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The Kāma Sūtra Deals Without Ambiguity Or Hypocrisy With All Aspects Of Sexual Life--including Marriage, Adultery, Prostitution, Group Sex, Sadomasochism,...

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the he...

1978. Author: Brandon, Malm, Shively. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press. 198 pages. Paperback.Categories: Literature & Fiction World Literatur...

Ama (diver) -- Atsumori -- Aya No Tsuzumi (damask Drum) -- Chikubu-shima -- Eguchi -- Funa Benkei (benkei Aboard Ship) -- Hagoromo (feather Mantle) -- Hanjo...

This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956. Set in the early postwar years, it probes the de...

First published in 1686, this collection of five novellas was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world that was Genroku Japan, and the book's popularity h...

Have you ever thought about how your seemingly insignificant life events have formed who you are? How intriguing it is to look back and discover how your cu...

Praised as "utterly remarkable" and "deeply resonant" by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant de...

Rumi's Divani Shamsi Tabriz (the Works Of Shams Of Tabriz--named In Honor Of Rumi's Spiritual Teacher And Friend) Is A Collection Of Lyric Poems That Contai...

A remarkable and true tale of loyalty, vengeance, and ritual suicide. . . . In the spring of 1701, the regional lord Asano Naganori wounded his supervising...

Sun Tzu's 2,500-year-old masterpiece, The Art of War, is one of the oldest and most-read military treatises in the world. This succinct text, which details ...

Sukeroku: Flower Of Edo.--saint Narukami And The God Fudō.--chronicle Of The Battle Of Ichinotani.--love Letter From The Licensed Quarter.--the Scarlet Pri...