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Hiroshima
by John Hersey
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and... (read more)

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The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto (Vintage Departures)
by Pico Iyer
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When Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from the inside, to get to know Kyoto, one of the loveliest old cities in the world, and to find out something about Japanese culture today -- not the... (read more)

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Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
by David E Kaplan
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Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan
by Alex Kerr
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Geisha: A Life
by Mineko Iwasaki
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Shinsengumi : Shogun's Last Samurai Corps (05 Edition)
by Hillsborough
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Japan's Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity
by Michae Weinerm
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Based on original research, Japan's Minorities provides a clear historical introduction to the formation of individual minorities, followed by an analysis of the contemporary situation. This second edition identifies and explores the six principal... (read more)

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The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan
by Christopher Benfey
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When the United States entered the Gilded Age after the Civil War, argues cultural historian Christopher Benfey, the nation lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward to "Old Japan," with its seemingly untouched indigenous culture, for balance... (read more)

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The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War)
by John Toland
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The Forty-Seven Ronin Story
by John Allyn
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Giving Up the Gun
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Sumo: A Thinking Fan's Guide to Japan's National Sport (Tuttle Classics)
by David Benjamin
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