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Created specifically for fans of Japanese "cool culture," A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available.This new edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters on Japanese video games, architecture, and a special section on visiting Kyoto. Reinvented for the internet age, it's packed with personal essays and hundreds of photographs, presenting all the touchstones of both traditional and contempora...

I am not the typical fan you’d expect to see at a hockey game, but I grew up playing and watching it because of who my dad is.He’s the coach, and one of my favorite people.I love everything about the sport…except the players. They’re entitled and often alpha Neanderthals and I’d rather not deal with them.I refused to attend for a long time, but a twist of fate has me sitting on the bench at every game now. My fishnet stockings, witchy outfits, and combat boots aren’...

WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION**Named One of The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023One of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 | A Top Ten Book of 2023 at Chicago Public LibraryA new book by the Pulitzer Prize**–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity.In Our Migrant Souls, the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Héctor Tobar delivers a definitive and per...

AVAILABLE NOW: The Four-Way Path, a guide to how Indian spirituality holds the key to a life of happiness and purpose - the new book from the bestselling authors of Ikigai.THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERFind purpose, meaning and joy in your work and lifeWe all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. The place where yo...

Find happiness by living fully in the present with this definitive guide to ichigo ichie--the Japanese art of making the most of every moment--from the bestselling authors of Ikigai and The Four-Way Path.Each moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever--an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie (pronounced itchy-GO itchy-A). Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone o...

The Number One Colombian Bestseller Oblivion is a memorial to the author's father, Héctor Abad Gómez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his murder by paramilitaries in 1987. A work of deep feeling and consummate skill, it paints an unforgettable picture of a man who followed his conscience and paid for it with his life, during one of the darkest periods in Latin America's recent history. Oblivion has been magnificently translated into English by Anne McLean, two-time winner of...

Antonio Bernal is a Guatemalan refugee in Los Angeles haunted by memories of his wife and child, who were murdered at the hands of a man marked with yellow ink. In a park near Antonio's apartment, Guillermo Longoria extends his arm and reveals a sinister tattoo—yellow pelt, black spots, red mouth. It is the sign of the death squad, the Jaguar Battalion of the Guatemalan army.This chance encounter between Antonio and his family's killer ignites a psychological showdown between these...

Paco Ignacio Taibo II is one of the most popular and influential authors in Latin and South America. His endlessly inventive, highly-political detective novels, featuring the idiosyncratic private eye Hector Belascoaran Shayne, are set in the teeming landscape of Mexico City, a combustible mix of poverty, tragic class warfare, the anarchic and absurd. For Shayne it is a world that can bring tears one moment and blood the next.An Easy Thing is the first nov...

This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these:Book 1: Stoicism is a concept that has been studied more and more lately. The philosophy that dates back all the way to Socrates has been significant in many people’s lives. So, today, we will expand on what stoicism is, where it originated from, and how you can use it in your life to become a better person and achieve more.On top of that, we’ll discuss how the Golden Rule (do unt...

The story follows the adventures of a young orphan girl named Perrine who, after the death of her mother, finds herself alone and destitute in the world. With nowhere else to turn, Perrine sets out on a journey to find her grandfather, a wealthy and influential man who is unaware of her existence. Along the way, she encounters various challenges and forms relationships with a diverse cast of characters, including kind-hearted strangers and cunning adversaries.As Perrine navigates her way t...

The Techno Empire’s cruel reign and boundless ambition have the universe in a chokehold, but one obstacle remains before them: The Metabaron. The Metabaron once single-handedly brought the Techno-Techno Empire to its knees. In the chaos that followed, however, a new regime has taken hold, one that has seized control of the rare and vital fuel for intergalactic travel known as epiphyte. As the Metabaron launches a counter-offensive, the Empire will send its most feared soldiers to defend th...

An immersive look at Japan's indigenous religion and how it can impact daily lives.In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime Japan resident and bestselling author Hector Garcia (Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and The Book of Ichigo Ichie) offers an engaging introduction to the history, principles, and continuing influence of Shintoism in Japan. Garcia takes readers on a time traveling journey to witness Shinto's ric...