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Mornings With My Cat Mii

Mornings With My Cat Mii

$32.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
A beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives. The...
Falling Blossom

Falling Blossom

$45.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
This is the beautiful, true story of a tragic love affair. When Arthur Hart-Synnot, a disciplined, conservative British army officer met Masa Suzuki, a bright, beautiful Japanese girl, whilst on...
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
The Bookshop Woman: A book about books about books

The Bookshop Woman: A book about books about books

$22.99 AUD$19.54 AUD
THE BOOKSHOP WOMAN IS A LOVE STORY, A LOVE STORY ABOUT BOOKS... A WATERSTONES NON FICTION MEMOIR OF THE YEAR 'Beautiful, very honest, and very good. I can't recommend it...
The Bells of Nagasaki

The Bells of Nagasaki

$39.99 AUD$33.99 AUD
A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history- the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. 'A book that everyone should read' The Times A harrowing, heart-rending...
In Japan the Crickets Cry: How could Steve Metcalf forgive the

In Japan the Crickets Cry: How could Steve Metcalf forgive the

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Steve had suffered under the brutal regime of his Japanese guards. He and his classmates at Chefoo school in China - for the most part the children of missionaries -...
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

$49.95 AUD$25.00 AUD
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

$24.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
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,...
Abroad in Japan

Abroad in Japan

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The hilarious number one bestselling memoir from YouTube sensation Chris Broad, a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the...
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa

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An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa. An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling...
Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow's Memoir and Letters from Home

$75.00 AUD$35.00 AUD
The ordeals of the POWs put to slave labour by their Japanese masters on the 'Burma Railway' have been well documented yet never cease to shock. It is impossible not...
90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

$35.00 AUD$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
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,...
The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life story

The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life

$22.99 AUD$18.39 AUD
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little...
Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu

Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan: A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
Author: John DougillFormat: Paperback, 152mm x 229mm, 308 pagesPublished: Stone Bridge Press, United States, 2023Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails...
Question 7

Question 7

$35.00 AUD$29.75 AUD
Author: Richard Flanagan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Beginning at a love hotel by Japan's Inland Sea and ending by a river in Tasmania, Question 7 is about the...
Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food

Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food

$35.00 AUD$7.50 AUD
Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan

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Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's...