Intimate Disconnections: Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan, Paperback - Allison Alexy

In many ways, divorce is a quintessentially personal decision--the choice to leave a marriage that causes harm or feels unfulfilling to the two peo...

This new and fully updated second edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdiscip...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Chikako Ozawa-de SilvaIllustration(s): 8 b-w illustrations, 1 tableNumber of pages: 286Collecti...

Reducere. 1. O Mio Babbino Caro - 3: 262. The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - 2: 363. Nocturne - 4: 084. The Swan - 2: 505. Serenade - 3: 476. Casta Diva - 4: 57...

A sweeping Hollywood biography of the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh based on new research, including exclusiv...

Reducere. Description"There is a broad way that seems right to man but which leads to death and destruction, so also there is a narrow way that opens up into...

Originally a film by British avant-garde filmmaker Nichola Bruce, The Romance of Bricks is a portrait of the artist Liz Finch: a British painter, p...

This book explores the transformation of Japan's state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on the case studies of ICT regulatio...

Reducere. The Romance of Lust (1873-1876) is an anonymously written pornographic novel. Published by infamous London pornographer William Lazenby, The Romanc...

Reducere. The Romance of a Shop (1888) is a novel by Amy Levy. Published the year before her tragic death, The Romance of a Shop is the debut novel of a pion...

Reducere. The Romance of Lust (1873-1876) is an anonymously written pornographic novel. Published by infamous London pornographer William Lazenby, The Romanc...

Reducere. Springing from the heart of medieval France, The Romance of the Faery Melusine tells the story of Raymondin of Poitiers who accidentally kills his ...

Reducere. Friendship, devotion, reconciliation, childlessness, poverty, faith, commitment, romance, and love. These are issues many women will face in their ...

Reducere. The deity Inari has been worshipped in Japan since at least the early eighth century and today is a revered presence in such varied venues as Shint...

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco...

Set in a medieval era of swords, battles, and dragons, King Mark of Cornwall takes in a young boy, with whom he felt a strong connection to even be...

Publisher: Broadview Press LtdAuthor(s): Amy LevyIllustration(s): illustrationsNumber of pages: 278Collection: Broadview EditionsPublication date: ...

This highly anticipated follow-up volume presents the exquisite designs of Tord Boontje, one of the most creative and romantic industrial designers...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 6 bw illusNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 22Cover type: Pape...

Reducere. Isabella Astley, a true Victorian lady who was born into one of England's finest houses, wants to control her own destiny. But with a mother who is...

In blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, diplomats and travellers, English nation and Italian nation, Maura O'Connor shows us the exten...

Reducere. Discover the beloved self-help classic featuring moving poems and insightful truisms that "is full of practical wisdom that will allow you to embra...

Publisher: Sagwan PressAuthor(s): John, MD AlexanderNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 18Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Discover Henry James's most famous and terrifying story in an edition which also includes a unique selection of his best loved ghost stories. A you...

Being a pastor's wife, Rosilyn knew that the stress and pressures affecting him would also affect her. However, nothing has prepared her for the me...

The Marrano Legacy chronicles the astounding, intensely personal correspondence between two strangers from different countries who shared the unusu...

Reducere. Featured on the front page of the New York Times, Our Declaration is already regarded as a seminal work that reinterprets the promise of American d...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. DescriptionA new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels - an epic story of warring factions in the era of China's ...

Using analytical tools from a wide spectrum of disciplines, this edited collection analyzes the role of the body in contemporary Japanese society, ...

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Edward G. SeidenstickerIllustration(s): 16 pages of color imagesTranslator: Edward G. SeidenstickerNumber of...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 13 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 572Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 246 x 175 x 30Co...

Reducere. Perhaps one of the most plagiarised novels of all time - and definitely one of the most pornographic, The Romance of Lust written between 1873 and ...

Reducere. By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewhere in Asia and around the ...

Reducere. DescriptionMany English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles...

Reducere. This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translati...

Reducere. C. S. Lewis said that Christianity works on us like every other myth, except it is a myth that really happened. Dwight Longenecker grabs this idea ...

Originally published in 1926 this book tells the inside story of Sheffield Wednesday AFC from its formation in 1867 until 1926. As the book is virt...

Being a pastor's wife, Rosilyn knew that the stress and pressures affecting him would also affect her. However, nothing has prepared her for the me...