To the Western world, Ibuse Masuji is known primarily as the author of Black Rain, a document of the atomic holocaust and perhaps modern Japanese literature's most important contribution to the world of letters. In Japan, where is career has spanned six decades of revolutionary historical and social change, his popular novels, stories, essays and poems have won that nations' highest literary awards. John Whittier Treat's illuminating study of Ibuse is "an inquiry into the life and writings of a man brave enough to attempt a story that, in the view of more than one Hiroshima survivor, was "beyond words." Treat's analysis is the first comprehensive critical work on Ibuse outside of Japan. He provides a key to Ibuse's extraordinary writings, making his Japanese subject accessible to a Western audience. Moving beyond conventional distinctions between Ibuse's earlier and later works, Treat synthesizes a framework in which to read and understand Ibuse as a whole. He begins with a question: why and how did this author come to write Japan's most acclaimed novel of the Hiroshima bombing? His answer is organized chronologically and thematically, incorporating elements of both biography and literary criticism. He translates extensively from Ibuse's works and from interviews with the author. Pervasive themes, motifs, and images are developed and interrelated throughout the short stories, essays and early novels of the 1920s and 1930s, wartime journals, and the historical fiction based on the accounts of castaways in Edo period Japan. Ibuse's quintessential humor and irony culminate in the powerful realism of Black Rain and his postwar writing. Ibuse's voice emerges clearly. His message is human; his subject is man as a survivor. Treat's book reveals an author whose complex themes "explore what binds man to his world--not, as is so often the case with modern fiction, what separates him." To this end, says Treat, Ibuse's work is about the work of literature, about coming to terms "with the power of words to prescribe as well as describe how we see ourselves complete in a fractured world."

Living Well is a book for anyone who wants to get the most out of life, with clear answers about health, diet, exercise, and personal habits that can make all the difference. Living Well is the only program that incorporates all the elements of good health into one whole life plan by using Six Pillars: Thinking Well, Eating Well, Moving Well, Sleeping Well, Hosting Well, and Staying Well. Written by health and nutrition expert Greg Horn in the same engaging and accessible style that made Living Green a best seller, Living Well connects the science to the art of Living Well, consolidating the latest scientific research into common sense insights and offering a prescriptive action plan that readers can incorporate into their lives. What’s more important than Living Well? We only get one life to live. How can we make it our best? Greg Horn is a leading innovator in healthy and sustainable business, with two decades of experience in developing and managing companies associated with personal health, nutrition, and environmental sustainability. Greg is CEO of Specialty Nutrition Group, Inc., a development firm focused on commercializing nutrition innovation. He is former CEO of both Garden of Life, currently the top brand in the natural channel, and General Nutrition Centers (GNC), the world’s largest specialty retailer of nutrition products. He was chairman of Royal Numico’s North American Executive Committee, which oversaw the company’s $2.5 billion specialty retail, mass market, and direct selling operations in North America. He has co-founded several branded nutrition and healthy living companies and Nutrition Capital Network. Greg is author of the best-seller Living Green and co-founder of Eco Shoppe. Greg is holds an MBA from UCLA and a BA (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Redlands.

Chlorine's story includes food, war, and so much more. This book covers the mysterious discovery of chlorine and a case of mistaken identity. Readers explore how it is used to both keep people safe from disease and bacteria, while at the same time used as a weapon of mass destruction. Readers also get a peek inside the inner workings of the atom. A helpful periodic table of elements is included, as well as links to helpful websites and other books for further reading on chlorine.

This volume includes extended and revised versions of a set of selected papers from the International Conference on Electric and Electronics (EEIC 2011) , held on June 20-22 , 2011, which is jointly organized by Nanchang University, Springer, and IEEE IAS Nanchang Chapter. The objective of EEIC 2011 Volume 1 is to provide a major interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new approaches from Electronics and Signal Processing, to foster integration of the latest developments in scientific research. 133 related topic papers were selected into this volume. All the papers were reviewed by 2 program committee members and selected by the volume editor Prof. Wensong Hu. We hope every participant can have a good opportunity to exchange their research ideas and results and to discuss the state of the art in the areas of the Electronics and Signal Processing.