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	1942, The Year That Tried Men's Souls • Winston Groom • HISTORY • Groom (Forrest Gump, A Storm in Flanders) brings to life the heroism, tragedy and trials of America's entry into the Pacific theater, including the brutal fight for Guadalcanal, in this popular, page-turning history. (WAR122, $15.00)
	The Abacus and the Sword, The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 • Peter Duus • HISTORY • In this scholarly analysis, Duus argues that Japanese aggression at the dawn of the 20th century was driven by both military and political gains (the sword), and economic gain (the abacus). (JPN254, $28.95)
	About This Life, Journeys on the Threshold of Memory • Barry Lopez • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of essays on far-flung travels -- both actual and internal -- by the wonderful writer and traveler. Lopez includes Galapagos, Hokkaido, Bonaire and Antarctica among the thoughtful essays. (GEN42, $13.95)
	After Dark • Haruki Murakami • LITERATURE • Set entirely between midnight and dawn over one long night in Tokyo, musicians, prostitutes, salaryman and students meet and mingle to haunting effect in Haruki Murakami's short cinematic novel. (JPN251, $13.95)
	After the Quake, Stories • Jay Rubin • Haruki Murakami • LITERATURE • Six haunting tales, set around the catastrophic earthquake that rocked Japan in 1995. (JPN336, $12.95)
	Ainu, Spirit of a Northern People • William Fitzhugh • ARCHAEOLOGY • A magnificently illustrated, handsomely produced overview of Ainu history, art and culture. (JPN101, $49.95)
	All She Was Worth • Miyuki Miyabe • MYSTERY • On leave after the death of his wife and a job-related injury, a police inspector returns to the force when his banker nephew's fiancee suddenly vanishes, and his investigation into her disappearance reveals troubling puzzles about the woman and her background. (JPN343, $13.95)
	Anthology of Japanese Literature from the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century • Donald Keene • ANTHOLOGY • A classic first published in 1955, this book presents great Japanese literature over the ages. (JPN12, $15.95)
	Architecture and Authority in Japan • William H. Coaldrake • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Japanese architecture and its relationship to political and religious power structures. (JPN112, $59.95)
	Art of Japanese Architecture • David Young • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This brief illustrated survey of 12,000 years of culture and history by the authors of The Art of the Japanese Garden features 400 photographs. (JPN312, $49.95)
	The Art of Setting Stones & Other Writings from the Japanese Garden • Marc P. Keane • NATURAL HISTORY • In these lyrical essays Kyoto-resident and landscape architect Marc Peter Keane takes eight gardens of his adopted home as a point of departure for reflections on nature, religion and aesthetics. (JPN124, $16.95)
	An Artist in the Floating World • Kazuo Ishiguro • LITERATURE • His second novel, Ishiguro weaves a tale of an aging artist in postwar Japan. (JPN58, $13.95)
	The Assassin's Touch • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN225, $6.99)
	Audrey Hepburn's Neck, A Novel • Alan Brown • LITERATURE • An exquisite short novel about contemporary Japan. This prize-winning work captures the eclectic, mixed-up society of contemporary Japan. (JPN14, $20.95)
	Autobiography of a Geisha • Sayo Masuda • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An unflinching remembrance of a tragic, abused life of a hot-springs geisha in pre-war Japan. Originally published in 1957, it's an enduring classic in Japan and is translated into English here for the first time. (JPN257, $20.95)
	The Battle for Okinawa • Yahara, Hirochimi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • First published in Japan in 1973, this enthralling personal account of the last great battle of WWII is from the viewpoint of the the senior staff officer of the Japanese 32nd Army. (JPN222, $19.95)
	Berlitz Japanese Phrase Book • Inc. Berlitz International • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 224-page phrase book and audio CD, this handy language primer focuses on food, people, fun and the basic phrases for getting around in another language. Compatible with iPod and MPS devices, this bestselling series is geared for travelers. (JPN316, $14.95)
	Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia • Mark Brazil • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN APRIL • Brazil's comprehensive guide, featuring 234 color plates, includes Japan, Taiwan and the islands along with the adjacent areas of the Asia from Kamchatka to Korea. (JPN332, $39.95)
	Birds of Europe, Russia, China and Japan: Volume Two, nonpasserines (Divers to Woodpeckers) • Norman Arlott • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN MAY • This second volume covers the nonpasserines (divers to woodpeckers). (EUR318, $29.95)
	The Birds of Heaven, Travels With Cranes • Peter Matthiessen • Robert Bateman • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • Matthiessen traveled with the cranes to Siberia, Japan, Mongolia, North America, China, Bhutan, East Africa, Australia, India and Texas for this handsomely illustrated, informative book. He interweaves his travels with insightful commentary on the conservation, ecology, and the significance of the crane in art and culture. (BRD11, $16.00)
	Black Lotus • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN229, $6.99)
	Black Rain • Masuji Ibuse • Johan Bester • LITERATURE • (JPN192, $12.00)
	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman • Haruki Murakami • LITERATURE • Murakami's revelatory collection of short fiction, set in Italy, Greece and his native Japan. (JPN252, $14.95)
	The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja, A Donald Keene Anthology • Donald Keene • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Keene tackles Japanese music, language, society and literature in these insightful pieces. (JPN15, $35.50)
	The Book of Tea, Classic Edition • Kakuzo Okakura • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A handsome, hardcover edition of Okakura's graceful, witty meditation on Japanese aesthetics and culture as reflected through the tea ceremony. The ink drawings at the head of each chapter are by Sesshu (1420-1506), greatest of Japanese painters in the same Zen tradition which inspired the tea ceremony. (JPN333, $18.95)
	Botchan • Natsume Soseki • LITERATURE • (JPN191, $22.00)
	Brilliance of the Moon • Lian Hearn • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • Part three in the epic Otori series of adventure novels for young adults, set among the battles and warriors of feudal Japan. (JPN277, $14.00)
	Buddhism, A Concise Introduction • Huston Smith • Philip Novak • RELIGION • A brief yet illuminating overview, discussing Theravada and other South Asian traditions in the first half and then Western traditions in the second. (ASA41, $12.95)
	Buddhist Art and Architecture • Robert Fisher • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia. (ASA30, $18.95)
	Bundori • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN232, $7.99)
	Cha-No-Yu, The Japanese Tea Ceremony • Arthur L. Sadler • A.L. Sadler • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic guide to the disciplined, enduring art of the Japanese tea ceremony. (JPN59, $14.95)
	Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Patterns of Japanese Culture • Ruth Benedict • Ezra Vogel • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Published in the aftermath of World War II, this brilliant exploration of the Japanese psyche and culture retains its interest today, as much for its perspective on the West as for insights about the Japanese character. (JPN23, $15.00)
	Classic Japanese Inns and Country Getaways • Margaret Price • GUIDEBOOK • Price, a journalist who has lived in Japan since 1982, describes favorite inns, often ancient, sometimes luxurious, in this essential, illustrated guide to the ryokan of your desire. (JPN182, $23.00)
	Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show • Richard Wiley • LITERATURE • A sword-swinging page-turner infused with a heady mix of Japanese etiquette, American ideals, and Machiavellian philosophy, Wiley's sparkling novel follows his award-winning Soldiers in Hiding. (JPN248, $24.00)
	Comrade Loves of the Samurai • Ihara Saikaku • LITERATURE • During the Tokugawa period, romantic relationships among samurai was permissible. This novel from the great poet explores this phenomenon. (JPN241, $14.95)
	The Concubine's Tattoo • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN231, $6.99)
	Confessions of a Mask • Meredith Weatherby • Yukio Mishima • LITERATURE • This powerful book is the story of the monk who burned the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. It's an unsettling portrait of society in Post-War Japan, and the coming of age of a complex, tragic figure who struggles with his homosexuality. (JPN18, $12.95)
	Confucius Lives Next Door, What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West • T. R. Reid • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of East Asian society by the former Tokyo bureau chief for the Washington Post. (ASA59, $14.95)
	A Cook's Tour, Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines • Anthony Bourdain • FOOD • In this deliciously funny book, Bourdain eats his way around the globe on a quest for the perfect (or perfectly odd) meal. From fried Mars Bars in Glasgow to cobra hearts in Cambodia, there's nowhere this wise-cracking chef won't go and nothing he won't try. (TVL90, $14.95)
	Crawling at Night • Nani Power • LITERATURE • Two nocturnal New Yorkers stumble through the nights in this atmospheric debut novel set in New York from a former sushi chef. (NYC83, $13.00)
	Culture Smart! Japan, A Quick Guide to Customs And Etiquette • Paul Norbury • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (JPN269, $9.95)
	Deep River • Shusaku Endo • LITERATURE • (JPN159, $13.95)
	The Devils Whisper • Miyuki Miyabe • LITERATURE • This chilling tale from Japan's bestselling mystery writer treads the genre border between horror and crime. Mamoru Kusaka, Miyabe's teenage amateur sleuth, investigates a string of grisly deaths while adjusting to a new life in Tokyo. (JPN294, $24.95)
	Dogs and Demons, Tales from the Dark Side of Japan • Alex Kerr • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A provocative analysis of current economic and social conditions in Japan. (JPN55, $17.00)
	The Dragon King's Palace • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN227, $6.99)
	The Dragon Scroll • I. J. Parker • MYSTERY • In this installment of the popular mystery series set in eleventh-century Japan, detective Sugawara Akitada travels to the province of Kazusa to investigate a theft. (JPN202, $14.00)
	During the Rains & Flowers in the Shade • Nagai Kafu • Lane Dunlop • LITERATURE • Two novellas set in red-light 1930s Tokyo, by a consummate Tokyo chronicler. (JPN106, $21.95)
	East Asia, Tradition and Transformation • John Fairbank • Edwin O. Reischauer • Albert M. Craig • HISTORY • A sprawling history of China and Japan, covering ancient through modern times. (ASA18, $171.96)
	East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons • Liza Crihfield Dalby • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • NEW • Dalby's captivating almanac, inspired by poetic traditions popular in 11th-century Japan. (JPN246, $24.95)
	Empire of Signs • Roland Barthes • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • In these marvelous, original and exasperating reflections, the great French semiotician comments of the signs and meaning of things Japanese. (JPN163, $13.00)
	The Empty Mirror, Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery • Janwillem van de Wettering • RELIGION • A candid account of novelist van de Wetering's experiences as a novice monk at Daitoku-ji Zen monastery in Kyoto in the late 1950s. (JPN164, $13.95)
	The Essential Haiku, Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa • Robert Hass • LITERATURE • A collection of haiku, tenderly translated, by three Japanese masters of the form. Edited by ormer Poet Laureate Robert Hass. (JPN93, $16.00)
	Everyday Life in Traditional Japan • Charles Dunn • Laurence Broderick • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A cultural portrait of daily life in Tokugawa Japan under rule of the shogun. (JPN68, $14.95)
	First Fish, First People, Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim • Meg McHutchinson • Judith Roche • One Reel • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of native voices from Pacific shores, all remembering the salmon. It's a lovely book, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and made more poignant by the salmon's decline in the coastal regions. (PNW116, $24.95)
	Five by Endo • Shusaku Endo • LITERATURE • (JPN158, $9.95)
	Five Women Who Loved Love • Ihara Saikaku • LITERATURE • An erotic Japanese novel first published in 1686. (JPN242, $15.95)
	The Floating World • James Michener • Howard A. Link • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Michener delves into the history of Japanese printmaking. (JPN57, $27.95)
	Fodor's Exploring Japan • David Scott • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to the history, culture and attractions of Japan. Includes walking tours and good neighborhood maps, and features color photographs. (JPN33, $22.00)
	Fodor's Japan • Josh McIlvain • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (JPN310, $25.95)
	Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 • Christopher Bayly • Timothy Harper • HISTORY • A gripping history of Britains WWII campaigns in India, Burma and Malaysia by two Cambridge University historians. (ASA45, $29.95)
	Frommer's Japan • Frommer's • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to travel in Japan. (JPN117, $24.99)
	Gambling with Virtue, Japanese Women and the Search for Self in a Changing Nation • Nancy Ross Rosenberger • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of diverse women, their aspirations and roles in Japanese society. (JPN129, $26.00)
	The Gardens of Japan • Teiji Itoh • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This beautifully illustrated overview of the history and tradition of gardens features 75 color photographs and astute essays. With a guide to 50 popular and representative gardens. (JPN38, $60.00)
	Geisha, A Life • Mineko Iwasaki • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The memoir of a celebrated Geisha, rich in details of life in Kyoto's Gion Kobu district. Iwasaki was the chief source of information for Arthur Golden's best-selling "Memoirs of a Geisha." (JPN131, $15.00)
	The Girl Who Played Go • Shan Sa • Adriana Hunter • LITERATURE • In this accomplished novel set in a Manchurian city in the war-torn 1930s, two young people -- one of each side of the conflict -- fall in love. (CHN214, $14.95)
	God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories • Tom Bissell • LITERATURE • Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea. (CAS117, $13.95)
	Grass for His Pillow • Lian Hearn • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • Part two in the epic Otori series of adventure novels for young adults, set among the battles and warriors of feudal Japan. (JPN276, $14.00)
	The Great Mirror of Male Love • Ihara Saikaku • LITERATURE • A fascinating glimpse in sexual practices of Tokugawa era Japan. From the creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose. (JPN243, $26.95)
	The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan • Christopher Benfey • HISTORY • The fascinating tale of a tightly-knit group of late Victorian travelers, scientists and adventurers dedicated to the idea of Japan. (JPN138, $14.95)
	The Harsh Cry of the Heron • Lian Hearn • MYSTERY • The surprise fourth installment, the epic conclusion of Lian Hearn's beloved, bestselling Tales of the Otori. (JPN249, $15.00)
	Haruko's World, A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community • Gail Lee Bernstein • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portrait of life in contemporary rural Japan. (JPN150, $23.95)
	Heaven's Net Is Wide • Lian Hearn • LITERATURE • A first installment in a three-part prequel to Across the Nightingale Floor follows the story of spiritual mentor Lord Otori Shigeru, who receives warrior training, forges a relationship with a tribe of mysterious assassins, and meets the Lady Maruyama. (JPN326, $26.95)
	The Heritage of Japanese Civilization • Albert M. Craig • HISTORY • A short social history of Japan from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century, written for an undergraduate audience. (JPN174, $46.67)
	Herons and Egrets of the World, A Photographic Journey • James Hancock • NATURAL HISTORY • A photographic survey of all 47 species and subspecies of herons. (BRD09, $29.95)
	Hired Swords, The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan • Karl F. Friday • HISTORY • A scholarly history of court-warrior relationships in the 7th to 12th centuries. (JPN146, $26.95)
	Hiroshima Traces, Time, Space, and the Dialectics of Memory • Lisa Yoneyama • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A unique examination of the Hiroshima tragedy and its legacy as told through first hand accounts and period texts. (JPN239, $25.95)
	The History of Gardens • Christopher Thacker • NATURAL HISTORY • A standard world history of gardens, well illustrated and wide-ranging, covering everything from Zen gardens in Japan to English country gardens. (GRD09, $41.95)
	A History of Japan • Conrad D. Totman • HISTORY • A revised edition of Totman's authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. Popular in university courses. (JPN199, $50.95)
	A History of Japan, From Stone Age to Superpower • Kenneth G. Henshall • HISTORY • A brief, accessible history of the economic transformation of Japan. (JPN133, $21.95)
	Hitching Rides With Buddha • Will Ferguson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • As irreverent as ever, Will Ferguson tracks cherry blossoms from Kagoshima to Rishiri Island in this rollicking report from the cultural frontlines in Japan. (JPN188, $14.00)
	How to Take a Japanese Bath • Leonard Koren • Suehiro Maruo • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In 12 stylized drawings well-known by manga artist Maruo shows a young Japanese man correctly enjoying a bath, a ritual of preparing, rinsing, soaking, communing, relaxing, contemplating. (JPN256, $9.95)
	How to Wrap Five Eggs, Traditional Japanese Packaging • Hideyuki Oka • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Largely constructed of bamboo, hemp twine, paper and leaves, the ingenious handmade wrappers, boxes and bowls reflect Japanese traditions and design. This new edition of Oka's 1967 classic features elegant black-and-white photographs of 221 authentic examples. (JPN329, $30.00)
	The Illustrated Book of Five Rings • Miyamoto Musashi • Thomas Cleary • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The original account of samurai philosophies and warfare by the swordsman and samurai Miyamoto Musashi, originally published in 1643. (JPN206, $24.95)
	In the Ring of Fire, A Pacific Basin Journey • James Houston • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lyrical narrative of the author's journeys through Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and California. (PAC45, $14.95)
	Insight Guide East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to the history, culture and traditions of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan featuring 250 color photographs and 16 maps. (ASA27, $24.95)
	Insight Guide Japan • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, illustrated guide to Japan. Half the book is devoted to a survey of attractions throughout the archipelago. Features full color maps. (JPN74, $23.95)
	Inspector Imanishi Investigates • Seicho Matsumoto • MYSTERY • In a police procedural by Japan's foremost master of mystery, Inspector Imanishi Eitaro, a typically Japanese detective fond of gardening and haiku, must follow a killer's trail across the social strata of Japan. (JPN345, $13.00)
	Introduction to Japanese Architecture • Michiko Kimura Young • David Young • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A brief overview of Japanese architecture from early settlement through the 20th-century with 270 watercolors and color photographers. (JPN171, $34.95)
	An Introduction to Zen Buddhism • Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki • RELIGION • A classic overview of the nature, practice and meaning of Zen, originally published in 1934 and with a 30-page introduction by Carl Jung. (REL55, $13.00)
	Island of Exiles • I. J. Parker • MYSTERY • Parker's hero Sugawara Akitada returns in a tale of gripping political intrigue. When an exiled prince is poisoned, Akitada is called upon to investigate and discovers a deadly conspiracy. (JPN262, $14.00)
	Japan and Its World, Two Centuries of Change • Marius Jansen • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Originally delivered as a lecture series in 1975, Jansen distills a lifetime of scholarship in this elegant essay on the ideas the Japanese have had of themselves, the United States, and the Western world over the last two centuries. (JPN221, $25.95)
	Japan Atlas, A Bilingual Guide • Kodansha International • GUIDEBOOK • This newly revised, one-of-a-kind guide features large-scale regional maps, as well as maps of major cities, tourist areas, transportation, national parks and historic spots. Kodansha's guide is the only atlas that includes place-names in English and Japanese on all 68 maps. (JPN208, $24.00)
	Japan Before Perry, A Short History • Conrad Totman • HISTORY • The 25th anniversary edition of Professor Totman's survey of Japanese civilization from its origins to the medieval and early modern period. (JPN305, $21.95)
	The Japan Journals, 1947-2004 • Donald Richie • Leza Lowitz • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of essays from the eminent film historian and observer of Japan. (JPN141, $29.95)
	Japan Rising, The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose • Kenneth B. Pyle • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Pyle (The Making of Modern Japan) effectively traces the rocky history of Japan as an economic and military power in this portrait of the island nation. (JPN296, $29.95)
	Japan Unbound, A Volatile Nation's Quest for Pride and Purpose • John Nathan • HISTORY • Nathan combines exhaustive research with his own first-hand experience to draw an insightful portrait of Japan's struggle to find its national identity since the catastrophic stock market crash of 1990. (JPN258, $25.00)
	Japan, A Reinterpretation • Patrick Smith • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A thoughtful, stimulating look at the country since World War II, targeting the role of the U.S. in creating modern Japan. Highly recommended. (JPN16, $15.95)
	Japan, A Short Cultural History • George A. Sansom • HISTORY • A classic overview of Japanese culture and history, originally published in 1931. (JPN151, $36.95)
	Japan, Its History and Culture • W. Scott Morton • HISTORY • An introduction to Japanese history, people and culture from ancient origins to contemporary society. With selections from Japanese literature and arts, anecdotes and illustrations. (JPN03, $18.95)
	Japan/Korea Political Wall Map • National Geographic • A National Geograpic wall map showing Japan and Korea. (JPN122, $14.99)
	Japan: Why It Works, Why It Doesn't • James Mak • Shigeyuki Abe • Kazuhiro Igawa • Shyam Sunder • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A brief social history of Japan organized as a series of 26 short essays on the economics of everyday life from pachinko and rice to vending machine, shopping, work and marriage. (JPN153, $20.00)
	Japanese Buddhism, A Cultural History • Yoshiro Tamura • RELIGION • A succinct history of Buddhism as it interacts with Japanese culture. From one of Japan's leading scholars of Buddhism. (JPN237, $14.95)
	Japanese Castles 1540-1640 • Stephen Turnbull • HISTORY • Turnbull charts the history, purpose and technical challenges of medieval Japan's castles and military fortifications in absorbing detail in this handy, illustrated guide. (JPN247, $18.95)
	Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830 • Donald Keene • HISTORY • An erudite but nicely written study of Japanese and Western interactions before Comodore Perry, much of which involved the Dutch presence in Nagasaki, first published in 1952. (JPN152, $21.95)
	Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Challenges and Options for the Twenty-First Century • Yutaka Kawashima • HISTORY • A though-provoking analysis by the man who was Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs. (JPN132, $32.95)
	Japanese Garden Design • Marc P. Keane • Haruzo Ohashi • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated introduction to the aesthetics and meanings of Japanese gardens. It relates the social, religious and historical contexts to landscape and garden design. (JPN52, $30.00)
	Japanese Inn • Oliver Statler • LITERATURE • Life over four generations at a country inn. An impressionistic overview of traditional Japan solidly based on actual historic events. Illustrated with 50 Japanese prints. (JPN39, $22.00)
	The Japanese Today, Continuity and Change • Edwin O. Reischauer • Marius Jansen • HISTORY • A wide-ranging, engaging survey of Japanese culture and society by two prominent historians. (JPN83, $25.00)
	Japanese Touch for Your Garden • Kiyoshi Seike • Masanobu Kudo • Haruzo Ohashi • GUIDEBOOK • A color guide to creating a Japanese garden with step-by-step instructions on design and planting, suggested garden plans and notes on plant care, illustrated with well known gardens. (JPN172, $25.00)
	Japanese, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (JPN177, $7.95)
	Japanese, Start Speaking Today • Language/30 • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Japanese, featured on compact disc with a phrasebook. (JPN224, $21.95)
	Kingdom of Beauty, Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan • Kim Brandt • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Brandt's thorough examination of the classic Japanese folk art movement shows that the discovery of "mingei" (folk art) by Japanese intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s was central to the complex process by which Japan became both a modern nation and an imperial world power. (JPN347, $23.95)
	Kitchen • Banana Yoshimoto • LITERATURE • Yoshimoto's dazzling English-language debut tracks the lives of two women in contemporary Japan. (JPN325, $13.00)
	Knopf Mapguide Tokyo • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • (JPN314, $9.95)
	Kokoro • Natsume Soseki • LITERATURE • Soseki's richly evocative, widely read 1914 novel, set during the Meiji period (JPN321, $14.95)
	Kyoto Map • Periplus Maps • This convenient map includes detailed information on Old Kyoto. It shows different sections of Kyoto and surrounding areas at a variety of scales, ranging from 1:12,000 to 1:500,000. (JPN27, $8.95)
	Kyoto, Seven Paths to the Heart of the City • Diana Durston • Katsuhiko Mizuno • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An oversize, nicely illustrated walking guide to seven historic districts in the city. Includes 100 color photographs and 8 very helpful full-color maps. The neighborhood descriptions are augmented by Durston's notes on architecture, food, crafts and festivals. (JPN119, $24.95)
	Kyoto, The Forest Within the Gate • John P. Einarsen • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN DECEMBER • A beautiful collage of photographs, personal encounters and scenes of Kyoto, with contributions by leading Kyoto writers. (JPN260, $19.95)
	The Lady and the Monk, Four Seasons in Kyoto • Pico Iyer • LITERATURE • Deeply romanticized, this short novel is nonetheless redolent in the places, sights and sounds of modern day Kyoto. Iyer writes with infectious charm the story of a young American man and his affair with a bored Japanese married woman. (JPN32, $14.95)
	The Last Shogun, The Life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu • Ryotaro Shiba • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The story of the 15th and last Tokugawa shogun, who launched a massive project of modernization that would foreshadow the Meiji Restoration. (JPN238, $14.00)
	A Lateral View, Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan • Donald Richie • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Insightful essays tackling the arts, society and culture of modern Japan by the reigning dean of critics. (JPN01, $14.95)
	Letters to Henrietta • Lisa Chubbuck • Isabella Bird • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This extremely enjoyable collection of letters back home capture the verve and spirit of the globe-trotting spinster from the Isle of Mull. (WLD39, $22.95)
	Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings • Ihara Saikaku • LITERATURE • A collection of fiction from the pioneering 17th century Japanese writer. (JPN245, $16.95)
	Life of Jesus • Shusaku Endo • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (JPN156, $11.95)
	Light Verse from the Floating World • Makoto Ueda • LITERATURE • An anthology of 400 often comic 17-syllable verse pomes that reflect daily life in Edo Japan. (JPN86, $25.00)
	Liquid Jade, The Story of Tea from Wast to West • Beatrice Hohenegger • HISTORY • Barbara Hohenegger takes in the tumultuous history of tea and the tea trade, a 5,000-year journey from Japan and China to the British Empire and beyond, in this captivating history. (ASA54, $24.95)
	Lonely Planet Kyoto • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical travel guide to Kyoto, covering history and culture, as well as its many temples, gardens and attractions. With day trips, 32 pages of maps and travel details, including chapters on Nara and Osaka. (JPN60, $22.99)
	Lonely Planet Tokyo • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style. (JPN100, $19.99)
	Lost Japan • Alex Kerr • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Originally appearing as a series of 15 articles in a Japanese magazine, long-time resident Kerr offers a wistful account of traditional culture and change in contemporary Japan. (JPN36, $10.95)
	The Lost Wolves of Japan • Brett L. Walker • NATURAL HISTORY • Drawing on Japanese history, literature, folklore and biology, Walker looks at the forces that caused the extinction of the wolves in Japan. (JPN215, $35.00)
	The Making of Modern Japan • Marius Jansen • HISTORY • An epic account of Japan and its transformation from feudal society to modern superpower. (JPN88, $24.50)
	The Makioka Sisters • Tanizaki Junichiro • LITERATURE • The story of a merchant family in prewar Osaka and the strugggle of four beautiful sisters to maintain their position in society after the death of their parents, also made into a delightful film by Ichikawa. (JPN41, $15.95)
	Memoirs of a Geisha • Arthur Golden • LITERATURE • A large print edition of the runaway best-selling novel about a geisha in the celebrated Gion district of Kyoto. A major feat of literary impersonation, the Golden's novel is rich in period detail and ceremony. (JPN217, $28.95)
	Memoirs of a Geisha • Arthur Golden • LITERATURE • An audio-book edition of the runaway best-selling novel about a geisha in the celebrated Gion district of Kyoto. A major feat of literary impersonation, the Golden's novel is rich in period detail and ceremony. As read by Elaina Erika Davis. (JPN218, $24.95)
	Midway, The Battle that Doomed Japan • Mitsuo Fuchida • HISTORY • A groundbreaking account of the Battle of Midway told from the Japanese perspective. (HWI58, $19.95)
	Mingei, Japan's Enduring Folk Arts • Amaury Saint-Gilles • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN JANUARY • This classic guide, first published in 1983, provides concise insights into Japan's most interesting contemporary folk art. Includes 116 entries with 130 illustrations and photographs. (JPN346, $12.95)
	Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan • John Roderick • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In the 1960s, before everyone was restoring a Tuscan villa or a Spanish hacienda, John Roderick had his minka, a 250-year-old thatched and pegged farmhouse outside of Tokyo. (JPN268, $24.95)
	Mishima's Sword, Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend • Christopher Ross • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Ross meditates on Japanese sword making, the culture of Japan, and the life and ritual suicide of the great Japanese writer Yukio Mishima in 1970. (JPN266, $15.95)
	Modern Japan • Peter Duus • HISTORY • An admirably clear, concise political, social, and economic history of Japan from 1800. (JPN255, $75.95)
	Modern Japanese Literature • Donald Keene • ANTHOLOGY • A sampling of Japanese literature from the 19th to 2 (JPN72, $15.95)
	Musashi, An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era • Eiji Yoshikawa • Charles S. Terry • LITERATURE • The classic samurai novel about the exploits of Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's famous swordsman and folk hero. Set in 17th-century Japan, it's a rousing, historical novel full of incident. (JPN168, $35.00)
	My Year of Meats • Ruth L. Ozeki • LITERATURE • A tale of two women: an American working for a Japanese TV show in the pocket of the beef lobby, and a depressed Japanese housewife who watches the show. It's a sharp satire of colliding cultures and the meat market that is also an engaging personal story. (jpn334, $15.00)
	The Naked and the Dead • Norman Mailer • LITERATURE • The 50th anniversary edition of Mailer's astonishing novel of a platoon fighting for the fictional Japanese held island of Anopopei. A rifleman in the Pacific during the war, Mailer brings documentary detail to the novel, published when he was but 25 and an immediate critical and commercial success. (JPN313, $16.00)
	Name of the Flower • Kuniko Mukoda • ANTHOLOGY • YOUNG ADULTS • COMING IN NOVEMBER • Mukoda offers over a dozen vivid short stories that portray the complexities, challenges and eccentricities of modern Japanese domestic life. (JPN261, $10.95)
	The Narrow Road to Oku • Basho Matsuo • Masayuki Miyata • Donald Keene • LITERATURE • FAMILY • Keene gives a precise and poetic translation, alongside the original Japanese characters, in this edition of the great poet Basho Matsuo's (1644-1694) famous journey to Oku. (JPN211, $25.00)
	Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches • Nobuyuki Yuasa • Basho Matsuo • LITERATURE • These marvelous prose-and-poetry sketches by the famous poet wanderer Basho (1644-94) invoke the mysteries of the cosmos manifest in the Japanese landscape. With some of the most perfect 17-syllable haiku ever composed. (JPN91, $13.00)
	National Geographic Traveler Japan • Nicholas Bornoff • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to Japan in National Geographic style. (JPN120, $27.95)
	Noguchi East and West • Dore Ashton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A good biography, by a talented writer about art. (ART16, $25.95)
	Norwegian Wood • Haruki Murakami • Jay Rubin • LITERATURE • A bestseller in Japan, this enthralling, erotic tale of a lonely college student in 1960's Tokyo put Murakami on the map as a master of modern literature. (JPN265, $13.95)
	The Other Japan, Voices Beyond the Mainstream • David Suzuki • Keibo Oiwa • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of interviews with activists and human rights workers in Japan. (JPN128, $18.95)
	Our Land Was a Forest, An Ainu Memoir • Kayano Shingeru • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This lovely memoir of life on Hokkaido in the years following WWII is also an account of the disappearing traditions of the Ainu people in the face of a modernizing nation. (JPN46, $34.00)
	Out • Natsuo Kirino • MYSTERY • In this well-received mystery, Masako Katori, a middle-aged wife and mother working the night shift at a Tokyo factory, strangles her abusive husband. (JPN196, $13.95)
	Perfectly Japanese, Making Families in an Era of Upheaval • Merry Isaacs White • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An anthropological analysis of the changing nature and structure of the family in Japan over the past 100 years. (JPN169, $22.95)
	The Perfumed Sleeve • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN226, $6.99)
	The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria • Laura Joh Rowland • MYSTERY • (JPN228, $6.99)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Japanese • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Japanese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (JPN175, $19.95)
	The Rarest of the Rare, Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds • Diane Ackerman • NATURAL HISTORY • This collection of six marvelous essays includes Ackerman's visit to the Po�o das Antas Biological Reserve, home to the world's only remaining population of wild golden lion tamarin. She also includes chapters on the Hawaiian monk seal, short-tailed albatross and monarch butterfly. (BST26, $12.95)
	Rashomon Gate • I. J. Parker • MYSTERY • This installment in the popular series set in eleventh-century Japan takes detective Sugawara Akitada to the Imperial University in Heian Kyo, which is now Kyoto. (JPN203, $14.00)
	Read Japanese Today • Len Walsh • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A classic guide to the pictorial origins, meaning and pronunciation of 300 common characters. (JPN110, $14.95)
	Red Chrysanthemum • Laura Joh Rowland • LITERATURE • In the 11th title in Rowland's series of page-turners set in 17th century Japan, samurai Sano Ichiro searches for the murderer of his pregnant wife. Rich in drama, atmosphere and historical detail. (JPN220, $24.95)
	Religion in Contemporary Japan • Ian Reader • RELIGION • A collection of case studies of religious practices, festivals and rituals. (JPN127, $19.00)