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Small Firms and Innovation Policy in Japan
Using comparative studies and original research, this book discusses the extent to which the Japanese economy encourages entrepreneurship and innovation.
Imitation and Creativity in Japanese Arts
The idea that Japanese art is produced through rote copy and imitation is an eighteenth-century colonial construct, with roots in Romantic ideals of originality. Offering a much-needed corrective to this critique, Michael Lucken demonstrates the distinct character of Japanese mimesis and its dynamic impact on global culture, showing through several twentieth-century masterpieces the generative and regenerative power of Japanese arts. Choosing a representative work from each of four modern genres—painting, film, photography, and animation—Lucken portrays the range of strategies that Japanese artists use to re-present contemporary influences. He examines Kishida Ryusei's portraits of Reiko...
Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art
Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art offers a comparative art and socio-historical analysis of selected images of familial intimacy in Asia and Europe from the pre-modern era to the present day based on an examination of the value systems and expectations existing at the time in the regions in which the works were created. A wide variety of images are discussed ranging from family portraits and depictions of the home in seventeenth-century Dutch genre paintings, ukiyoe prints and fusuma sliding wall panels of the Edo period, to familial images made after the Korean War of 1950-53, providing the reader with a rare insight into the evolution East and West of the cultural norms and customs impacting on the family and personal space.
His Heir, Her Honor
After his exile, Carlos of the San Renaldo royal family became a surgeon in the US. But his relationship with Laila, longtime friend and hospital lawyer, became strained after a one-night affair—their dreamlike moment of passion had serious consequences. When Laila told Carlos of her pregnancy, he insulted her by telling her that in order for the child to inherit his title, its paternity must be certain. Offended, Laila resolved to raise the child alone. A few days later, however, Carlos suddenly appeared and, while they awaited the results of the child’s parentage, invited Laila on a weeklong vacation to repair their relationship.
Science, the State and the City
The book is about the link between science and business - how discoveries made in academic laboratories are taken up by venture capitalists and investors, and converted into products which, if they are successful, provide treatments for disease and may generate substantial returns for investors.
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SATURDAY'S CHILD
Seeking a fresh start in life, Abigail finds a job as a live-in nurse and travels from London to the Netherlands. It’s at her employer’s residence that she meets Dominic van Wijkelen, the dashing doctor—handsome but grumpy, cold yet alluring. Abby senses that he hates her and maintains her distance from him, but when her current job ends, van Wijkelen approaches her with a job offer. Perplexed, Abby accepts—and finds him smiling brilliantly. Didn’t he hate her? What does that smile of his mean?
DAREDEVIL
A young girl is kidnapped and held in a cave for a week before her miraculous rescue. For her family, it was a nightmare that they'd like to put behind them. For writer Trisha Maxwell, it's a chance for a major article?and a major bonus. Trisha's tasked with getting close to the family, and while Gary might jump at the chance to invite her into the Vareen family’s inner circle, Raoul has his suspicions about this mysterious reporter.
THE TYCOON PRINCE
As a special envoy of the kingdom of Marique, Clarissa is to visit America. Her task is to bring back Jake, the only possible heir to the throne after the crown prince and his son passed away. Clarissa manages to get him to agree to go with her after much persuasion. She spends time with Jake as he unveils a novel new idea and finds herself drawn to this wild and uninhibited man!
