Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
By: Matt Alt
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca…
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1. Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan
By: Shigeru Mizuki , Zack Davisson
4.48
Format: 540 pages, Paperback
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of the legacy of World War II in Japan Showa 1944–1953: A Histo… read more
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- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
2. A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony
By: Héctor García
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
For every fan of manga, anime, J-pop, or Zen, A Geek in Japanis a hip, smart and concise guide to t… read more
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- cultural
- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
3. Lost Japan
By: Alex Kerr , Bodhi Fishman
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Origina… read more
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- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
4. Understanding Japan: A Cultural History
By: Mark J. Ravina
3.52
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Japan's extraordinary culture is like no other in the world, and it remains mysterious to many of u… read more
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- cultural
- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japan
- audiobook
5. The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
By: Roger J. Davies , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Jap… read more
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6. Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture
By: Matt Goulding
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
2016 Travel Book of the Year by the Society of American Travel WritersFinalist for the 2016 IACP Aw… read more
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7. Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival
By: David Pilling
3.71
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In Bending Adversity, Financial Times Asiaeditor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, dr… read more
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8. Non è un lavoro per ragazze
By: Kazuki Sakuraba
3.23
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Fino a che punto può spingersi l'odio nei confronti degli adulti e un'amicizia suggellata dalla com… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
- japan
9. Parti e omicidi
By: Sayaka Murata
3.76
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
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10. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- audiobook
11. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- audiobook
12. Japan Story
By: Christopher Harding
3.99
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in t… read more
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- cultural
- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- audiobook
13. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
By: Matt Alt
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca… read more
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- audiobook
- cultural
- history
- pop culture
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- sociology
- technology
14. The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
By: Anna Sherman
3.60
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents From 1632 until 1854, Japan’s rulers rest… read more
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- cultural
- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
15. Tokyo Junkie: 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball
By: Robert Whiting
4.25
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, onc… read more
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- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japan
- audiobook
16. Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo
4.30
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- history
- asia
17. Fifty Sounds
By: Polly Barton
4.15
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
In this dazzling debut, Polly Barton reflects on her experience of moving to the Japanese island of… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- japan
"Over time, I have come to believe that if language learning is anything, it is the always-bruised but ever-renewing desire to draw close: to a person, a territory, a culture, an idea, an indefinable …"-Polly Barton, Fifty Sounds
"Very often a desire to write is a desire to live more honestly through language' (Rachel Cusk)…In writing, one can be at a remove not only from the observing eye of society, but also from the somatic…"-Polly Barton, Fifty Sounds
"Oh, my son loves Japan!" she says, her voice soaring. "He's been studying Japanese, all by himself, and he went there recently actually for the first time, and he said he just felt immediately at hom…"-Polly Barton, Fifty Sounds
"Oh, my son loves Japan!" she says, her voice soaring. "He's been studying Japanese, all by himself, and he went there recently actually for the first time, and he said he just felt immediately at hom…"-Polly Barton, Fifty Sounds
18. The Rise of Modern Japan
By: Mark J. Ravina
4.05
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Devastated by war, Japan in 1945 faced ruin as a major power. Yet within a quarter century it bounc… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- japan
- audiobook
19. The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
By: Christopher Harding
4.20
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories … read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- audiobook
20. Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan
By: Patrick Macias
4.14
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Tokyo, in the early aughts, was a weird place. Lonely single men wanted to marry action figures ins… read more
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21. A History of Japan: Revised Edition
By: J.G. Caiger
3.47
Format: None pages, Audio CD
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