All the Lovers in the Night

FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction A BEST BOOK OF 2022 Oprah Daily ・ TIME Magazine ・ Washington Post ・ Publishers Weekly ・ All the Lovers in the Night is acute and insightful, entertaining and engaging; it will make readers laugh, and it will make them cry, but it will also remind them, as only the best books do, that sometimes the pain is worth it. �…

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

The journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, moving story explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for…

Horror in the East

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0563534265

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157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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940.53 REE h

The Rising Sun : the decline and fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936 - 1945

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9780812968583

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940.53 TOL r

All About Japan : stories, songs, crafts, and more

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9784805310779

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61 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

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952 MOO a

Death by water

Kogito Choko returns to his hometown village in search of a red suitcase rumored to hold documents revealing the details of his father's death during World War II, details that will serve as the foundation for his new, and final, novel. Since his youth, renowned novelist Kogito Choko planned to fictionalize his father's fatal drowning in order to fully process the loss. Stricken with guilt and …

One thousand paper cranes: The story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of the Atomic Bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes, symbolizing her hope for peace, and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the many …

The Black Isle

Anyone who has lived as long as I have, and who has done the things I have, knows there will come a reckoning. Uprooted from her Shanghai childhood, young Cassandra is sent with her father and twin brother to live on the Black Isle. A teeming British colony in the Indonesian archipelago, the Isle is a seaport haunted by a restive multitude of ghosts ghosts that Cassandra can see. These spirits …

The fugitive

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9971-64-139-9

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Revolt in paradise

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920.7 TAN r

Under the blood-red sun

Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty.rnrnWorld War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats.rnrnBut then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfa…

The sound of waves

The love story of Hatsue, a wealthy Japanese maiden trained to dive for precious pearls, and Shinji, a poor young fisherman. Relates the hazards that must be overcome before they marry.

My awesome Japan adventure: A diary about the best 4 months ever!

Ever heard of micro sushi? Have you played karuta before? Neither did I, until I spent four months in Japan living with a Japanese family." Dan, the narrator of My Awesome Japan Adventure, is a typical American fifth grader, who spends four months with a Japanese family as an exchange student. Although he initially finds it difficult to adjust, Dan is soon having fun wherever he goes--and recor…

1Q84

An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.

Weedflower

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978-0-689-86574-9

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Kwaidan: Stories and studies of strange things

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9780804836623

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Taira no masakado = Kisah tentang cinta, darah, & air mata

Taira no Masakado (died March 25, 940) was a samurai in the Heian period of Japan, who led one of the largest insurgent forces in the period against the central government of Kyoto. Masakado was a member of the Kammu Taira clan of Japan. He was the son of Taira no Yoshimochi, Chinjufu Shogun. His childhood name was Sōma Kojirō. Taira no Masakado was a powerful landowner in the Kantō region. …

Memoirs of a geisha: A novel

A fisherman's daughter in 1930s Japan rises to become a famous geisha. After training, Sayuri's virginity is sold to the highest bidder, then the school finds her a general for a patron. When he dies, she is reunited with the only man she loved.

Under the blood red sun

Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Nihongo kirakira 2: Bahasa Jepang untuk SMA/MA kelas XI

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9786024342203

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243 p. ; photo ; ill.

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495.6 NIH n

Nihongo kirakira 1: Bahasa Jepang untuk SMA/MA kelas X

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9786024342197

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203p. ; photos ; ill.

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495.6 NIH n

Manga action heroes and heroines =​ Manga pas a pas les action heroes =​ …

his title is a step-by-step tutorial that will help both the novice and the amateur artist in the design and drawing of the most courageous characters of mangarnParrallel text in English, French, German and Dutch.

Manga now : how to draw action figures!

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1st ed.

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9789814523462

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286 p : ill. ; 21 cm.

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741.51 SPA m

Forty-seven Ronin : based on the screenplay by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini

Fantasy fiction. Film tie-in. Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 Ronin. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warrior embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

Ancient Japan

Step into ancient Japan