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Author: David Peace Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ISBN: 0307276511 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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“An extraordinary and highly original crime novel” (New York Times Book Review) that plunges us into post–World War II Occupied Japan in a Rashomon–like retelling of a mass poisoning (based on an actual event), its aftermath, and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crime. “Hugely daring, utterly irresistible, deeply serious and unlike anything I have ever read.”—New York Times Book Review On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. There has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, he explains, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the “official” has fled.... Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. One of the victims speaks, for all the victims, from the grave. We read the increasingly mad notes of one of the case detectives, the desperate letters of an American occupier, the testimony of a traumatized survivor. We meet a journalist, a gangster-turned-businessman, an “occult detective,” a Soviet soldier, a well-known painter. Each voice enlarges and deepens the portrait of a city and a people making their way out of a war-induced hell. Occupied City immerses us in an extreme time and place with a brilliantly idiosyncratic, expressionistic, mesmerizing narrative. It is a stunningly audacious work of fiction from a singular writer.
Author: David Peace Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ISBN: 0307276511 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
Book Description
“An extraordinary and highly original crime novel” (New York Times Book Review) that plunges us into post–World War II Occupied Japan in a Rashomon–like retelling of a mass poisoning (based on an actual event), its aftermath, and the hidden wartime atrocities that led to the crime. “Hugely daring, utterly irresistible, deeply serious and unlike anything I have ever read.”—New York Times Book Review On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. There has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, he explains, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the “official” has fled.... Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. One of the victims speaks, for all the victims, from the grave. We read the increasingly mad notes of one of the case detectives, the desperate letters of an American occupier, the testimony of a traumatized survivor. We meet a journalist, a gangster-turned-businessman, an “occult detective,” a Soviet soldier, a well-known painter. Each voice enlarges and deepens the portrait of a city and a people making their way out of a war-induced hell. Occupied City immerses us in an extreme time and place with a brilliantly idiosyncratic, expressionistic, mesmerizing narrative. It is a stunningly audacious work of fiction from a singular writer.
Author: Mike Wells Publisher: Mike Wells ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 405
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When Giorgio Cattoretti enlists the help of Elaine Brogan to track down the international serial killer he unknowingly let loose on the world, Elaine reluctantly agrees. She believes that the deranged murderer knows the location of The Factory, the illegal passport production facility that she’s been after for months. When Elaine and Luna Faye ask to be put in charge of the case, they’re forced to cooperate with a team of competing foreign crime specialists who, above all else, must not learn the killer’s true identity. Elaine’s relentless pursuit takes her from Lyon, France, to Kiev, Ukraine, to Budapest Hungary, to Dubai, UAE, and finally, to Barcelona, Spain. Join Elaine, Luna and The Cat on another fast-paced, high-stakes Lust, Money & Murder adventure!
Author: Roger J. Davies Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462900518 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 282
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In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverance), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, "belly art"; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority), wabi-sabi (simplicity and elegance), and zoto (gift giving), as well as discussions of child-rearing, personal space, and the roles of women in Japanese society. It includes discussion topics and questions after each chapter. All in all, this book is an easy-to-use introduction to the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese society; an invaluable resource for anyone--business people, travelers, or students--perfect for course adoption, but also for anyone interested in Japanese culture. Next in this series: Now available separately, Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations is a fascinating journey through Japan's rich cultural history.
Author: Mike Wells Publisher: Mike Wells ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 500
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Thanks to Elaine Brogan, Giorgio Cattoretti finally finds himself behind bars in one of the worst maximum security penitentiaries in Europe. He’s desperate to find a way out. Meanwhile, Elaine and Luna Faye continue their effort to track down The Factory, even though their boss has ordered them to drop the case. A rapidly-unfolding series of events leads Elaine to Japan, where she is pitted not only against Cattoretti and the Yakuza criminals but, to her astonishment, even her own husband. The last book of The Japanese Trilogy reaches an explosive climax that will have you turning the pages faster and faster until you reach the very end.
Author: George Trombley Publisher: Yesjapan Corporation ISBN: 9780976998112 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 390
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Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley and co-writer Yukari Takenaka. The lessons and techniques used in this series have been taught successfully for over fifteen years in classrooms throughout the world. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners. In Book 2 of the Japanese From Zero! series, readers are taught new grammar concepts, over 800 new words and expressions, and also learn the katakana writing system. Features of Book 2: * Integrated Workbook with Answer Key * Over 800 New Words and Expressions * Learn to Read and Write Katakana * Easy-to-Understand Example Dialogues * Bilingual Glossaries with Kana and Romaji ...and much more!
Author: Emiko Jean Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 1250771366 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 233
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Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's New York Times bestseller Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to beloved rom-com Tokyo Ever After! When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true. Only. . . Her parents’ engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game. But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1488077215 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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PREORDER YOUR COPY OF BEFORE WE FORGET KINDNESS, the fifth book in the best-selling and much loved series, NOW! *NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER* *OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* *AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold. Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time? Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: Tales from the Cafe Before Your Memory Fades Before We Say Goodbye And the upcoming BEFORE WE FORGET KINDESS
Author: AJALT Publisher: Vertical Inc ISBN: 1568366116 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 563
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Volume I dealt with "survival Japanese" for tourists and other short-term travelers and newcomers to Japan. Volume II, meanwhile, turns to the basics of Japanese syntax. The book is by no means only about grammar, however. Rather, it is designed to help learners consolidate their understanding of syntactical structure through lessons that focus on how to talk about topics relevant to daily life. In addition to serving learners continuing from Volume I, Volume II will benefit those who have already studied beginning Japanese to some extent but wish to brush up on syntax. Major Features of Japanese for Busy People II, Revised 3rd Edition, will enable learners to progress smoothly through the equivalent of the latter half of a typical first-year Japanese course while gradually building speaking and listening skills. Learners approaching mid-beginner status often find themselves suddenly faced with syntax and vocabulary much more complex than what they have studied before. Such grammar and vocabulary do not appear as frequently in everyday conversation as those words and structures they have learned up to this point, necessitating that they spend ample time on review. Moreover, learners at this stage are expected to become familiar with verb tense and aspect, time expressions, conditional clauses, and other topics that require them to have a solid grasp of context and speaker intent if they are to fully understand the differences in meaning conveyed by each. Japanese for Busy People II helps overcome the above obstacles through grammar and content topics carefully selected to be appropriate to learners at this level of Japanese proficiency. The book is designed so that by practicing talking about each topic, learners will gradually and effectively acquire sentence patterns and vocabulary related to that topic. Like Volume I, Volume II is organized into several large units, each covering topics grouped under a particular theme. In this way, the book enables learners to achieve a well-balanced understanding of grammar, sentence structure, and context.
Author: Roger J. Davies Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462918832 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 161
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Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history. This much-anticipated sequel to Roger Davies's best-selling The Japanese Mind provides a comprehensive overview of the religion and philosophy of Japan. This cultural history of Japan explains the diverse cultural traditions that underlie modern Japan and offers readers deep insights into Japanese manners and etiquette. Davies begins with an investigation of the origins of the Japanese, followed by an analysis of the most important approaches used by scholars to describe the essential elements of Japanese culture. From there, each chapter focuses on one of the formative elements: Shintoism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Confucianism, and Western influences in the modern era. Each chapter is concluded with extensive endnotes along with thought-provoking discussion activities, making this volume ideal for individual readers and for classroom instruction. Anyone interested in pursuing a deeper understanding of this complex and fascinating nation will find Davies's work an invaluable resource.
Author: Dwindle Gee Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 62
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My First Femboy: Charles would like to get one thing straight [so to speak]. He isn't gay. He doesn't fancy the idea of being with a man. Rippling muscles, facial hair, and Cro-Magnon beefiness does nothing for him, and he despises gladiator movies. He likes the ladies, the chicks, the wrens, the babes. If it's in a skirt, he's interested. There's nothing queer about him at all, okay?So how does that square with the fact that we find Charles in a gay bar in Denton, TX, talking with a young man he met on Grindr? Well ... it makes sense when said young man is actually a dainty, limp-wristed, flaming, light-in-the-loafers femboy wearing a pair of Daisy Dukes, Peter Pan boots, and a checkered shirt tied in a knot exposing his midriff, navel ring, and what scant cleavage a nineteen-year-old boy might have!In this fast-paced, lusty short read, we get right to the action, where two men - one a regular Joe and the other a less than plain Jane - find each other and give in to an explosive passion that is barely containable. So, crack out the tissues, because this read, though not a tear jerker, is a jerker of another variety that is bound to please!Japanese Femboy From Texas:Our hero, Charles returns in an all new, scintillatingly amorous, and deliciously lustful tale of man-meets-femboy. In this caper, we find Charles alone in his favorite gay bar, well, the only gay bar in Denton, TX - Mabel Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair. Don't laugh. Well, do laugh, but it's a real place. Look it up. Our inveterate lover of the limp-wristed, provocatively feminine sissies is back on the prowl after his first foray into the realm of lisping, rear-wiggling femme-fellas.Enter the buoyant and flirty Timothy, an American-born, delicate, punkish delight of a young thing of pure Japanese extraction. He catches the eye of the puffing and lustful Charles from across the smoky dance floor and the rest is ... well, pretty obvious. Tim takes our boy to the North Texas art studio where he's majoring in ceramics. And when they are done with each other... Let's just say, you'll never look at a piece of pottery the same way again!If you enjoy a ribald, hard-hitting tale guaranteed to straighten out your coiled pot, then this is the read for you! Self-Isolating with Two Femboys:Our intrepid and stalwart Texan, Charles, is back for another stand-alone, fast-paced, hard [in all the right places] hitting encounter with his newest and most powerful fetish - petite and delicate femboys. We catch up with Charles, hanging out in the bathroom with his boyfriend, Tim, the dainty Japanese delight from the previous episode, watching him shave his legs and bits. They are isolating together during the pandemic and have grown close over the weeks together. Needless to say, bathing isn't on either of their minds!After a quick roll on the tiles, Tim retires to the bedroom to freshen up and Charles, savoring Tim's residual flavor, finds himself in the front room hanging out when I knock comes to the door. The delectable young Sammi, Charles' ex-femboy boyfriend who'd upped sticks for the big lights in Dallas leaving him in the lurch, stands in the doorway in a pair of skintight hot-pants and t-shirt that leave little to the imagination.Charles and Tim decide it wouldn't be very Christian of them to give Sammi the boot, so they decide to give him something else instead! Three galloping horses - one stallion and two geldings - roar ahead at breakneck speed, squishing and hammering their collective points home before arriving at a mutually agreeable and decidedly messy culmination. Let's just say, you may never look at the container of sour cream in your fridge or the dollop of gooey goodness on your nachos the same way again!So, if femboys are your thing; delicate, limp-wristed, lisping fairies with a penchant and talent for satisfying their man, then this is most certainly the read for you!
Author: David Peace
Author: David Peace
Author: Mike Wells
Author: Roger J. Davies
Author: Mike Wells
Author: George Trombley
Author: Emiko Jean
Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Author: AJALT
Author: Roger J. Davies
Author: Dwindle Gee