Bushido: The Classic Portrait of Samurai Martial Culture
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Justice. Courage. Benevolence. Politeness. Sincerity. Honor. Loyalty. These are the seven precepts...
Constructing East Asia: Technology, Ideology, and Empire in Japan's Wartime Era, 1931-1945
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The conventional understanding of Japanese wartime ideology has for years been summed up by just a...
Nippon Wars and Other Plays
Takeshi Kawamura, Peter Eckersall, Shoichiro Kawai and Leon Ingulsrud
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"Nippon Wars and Other Plays" provides a unique and fascinating window into the last thirty years of...
Seiobo There Below
Ottilie Mulzet and Laszlo Krasznahorkai
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Finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Beauty, in Laszlo Krasznahorkai's new novel,...
The Shanghai Intrigue
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When a Chinese American intelligence officer at the US Embassy in Beijing intercepts complex coded...
A History of Football in North and South Korea C.1910-2002: Development and Diffusion
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For the Koreans, no sport has surpassed football in terms of its popularity and national importance,...
When the Emperor was Divine
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Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, When the Emperor Was Divine is the critically acclaimed...
Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Amethyst Eyes: The Legend Comes to Life in Books
Jan 12, 2018
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated The Volcano of Doom (Accidental Detectives, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
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The Calligrapher's Garden
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Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes...