This is a pioneering work on "karayuki-san," impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. The narrative follows the life of one such prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to...
Japan
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Author:Yamazaki, TomokoSummary: -
Author:Higashida, NaokiSummary:Pour la première fois, un enfant atteint d’autisme sévère raconte sa vie intérieure. Âgé de 13 ans au moment de la publication de l’édition japonaise du livre, Naoki Higashida répond avec sensibilité, intelligence et honnêteté à une...
- Author:Goulding, MattSummary:
An innovative new take on the travel guide, Rice, Noodle, Fish decodes Japan's extraordinary food culture through a mix of in-depth narrative and insider advice. In this 5000-mile journey through the noodle shops, tempura temples,...
- Author:Hills, BenSummary:
Diana, Princess of Wales, had it easy compared to another lonely princess, Crown Princess Masako of Japan.
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Author:Mishima, YukioSummary:"Was it death he was now waiting for? Or a wild ecstasy of the senses?" For the youngarmy officer of Yukio Mishima's seminal story, "Patriotism," death and ecstasy become intertwined. With his unique rigor and...
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Author:Soto, GarySummary:Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.
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Author:Lee, Min JinSummary:Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja...
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Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:Toru Watanabe, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before...
- Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:
The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Considered "...
- Author:Gibson, W.Summary:
William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive. Enter Gibson's unique world--lyric and mechanical, erotic and...
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Author:Hills, Doug, Rhodes, MichaelSummary:Love Manga? The newest features of Manga Studio help you bring your ideas to life! The tools available in the latest version of this powerful program make it easy to turn your computer into your drawing board, and Manga Studio For...
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Author:Okabayashi, KensukeSummary:If you love Manga, you’ll eat Manga For Dummies, right up. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create all of your favorite Manga characters from rough sketch through final full-color renderings. You’ll build your skills as you...
- Author:Blouin, GenevièveSummary:
Courts ou longs, réalistes ou fantastiques, les cinq textes de ce recueil portent le noir de diverses manières... Ancien champion de combats ultimes, Hugues « Le Chasseur » Dussault, à l'apogée de sa gloire, a subi une blessure qui...
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Author:Ford, CattSummary:Cuando su hermano la entrega sin su consentimiento para que forme parte del harén del general Hüi Wei a modo de tributo, la única duda de la princesa Lan’xiu es cuánto tardarán en descubrir su secreto. No se hace ilusiones. Cuando el...
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Author:Baugh, Laura VanArendonkSummary:How does one find a shapeshifter who may not even exist?The onmyouji Tsurugu no Kiyomori, a practitioner of the mystic arts, has been engaged to protect the warlord's new bride from the fox spirit rumored to be near. Tsurugu and the...
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Author:Baugh, Laura VanArendonkSummary:Sequel to the award-winning Kitsune-Tsuki Following the search for the shape-shifting kitsune, onmyouji Tsurugu no Kiyomori serves Naka no Yoritomo and his new wife Kaede, protecting their household from the supernatural and warning of...
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Author:Vollmann, William T.Summary:Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets of staged femininity and the mystery of perceived and expressed beauty.
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Author:Harvey, SarahSummary:Kaizen--meaning "good change"--will help you transform your habits, without being too hard on yourself along the way.
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Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:Follows the individual odysseys of fifteen-year-old Kafka Tamura after he runs away from his home and overbearing father, and Nakata, an elderly finder of lost cats fleeing a gruesome murder, as they both head to the randomly chosen...
- Author:Bass, Gary J.Summary:
Acclaimed as one of the year's 10 best books by the Washington Post - 12 essential nonfiction books by the New Yorker - 100 notable books by the New York Times - best books by the Economist, Foreign Affairs, and Air Mail - 10...
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