The Pillow Book
By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the …
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1. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
By: Ivan Morris , Barbara Ruch
4.04
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
The World of the Shining Prince, Ivan Morris's widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious, inbred… read more
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2. Come to the Edge
By: Christina Haag
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Love Story of JFK Jr. and Christina Haag An elegy to first love, a lost New York, and a young m… read more
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- nonfiction
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3. My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal
By: Taylor Evan Fulks
5.00
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
2014 GLOBAL eBOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2014 eLIT EXCELLENCE AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2013 INDIE … read more
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4. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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- classics
- japanese literature
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5. The Diary of Lady Murasaki
By: Murasaki Shikibu , Richard Bowring
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'When I go out to sit on the veranda and gaze, I sem to be always conjuring up visions of the past'… read more
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6. Awakening East
By: Johanna Garton
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
A few years after adopting her son and daughter from China, Johanna Garton and her husband took the… read more
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- nonfiction
7. The Pillow Book
By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the … read more
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8. As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan
By: Lady Sarashina , Ivan Morris
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
In the mainstream of Japan's literary tradition, As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreamsnot only reveals mu… read more
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9. The Tales of Ise
By: Anonymous , H. Jay Harris
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A timeless work, beloved since the Middle Ages, takes a glorious new form in this deluxe modern edi… read more
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10. A Stone for Benjamin
By: Fiona Gold Kroll
3.91
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjami… read more
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11. Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
By: Donald Keene , Yoshida Kenkō , 兼好法師
3.86
Format: 416 pages,
Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness,with their timeless relevance and ch… read more
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12. The Tale of the Heike
By: Anonymous , Helen Craig McCullough
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Tale of the Heikeis one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genj… read more
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13. The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , None
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated T… read more
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14. The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst
By: Marion Davies
4.32
Format: 480 pages,
The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of Amer… read more
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15. Aké: The Years of Childhood
By: Wole Soyinka
4.11
Format: 274 pages,
A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, a… read more
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16. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
By: Matsuo Bashō , None
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more
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17. Paper Daughter: A Memoir
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When she was five years old, M. Elaine Mar and her mother emigrated from Hong Kong to Denver to joi… read more
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18. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon
4.29
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more
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19. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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- history
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
20. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more
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21. Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick
By: Meg Flather
3.99
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Home Shopping Diva...Lessons, Lyrics and Lipstickis the story of Meg Flather’s journey through the … read more
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