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By: Soseki, Natsume
I Am a Cat
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“A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn’t have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn’t much good for anything except watching human beings in action…” —
- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Natsume, Soseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01, 2001
- ISBN10: 080483265X
- Language: English
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By: Laura Imai Messina
The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
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Laura Imai Messina’s international bestselling novel is a story about grief, mourning, and the joy of survival, inspired by a real phone booth in Japan with its disconnected “wind” phone, a place of p… [more below]
- Author: Imai Messina, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1419754319
- Language: English
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By: Keigo Higashino
The Final Curtain: A Mystery
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From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the mystery of the disappearance and death of Detective Kaga’s own mother.

A decade ago, Tokyo Police Det
- Series: Kyoichiro Kaga #4
- Author: Higashino, Keigo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250767520
- Language: English
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By: Genzaburo Yoshino
How Do You Live?
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As featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that become a New York Times bestseller, now with an introd
- Author: Yoshino, Genzaburo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 26, 2021
- ISBN10: 1616209771
- Language: English
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By: Sylvan Mishima Brackett
Rintaro: Japanese Food from an Izakaya in California
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A BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle

“I think this might be the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen! Sylvan is not only an artist in the kit
- Author: Brackett, Sylvan Mishima
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1958417009
- Language: English
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By: John Hersey
Hiroshima
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author John Hersey’s seminal work of narrative nonfiction which has defined the way we think about nuclear warfare. “One of the great classics of the
- Author: Hersey, John
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 04, 1989
- ISBN10: 0679721037
- Language: English
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By: Yoel Hoffmann
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
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“A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics wh
- Author: Hoffmann, Yoel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 03, 2018
- ISBN10: 4805314435
- Language: English
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By: Alan Gratz
Grenade
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Here it is The hugely anticipated follow-up to Gratz’s NYT bestselling, critically acclaimed phenomenon REFUGEE. This is another searing and heart-pounding look at kids making their way through war.

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- Author: Gratz, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1338245694
- Language: English
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By: Rie McClenny
Make It Japanese: Simple Recipes for Everyone: A Cookbook
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Learn the building blocks of authentic Japanese home cooking with 85 satisfying, soulful, everyday recipes from the beloved BuzzFeed Tasty food personality

“Rie’s marvelous recipes taught me new thing
- Author: McClenny, Rie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593236351
- Language: English
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By: Mieko Kawakami
All the Lovers in the Night
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FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

A BEST BOOK OF 2022
Oprah Daily・TIME Magazine・Washington Post・Publishers Weekly・Lit Hub

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- Author: Kawakami, Mieko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 160945846X
- Language: English
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By: Kondo, Marie
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The book that sparked a revolution and inspired the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo the original guide to decluttering your home once and for all.

ONE OF

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- Series: Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- Author: Kondo, Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1607747308
- Language: English
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By: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
Kappa
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The Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed bea… [more below]
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0811232166
- Language: English
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By: Tarshis, Lauren
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived #8): Volume 8
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The disaster felt around the world . . .

Visiting his dad’s hometown in Japan four months after his father’s death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear: first, a massive… [more below]
- Series: I Survived #08
- Author: Tarshis, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 0545459370
- Language: English
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By: Osamu Dazai
The Flowers of Buffoonery
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The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba–the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age–is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his f

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- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0811234541
- Language: English
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By: Ozeki, Ruth
A Tale for the Time Being
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A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness

Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award

“A time being is

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- Author: Ozeki, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 31, 2013
- ISBN10: 0143124870
- Language: English
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By: Chronicle Books
Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
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A deluxe volume of 16 traditional Nordic folk tales that is sure to impress any fan of cultural and mythological literature with impactful and stunning illustrations by contemporary artist Ulla Thynel… [more below]
- Series: Tales
- Author: Chronicle Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1452174474
- Language: English
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By: Edogawa Rampo
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan’s answer to Edgar Allan Poe.

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is writte
- Author: Rampo, Edogawa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 10, 2012
- ISBN10: 4805311932
- Language: English
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By: Leonard Koren
Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
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An updated version of the classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Every book about wabi-sabi is based on the paradigm introduced in the original edition of this
- Author: Koren, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 0981484603
- Language: English
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By: Jessica Yun
The Unofficial Studio Ghibli Cookbook: 50+ Delicious Recipes Inspired by Your Favorite Japanese Animated Films
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Bring some magic into your kitchen with this unofficial collection of Japanese recipes inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved films.

Since 1985, Studio Ghibli has enchanted moviegoers with fantasti

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- Series: Gifts for Movie & TV Lovers
- Author: Yun, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1646043294
- Language: English
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By: Osamu Dazai
The Setting Sun
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Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Book
- Author: Dazai, Osamu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: January 17 1968
- ISBN10: 0811200329
- Language: English