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  • The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods: Volume 1

    by Yanagi ...
    Series Book 1 - The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
    Growing up deep in the forest, Misha is a thirteen-year-old girl learning how to craft medicine from nature’s bounty, but she’s also picked up a tremendous amount of knowledge from her mother, an estranged member of a distant tribe of remarkably skilled apothecaries. When tragedy draws the pair out of their forest home, Misha finds herself confronted with a grim truth: all the knowledge in the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods: Volume 2

    by Yanagi ...
    Series Book 1 - The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
    After a surprisingly long journey, Misha arrives in the Kingdom of Redford. Her identity as one of the People of the Forest grants her an exceptionally warm welcome, though her first taste of high society ends up being a bit bewildering for her. However, it’s not long before she’s back in her element. After a few days of living in Redford Castle, she encounters the king’s younger sister, a frail ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Beauty of Everyday Things

    by Soetsu Yanagi ...
    Translated by Michael Brase ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be natural and simple, sturdy and safe - the aesthetic result of wholeheartedly fulfilling utilitarian needs. ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods: Volume 3

    by Yanagi ...
    Translated by Nathan Macklem ...
    Series Book 3 - The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
    The ball on the first evening of the Moonflower Festival ends as a resounding success, and though exhausted from the previous long night, Misha jumps at the chance to experience the second day of the festival in the city among the common people. As the celebrations draw to a close, she finds herself looking for ways to spend the remainder of her time with the friends who will be leaving in the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods: Volume 4

    by Yanagi ...
    Translated by Nathan Macklem ...
    Series Book 4 - The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
    With the help of a tremendous number of the People of the Forest—and some unexpected friends Misha had abroad—the crisis in Redford was contained. Though the devastation wrought by the last plague was averted this time, the event still served as a sobering reminder of how much more Misha has to learn. And as grateful as Misha was to see the People of the Forest turn out in such numbers to help, a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Folk Arts of Japan

    by Hugo Munsterberg, Soetsu Yanagi ...
    With dozens of lovely photographs and insightful commentary, The Folk Arts of Japan deals with a rediscovered branch of Japanese art.Although these folkcraft creations have their roots in the country's ancient and colorful art tradition, their unassuming grace makes them unmistakably in harmony with modern functional design.The author, Dr. Munsterberg brings to his work the fruits of four years of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods: Volume 5

    by Yanagi ...
    Translated by Nathan Macklem ...
    Series Book 5 - The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods
    Though Misha and Ryne didn’t plan on traveling to the People of the Forest’s village with much urgency, it seems every time they turn around, there’s some crisis or emergency clamoring for their attention. With the realization that they are months behind schedule, Ryne decides to make up some of their lost time by boarding a ship to carry them to the Ourenge Alliance. Misha quickly becomes a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Japanese Commons in the Coastal Seas

    How the Satoumi Concept Harmonizes Human Activity in Coastal Seas with High Productivity and Diversity

    by Tetsuo Yanagi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The author proposed the satoumi concept, analogous to the satoyama concept on land, as “coastal sea with high biodiversity and productivity in harmony with human interaction” in 1998. The concept for environmental conservation in the coastal seas has been widely accepted and was included in the Japanese national policy of “Strategy for Establishment of an Environmental Nation” in 2007. This book ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Corporate Governance and Value Creation in Japan

    Prescriptions for Boosting ROE

    by Ryohei Yanagi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This is the first book to furnish a root cause of the low valuation of Japanese listed companies by using, as qualitative evidence, unique global investor surveys, which are rarely available for Japanese companies. Also contained in this book as quantitative evidence is empirical research with regression analysis implying a positive correlation between corporate governance and value creation in ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Satoumi Science

    Co-creating Social-Ecological Harmony Between Human and the Sea

    Edited by Shinichiro Kakuma, Tetsuo Yanagi, Tetsu Sato ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book guides readers to the new concept of “Satoumi” and explains how its practice works to solve challenges in complex social-ecological systems of coastal areas. The book describes the significance of Satoumi Science as a transdisciplinary process. It starts with introducing the definition of Satoumi, highlights the important distinction between active measures (direct actions to improve ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Integrated Coastal Management in the Japanese Satoumi

    Restoring Estuaries and Bays

    Edited by Tetsuo Yanagi ...
    Integrated Coastal Management in the Japanese Satoumi: Restoring Estuaries and Bays provides an in-depth exploration of the integrated costal management (ICM) used in the Japanese Satoumi. The lessons of Satoumi―coastal areas where biological productivity and biodiversity have increased through human interaction―are important for the rest of the world, given the political consensus reached in ... Read more

    $112.99 USD

  • Eutrophication and Oligotrophication in Japanese Estuaries

    The present status and future tasks

    Edited by Tetsuo Yanagi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents lessons learnt from Japan’s past, in relation to coastal waters, industrial pollutants and concentrated urban populations. It examines ecosystem damage and pollution in coastal sea areas and addresses the question: What is the present status of Japanese estuaries from the view point of eutrophication and oligotrophication? The authors describe three typical situations, namely ... Read more

    $89.99 USD