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  • The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami

    In an “other world” composed of language—it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest—a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami’s characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterparts—people without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Dog Man

    An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain

    Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain is a stunning portrait of the Japanese rebel who single-handedly rescued the 4,000-year-old Akita dog breed.At the end of World War II, there were only 16 Akita dogs left in Japan. Morie Sawataishi became obsessed with preventing the extinction of the 4,000-year-old Japanese dog breed. He defied convention, broke the law, gave up a prestigious job, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD $5.99 USD

  • Held To A Higher Standard: The Downfall Of Admiral Kimmel

    In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved of command of the United States Pacific Fleet and forced into retirement. Eight official investigations were conducted to determine his accountability for the attack. These investigations produced mixed and often contradictory findings. Though he was never brought to court-martial, accusations of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 現代日本的形成:空間與時間穿越的旅程

    Series series 大河
    台灣最具影響力的人文內容網站——故事  13位台港青年學者 × 15篇從空間出發的現代日本解讀  連結紐約與江戶 從岩倉使節團到東京奧運  明治維新150週年的台灣觀點  日本,離我們很近,也很遠。    台灣每年有大批的旅客前往日本;日本也有將近兩百萬人次來台灣旅行。地理上,台日距離很近,現代歷史上,兩者也有千絲萬縷的關係。然而,坊間與日本文化、歷史相關的出版品仍嫌不足,台灣對日本的特別情感,不同立場和觀點的作者可能會以相異的方式陳述——    本書提供的,是一群年輕學人對於現代日本形成的本土詮釋。  一百五十年前,「明治維新」這場塑造日本近代史最為重要的事件,是世界史上少有的變革成功的例子。  各國學者對這場運動為何成功的原因,已有汗牛充棟的論述。但是當我們論及近代日本的形成時,總不乏探討大政奉還、版籍奉還、廢藩置縣等制度改革,以及諸如木戶孝允、坂本龍馬、西鄉隆盛、大久保利通等維新志士 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 私本太平記完全版

    足利尊氏と室町時代の軍記物語

    by 吉川 英治 ...
    Series Book 7 - 吉川英治作品集
    吉川英治による私本太平記の完全版です!私本太平記は鎌倉幕府の滅亡から南北朝時代を描いた軍記物語で、足利尊氏を主役にしています。足利尊氏や楠木正成などに対して、それまでにない解釈を加えて描かれたことが特徴です。室町時代の名優たちのひきこもごもを、ぜひご堪能ください。目次あしかが帖婆娑羅帖みなかみ帖帝獄帖世の辻の帖八荒帖千早帖新田帖建武らくがき帖風花帖筑紫帖湊川帖黒白帖 ... Read more

    $1.15 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolt In Paradise

    The true-life adventure of a Western woman who found happiness in Bali, then stayed on in Indonesia to help in the struggle for freedom.The great-granddaughter of a witch from the Isle of Man, the adopted daughter of a Balinese rajah, hostess of one of the most glamorous hotels in the Far East, a prisoner of the Japanese for two horror-packed years and, as Surabaya Sue, an ardent supporter of the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It

    Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-do

    A concise yet comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate, with biographies of the great karate mastersThis concise-yet-comprehensive history of traditional Okinawan and Japanese karate includes authoritative biographies of the great karate masters of the past and the philosophical issues they faced as karate changed and evolved. Bringing a fresh understanding to the study of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back

    **A Seattle Times Best Book of the YearA Buzzfeed Best Nonfiction Book of the Year"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life." —Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha**In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Guerilla Wife

    Author account of her time in the Philippines during WW2. Spencer was an American whose husband worked for a mining company.World War II memoir: Author and her engineer husband were living on Masbate, a small island in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, and America joined the war effort. When Japan later was occupying the Philippines, they went into hiding and did so ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 倒著讀日本史

    図解版 日本史は逆から学べ

    by 河合敦 ...
    Translated by 陳薪智 ...
    Series series 圖解雜學
    如果早點認識這種歷史閱讀法就好了!透過因果關係加深對歷史脈絡的了解,搭配一目瞭然的圖表,比死背更快通日本史!★**《蔡桑文化塾》、《表裏日本》作者.蔡亦竹審定!**【本書特色】◎1000年日本歷史,透過4****段章節最後的疑點貫穿前後◎不管法規還是文化脈絡,超過100****張總比較表讓你一次搞懂◎**「主題史」專欄介紹各時期日本文化重點,從政治到社會一窺究竟!**日本讀者好評:「從現代回朔古代日本歷史的閱讀法,如果學校有教就好了!」... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Ghosts of the Tsunami

    Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone

    Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, and Lit HubThe definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat DarknessOn March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dragon Ball Culture: Volume 7

    Anime

    by Derek Padula ...
    Series Book 7 - Dragon Ball Culture
    Dragon Ball Culture Volume 7 is your cultural tour guide to the Dragon Ball anime!In Volume 7, Gokū travels the world in a series of anime adventures, and we will explore the culture of every episode and movie, and delve into the origin of their production.This book features exclusive interviews with the Japanese musicians behind Dragon Ball's opening and ending themes, including lyricist Yuriko ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacked At Saipan

    The relief of Major General Ralph Smith, U.S. Army, from the command of the 27th Infantry Division during the battle for Saipan on 24 June 1944 by Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, U.S. Marine Corps, seemingly ignited a slow-burning fuse of service competition, jealousy, and animosity that some say is still burning bright today...Nearly seventy years later, the question is still a topic of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bushido. L'anima del Giappone

    Ediz. integrale

    by Inazo Nitobe ...
    Translated by Giorgio Cornalba ...
    Series series Classici del pensiero
    Il Bushido, letteralmente "la via del guerriero", è il codice etico che i cavalieri dell'esercito giapponese dovevano osservare tanto nell'esercizio della loro professione quanto nella vita privata. Individua alcune virtù cardine del popolo giapponese (e in particolare dei samurai) come la rettitudine, il coraggio, la benevolenza, l'empatia, la cortesia, la sincerità, l'onore, la fedeltà e l ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bushido, The Soul Of Japan (Mobi Classics)

    by Inazo Nitobe ...
    Bushido: The Soul of Japan written by Inazo Nitobe is, along with the classic text Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto, a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Baden-Powell. It may well have shaped Baden-Powell's ideas on the Boy Scout movement he founded. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 應仁之亂:催生日本戰國時代的大亂

    by 吳座勇一 ...
    Translated by 康昊 ...
    Series series 大河
    沒有英雄!沒有贏家!拖泥帶水的11年京都大亂鬥卻打出一個群雄爭霸的戰國時代  日文原著累印超過48萬冊!  憑藉口碑異軍突起的日本中世史必讀經典  朝日新聞、讀賣新聞等各大媒體爭相報導  ◎榮獲第52屆「書店新風賞」特別獎◎  ◎日本歷史寫作的新星誕生! ◎  日本戲劇界、出版業不敢觸碰的票房毒藥,在他筆下掀起全國性的室町史閱讀熱潮!  一場日本小學生都聽過的知名戰爭,為何無人了解其前因後果、來龍去脈?究竟這場超過十年、摧毀了大半京都的內戰,是起因於將軍家的後繼問題,還是管領家的家督之爭?又或者是其他不為人知的關鍵細節導致?本書作者根據最新的研究成果,透過該時代兩名興福寺高僧經覺與尊尋的日記,如實描繪應仁之亂期間僧侶、貴族、武士及民眾的樣態。**  ◎原本勢均力敵的兩軍,如何因將軍決斷一錯再錯、最終無法收拾?**  大戰最初的火種,是1540年代中期開始的守護大名畠山義就,與其堂兄... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Underground

    The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

    Series series Vintage International
    In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world.On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Involuntary Consent

    The Illusion of Choice in Japan’s Adult Video Industry

    The popularity of pornography is predicated on the idea that those participating have given their consent. That is what allows the porn industry to dominate the media economy today, generating staggering sums of money. Looking at behind-the-scenes negotiations and abuses in Japan's adult video industry, author Akiko Takeyama challenges this pervasive notion with the idea of "involuntary consent." ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Book of Five Rings (Active TOC, Free Audio Book) (AtoZ Classics)

    With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and include a bonus link to the free audio book. Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to the idea that there are ... Read more

    $1.99 USD $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japan

    The Paradox of Harmony

    Following a crushing defeat in World War II, Japan rose like a phoenix from the literal ashes to become a model of modernity and success, for decades Asia’s premier economic giant. Yet it remains a nation hobbled by rigid gender roles, protectionist policies, and a defensive, inflexible corporate system that has helped bring about political and economic stagnation. The unique social cohesion that ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Tokyo Junkie

    60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball

    Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world.Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

    by Donald Richie ...
    This provocative book is a tractate—a treatise—on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that “follow the brush” wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant expressions of class and taste. He explains aesthetic concepts like wabi, sabi, aware, and yugen, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Through the Eye of the Needle

    The First Dutch Expedition to Reach Japan

    This is the harrowing account of arguably the most ill-fated expedition in the long maritime history of the Low Countries. At the end of the 16th century five heavily armed ships sailed from the port of Rotterdam under the command of men who had never set foot on a seagoing ship. Their plan was to sail through the treacherous Strait of Magellan and raid the western coast of Latin America as had ... Read more

    $9.99 USD