[PD] Japanese PD books

[Pagano, Patrick]

Hello

I was browsing on Amazon and I found quite a few books in Japanese written about pure data. I am wondering if there are any translations of these out there? I am currently reading the multimedia programming with pd and it seems nice so far but I am hoping and wondering if there is a more GEM focused book out there? 

Also, I wanted to pose/ask this question again regarding sequential patch playback. Peter and Marian's extended view toolkit kind of do this a little bit but I am wondering again if there is any way to configure or program pd to play a patch and then transition to another patch so that pd may be used for theatrical performances. I currently use Isadora for this but I still wish I could use pd for this purpose. I have fashioned playlist- but i would love to go from one Gem scene to the next with timed fades. I kind of can achieve to with pd & syphon on Mac but my main theatre computer right now is a windows box. 

Does anyone share this desire with me?