The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
By: Naoko Abe
3.90
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Each year, the flowering of cherry blossoms marks the beginning of spring. But if it weren't for th…
Want to Read $ 9.99"A moon of unsurpassable brilliance flooded the silent landscape with a cruel glare of greenish light, which traced sharp inky shadows of the trees on the rounded white folds. The snow crystals caught and reflected the moonlight upon a myriad facets until I appeared to be walking in a world of sparkling diamonds. The frightful stillness of the woodland at midnight was almost startling – everything seemed to be frost-bound and nerveless. Even the icy air seemed frozen into immobility. The crisp crunch of my footfall appeared to be an unpardonable intrusion, while the scars they made upon the smooth field of scintillating white seemed a positive sacrilege."-Naoko Abe, The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
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3.82
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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2. David Golder
By: Irène Némirovsky
3.68
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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3. Nowaki
By: Natsume Sōseki , William N. Ridgeway
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Format: 259 pages, Paperback
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Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
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By: Seichō Matsumoto , Louise Heal Kawai
3.43
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
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7. Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan
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3.50
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
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8. Maigret Sets a Trap (Maigret, #48)
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4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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Format: 12 pages, Paperback
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2.00
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
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12. Quaderni giapponesi: Un viaggio nell'impero dei segni
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4.33
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3.07
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4.34
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16. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
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4.16
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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17. Rental Person Who Does Nothing
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3.34
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"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
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18. Come petali nel vento (Italian Edition)
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3.06
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
«Un quartetto al femminile dà vita a questo romanzo corale che appena uscito si è subito fatto vede… read more
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19. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
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3.12
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23. Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
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26. The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
By: Naoko Abe
3.90
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
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"A moon of unsurpassable brilliance flooded the silent landscape with a cruel glare of greenish light, which traced sharp inky shadows of the trees on the rounded white folds. The snow crystals caught…"-Naoko Abe, The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms
27. Bloedlijn
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Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
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28. All Done by Kindness
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“There are some embroidered waistcoats . . . They are very old. A museum might be glad of them. . .… read more
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