After the Crash: The Future of Finance by Yasuyuki Fuchita, Richard J. Herring, Robert E. LitanRequirements: .PDF reader, 2,1 MBOverview: As the global economy continues to weather the effects of the recession brought on by the financial crisis of 2007 08, perhaps no sector has been more affected and more under pressure to change than […]
Yasuko Ando Stained Glass Works by Masayuki Kozono Requirements: .ePUB reader, 4 MBOverview: This e-book is a collection of photographs of the work of Yasuko Ando, a stained glass artist living in Tsurui Village, Hokkaido, Japan. She was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido in 1940. She has lived as a housewife in a family with a […]
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo by Miyuki MiyabeRequirements: .ePUB reader, 314 KBOverview: In old Edo, the past was never forgotten. It lived alongside the present in dark corners and in the shadows. In these tales, award-winning author Miyuki Miyabe explores the ghosts of early modern Japan and the spaces of the living world workplaces, families, […]
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria WhelanRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2mbOverview: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Japanese provincial governors had to travel between the cities of Kyoto and Edo (modern-day Tokyo). This 300+ mile journey on the historic Tokaido Road required the presence of one to three thousand attendants (carriers). Yuki’s father has […]
Flexible, Wearable, and Stretchable Electronics (Devices, Circuits, and Systems) by Katsuyuki SakumaRequirements: .PDF reader, 28mbOverview: Remarkable progress has been achieved within recent years in developing flexible, wearable, and stretchable (FWS) electronics. These electronics will play an increasingly significant role in the future of electronics and will open new product paradigms that conventional semiconductors are not […]