Tokyo Stories

This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced...

AN AWARD-WINNING BOOK FROM A LEGENDARY MANGA-KAContinuing D+Q's groundbreaking exploration of the fascinating world of Gekiga, this collection of s...

This beautifully designed book is a celebration of one of the world's most creative, dynamic and fascinating cities: Tokyo. It spans 400 years, wit...

Explore the world of Tokyo Ghoul with these prose fiction spin-offsGhouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way--except their cravi...

A funny and intimate travelogue of one woman's unexpected adventures in Japan. French illustrator Julie Blanchin-Fujita arrived in Tokyo for what s...

Dark and funny comics from a Garo magazine manga-kaTadao Tsuge was one of the key contributors to the legendary avant-garde Japanese comics magazin...

Reducere. DescriptionTHREE DECADES. HUNDREDS OF MATCHES. COUNTLESS STORIES. With huge global attention and a legacy of significant moments, the Tokyo Dome is...

Reducere. Cities are alive, shared by humans and animals, insects and plants, landforms and machines. What might city ecosystems look like in the future if w...

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization...

Reducere. The third and final volume of our Kaiki series returns us to the Capital City: Tokyo. While Japan has modernized, renaming old Edo as new-born Toky...

Reducere. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world ; As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organ...

Reducere. Japan... a country that lies beneath a cloud of mystery and secrecy, where the old sits uneasily close to the new, where ancient spirits hide in ne...

Reducere. Boys love (YAOI) novel, equivalent to a HARLEQUIN love story. Not a hard core porn. The author publishes more than 50 books of YAOI romance and she...

Description"Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or th...

Reducere. Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu, or the "evaporated, " they are often driven by shame...

The six stories in Haruki Murakami's mesmerizing collection are set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, when Japan became brutall...

Reducere. "Complicite not only open our eyes to Bruno Schulz but turn his densely impressionistic stories into a piece of vividly imaginative theatre" (Micha...

A commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the WWII victory, Victory covers the war through "breaking news" stories and photographs from the Associ...

As indicated by the title, B dy is a collection of horror stories, all thematically linked to people's perception of their bodies, and the conseque...

The member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European coun...

Reducere. What is the secret of the Cube? Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the liz...

Reducere. This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organiza...

Reducere. -mesmerizing . . . When his international images are paired with his sparse, poetic words--sometimes thought-provoking one-liners such as 'You don'...

Reducere. On the grounds of a Caribbean island resort, newlyweds Deb and Chip--our opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband who's friend...

Reducere. In 1942, 13-year-old Mina Masako Tagawa and her Japanese American family are sent from their home in Seattle to an internment camp in Idaho. All th...

DescriptionStreet fashion and urban culture have come a long way from humble beginnings in the '90s. From disparate local scenes in Japan, Europe, ...

Reducere. Born under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest...

Reducere. A bargain omnibus edition of the bestselling romantic comedy--final omnibus volume includes all-new material (previously unpublished Volumes 14 and...

Reducere. Born under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest...

Reducere. Born under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest...

Reducere. DescriptionJapan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million dead, 39 percent of city populations ho...

DescriptionJapan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over 3 million dead, 39 percent of city populations ho...

DescriptionThe horrific world of modern slavery is exposed in this book based on the first-hand experiences of victims of human trafficking. Throug...

Contributor(s): Author: Stephen BarstowThis book takes us on an original and inspiring adventure around the temperate world, introducing us to the ...

Reducere. Winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation - The electrifying collected works of "one of the most innovative and prominent avant-garde poets...

Reducere. "Be forewarned that this book honors people like the woman in my hometown who paints the numbers of her favorite NASCAR drivers on her elephant ear...

Reducere. Few realize what a vital role World War II and Florida played in each other's history. The war helped Florida move past its southern conservative m...

Moe is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga--not just in Japan but now ...

The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. For the characters in After the Quak...

DescriptionTwo brilliant, multi-layered stories from the winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best...

Reducere. A renowned journalist for London's The Times and the author of People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry delivers the definitive account of the ...

Reducere. The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terribl...

Reducere. James Lilley's life and family have been entwined with China's fate since his father moved to the country to work for Standard Oil in 1916. Lilley ...

What's scarier than a murderer? Someone with the charisma to compel others to kill for them . . . or to kill themselves. Meet these cult leaders--a...

Reducere. An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In The Bomber Mafia, M...

Reducere. DescriptionTell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice captures Taylor Dayne's ascent against all odds, and the ...

Discover what it's like to report to work every day for The Walt Disney Company. Step behind the scenes to immerse yourself in one "ordinary" day a...