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Hiroshima
John Hersey
Vintage, 1989
Satisfaction Guaranteed
I was very satisfied with the level of customer service that I received from Amazon.com. It is definetly a site that I will be coming back to from here on. As a student I am always on the lookout for a better and cheaper deal, so this is definetly one of the first ...
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Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1
Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno, ...
Varsitybooks.Com, 1999
Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese CD
The CD goes along with the book and gives you different voices on how to say it correctly. Recomend buying it with the book.
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Max Hastings
Knopf, 2008
Best End of the Asian War Book
Retribution is every bit as good as Max Hasting's previous book, Armageddon. Also, a person gets the story that in 1944 the issue of the war against Japan was still somewhat in doubt. Hastings breaks the book down into three main themes. First, there is the two part ...
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Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I - Workbook
The Japan Times, 2000
Perfect pace
I used this workbook in my first year Japanese class in college. It complements the textbook wonderfully. The lessons are taught in a way that makes it easy to remember what you learn. This series has a rather engaging story about a girl studying in Japan, which ...
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Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel
Vintage, 1999
Zen in practice
For me this book is first and foremost about Zen. Students of Japanese archery can come to it to take their craft to another level but for me the archery is just a mantle for the teachings to sit on. I've been studying Zen for ten years or so, and have read many great ...
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War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
John W. Dower
Pantheon, 1987
A book to set you thinking about the present
War Without Mercy is not a comprehensive history of the Pacific War; if that's what you want, look elsewhere. Neither is it an "apologist's" account of the American conduct of the war, as some reviewers have suggested. If your mindset is "the Japanese deserved to ...
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Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2000
The new Salinger without being repetitive.
Murakami's Norwegian Wood seems like another Catcher in the Rye without any traces of annoying repetitiveness of themes. Watanabe, the protagonist of the novel, has already become a figure to emulate in some respects...
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Quite the story, you just can't walk away from it.
I just finished reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, I stayed up too late several nights in a row because I couldn't put it down. Sometimes scary and haunting but altogether very beautifully written and very true to the human situation.
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Shogun
James Clavell
Dell, 1976
Great Read
Shogun gives a wonderful picture of 16th century Japan. The character development is excellent and the story is just plain fun to read.
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Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2006
Kafka on the Shore Review
The brilliance of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore appears to me more in what is unexplained than what is evident in the literal text. Although I am initially drawn to books that contain a rich and unique plot, a quality that Kafka displayed throughout the entire ...
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The Commoner: A Novel
John Burnham Schwartz
Nan A. Talese, 2008
Engrossing
I found this novel to be a fascinating look at the life of one Japanese woman, her early life, and the enclosed and constricted world of the royal family. It is very well-written and I found the story engrossing.
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After Dark (Vintage International)
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2008
Superb.
Hardly anything happens in this slim novel, which is set entirely over one night in Tokyo. But the wisp of a plot is enough. I enjoyed this book primarily because of the dream-like atmosphere that Murakami creates. His spare style has an almost hallucinogenic ...
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The Samurai's Garden: A Novel
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 1996
Beautiful
A delightful story of a chinese teen, sent to japan on the eve of WW2 to recuperate after getting tuberculosis. He meets his father's servant who he gets to know and the locals, finding them friendly and welcoming even with the war. He finds the simple way of life, ...
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Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet
Ana Paula Rimoli
Martingale & Co Inc, 2008
AWESOME!!
I'm relatively new to crochet, but this book is great! It was easy to follow and the items are easy to create!
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By the Sword: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack)
F. Paul Wilson
Forge Books, 2008
By the Sword takes up the adventures of Repairman Jack directly after Bloodline . Jack is hired to find a legendary Japanese sword, a katana stolen from the Hiroshima Peace Museum and brought to New York City. Central characters include the members of a weird Japanese cult, a young Japanese businessman and his three Yakuza bodyguards, plus Hank ...
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