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…
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1. 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
- memoir
- travel
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
2. 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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3. The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
By: Alan Booth
3.50
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
ALAN BOOTH'S CLASSIC OF MODERN TRAVEL WRITING Traveling only along small back roads, Alan Booth tra… read more
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4. Child of Fortune
By: Yūko Tsushima , Geraldine Harcourt
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
By conventional Japanese standards, Koko Mizuno is an abysmal failure as woman, wife, and mother--a… read more
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5. Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up
By: Xiaolu Guo
3.64
Format: 288 pages, ebook
'Ah, Xiaolu, you are so big now!' Then I heard my grandmother speaking behind the woman, 'This is y… read more
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6. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
By: Gail Tsukiyama
1.33
Format: 397 pages,
"Just remember," Yoshio said quietly to his grandsons. "Every day of your lives, you must always be… 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. The Rainbow
By: Yasunari Kawabata
3.50
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Available in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters i… read more
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- asia
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"La profondità dell'essere umano è proporzionale alle esperienze vissute e alla lontananza del tempo in cui il suo animo si immerge."-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
"Un ponte di pietra tra le anime? Meglio allora un arcobaleno." "Sì, è possible che il ponte che unisce due anime sia simile a un arcobaleno."-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
"Fra le tante cose che suscitano nell'uomo una sensazione di impotenza, l'architettura è più di ogni altra arte soggetta a condizionamenti. Luogo, materiale, destinazione, grandezza, costi, le bizzarr…"-Yasunari Kawabata, The Rainbow
9. 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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- memoir
- travel
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- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
10. 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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- travel
- historical
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
11. A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
By: Pico Iyer
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel w… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
"If they can’t get to Europe, they’ll find their way to a local theme-park Eiffel Tower. Even a place that we write off as “inauthentic,"-Pico Iyer, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
12. The Cat and The City
By: Nick Bradley
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In Tokyo – one of the world’s largest megacities – a stray cat is wending her way through the back … read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
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"I can't stand that shit - people talking about things they think they should talk about, so as not to be socially awkward."-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City
"Even if something dramatic or terrible in your life doesn't happen, just the act of growing older is like a massive trauma anyway."-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City
"Seeing her books reassured her, made her feel calm. She'd read most of them, but there were a many waiting to be read, which gave her a sense of excitement, and conjured up one of her favourite Japan…"-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City
"Flo n'avait pas l'air conditionné, c'était trop cher, en revanche elle avait beaucoup de livres. Ses étagères en étaient remplies, il n'y restait plus un centimètre libre. Les voir la rassurait et la…"-Nick Bradley, The Cat and The City
13. Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
By: Amy Stanley
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19… read more
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- history
- historical
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
14. 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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- cultural
- history
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
15. 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
- memoir
- travel
- historical
- asia
- nonfiction
- japanese literature
- japan
- travelogue
16. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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- asia
- japanese literature
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"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
17. The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
By: Rebecca Lowe
4.19
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
ONE WOMAN, ONE BIKE AND ONE RICHLY ENTERTAINING, PERCEPTION-ALTERING JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY. In 201… read more
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- history
- memoir
- travel
- asia
- nonfiction
- travelogue
18. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
By: Jay Rubin
4.12
Format: 566 pages, Hardcover
A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami. This fantas… read more
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- japanese literature
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"The bones came jumbled together from the kitchen... there was no way of telling my parents from my Brothers and Sisters. I put them all in the same urn. Sometimes, late at night, I hold them in my ha…"-Jay Rubin, The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
19. The Lost Pianos of Siberia
By: Sophy Roberts
3.99
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed journalist Sophy Roberts, a journey through one of the harshest landscapes on earth … read more
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- history
- memoir
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- historical
- nonfiction
"Siberia is a nightmare or a myth full of impenetrable forests and limitless plains, its murderous proportions strung with groaning oil derricks and sagging wires. Siberia is all those things, and mor…"-Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia
20. 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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21. The Crisis of Culture: Identity Politics and the Empire of Norms
By: Olivier Roy
3.53
Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition
Are we confronting a new culture that is global, online, individualistic and hedonistic? Or is our … read more
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