Japan

An entertaining and thorough introduction to all things Japanese. Much has been written about Japanese management. But this is the first book to explain the...

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get...

The definitive account of the wartime history of Hong Kong On Christmas Day 1941 the Japanese captured Hong Kong, and Britain lost control of its Chinese c...

Japan's transformation from an isolated society to a military empire and, after a crushing defeat in World War II, into one of the world's foremost economi...

Edited And Introduced By Everett F. Bleiler. ... An Unabridges And Unaltered Republication Of The Work Originally Published By Fox, Duffield And Company In...

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the ...

"From its creation in the early twentieth-century, policymakers used the discourse of international law to legitimate Japan's empire. Although the Japanese ...

Japan's Informal Empire In China, 1895-1937 : An Overview / Peter Duus -- The Changing Pattern Of Sino-japanese Trade, 1884-1937 / Mizoguchi Toshiyuki -- Ja...

This biography traces the career of Fukuzawa Yûkichi, who began life as a lower-level samurai and went on to become one of the leading figures in Japan a...

Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered the 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and mor...

What forces were behind Japan's emergence as the first non-Western colonial power at the turn of the twentieth century? Peter Duus brings a new perspective ...

In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan’s history, the period that saw as dramatic a tra...

Pt. 1. Beginnings -- Geology, Climate, And Biota -- From Origins To Agriculture -- Pt. 2. The Age Of Dispersed Agriculturalists, 400 Bce-1250 Ce -- Politica...

Illuminating A Pivotal Episode In East Asian History, Gordon Mark Berger Offers A Translation, With Informative Historical Notes, Of [japanese Foreign Minis...

New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American...

At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for...

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military Rule And The Martial Tradition Of The Samurai Dominated Japanese Culture For More Than Eight Hundred Years. According To Thomas Cleary—translator...

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." John Keegan referred to it in The Seco...

A Biography Of The Japanese Emperor Reveals A Powerful Man Who Successfully Cultivated An Image Of A Reluctant King While Manipulating Important Events Behi...

Japan was ruled by warriors for the better part of a millennium. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century its political history was dominated by the strug...

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 Happ...

Based on historical ninja training manuals, this witty and informative volume gives you all the tools you need to enter the secret world of ninjutsu. Ninja...

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

JAPANESE ACCENTS IN WESTERN INTERIORS by Peggy Landers Rao and Jean Mahoney, photographs by Toshiaki Sakuma 1988 Third printing hardcover 168 pages Shufunot...

An eminent expert on Japanese culture draws on unparalleled access to Sony's archives and executives to craft a revelatory portrait of the passions and loy...

'Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo Toyotomi Hideyos...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important naval battles in the history of World War II (1939-1945), Midway, which was fought barely six months a...

Autumn 1944. World War Ii Is Nearly Over In Europe But Is Escalating In The Pacific, Where American Soldiers Face An Opponent Who Will Go To Any Length To A...

From Chris Wallace, the veteran journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, comes an electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings and events...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

Malcolm Gladwell Weaves Together The Stories Of A Dutch Genius And His Homemade Computer, A Band Of Brothers In Central Alabama, A British Psychopath, And P...

Take a colorful tour of Japan's capital with this alternative Japan travel guide that explores Tokyo's distinctive architecture, fashion, food, and so much...

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm...

Product Description Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and no...