako has the chance to return the favour and help Ojisan get closure on the mystery that has plagued him for the last five years: why his loving wife Momoko suddenly left him. When Momoko reappears and refuses to explain her absence, Takako senses that Momoko might not be comfortable sharing her reasoning with Ojisan but that she may open up to Takako. Momoko moves into the room above the bookshop and Takako visits often. They form a bond and go on a two-day trip to the Okutama Mountains in far western Tokyo. There, Momoko confesses that she left because Ojisan got so wrapped up in the bookshop that he was oblivious to the emotional turmoil she went through after the birth of their stillborn child. She always wanted children but had to have a hysterectomy. For her, it is all tied up in the guilt surrounding an abortion she had in her twenties. Takako tells Ojisan. He runs after Momoko, who is leaving again. She says she’ll return one day but he needs to get his own feelings in order before she comes back. When Momoko returns a year later, she and Ojisan enthusiastically embark on the next chapter of running the Morisaki Bookshop together, and Takako has begun to date the editor she met at the coffee shop.
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A Turtle Shell is Human Ribs
by Satoshi Kawasaki
If a part of human’s skeleton structure is like a animal…“Is the turtle’s shell same with human’s rib?” “Is flamingo's knee a human’s ankle !?” As we know at a picture book and zoo, but mostly we don’t know how animals' body works. This book describes them easily using human’s body.Turtle shell, elephant nose, bat hand ... You can understand the body parts of familiar animals. It is a completely new animal picture book!People often don't understand how animals' bodies work, even animals they see every day. This book explains the mechanisms of animal bodies by "transforming the human body" to take on animal features and proportions.A new “experiential” animal picture book with unique illustrations that make learning easier and more fun!
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January 2011Tracks and Signs - A Field Guide to Mammals of Japan
by Satoshi Kumagai/Mamoru Yasuda
The book covers tracks and signs of wild animals living in Japan, such as feeding signs and droppings. It highlights 34 familiar species and gives basic information such as their size, weight, distribution, and habitat. The photos give details of tracks, walking patterns, and other signs for each species, and enables readers to distinguish one species' signs from the other. As for droppings, the author not only explains about their appearances but smell, which are effective information to distinguish species. The book explains how to enjoy the field work, supplying details about where to pay attention, how to keep a record, how to take photographs and more. This book can also be used for a guide book of children's environment education.
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DatabasesSeptember 2019Blockchain for Beginners
by Yathish. R
Ever gone through hundred and ten resources for blockchain and still not able to figure out where to start off. Well this book would lay the foundation for most of the concepts that you would require to at least get started somewhere and scratch the surface of this hyped technology. From the different underlying technicalities to the diversity of platforms, from the variety of scenarios where Blockchain fits to understanding when it would be an overkill, from learning the two most important platforms to getting you started for creating your own applications on top of them, from various simple humorous references to intriguing exercises, this book aims to not only make you feel comfortable with the technology but also confident enough to ponder more about it.
