Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: volume, jack, black
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-03-23
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1934287741
ISBN-13: 9781934287743

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats.  Though highly trained, he freelances without a license because he disdains the medical establishment. This leads to run-ins with the authorities and unscrupulous, sometimes criminal, individuals.  Because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil my the medical industry.  The Black Jack series is told in short stories.  Volume 10 will contain 14 stories, each running approxim

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: part, kirihito, ode
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2010-03-30
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1934287970
ISBN-13: 9781934287972

Kirihito Osanai is a young doctor who’s just been introduced to the Monmow disease, which transforms humans into dog-like beasts and kills them within a month of the metamorphosis. While studying the pathology of the disease Kirihito himself becomes an unknowing guinea pig for his hospital’s research into it. Under the auspices of research, Kirihito is sent to a remote village in the mountains, where he contracts the Monmow disease himself, and through a series of misfortunes, becomes estranged from his beautiful fiancee, Izumi Yoshinaga (the daughter of his hospital’s Direct

Author: Kentaro Kobayashi
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: comfort, noodle, cooking, japanese, easy
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-06-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1934287571
ISBN-13: 9781934287576

Easy Japanese Cooking: Noodle Comfort features a collection of more than 50 delicious, easy-to-make noodle recipes. There is also a section of side dishes and dessert recipes to accompany your noodle entrees. Categories and recipes include:Chinese Noodle Dishes:· Basic Noodles / Cold Noodles / Sesame and Chicken / Cold Basic Noodles / Minced Pork and Cucumber / Thai Noodles / Tofu and Kudzu Sauce / Ramen Noodles / Chicken SobaUdon Soba (Wheat Noodle, Buckwheat Noodle) Dishes:· Curry Udon / Curry Soba / Healthy Vegetable Soba / Plain Noodles / Cold Noodles with a Warm Sauce / Duck Meat and No

Author: Masaaki Sato
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: guide, executive, leaders, toyota
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-12-16
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1934287237
ISBN-13: 9781934287231

Six decades ago, Toyota was an embarrassment. Today, they are the auto- industry leader. The Toyota Leaders: An Executive Guide tells how they did it, and in such a way that allows readers to apply the lessons. Discover how Toyota is more than just a series of good business moves, but a culture first put into place by its founders and built on through the years. Not a corporate history, Sato uses Toyota’s past to contextualize his discussion as he focuses on the company’s unique business strategies. - Find out why an innovative vehicle like the hybrid Prius came from Toyota and not

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: song, apollo
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2007-06-08
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1932234667
ISBN-13: 9781932234664

In a continuing effort to show Americans the more literary and adult side of Osamu Tezuka’s manga-graphic novels, Vertical proudly introduces Apollo’s Song, the story of Shogo, a troubled young man who has no faith in love. When his misanthropy reaches its peak, he is met by the Goddess of Love, who condemns him to an eternity of heartbreak.

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: vol, jack, black
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2009-11-17
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 193428761X
ISBN-13: 9781934287613

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community’s hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations.Black Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capita

Author: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Keywords: volume, jack, black
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-01-19
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1934287733
ISBN-13: 9781934287736

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though highly trained, he freelances without a license because he disdains the medical establishment. This leads to run-ins with the authorities and unscrupulous, sometimes criminal, individuals. Because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil my the medical industry.The Black Jack series is told in short stories. Volume 9 will contain 14 stories, each running approximately 20 p