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CATEGORIZED LIST OF IWANAMI SHOTEN PUBLICATIONS Single volumes Prize-winning academic and popular titles on the humanities, social and natural sciences, novels, and essays. Annually, around 200 titles are published in this category. Complete Works, Selected Works Annotated volumes of the works of great philosophers such as Plato, Kant, Hegel and Suzuki Daisetsu; of literary giants such as Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai; and of pioneering intellectuals such as Maruyama Masao. Iwanami also publishes classics from Western and Eastern traditions in the fields of philosophy, literature, the humanities and the social sciences. Iwanami Lecture Series Collections of academic treatises and essays by scholars of world and Japanese history, philosophy, sociology, chemistry, mathematics, immunology and other fields. Iwanami Textbooks Serialized and single volume textbooks for university students covering beginning to advanced levels. Art books Editions depict Japanese and foreign masterpieces such as Hiroshige: Famous Landscapes of Japan, André Kertész Collected Photographs and Etruscan Paintings. Iwanami Bunko (Iwanami Library of Classics) Paperback series includes Western and Eastern classics which represent mankind's intellectual and cultural heritage. Launched in 1927, over 2,800 titles have been published. Iwanami Library of Modern Works A paperback series launched in 2000 to pass the intellectual heritage of the latter half of the 20th century into the next. Iwanami Shinsho (Iwanami Paperbacks) Paperback series that covers a wide range of topics. Some titles in this series have become best-sellers of over 1 million copies. 2,000 titles have been published since its inception in 1938. Iwanami Active Paperbacks A new paperback series that offers practical information for everyday life in an easy to understand manner to a wide readership including business people and housewives. Iwanami Junior Paperbacks Introductory series aimed at middle and high school students and young adults written in a clear and to-the-point style. Children's books Classic children's books by Japanese and foreign writers such as A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, and Michael Ende's Never Ending Story (Die Unendliche Geschichte) and Momo. Iwanami Library of Juvenile Literature Reasonably priced paperback series of masterpieces in the children's books genre. Started in 1950, 300 titles including C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles and Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle have been published in this series. Iwanami Pamphlet Series Clearly written pamphlet series on urgent social issues and timely problems, written concisely by experts in their fields. Magazines Monthly: Sekai (World), Kagaku (Science), Tosho (Books). Bimonthly: Bungaku (Literature). Also 8 quarterly and annual magazines. Dictionaries First and foremost is the Japanese language dictionary Kojien. Iwanami also publishes dictionaries on physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, economics, history of thought and philosophy, Japanese history, Buddhism, biographical data, Japanese proverbs, and foreign languages such as English, Russian, and Chinese. Electronic Publishing Iwanami Shoten pioneered the use of CD-ROMs in response to developments in new media, and continues to work with new technologies to offer its readers information in a variety of formats.