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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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TREASURES OF JAPAN

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36 Views of Mount Fuji, On Finding Myself in Japan

36 Views of Mount Fuji, On Finding Myself in Japan


by Cathy Davidson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A thoughtful set of witty reflections on Japan, Japanese culture and the adventure of living overseas by a talented writer who taught at an all women's university in Japan in the 1980s. (JPN65, $23.95)

70 Japanese Gestures

70 Japanese Gestures


by Hamiru-aqui

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 158 PAGES

A clever guide to body language and slang in Japan as demonstrated in 70 witty black-and-white photographs and explanatory text. (JPN193, $9.95)

The Art of the Japanese Garden

The Art of the Japanese Garden


by Michiko Kimura Young | David Young

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

An illustrated profile of aristocratic gardens, graveled courtyards, Zen and other Japanese gardens, featuring 250 color photos. (JPN181, $55.00)

Black Arrow

Black Arrow


by I. J. Parker

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Detective Akitada must solve a series of brutal slayings in the northern city of Echigo. (JPN201, $15.00)

Dave Barry Does Japan

Dave Barry Does Japan


by Dave Barry

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 210 PAGES

Good will ambassador and columnist Barry takes no prisoners in this outrageous commentary on Japan and its culture. (JPN234, $15.00)

Everyday Life in Traditional Japan

Everyday Life in Traditional Japan


by Charles J. Dunn

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

This detailed evocation of traditional Edo Japan portrays all walks of life -- samurai, farmers, courtiers, priests, outcasts and merchants -- with hundreds of marvelous black and white illustrations. (JPN331, $16.95)

Eyewitness Guide Japan

Eyewitness Guide Japan


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

Dazzling illustrations, architectural cutaways and color photographs, along with useful local maps, give this guide to Japan's many attractions a distinct edge. (JPN130, $28.00)

Fodor's Tokyo's 25 Best

Fodor's Tokyo's 25 Best


by Fodor's Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES
  • COMING IN JUNE

A shirt-pocket map and practical guide. (JPN05, $12.99)

Getting Wet, Adventures in the Japanese Bath

Getting Wet, Adventures in the Japanese Bath


by Eric Talmadge

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

Tokyo-based Talmadge journeys from seaside resorts to mountain retreats and megaplexes in this cultural history of Japan through the tradition of the bath. (JPN197, $22.00)

Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo


by Melanie Trede | Lorenz Bichler

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A sumptuous, large format edtion of the 19th-century ukiyo-e masterpiece, a series of lively woodblock prints of bustling Edo, now known as Tokyo, reproduced from the rare complete set at the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. (JPN330, $39.99)

Japan Bilingual Map

Japan Bilingual Map


by Kodansha International

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER

This full-color double-sided map includes the entirety of Japan at a scale of 1:500,000, as well as individual maps of Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya and Fuji-Hakone. (JPN209, $14.95)

Japanese Culture

Japanese Culture


by Paul Varley

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

Valery traces cultural trends from the emergence of Japanese civilization through the present age, touching on religion, gardens, tea ceremony, the visual arts, theatre, literature and cinema. (JPN84, $24.00)

Korea, A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

Korea, A Walk Through the Land of Miracles


by Simon Winchester

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Winchester, in his familiar and engaging style, blends travel, history and reporting in this insightful account of a walk across Korea in 1988. With a map and black-and-white photographs. (KOR16, $13.99)

Lonely Planet Kyoto

Lonely Planet Kyoto


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

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)

Old Kyoto, A Guide to Traditional Shops and Inns

Old Kyoto, A Guide to Traditional Shops and Inns


by Diane Durston

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Wonderful, elegant essays on carefully chosen shops, often in out-of-the-way neighborhoods. (JPN24, $22.00)

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon


by Shonagon Sei | Ivan Morris

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Exquisite short essays and vignettes of Japanese court life in the Heian period. (JPN76, $17.00)

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories


by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

Modern and pre-modern clash in this crisp new edition of Akutagawa's celebrated stories. (JPN317, $17.00)

Seeing Kyoto


by Juliet Winters Carpenter | Sen Soshitsu

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 96 PAGES

In this oversized visual celebration of Kyoto and neighboring Nara, long-time resident Carpenter presents the cobblestone streets, temples, gardens, history and traditions of the ancient capital. (JPN180, $35.00)

Tokyo, A View of the City

Tokyo, A View of the City


by Donald Richie

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 142 PAGES

Richie's literate essay on the culture, history and fabric of Tokyo, where he's lived for 50 years, is structured as a geographic tour starting at the Imperial Palace and branching out. With black-and-white photos. (JPN90, $25.00)

Unsui, A Diary of Zen Monastic Life

Unsui, A Diary of Zen Monastic Life


by Giei Sato

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1973
  • PAPER
  • 142 PAGES

The daily life of the monastery as depicted in 97 watercolor sketches. Giei Sato looks back at his time as an apprentice with warmth and grace. (JPN145, $22.00)

Zen and Japanese Culture

Zen and Japanese Culture


by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 503 PAGES

Suzuki describes Zen, its ideas, origins and practice in simple, poetic language, conveying how the Zen emphasis on simplicity has shaped a Japanese aesthetic. A classic by the hugely influential Zen master, first published in 1959. (JPN338, $29.95)

 

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