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Korea: The Ground War from Both Sides

Korea: The Ground War from Both Sides

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The Korean War opened with the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans in June 1950. This superbly illustrated book traces the fluctuating fortunes of war from both sides....
Tokyo Underworld: The fast times and hard life of an American Gangster

Tokyo Underworld: The fast times and hard life of an American Gangster

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In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti, a native of Italian East Harlem, entered a world as strange as any he had ever...
American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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American Survivors is a fresh and moving historical account of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, breaking new ground not only in the study of World War...
American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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American Survivors is a fresh and moving historical account of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, breaking new ground not only in the study of World War...
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered...
The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priest's Sacrifice and A New Generation of Hope in Japan

The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priest's Sacrifice and A New

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The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, his sacrifice in Auschwitz, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever The remarkable true story of Saint...
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea: Vintage Quarterbound

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the great Japanese classic. 'Mishima's greatest novel, and one of the greatest of the past century' The Times...
Mina's Matchbox

Mina's Matchbox

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A story of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan, from the prizewinning author of The Memory Police. On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of...
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-mile walk through Japan

The Roads to Sata: A 2000-mile walk through Japan

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A classic of modern travel writing- the story of one man's epic trek across Japan, from north to south One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set...
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present

Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present

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A magical cultural history of modern Japan Japan Story is a fascinating, surprising account of Japan's culture, from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid 19th century to...
Underground

Underground

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Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

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Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...
Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan

Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan

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This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time,...
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in Japan's Imperialism, 1895-1945

Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in

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In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention...
Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

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In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...