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Origami paper with stunning Japanese traditional prints and fun and simple folding instructions! Amazing Origami Kit is designed for origami paper folders of all ages and all skill levels—from novices up to more experienced folders. It provides everything you need to create exciting and original origami art. The gorgeous folding...

**2020 Gourmand Food Culture Award Winner** With these fun, easy and delicious recipes, anyone can venture into the world of bento boxes-no special tools or containers necessary!Hosts of popular NHK World cooking show Bento Expo, Marc Matsumoto and Maki Ogawa share their bento-making expertise on the pages of this stunningly...

The beautifully illustrated new adventure from cherished friends and Sunday Times bestsellers BIG PANDA AND TINY DRAGON'James has a way to speak to your soul. This book is nothing short of comforting and heartwarming' VEX KING'While the drawings have the charm of Winnie-the-Pooh, the captions have the depth of ancient...

A powerful meditation on the nature and dangers of ego, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness is the Key, and Obstacle is the Way - over 1 million copies sold Re-read it each year. Its that important Derek Sivers, author of Anything You WantRyan Holiday...

Although many of us prioritize our physical health through exercise and healthy eating, we often forget to spend time boosting our mind, mood, and mental health. Yet the mind is the source of all our thoughts, words, and actions; when our thinking is unhealthy, our lives will be unhealthy--even if...

The legendary Samurai, and the sharp-edged katanas they mastered, are the point of this thrill-seeking guide to drawing swordfights, battle scenes and skirmishes. The Complete Guide to Drawing Dynamic Manga Sword Fighters provides a highly detailed series of lessons-ideal for digital artists-starting with the body, the fighter's stance and the...

The ultimate hustle is to move freely between the street and corporate worlds, to find your flow and never stay locked in the same position. This is a manifesto for how to operate in the twenty-first century, where everything has been turned on its head. Building on the runaway success...

Many people know of the Chow Kit district in central Kuala Lumpur, but not many know of the man it was named after. In The Legacy and Heritage of Loke Chow Kit, the vast history left behind by Loke Chow Kit and his Malaya that we know and love today...

Where Monsoons Meet attempts to lead a new path away from the beaten tracks. The history book of Malaya is refreshing in its highly readable and entertaining cartoon presentation. Content wise, it breaks new grounds by recounting Malayan history from the peoples point of view.

Flying Lizards invites you to get to know, and have access to, the rich oral tradition of the Orang Asli. Orang Asli oral tradition includes myths about their view of the world and its genesis; heroic accounts of revered personalities (whether real or fictitious); a catalogue of do’s and don’ts...

‘Rendezvous with Injustice – How a family survived hell after blowing the whistle on the 1MDB financial scandal’ Staggering new account by Laura and Xavier Justo is a plea for truth and justice — and reveals the human cost to blowing the whistle on the scandal of the century What...

State of Corruption: Power, Politics, and Policies in Malaysia offers compelling new empirical insights into the covert world of corruption. This book, a collection of three reports, is a penetrating assessment of the controversial, complex, and diverse ties between business and politics that have led to patronage, cronyism, collusion, nepotism,...

Gain Insights Into Parenting Across CulturesHave you ever wondered how people of different cultures raise their children? The authors of Raise Me Right travelled to different countries, interviewed parents and educators, observed children, visited schools, and checked out institutions of interest related to culture and child-rearing. Raise Me Right contains...

Buku ini ditulis dari perspektif sejarah rakyat dan mengandungi kisah-kisah individu yang pernah menyumbang kepada perjuangan kemerdekaan tanah air serta mereka yang hidup dan berjuang selepas merdeka untuk membela kepentingan rakyat demi mengisi kemerdekaan. Walaupun buku ini menampilkan sosok tokoh secara individu, namun di sebalik setiap tokoh itu, ada arus...

“A fascinating journey, well documented with precision and absolute detail. The thinking of the writer was clearly and candidly expressed for every move he made. The journey for the writer in the RMAF was not without major challenges. With the perseverance and love for flying and the Air Force, he...

A charming collection of quirky insights into Japanese culture. The Magic of Japan is writer Hector Garcia's intensely personal account of his fifteen years in Japan. A self-professed "otaku" or Japanese anime geek since childhood, Garcia has worked for a Japanese software company, mastered the language, and become one of...

Learn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page! Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are applicable to illustrators of...

In The Ikigai Journey, authors Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles take their international bestseller Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life a step further by showing you how to find your own ikigai through practical exercises, such as employing new habits and stepping outside your comfort zone....

In Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two distinct styles of sketching: Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings that capture the essence of the subject's posture and movement-perfect for recording athletic action poses in the momentMore finished tonal...

**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history.This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who-in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old-joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A...