Beginning Japanese

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During World War II, Imperial Japan was the world's most militarized society, with a host of uniformed organizations supporting the war effort in E...

Reducere. The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of million...

Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The creativity of the Japanese, their dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face o...

Reducere. The Book of Tea (1906) is a book-length essay by Okakura Kakuzō. Connected to the author's overall project of celebrating Japanese culture and emph...

Reducere. In 1939 with the threat of World War II soon to become a reality the luxury cruise liner, the Queen Mary, is dramatically transformed into a wartim...

From the creators of Death Note! Mirai may have been saved by an angel, but his battle is just beginning... As his classmates celebrate their middl...

Written by a leading scholar in the field, Classical Japanese: A Grammar is an elegant, comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. E...

Reducere. In 1937, Japan blundered into a debilitating war with China, beginning with a minor incident near Peking (now Beijing) that quickly escalated. The ...

From the creators of Death Note Mirai may have been saved by an angel, but his battle is just beginning... As his classmates celebrate their middle...

On August 6th, 1945 s Shinji, a Japanese adolescent boy, helps his father below prepare their home for demolition from its roof top, he sees a blin...

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This book explores Korean literature from a broadly global perspective from the mid-9th century to the present, with special emphasis on how it has...

Reducere. A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world Buddhist t...

Reducere. At 5: 29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the Trinity Test explosion of the first atomic bomb changed the world forever. The dropping of the bombs on Hiroshi...

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War and Resistance in the Philippines, 1942-1944 repairs the fragmentary and incomplete history of events in the Philippine Islands between the sur...

Reducere. The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and t...

The modern era of Japanese swords began with the Meiji restoration in 1868. The demand for new swords fell drastically, and by 1876, there was almo...

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Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

World War Two was the most devastating conflict in recorded human history. It was both global in extent and total in character. It has understandab...

A compilation of case studies about Japanese intellectuals' relationships to modernity in three majors arenas of art (art and aesthetics, theater, ...

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** USAToday Bestseller **The founder of Scott's Cheap Flights explains why we're searching for airfare all wrong, shares the strategies that have s...

Reducere. Japan's post-World War II "economic miracle" is well-known and much discussed, as is the collapse of the "bubble economy" and the almost decade lon...

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The bestselling paranormal action adventure manga series Bleach continues in novel form as an all-new threat arises The Quincies' Thousand Year Blo...

Reducere. 1989 marked the start of the Heisei era in Japan. It also marked a new direction in tokusatsu films beginning with Godzilla vs. Biollante and Gunhe...

Everyone knows the end, but do you know the beginning? It was the war before the war. A time when America needed allies in Southeast Asia to defeat...

Reducere. Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Tarawa..."It's hell out there" was how one Marine described the assault on Tarawa, the U.S. Navy's...

Perfect for beginning and upper beginning students of Japanese. This affordable Japanese reader will help you build your Japanese vocabulary, readi...

DescriptionThis book provides a complete course for beginning students who want to learn the Katakana alphabet With plentiful writing and reading p...

Reducere. In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the 1930s Louis Zamperini was a promising Olympic track athlete. But when World War II broke out, he enlisted and served as a bombard...

Reducere. From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with ...

An indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia For...

A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil In April 1999, Jotaro Kujo travels to a town in Ja...

Reducere. Opening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that lef...

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DescriptionIntroduction to Zen Training is a translation of the Sanzen Nyumon, a foundational text for beginning meditation students by Omori Sogen...

DescriptionA fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers, featuring the country's best-loved detective In 1940s Jap...

DescriptionThe essential guide to Japanese home cooking--the ingredients, techniques, and over 100 recipes--for seasoned cooks and beginners who ar...

DescriptionA multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil In April 1999, Jotaro Kujo travels to a...

From the ancient poet Sappho to tombois in contemporary Indonesia, women throughout history and around the globe have desired, loved, and had sex w...

Reducere. Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defense. But this extraordinary memoir at last reveals the man behind ...

Do you want to learn how the bloodiest military conflict of all time began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allies Read about the 50 most impo...

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Reducere. Hime Kino's dream is to one day do voice acting like her hero Sakura Aoyama from the Lovely ♥ Blazers anime, and getting accepted to the prestigiou...

Reducere. DescriptionManji and Rin may have a fighting chance, but can a wounded and road-weary Magatsu hold his own against an invigorated, freshly armed fo...

Although most people associate the term D-Day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive op...

Reducere. DescriptionBattle of MidwayThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 had dealt a catastrophic blow to the United States Navy, but it ...

This pack contains 48 high-quality origami sheets printed with 6 different bright colors plus 1 sheet of gold foil. This origami paper pack include...

Reducere. Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between Ame...

Reducere. China today has become a world economic giant in just three decades. The country's central bank holds more than $3.5 trillion in foreign exchange r...

Reducere. In this dazzling collection of short fiction, the National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The History of Love--"one o...

Reducere. Mountain and Flower is Mykola Vorobiov's second book in English translation. Translator Maria Rewakowicz presents a selection of poems spanning mor...

Reducere. Something happened in early 2011 that hasn't happened in decades, perhaps centuries-and we didn't even notice it. That is, we didn't see it for wha...

Hi Score Girl, Rensuke Oshikiri's love letter to arcade gaming, finally comes to print Read the manga that inspired the Netflix Original anime seri...

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Reducere. Having practiced zazen for more than half a century, Robert Aitken sits today as the senior American Roshi, a teacher of broad reputation and conse...

Reducere. Chinese characters were not formed arbitrarily, despite (to a Western eye) their overall similarity yet bewildering multiplicity in detail. Over se...

On August 6th, 1945 s Shinji, a Japanese adolescent boy, helps his father below prepare their home for demolition from its roof top, he sees a blin...

Reducere. For students of Japanese history, culture and art, the study of these ancient manuscripts expands the appreciation of the sword in traditional Japa...

Reducere. ""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were. Women were not supposed to be interned either, but it h...

Read This is a four-book reading series designed for adult and young adult ESL students at the high beginning to intermediate levels. Read This , L...

Reducere. In the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes -- the first men to use airplanes a...

Reducere. During the Asia-Pacific War, the Japanese military forced hundreds of thousands of women across Asia into "comfort stations" where they were repeat...

DescriptionOne hundred and fifty years ago, Vincent van Gogh fell under the enticing spell of Japanese printmaking while working in Paris. He bough...

Over the centuries, Buddhism has responded to sexuality in a variety of fascinating ways, sometimes suppressing the sexual urge, sometimes sublimat...