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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Ainu, Spirit of a Northern People
William Fitzhugh
ARCHAEOLOGY
A magnificently illustrated, handsomely produced overview of Ainu history, art and culture.
(JPN101, $49.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Architecture and Authority in Japan
William H. Coaldrake
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Japanese architecture and its relationship to political and religious power structures.
(JPN112, $59.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Assassin's Touch
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN225, $6.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Black Lotus
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN229, $6.99) |
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Black Rain
Masuji Ibuse
Johan Bester
LITERATURE
(JPN192, $12.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Botchan
Natsume Soseki
LITERATURE
(JPN191, $22.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Bundori
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN232, $7.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Concubine's Tattoo
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN231, $6.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Deep River
Shusaku Endo
LITERATURE
(JPN159, $13.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Dragon King's Palace
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN227, $6.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Five by Endo
Shusaku Endo
LITERATURE
(JPN158, $9.95) |
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Five Women Who Loved Love
Ihara Saikaku
LITERATURE
An erotic Japanese novel first published in 1686.
(JPN242, $15.95) |
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The Floating World
James Michener
Howard A. Link
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Michener delves into the history of Japanese printmaking.
(JPN57, $27.95) |
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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) |
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Fodor's Japan
Josh McIlvain
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually.
(JPN310, $25.95) |
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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) |
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Frommer's Japan
Frommer's
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, practical guide to travel in Japan.
(JPN117, $24.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Japan, A Short Cultural History
George A. Sansom
HISTORY
A classic overview of Japanese culture and history, originally published in 1931.
(JPN151, $36.95) |
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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) |
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Japan/Korea Political Wall Map
National Geographic
A National Geograpic wall map showing Japan and Korea.
(JPN122, $14.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
LITERATURE
Yoshimoto's dazzling English-language debut tracks the lives of two women in contemporary Japan.
(JPN325, $13.00) |
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Knopf Mapguide Tokyo
Knopf Guides
GUIDEBOOK
(JPN314, $9.95) |
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Kokoro
Natsume Soseki
LITERATURE
Soseki's richly evocative, widely read 1914 novel, set during the Meiji period
(JPN321, $14.95) |
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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.
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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) |
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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.
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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.
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Life of Jesus
Shusaku Endo
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
(JPN156, $11.95) |
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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.
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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) |
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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) |
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Lonely Planet Tokyo
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A compact, practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style.
(JPN100, $19.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Modern Japan
Peter Duus
HISTORY
An admirably clear, concise political, social, and economic history of Japan from 1800.
(JPN255, $75.95) |
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Modern Japanese Literature
Donald Keene
ANTHOLOGY
A sampling of Japanese literature from the 19th to 2
(JPN72, $15.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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National Geographic Traveler Japan
Nicholas Bornoff
GUIDEBOOK
A guide to Japan in National Geographic style.
(JPN120, $27.95) |
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Noguchi East and West
Dore Ashton
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A good biography, by a talented writer about art.
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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.
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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.
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Perfumed Sleeve
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN226, $6.99) |
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The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
Laura Joh Rowland
MYSTERY
(JPN228, $6.99) |
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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) |
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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 Poço 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.
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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) |
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Read Japanese Today
Len Walsh
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A classic guide to the pictorial origins, meaning and pronunciation of 300 common characters.
(JPN110, $14.95) |
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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) |
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Religion in Contemporary Japan
Ian Reader
RELIGION
A collection of case studies of religious practices, festivals and rituals.
(JPN127, $19.00) |
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