Tatami Days
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Tatami Days
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Author : Michael Guest
language : en
Publisher: Michael Guest
Release Date : 2020-02-29
Tatami Days written by Michael Guest and has been published by Michael Guest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-29 with categories.
"You see, Japan does not actually rest atop an infinite pile of turtles, but on the back of a giant carp . . ." In his mid-thirties, Australian freelance writer and PhD graduate Michael Guest headed for Japan on a whim, worked as tenured Professor in a national university, and stayed fifteen years. Memoir and cultural reflection, his captivating story is one of growth, adaptation and an ever-deepening appreciation of an enchanting, at times perplexing, society. The author is a specialist in modern literature and humanities, with many academic and media articles to his credit, alongside international academic conference lectures. Guest takes an intellectual step beyond other books on culture and the expatriate experience in producing a rich and witty read. In his original take on the creative non-fiction memoir, we pursue the elusive spirit of the country. Notably, the book offers an insider's view of the nuances of university and professional college cultures, and the challenges and opportunities encountered in a career in Japan. A very human account of a stranger in a strange land, Tatami Days is a series of adventures coming to grips with Japanese people and their culture. From everyday customs such as sake and chopstick etiquette; through temple practices, pachinko halls, and wonderful foods; to Noh, Kabuki and avant-garde theatre, we are taken right into the Japanese psyche. Social mores, conventions, historical background, and the underlying meanings of everyday actions are explored and reflected upon. Interactions with the Japanese are engaging, at times amusing, and illustrate the character of the people brilliantly. The Japanese have great reverence for the natural world, and the entrancing pictures Guest paints of scenery, historic places and city life are superbly executed, complete with underlying context. We are with the author, an honest, sensitive and insightful observer, for every faux pas, humorous or otherwise, that anyone might make, stepping into the unknown, discovering tools for understanding and connection. His journey is also one of self-discovery, enforced by isolation and the consciousness of being forever discerned as an outsider. Anyone fascinated with Japan and its people, or contemplating spending time there, will find this book to be particularly delightful and valuable. As a lived study in cross-cultural communication, Tatami Days offers insightful perspectives on developing cultural awareness, understanding and sensitivity. The book would make an excellent discussion raiser if used in an educational context, such as courses on Japanese life, or cultural awareness for international training and development.
Frommer S Japan Day By Day
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Author : Matt Alt
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-03-27
Frommer S Japan Day By Day written by Matt Alt and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-27 with Travel categories.
Folded, col. map in pocket on p. [3] of cover.
Computational Design Of Chemicals For The Control Of Mosquitoes And Their Diseases
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Author : James Devillers
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-12-15
Computational Design Of Chemicals For The Control Of Mosquitoes And Their Diseases written by James Devillers and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Medical categories.
There is a compelling need for new drugs and efficient treatments against mosquito-borne diseases. Environmentally safe, but effective insecticides that address the problems of resistance are required. Computational Design of Chemicals for the Control of Mosquitoes and Their Diseases explains how the search for new substances effective against mosquitoes and their diseases has benefited from the use of in silico techniques. QSAR modeling is suited to identify the key structural features and/or physicochemical properties explaining an activity and to propose candidate molecules for further evaluation by laboratory tests. Homology modeling is useful to approximate the 3D structure of proteins of interest. Pharmacophore modeling is a powerful means to capture the chemical features responsible for an activity and to identify new potentially active compounds via the virtual screening of databases. Fugacity modeling and a wealth of other modeling paradigms are useful for risk assessment in vector borne disease control.
The Japan Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Japan Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Japan categories.
The Times Week
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
The Times Week written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with East Asia categories.
Building Legislative Coalitions For Globalization In Asia
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Author : Megumi Naoi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-20
Building Legislative Coalitions For Globalization In Asia written by Megumi Naoi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-20 with Business & Economics categories.
This book argues that politicians, especially party leaders, liberalize trade by buying off legislative support with side-payments.
Combinatorial Algorithms
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Author : Costas S. Iliopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-11-10
Combinatorial Algorithms written by Costas S. Iliopoulos and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-10 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the thoroughly referred post-workshop proceedings of the 22nd International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms, IWOCA 2011, held in Victoria, BC, Canada, in July 2011. The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 71 submissions. A broad variety of topics in combinatorics and graph theory are addressed, such as combinatorics on words, string algorithms, codes, Venn diagrams, set partitions; Hamiltonian & Eulerian properties, graph drawing, colouring, dominating sets, spanning trees, and others.
Peasants Rebels Women And Outcastes
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Author : Mikiso Hane
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2004-09-01
Peasants Rebels Women And Outcastes written by Mikiso Hane and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-01 with History categories.
Uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country's booming economic growth.
Shinkenchiku
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Shinkenchiku written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Architecture categories.
The 5th Season New Year Ku Books 1 2 Of 4
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Author : Robin D. Gill
language : en
Publisher: Paraverse Press
Release Date : 2007
The 5th Season New Year Ku Books 1 2 Of 4 written by Robin D. Gill and has been published by Paraverse Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this book, the first of a series, Robin D. Gill, author of the highly acclaimed Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! and Cherry Blossom Epiphany, the largest single-theme anthologies of poetry ever published, explores the traditional Japanese New Year through 2,000 translated haiku (mostly 17-20c). "The New Year," R.H. Blyth once wrote, "is a season by itself." That was nowhere so plain as in the world of haiku, where saijiki, large collections called of ku illustrating hundreds, if not thousands of briefly explained seasonal themes, generally comprised five volumes, one for each season. Yet, the great doyen of haiku gave this fifth season, considered the first season when it came at the head of the Spring rather than in mid-winter, only a tenth of the pages he gave to each of the other four seasons (20 vs. 200). Was Blyth, Zen enthusiast, not enamored with ritual? Or, was he loath to translate the New Year with its many cultural idiosyncrasies (most common to the Sinosphere but not to the West), because he did not want to have to explain the haiku? It is hard to say, but, with these poems for the re-creation of the world, Robin D. Gill, aka "keigu" (respect foolishness, or respect-fool), rushes in where even Blyth feared to tread to give this supernatural or cosmological season - one that combines aspects of the Solstice, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, July 4th and the Once Upon a Time of Fairy Tales - the attention it deserves. With G.K. Chesterton's words, evoking the mind of the haiku poets of old, the author-publisher leaves further description of the content to his reader-reviewers. "The man standing in his own kitchen-garden with the fairyland opening at the gate, is the man with large ideas. His mind creates distance; the motor-car stupidly destroys it." (G.K. Chesterton: Heretics 1905)