One Peace Books is a publisher of visually compelling literature. We pub-lish contemporary and unseen Japanese literature for the western world and original English-language short story collections, novels, how-to books, and graphic fiction and nonfiction. Our books push the boundaries of new thought and progress in publishing. We believe that quality literature should reach people all over the world, regardless of borders or race.

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- Size: 5.75 x 8.25- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Religion / Graphic Novels

- Advance reader copies available - Sample chapter book available - Coop available - 20 million Bibles are sold annually, with 4 in the average U.S. household - The only illustrated Bible on the market that is authentic Japanese manga

Variety Art Works produced this work. They are a manga production leader noted for sales topping 2.8 million books.

Enjoy the stories and lessons of the Old and New Testaments in a unique format—the Japanese comic-book style known as manga. Whether you are well versed in Scriptures or are reading the Good Book for the first time, this illustrated Bible is vivid and entertaining no matter your level of devotion. Translated from the original Japanese, this is the premiere manga Bible.

The Bible: A Japanese Manga Rendition

- 978-1-935548-10-2- March 2012- Price: $18.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 576

- Size: 8 x 10- Full Color photos thoughout- Audience: 4 – 8- Category : Children’s Non-fiction

- 978-1-935548-11-9- April 2012- Price: $16.95- Binding: HC- Pages: 32

- Blads available - Targeted mailing to educators - Reviews on parenting blogs and websites - Submitted for awards

Takashi Owaki is a photographer from Nagoya Japan. He has a degree in architecture from Mie Prefecture University and has studied at the International Center of Photography in New York. His work has been exhibited in New York and Tokyo.Visit his website at www.joylifechildren.com.

Dreams Around the WorldDreams Around the World takes you on a once-in-a-lifetime journey and introduces you to thirteen children between the ages of four and eight who share their dreams for the future, as well as their day-to-day lives. From Finland in the north to Argentina in the south, from Mexico in the west to China in the east, you will meet girls and boys who dream about becom-ing doctors, jockeys, and even kung fu masters…just like you.

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Schoolgirl

- 978-1-935548-08-9- Oct 2011- Price: $11.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 106

- Size: 5 x 7- Audience: General Trade- Category : Literary Fiction

Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) is one of the most highly respected author’s of modern Japan and is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese literature. He was widely known by contemporaries for his eclectic lifestyle, inventive use of language, and his multiple suicide attempts, which led to his final, successful attempt in 1948. His two major novels, No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, continue to be widely read and leave a vi-brant legacy for one of Japan’s greatest writers.

The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai’s career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social struc-tures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai’s life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the reader a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.FA

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“Move over, Holden Caulfield. A new brooding teenager has arrived.”- USA Today

“A short work, it packs a powerful punch. This is a book to be enjoyed by fans of good literature in any language.”- San Francisco Book Review

“Dazai is able again and again to make one word do the work of twenty.”- Genji Press

“Schoolgirl is reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye, yet pre-dated that novel by twelve years.”- New Pages

“Schoolgirl is a small but perfect crystal, capturing in words this most common yet ephemeral period of female adolescence.”- PaintersColic

- Size: 5.75 x 8.25- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Graphic Novels

- 978-1-935548-07-2- Oct 2011- Price: $16.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 472

Doton Yamaaki is the name for a husband and wife storytelling team. To-gether they have won numerous awards for graphic fiction, including the Chi-ba Tetsuya Young Dept. Award and the Japanese Manga Open’s Watase Seizou Award. This is their first work to be translated into English.

Breathe Deeply

A battle ensues over life and death, belief and science, ethics and progress. Two boys, Sei and Oishi, fall madly in love for Yuko. Her loss wreaks havoc in their young lives, bitter memories cease to fade, and their tender hearts cling to the dream of a world where debilitating illness disappears in the face of sci-ence. But what would happen if they discovered that all they believed was a lie? Is there still a chance that their suffering may end? Will mercy and love prevail?This exhilarating masterpiece of graphic fiction will force you to forget what you know about manga.

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Breathe Deeply is a masterfully woven tragedy that will inevitably leave read-ers in tears. It’s a powerful, deeply moving story which absolutely belongs on the bookshelf of every reader that appreciates exceptional comic literature.- AnimeNation

- 978-1-935548-09-6- Oct 2011- Price: $19.95- Binding: HC- Pages: 32

- Size: 9.5 x 8- Full Color illustrations thoughout- Audience: Ages 6 – 8- Category : Children’s Fiction

Save the Himalyas

Rima Fujita was born in Tokyo and has lived in New York since 1979. She studied at Parsons School of Design and has exhibited her work internationally to much acclaim. In 2001, Rima established Books for Children, an organization that produces children’s books and donates them to orphans and disadvantaged children around the world. She is the author of several books, including Wonder Talk, which was officially selected as recommended reading by the United Nations and award-winning TB Aware. Rima has received special recognition from several Nobel Peace Laureates, including the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Betty Williams.

On a magical journey through the Himalayas on the back of a crane, a brother, sister, and baby snow leopard learn the importance of our precious environ-ment. While on a mission to find the lost leopard’s home, Zompa, Gonpo, and Norbu learn responsibility for the world around them. Written in Tibetan, English, and Japanese, this tale is decorated with vibrant, lush artwork that celebrates the Tibetan landscape.

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“Rima Fujita focuses on the importance of the Himalayan region and various threats it faces. The natural world is our home; it is where we all live. There-fore it is in our interest to look after it.”

-The Dalai Lama

Takahashi was on the same path as the average Japanese young man—going to college to become a company man—when he had a revelation: why not quit school and open a bar? While many may have thought this wasn’t the best decision, it turned out to be very successful. This is the story of how anybody can do anything and everything his heart desires.

- Size: 6 x 9- B/W Photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Biography

- 978-1-935548-05-8- March 2011- Price: $14.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 240

Ayumu Takahashi has authored fourteen books which have sold over 1.4 million copies. He is the president of three of his own companies and regu-larly volunteers in impoverished nations around the world. Takahashi is pres-ently on his second open-ended journey around the world.

Adventure Life: A Life of Freedom with the Ones You Love

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- Size: 5.3 x 8.2- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Business / Self-Help

- 978-1-935548-06-5- March 2011- Price: $19.95- Binding: HC- Pages: 208

Takumi Yamazaki is a best-selling author in Japan. He has authored ten suc-cessful titles in the category of business which have sold a cumulative total of over 800,000 copies. A self-made millionaire, Takumi travels around the world giving seminars on motivation. He presently lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Do you have plenty of motivation, but it fades away just when you need it? This book takes knowledge and inspiration from motivation specialists and distills it into something easy to understand. Thirteen exercises and seventeen techniques illustrate points to help you take the steps to keep, bring back, or find the motivation you need to make the shift into who you want to be.

Shift: 13 Exercises to Make You Who You Want to Be

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- Size: 5.75 x 8.25- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Graphic Novels

- 978-1-935548-03-4- Oct 2010- Price: $16.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 328

Yumiko Shirai is a self-made illustrator and author. This is her first majorwork in Japan and marks her U.S. debut. It took Yumiko a total of ten yearsfrom conceptualization to completion for this work of visual artistry.Yumiko’s work has also appeared in various magazines, newspapers, andchildren’s educational books.

The world has been annihilated and an evil bestial deity must be appeased. Saki, a young girl trying to escape destiny, finds refuge in an unusual and rough line of work. But she has been chosen for an unthinkable role: a princess must be sacrificed to the monster Yamata-no-Orochi at the fifty-year Tenken Festi-val. Can Manaka, the man who is in love with her, follow her into this abyss to save her from fate, only to discover the dark secret of the ceremony?Winner of the prestigious Japan Media Festival Arts Award, this stunning work of graphic fiction takes the reader into a whole new realm. Combining Japanese mythology in a post-apocalyptic setting, this book presents a new style of Japanese manga.

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Lyzz Yamazaki is an experienced and prominent therapist who has conducted over 15,000 sessions. She has written many therapy books based on her experience and knowledge and is a well known and popular writer in Japan. Her books have sold a total of 250,000 copies. Out of her many books, My Life achieves the same effect as actual therapy and has been acknowledged to be effective by many readers.

Zen Ohashi is a foremost expert business management coach in Japan whose methods have been utilized at major international corporations. Born and raised in Japan, he moved to the United States in 1998 where he co-founded a successful viral marketing company.

- Size: 6 x 9- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Self-Help

- 978-0-9785084-9-4- March 2010- Price: $12.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 128

- Size: 6 x 9- B/W Photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Business / Self-Help

- 978-0-9785084-8-7- March 2010- Price: $14.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 170

WOW: A Handbook for Living My Life: A WorkbookThis new approach to self help by Lyzz Yamazaki, who has fourteen years of experience in self-improvement counseling, gives readers the opportunity to realize the same results that are achievable through therapy sessions, but in a compact book. By posing 254 questions, the author helps readers discover their true selves through reflection and searching.

Zen Ohashi is a master management coach whose methods have been in-troduced to more than seventy major corporations, including Exxon-Mobile, Fuji-Xerox, British Airways, Canon, Honda, and Mitsubishi.In this volume he has created a method for living—a way you too can be suc-cessful and powerful in your everyday life. Thirty-one phrases are coupled with simple methods and short explanations designed to implement empowerment and change lives of readers.

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- Size: 5 x 7- Monotone illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Science

- 978-0-9785084-4-9- Sept 2009- Price: $12.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 120

Hitoshi Nakagawa is a former JAXA space exploration officer. After studying in America, he returned to Japan and taught in an American university before assisting the Japanese space development program. He now lives in Osaka and teaches high school.

Can we live on the moon? Is time travel possible? Why is the sky blue? Your questions about space are answered here in simple language by Hitoshi Nak-agawa, a former Aerospace Development Specialist turned high school teacher. The mysteries of the universe have never been so easy to grasp, with the help of clear explanations and charming crayon diagrams. The World’s Easiest As-tronomy Book is for anyone who has ever looked up at the stars and wondered.

- Size: 6 x 9- Full color Photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Biography

- 978-1-935548-02-7- May 2010- Price: $16.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 256

Ayumu Takahashi has authored fourteen books which have sold over 1.4 million copies. He is the president of three of his own companies and regularly volunteers in impoverished nations around the world. Takahashi is presently on his second open-ended journey around the world.

After returning from a two-year trip around the world chronicled in Love and Free, Ayumu Takahashi was up for another adventure. This time it would happen right in his own backyard, the southern islands of Okinawa, Japan. Here he suddenly came up with an idea that would change his life. He would build a self-sustaining island village, a place where all are welcome to stay and enjoy the beautiful tropical surroundings. But it turned out to be no easy task. Com-bating opposition with a lot of hard work, Ayumu and his companions overcame all kinds of obstacles to create their little piece of paradise.

The World’s Easiest Astronomy Book

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Island Story: A True Story of a Never-Ending Summer

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Takashi Kobayashi, a popular tree house creator featured in the New York Times, examines be-ing an outcast in a rigid society of rules and conformity and finding salvation in the trees. The author’s photography and writings, accompanied by the poetry of William Blake, adorn this alternative to your average tree house book. The title takes things one step further by describ-ing how tree house living is a lifestyle and philosophy, not simply a means of making coffee table books.

Takashi Kobayashi is a tree house creator. A pioneer in Japan, he creates tree houses based on style, design, and sensitivity. In 1994, he met the world authority on tree house architecture, Peter Nelson, and took a part in the annual World Tree House Conference held in Oregon as the only Japanese participant. He started the Japan Tree House Network in 2000 and estab-lished Tree House Creation LLC in 2005.

- Size: 6.3 x 8.6- B/W and color photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Biography / Architecture- DVD included

- 978-0-9785084-6-3- Sept 2009- Price: $24.95- Binding: HC- Pages: 160

- Size: 5.75 x 8.25- Full Color Photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Travel

- 978-0-9785084-7-0- Sept 2009- Price: $24.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 320

Ayumu Takahashi has authored fourteen books which have sold over 1.4 million copies. He is the president of three of his own companies and regularly volunteers in impoverished nations around the world. Takahashi is presently on his second open-ended journey around the world.

This travel journal is a vicarious backpacker’s dream that provides readers with the inspiration to get out of the daily grind and get moving. Journal entries that read like poetry from the soul are accompanied by photography and original artwork. Packaged and designed in full color, this book includs over 170 photos. The author’s national fan base, an estimated readership of over a million, agrees that this book provides the motivation needed to get out and experience the glory of the world in all its grandeur and beauty.

Love & Free: Words & Photos Collected from the Streets Around the World

Treedom: Treehouse Is an Expression of Freedom

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- Size: 5.75 x 8.25- B/W illustrations thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Dieting / Graphic Novels

- 978-0-9785084-3-2- Sept 2009- Price: $12.95- Binding: TP- Pages: 176

Shiho Torii is a well known author and illustrator of numerous titles on health and beauty. She has received much acclaim from her blog, which is ranked number one under the illus-tration division of most visited blogs in Japan and has garnered the respect of many young women. She presently lives in Kawasaki, Japan.

Who hasn’t worried about their weight at one time or another? This how-to comic based on one young woman’s struggles with her weight presents an amusing new way to look at dieting. The hard issue of dieting is presented in the humorous style of Japanese manga. Twenty-seven diets are put to the test, from macrobiotics to a diet that uses experimental NASA equipment to hypnosis.

- Size: 6.3 x 7.6- B/W Photos thoughout- Audience: General Trade- Category : Business / Self-Help

- 978-0-9785084-5-6- Sept 2009- Price: $19.95- Binding: HC- Pages: 160

Fumitada Naoe was born in a shantytown in Taiwan. Determined to be the top entrepreneur in the world, he was propelled by the death of a loved one to overcome the discrimination he had faced throughout his life. He started his own company in Japan with virtually no experi-ence or funds and built it to a thirty million dollar business within in a year. Fumitada’s mus-ings are as inspiring as they are moving.

A philosophy for life is explored by Fumitada Naoe, a man who took himself from the depths of an Asian shanty town through the bitter discrimination of a wholly homogenized society to the heights of success in one of the world’s most economically powerful nations. His philoso-phy for living, told through poetic essays and emotionally charged photography, isn’t about how to create wealth, but how to live one’s life with love, passion, and to the fullest.

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So I Need to Lose 15 Pounds

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Live with Meaning. Die with Passion.

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