Soseki. Modern Japan's Greatest Novelist, Paperback - John Nathan

John Nathan provides a lucid and vivid account of Natsume Soseki, the father of the modern novel in Japan. This biography elevates Soseki to his ri...

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Reducere. At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for The Sailor Who Fell from...

Reducere. The fall of Singapore was the worst defeat ever suffered by the British Empire; this dramatic account emphasizes the initiative and tactics that en...

Reducere. John Nathan arrived in Tokyo in 1961 fresh out of Harvard College, bringing with him no practical experience, no more than two connections, no pros...

Ninja master and survival expert Hakim Isler presents modern day survival strategies based on the techniques of Japan's ancient ninja. If you find ...

This unique book tells for the first time the violent story of the siege of Tanaka based on never-before translated war chronicles, maps, and field...

Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs explores how the literary an...

Reducere. A stunning new translation - the first in more than forty years - of a major novel by the father of modern Japanese fiction. Natsume Soseki's Kusam...

Reducere. - Evocative photographs of one of the world's most famous pilgimages - All 88 temples illustrated and discussed - Includes accounts by former pilgr...

Writing books is no longer something only other people do. It's your turn.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Claire AskewNumber of pages: 224Pu...

Vol. 2 of Brad Warner's Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma EyeIn Japan in 1253, one of the great thinkers of ...

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Botchan - Natsume Soseki

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Japan's beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form! Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of up...

Reducere. "As an anthologist, Ellery Queen is without peer, his taste unequalled. As a bibliographer and a collector of the detective short story, Queen is, ...

Publisher: Soft Skull PressAuthor(s): Jordan CastroNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 210 x 135 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

The horrific murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman shocked and sickened the nation. The man found guilty of their murders is now one of the mo...

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...

Reducere. Like listening to a beloved brother. I found the acute observations and his narrative philosophy more valuable for the new writer than the contents...

The revised edition of this highly acclaimed work presents crucial lessons from Japan's recession that could aid the US and other economies as they...

Reducere. DescriptionIn its simplest understanding, "Botchan" may be taken as an episode in the life of a son born in Tokyo, hot-blooded, simple-hearted, pur...

"It's a nice tome for armchair travel, whisking you off around the country from where you sit--or time travel, taking you back to that life-changin...

DescriptionJapan's World Heritage Sites presents the exquisite temples, shrines, gardens, castles and natural wonders found throughout Japan which ...

Reducere. Thinking of writing a novel this year? Writing and finishing a novel can feel overwhelming. And, if you're like most writers, you need to fit writi...

An NYRB Classics Original A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exi...

Reducere. Master 100 Modern Jazz Piano Licks & Learn the Language of 10 Jazz Piano MastersBud Powell - Oscar Peterson - Thelonious Monk - George Shearing - B...

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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This fabulous collection features 34 of Elton's all-time greatest hits, including: Bennie and the Jets * The ...

Reducere. The world's most beloved mystery writers celebrate their favorite mystery novels in this gorgeously wrought collection, featuring essays by Michael...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Natsume SosekiTranslator: Edwin McClellanLiterally meaning "heart, " the Japanese word "kokoro" can be more distinctly tran...

One of Japan's most treasured novels--new to Penguin Classics A hilarious tale about a young man's rebellion against "the system" in a country scho...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Maurizio (Drury University, USA) SabiniIllustration(s): 87 bw illusNumber of pages: 248Collection: B...

Wrestling with God makes your faith stronger.Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor(s): Nathan AasengNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimen...

Agatha Christie's disappearance in December 1926 as seen in a new light: a real life mystery as gripping as any of her novelsPublisher: Fonthill Me...

Reducere. "Rich in understanding and insight."--The New YorkerWhat is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our responsibility to ourselves and...

Natsume Soseki's only coming-of-age novel, Sanshiro depicts the eponymous twenty-three-year-old protagonist as he leaves the sleepy countryside to ...

"The subject of 'Kokoro, ' which can be translated as 'the heart of things' or as 'feeling, ' is the delicate matter of the contrast between the me...

DescriptionOne of Japan's most popular novels, this timeless tale of a changing society combines old idealism with modern independence. Written in ...

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Inside the twisted mind of Ian Huntley, and the infamous Soham murders.Publisher: John Blake Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Nathan YatesNumber of pages: ...

This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII. Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in As...

Reducere. This is the third of a four-volume history of philosophy . . . on ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary philosophy. After the fourth volume i...

What does it mean to be a novelist in the 21st century?How do you write a novel? What do you do with it once it's finished? And how do you get a ca...

Kokoro (1914) is a novel by Natsume Sōseki. Set during a period of modernization in Japan, Kokoro is a story of family, faith, and tragedy that exp...