Cultural Region/Japanese
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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
$49.95 Add to cart“Shattered Sword [is] a necessary read for anyone interested in the Pacific War.”–NYMAS Review
Shattered Sword is the winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the “Best Book in U.S. Naval History”
- Author: Parshall, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574889230
- Language: English
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Japanese Tattoos: Meanings, Shapes and Motifs
$29.95 Add to cartThe intimate relationship of Japanese tattooing with the dark world of the yakuza has helped cover this form of artistic expression with an aura of mystery. But the culture of irezumi is deep and rich
- Author: Moriarty, Yori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 20, 2018
- ISBN10: 8416851964
- Language: English
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
$25.00 Add to cartIn June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier a
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #3
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 976
- Publish Date: July 27, 2021
- ISBN10: 0393868303
- Language: English
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Dragon of the Red Dawn [With Temporary Tattoos]
$6.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!
Jack and Annie are headed to a land of fierce samurai and great beauty,- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #9
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 12 2008
- ISBN10: 0375837280
- Language: English
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Kokoro
$18.99 Add to cart“The novel sustains throughout its length something approaching poetry, and it is rich in understanding and insight. The translation, by Edwin McClellan, is extremely good.” –Anthony West, The New Yo… [more below]
- Author: Soseki, Natsume
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0895267152
- Language: English
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Soseki Natsume’s I Am a Cat: The Manga Edition: The Tale of a Cat with No Name But Great Wisdom!
$14.99 Add to cartJapan’s beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form!
Soseki Natsume’s comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society in early 20th centu- Series: Tuttle Japanese Classics in Manga
- Author: Natsume, Soseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 28, 2021
- ISBN10: 4805316578
- Language: English
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
$25.00 Add to cartThis masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War–the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944–when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan’s far
- Series: Pacific War Trilogy #2
- Author: Toll, Ian W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: September 6, 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353206
- Language: English
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Japan’s Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan’s Wartime Human Experimentation Program
$12.99 Add to cartThis is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII.
Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan’s war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, an- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Gold, Hal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 3, 2019
- ISBN10: 0804852197
- Language: English
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Hokusai
$20.00 Read moreMeet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760-1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also significantly inf
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Paget, Rhiannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 08 2018
- ISBN10: 3836563371
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Experience Tokyo
$24.99 Read moreLonely Planet’s Experience Tokyo travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic destination with one-of-a-kind adventures at every turn. Devour sushi for breakfast at Toyosu Market, spo
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Tan, Winnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: June 21, 2022
- ISBN10: 1838694765
- Language: English
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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu
$14.95 Add to cartIn Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and
- Author: Kawakami, Kenji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: April 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393326764
- Language: English
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
$7.99 Add to cart“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review
The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizz- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Coerr, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 12, 2004
- ISBN10: 0142401137
- Language: English
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Another
$30.00 Add to cartIn the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers into Class 3-3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. But little does he know…his new class has a horrible secret. When he takes his seat in class for th… [more below]
- Series: Another (Manga)
- Author: Ayatsuji, Yukito
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 738
- Publish Date: October 29, 2013
- ISBN10: 0316245917
- Language: English
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Nobu: The Cookbook
$37.00 Add to cartWith his multinational and ever expanding empire of thirteen restaurants, Nobu Matsuhisa has become one of the most talked-about international restaurateurs and arguably the world’s greatest sushi che… [more below]
- Author: Matsuhisa, Nobuyuki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 08 2013
- ISBN10: 156836489X
- Language: English
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Gohan: Everyday Japanese Cooking: Memories and Stories from My Family’s Kitchen
$39.95 Add to cartSimple, everyday Japanese cooking from best-selling author Emiko Davies.
Practically any home-cooked Japanese meal revolves around rice. It sits beside miso soup, pickles, tofu, and a piece of grilled- Author: Davies, Emiko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1922754528
- Language: English
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Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook
$54.95 Add to cart‘Extraordinary … a must have book for anyone who loves vegetables!’ – Amanda Cohen, James Beard-nominated chef and owner of Dirt Candy
From the author of global bestseller Japan: The Cookbook, more
- Author: Hachisu, Nancy Singleton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1838666273
- Language: English
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The Emissary
$15.95 Add to cartJapan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei l
- Author: Tawada, Yoko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0811227626
- Language: English
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Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family, Volume 5
$12.95 Read moreThe characters of the fate/ video game series take a break from saving the world to cook seasonal dishes for each other.
- Series: Fate/
- Author: Taa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1634429907
- Language: English
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Silence
$18.00 Add to cartShusaku Endo’s New York Times bestselling classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times, now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Dr
- Series: Picador Classics
- Author: Endo, Shusaku
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 1250082242
- Language: English
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Dragon Palace
$18.95 Add to cartIncluded in The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023
Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality,
myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology,
and destin- Author: Kawakami, Hiromi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: 19-Sep-23
- ISBN10: 1737625350
- Language: English
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