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The objective of the conference was to provide a forum for engineers, architects and scientists to discuss a broad range of research and design methods for various problems related to snow engineering. Specialists in building and civil engineering, environmental engineering, energy engineering, urban planning, and regional development as well as snow scientists were brought together for the conference.

The technical sessions were in five thematic areas as follows: Snow technology and science; Building and construction engineering; Infrastructure and transportation; Housing and...

Someone has been blackmailing members of the Public Morals Club into resigning Mafuyu and Hayasaka have figured out what got Akki and Okegawa to quit, but Yui rejoined the student council and they haven't seen him for days. Worried about their friend, they break into his room to find him. But Yui's defection wasn't coerced--and he's more...

Hope I'm in for a good time, I thought. Even if it's just for tonight. Set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo, Set My Heart On Fire tells the story of Izumi in her turbulent twenties.

Through a series of disarmingly frank vignettes, author Izumi Suzuki presents an unforgettable portrait of a young woman encountering missteps and miscommunication, good music and unreliable men, powerful drugs and disorientating meds. Izumi usually keeps her relationships short but complicated, until she meets Jun. Set My Heart on Fire is a visceral novel about...

Successful career woman Asuka Takanashi has an old-fashioned dream of getting married and becoming a housewife. After her long-term boyfriend breaks up with her to pursue his own career goals, she encounters popular newscaster Ryu Nanami. Asuka and Ryu get along well, but the last thing he wants is to ever get married. This levelheaded pair who want the opposite things in life should never get involved, except...

In Light of Shadows is the long-awaited second volume of short fiction by the Meiji-Taisho writer Izumi Kyoka. It includes the famous novella Uta andon (A story by lantern light), the bizarre, antipsychological story Mayu kakushi no rei (A quiet obsession), and Kyoka's hauntingly erotic final work, Rukoshinso (The heartvine), as well as critical discussions of each of these three tales. Translator Charles Inouye places Kyoka's literature of shadows (kage no bungaku) within a worldwide gothic tradition even as he refines its Japanese context. Underscoring Kyoka's relevance for a...

1000 und zwei Märchen!

Amun, eine Stadt wie aus einem arabischen Märchen... in Armut wächst dort ein Elfenkind heran. Dessen "Schwester" arbeitet hart, damit das Geschwisterchen lesen und schreiben lernt, da ein geächtetes "Langohr" sonst überall ausgegrenzt wird. Doch was bringt die ganze Bildung, wenn man all die schönen Bücher der Bibliothek nicht lesen darf, weil einen der Bibliothekar immer wieder vor die Tür setzt?

Eines Tages gibt es mächtig Aufregung in der kleinen Stadt, denn die Bibliotheksaufseher von Af'shak - der Stadt des Wissens - reisen...