Tokyo: A Biography
By: Stephen Mansfield
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinat…
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1. Goodbye Tsugumi
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Michael Emmerich
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cou… read more
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- japan
2. The Making of Modern Japan
By: Marius B. Jansen
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japan… read more
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- asia
- nonfiction
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3. Everstinna
By: Rosa Liksom
4.10
Format: 9 pages, Hardcover
Everstinna on yhden yon romaani, sisainen monologi joka kasvaa yhden ajan anatomiaksi. Kysymys on S… read more
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4. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II
By: Arthur Herman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States coul… read more
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5. Some Prefer Nettles
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
4.05
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the a… read more
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6. The Silent Cry
By: Kenzaburō Ōe , John Bester
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Two brothers, Takashi and Mitsu, return from Tokyo to the village of their childhood. The selling o… read more
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7. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
By: Jake Adelstein
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more
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8. Runaway Horses
By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns … read more
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9. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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10. The Inland Sea
By: Pico Iyer , Donald Richie
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Earns its place on the very short shelf of books on Japan that are of permanent value."--Times Lit… read more
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11. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (My Brother's Husband Omnibus, #1)
By: Gengoroh Tagame , Anne Ishii
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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12. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
13. A Shining
By: Jon Fosse
3.49
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more
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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
14. 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
- japan
15. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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- history
16. Zen: The Art of Simple Living
By: Shunmyō Masuno
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Zen is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life . . . In clear, practical and easy to f… read more
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17. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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18. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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19. El método Ikigai: Despierta tu verdadera pasión y cumple tus propósitos vitales
By: Héctor García
3.88
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the Japanese secret to a long and happy life with the internationally bestselling guide to… read more
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- japan
20. Høyt: En reise i Himalaya
By: Erika Fatland
4.34
Format: 634 pages, Hardcover
Bestselgende forfatter Erika Fatland med ny, storslått reiseskildring: fra Himalaya. Erika Fatl… read more
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21. Grensen: En reise rundt Russland gjennom Nord-Korea, Kina, Mongolia, Kasakhstan, Aserbajdsjan, Georgia, Ukraina, Hviterussland, Litauen, Polen, Latvia, Estland, Finland og Norge samt Nordøstpassasjen
By: Erika Fatland
4.40
Format: 623 pages, Hardcover
Forfatteren bak Sovjetistan på en enda mer eventyrlig reise - langs grensen til verdens største lan… read more
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- nonfiction
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22. Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
By: Jenny Schuetz
3.95
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the Uni… read more
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23. Woman Running in the Mountains
By: Yūko Tsushima
3.86
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Pregnant and unmarried, Takiko, who lives at home with her violent, alcoholic father and her hard-w… read more
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24. 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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- nonfiction
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"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
25. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
By: Michael Booth
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more
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26. Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City
By: Jorge Almazán
4.46
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Tokyo is one of the most vibrant and livable cities on the planet, a megacity that somehow remains … read more
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27. The Thorn Puller
By: Hiromi Itō
3.86
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
The first novel to appear in English by award-winning author Hiromi Ito explores the absurdities, c… read more
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28. Kocie chrzciny. Lato i zima w Finlandii
By: Małgorzata Sidz
3.47
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Kissanristiäiset, kocie chrzciny, to pretekst do świętowania, muzyki, śpiewu. Finowie umieją imprez… read more
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29. Mam tak samo jak ty
By: Dorota Masłowska
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Doroty Masłowskiej sen o Warszawie, który przyśnić się może każdemu z nas. Mitologia współczesne… read more
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30. Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu
By: John Dougill
4.29
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
2023 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER FOR TRAVEL This journey the length of Japan ta… read more
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31. Tokyo: A Biography
By: Stephen Mansfield
3.40
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinat… read more
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