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A SUMMER CONFESSION?

It’s summer break, and Mugi and the gang are spending it at the beach. Mugi has made up his mind to finally tell Yuu how he feels about her, but it’s not an easy task. Luckily (or maybe unluckily), Mugi’s best pal, Kazuki, is there for support Kazuki enters Mugi and Yuu in the Best Couple Contest in hopes of putting them in the mood. But Mugi and Yuu end up with more than they bargained for!.
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Zen experience defies all thinking and linguistic description and simply affirms what is evidently real. "The ordinary way -- that precisely is the Way". After questioning the nature of reality, the Zen student discovers that what remains is what is. Although it seems that Zen would not lend itself to philosophical discussion, that all conceptualization would dissolve in light of this empiricism, in this volume, the author demonstrates that the "silence" of Zen is in fact pregnant with words.

A variety of topics are discussed: the experience of satori, ego and egolessness. Zen sense and nonsense, koan practice, the influence of Zen on Japanese painting and calligraphy and much more..
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I LOVE YUU

Poor Mugi Tadano . . . The sixteen-year-old is heartbroken after his girlfriend moves away. To ease his troubled state, Mugi takes a summer job at his friend Kazuki’s beachside snack bar/hotel on a tropical island. It seems like the perfect plan–until Kazuki sets Mugi up on a date with Yuu, who’s supposed to be, well, a little less than perfect. When Yuu arrives, however, she’s not the monster that either of the boys had imagined. In fact, Yuu is about the cutest person that Mugi has ever seen. But after Mugi accidentally walks in on Yuu in the bath, the girl is steamed. When trying to apologize the next day, he discovers that Yuu has left the shores of paradise. Mugi vows to search high and low for the beautiful Yuu, but will he ever see her again?.
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A SPECIAL PRESENT

It’s finally time for Mugi to act on his crush for Yuu, but wishy-washy Mugi is helpless on his own, so his friends concoct a simple plan for success Step One: Hold Yuu’s hand. Step Two: Hug her. Step Three: Kiss her! But Mugi has a secret weapon. Yuu has given Mugi a special birthday gift certificate that grants him any favor he desires. Whoa! This could be the best birthday ever!.
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A NEW TEMPTATION

When Mugi’s strapped for cash, good ol’ Tetsu-san comes to the rescue. Tetsu sends Mugi to help out at a friend’s restaurant for a week, but Mugi’s new boss isn’t what he expected Hana Hanayama is a super-cute high school girl who runs the restaurant with her father. She’s a demanding boss, but Mugi is completely captivated. After all, Hana is the spitting image of Mugi’s ex-girlfriend Hinako. Though Mugi has sworn that he “only has eyes for Yuu,” can he fight off the temptation that is Hana Hanayama?.
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In this deeply learned work, Toshihiko Izutsu compares the metaphysical and mystical thought-systems of Sufism and Taoism and discovers that, although historically unrelated, the two share features and patterns which prove fruitful for a transhistorical dialogue. His original and suggestive approach opens new doors in the study of comparative philosophy and mysticism.
Izutsu begins with Ibn 'Arabi, analyzing and isolating the major ontological concepts of this most challenging of Islamic thinkers. Then, in the second part of the book, Izutsu turns his attention to an analysis of parallel concepts of two great Taoist thinkers, Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu. Only after laying bare the fundamental structure of each world view does Izutsu embark, in the final section of the book, upon a comparative analysis. Only thus, he argues, can he be sure to avoid easy and superficial comparisons. Izutsu maintains that both the Sufi and Taoist world views are based on two pivots--the Absolute Man and the Perfect Man--with a whole system of oncological thought being developed between these two pivots. Izutsu discusses similarities in these ontological systems and advances the hypothesis that certain patterns of mystical and metaphysical thought may be shared even by systems with no apparent historical connection.
This second edition of Sufism and Taoism is the first published in the United States. The original edition, published in English and in Japan, was prized by the few English-speaking scholars who knew of it as a model in the field of comparative philosophy. Making available in English much new material on both sides of its comparison, Sufism and Taoism richly fulfills Izutsu's motivating desire "to open a new vista in the domain of comparative philosophy.".
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SMOOCH!

When Mugi and Yuu miss the last train home after a late night out, a friendly restaurant proprietor, Tetsu-san, invites them in from the cold. Impressed by Mugi’s passion for cooking, Tetsu offers him a job . . . which is how Mugi comes to meet the gorgeous eighteen-year-old Aoi-san, a wandering artist (and kissing machine) who is deeply in love with Tetsu. Unfortunately, Tetsu isn’t interested, but hey . . . a kissing machine’s gotta kiss somebody, right? It turns out that nobody is safe from Aoi-san’s smooches, not Tetsu, not Mugi . . . not even the unsuspecting Yuu-chan!.
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RUMORS IN THE AIR

Mugi Tadano is the happiest high school kid in the world. Not only does he get to live with his super cute classmate Yuu Tsukisaki, but his dad is rarely home. It almost seems too good to be true. Enter Kiku Murakami–the hottest, most popular girl in school. Kiku can have her pick of any guy, and she’s chosen Mugi! The one thing that stands in her way is Yuu. Kiku’s solution? Destroy the competition by any means necessary When Kiku unleashes a series of hurtful rumors about Yuu, it’s up to Mugi to clear Yuu’s name and save her reputation. But can Mugi resist the charms of the sexiest girl in school?.
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