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Author: Shawn Mahler Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 214
Book Description
"What's on the surface is not what's underneath." Honne Tatemae (本音建前) Japan presents its best face to the outside world at all times. And while the nation is full to the brim with honorable and lovely men and women, the soul of Japan, if it were ever truly laid bare, would make a lot of people blush.Chizawa Bay: As Ugly As I Am is a slice-of-life literary novel based on the lives of a rural fishing village in Central Japan. The story centers on Sensei, a Tokyo-educated scholar and pearl farm owner, and his friendship with Makoto, the de facto leader of a group of jobless and homeless ne'er-do-wells. Sensei is the town's most beloved citizen, a man for whom any one of Chizawa's fishermen and farmers would lay down their lives. His birthday is coming up and Makoto and friends fear for his safety. He'll be turning forty-two, a bad age to be in Japan for it is a designated age of yakudoshi ("a year of evil"). Makoto and company go to great lengths to help Sensei avoid the curses of yakudoshi and though they are well intentioned they do him far more harm than good.Chizawa Bay is a humorous, thought-provoking novel. It is a playful glimpse inside the minds and hearts of the Japanese, a story written to lift the veil on an often misunderstood and misinterpreted culture. It is a story that will expose readers to a different way of thinking about and appreciating beauty.
Author: Shawn Mahler Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 214
Book Description
"What's on the surface is not what's underneath." Honne Tatemae (本音建前) Japan presents its best face to the outside world at all times. And while the nation is full to the brim with honorable and lovely men and women, the soul of Japan, if it were ever truly laid bare, would make a lot of people blush.Chizawa Bay: As Ugly As I Am is a slice-of-life literary novel based on the lives of a rural fishing village in Central Japan. The story centers on Sensei, a Tokyo-educated scholar and pearl farm owner, and his friendship with Makoto, the de facto leader of a group of jobless and homeless ne'er-do-wells. Sensei is the town's most beloved citizen, a man for whom any one of Chizawa's fishermen and farmers would lay down their lives. His birthday is coming up and Makoto and friends fear for his safety. He'll be turning forty-two, a bad age to be in Japan for it is a designated age of yakudoshi ("a year of evil"). Makoto and company go to great lengths to help Sensei avoid the curses of yakudoshi and though they are well intentioned they do him far more harm than good.Chizawa Bay is a humorous, thought-provoking novel. It is a playful glimpse inside the minds and hearts of the Japanese, a story written to lift the veil on an often misunderstood and misinterpreted culture. It is a story that will expose readers to a different way of thinking about and appreciating beauty.
Author: John T. Carpenter Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN: 1588394719 Category : Art, Japanese Languages : en Pages : 218
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Exhibition of paintings, lacquerwork, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy, and other media all in the Rinpa style from 1600 to the present day.
Author: Matt Dunn Publisher: Lake Union Publishing ISBN: 9781477823453 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Dream date . . . or an absolute nightmare? Lisa's dated a series of disastrous men; Simon's loved and lost the girl of his dreams. She's hoping fate might intervene in her love life; he'd prefer that it stopped meddling with his. Today, they're meeting, courtesy of the local paper's 'Blind Date' feature - but while Lisa's looking for that elusive 'spark', Simon's sure lightning doesn't strike twice. Will theirs be a love that's written in the stars, or merely another mismatch written up in the Gazette? From the bestselling author of At the Wedding comes a story of two perfect strangers who might just be perfect for each other.
Author: Joe Palermo Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 135
Book Description
A young Japanese woman was running through Tokyo station screaming "Save me! Save me!" There was a Japanese man chasing her and closing in. He grabbed her wrist and caught her about 10 feet in front of me. The woman was still yelling "Save me! Save Me!" but the Japanese people in the crowded station ignored her, not wanting to get involved. This is the beginning of just one of the stories from my experience living in Japan in the 1980's, where I had moved right after graduating university. It was still rare to see an American who could speak Japanese fluently. This book guides the reader though my many adventures navigating through Japanese culture while living in the outskirts of Tokyo, as well as Tokyo proper.
Author: Matt Dunn Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1847396593 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
"It's not me - it's you. You've let yourself go, so I'm letting you go too." When Edward Middleton hears those words from Jane, his girlfriend of the past ten years, he knows he's in serious trouble. Determined to get her back, Edward must learn how to make women fancy him again. But what makes for a good boyfriend nowadays? Right now, he's the kind of man who puts the 'ex' into 'sexy'. One thing is certain: if he's to be Jane's Mr Right, he needs to turn himself into a bit of all right. From Atkins and Botox, Edward begins working his way through the makeover alphabet. But can cuddly Teddy really become sexy Eddie? Can he rise from the ranks of discarded exes? Or has his journey of self-discovery taken him in a different direction entirely?
Author: Matt Dunn Publisher: Day at the Office ISBN: 9781612184555 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Julie kissed Mark at the office Christmas party. She doesn't seem to remember but he's not been able to forget. What better day to jog her memory than Valentine's Day? Calum's found the girl of his dreams on the internet. Trouble is, he's not been completely honest about himself. Tonight he's meeting her for the first time but will it also be the last? Nathan's organized his usual Anti-Valentine's party for the office singletons. Sophie's going--again. Though this year, if she gets her way, they might just be leaving together. One office, five lives, on the most romantic day of the year."--Page [4] of cover.
Author: Melissa Lynn Herold Publisher: Wise Ink ISBN: 9781634892643 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
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When I was little, other children called me a monster. A painting proved them right. A lifetime of cruel taunts and heartbreak has taught Aurelia to hide, to not get too close to anyone. A painter and gallery docent, her only solace is in the art that can't stare back. When a new piece arrives, depicting an angelic figure who shares the physical features she's always thought of as monstrous, Aurelia searches for the artist, determined to get the answers her mother has long refused to provide. But she isn't the only one searching. There are others who want the artist-and the truth-silenced. Aurelia is attacked by figures from the painting, fierce warriors with wings and sharpened blades. Shaken and bloody, she manages to escape with her life but finds herself hunted by the Iyarri, who are anything but angels. As she comes to terms with her connection to them, Aurelia is drawn deeper into the heart of a millennia-old struggle. If she's not careful, the consequences will tear her body, her heart, and the Iyarri in two. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Melissa Lynn Herold is artistically talented, scientifically minded, and magically fascinated, things that manifest in both her fiction and her nonfiction. An herbal alchemist, Melissa owns and runs NightBlooming, where she blends up herbs and oils that grow real-life fairytale hair, and has published two nonfiction books, Rehabilitating Damaged Hair Naturally and Coloring Hair Naturally with Henna & Other Herbs. Heaven's Silhouette, the first book in the Iyarri Chronicles, is her debut novel. She lives with her husband in a sweeping river valley, along with their mutinous cats and garden dotted with honeybees. AUTHOR HOME: Winona, MN
Author: Matt Dunn Publisher: Lake Union Publishing ISBN: 9781612185798 Category : Dating (Social customs) Languages : en Pages : 0
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She's impulsive and he's a planner; he wants to settle down and she doesn't 'do' relationships--- or anything, for that matter-- the way he is used to. But when Noah Wilson first encounters the quirky, opinionated and very beautiful Angel Fallon, his world is turned upside down. Convinced by his friend Marlon that thirteen dates is all you need to fall in love, Noah decides to give it a try with Angel. Despite some near-disasters involving rock climbing, saddle sores and jellied eels, it seems his plan may actually work. But even if they do reach the magic number, can that really mean they'll just fall into their happily-ever-after?
Author: Shawn Mahler
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Author: Matt Dunn
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