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Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A sweeping yet intimate portrait of the legacy of World War II in JapanShowa 1944–1953: A History of Japan continues the award-winning author Shi...
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Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga’s most distinguished authorShowa 1926–1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork fo...
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard Autumn 1944. World War II is nea...
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal — and forgotten — massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capi...
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Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
HardcoverOriginal price $32.00Original price $32.00 - Original price $32.00Original price $32.00Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /Back with Caliber after more than a decade out of print, a revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan’s kamikaze—the suicide pilots ...
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The History of Modern Japanese Education: Constructing the National School System, 1872-1890
PaperbackOriginal price $52.95 - Original price $52.95Original price $52.95$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /The History of Modern Japanese Education is the first account in English of the construction of a national school system in Japan, as outlined in...
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Just Enough Design: Reflections on the Japanese Philosophy of Hodo-Hodo
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A Japanese designer offers a compelling alternative way to engage with our possessions, our history, our environment, and each other. The Japanese ...
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Japanese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, written works originating from Japan encompass a vast range of forms and genres. Since the eight...
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Samurai: The Last Warrior: A History
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The definitive history of the Samurai, by acclaimed author of Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior"One could ask for no better storyteller or a...
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Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor
PaperbackOriginal price $31.99Original price $31.99 - Original price $31.99Original price $31.99Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /"Gripping history, offering both drama and suspense." --Wall Street JournalA riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contendin...
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Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country's mo...
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Autobiography of a Geisha
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The glamorous world of big-city geisha is familiar to many readers, but little has been written of the life of hardship and pain led by the hot-spr...
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So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among...
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In the Province of the Gods
HardcoverOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he v...
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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who "pulls the curtain back on ....
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The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
HardcoverOriginal price $38.00Original price $38.00 - Original price $38.00Original price $38.00Current price $35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has ...
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The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado
HardcoverOriginal price $35.95Original price $35.95 - Original price $35.95Original price $35.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /A portrait of Japan's first significant samurai leader and his world Was samurai warrior Taira Masakado a quixotic megalomaniac or a hero swept up ...
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The Life Of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
HardcoverOriginal price $46.95 - Original price $46.95Original price $46.95$52.99$52.99 - $52.99Current price $52.99| /This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, margina...
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Womb of Diamonds: A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan
HardcoverOriginal price $34.97 - Original price $34.97Original price $34.97$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /In the 1930's Jewish Community of Aleppo, Syria, thirteen-year-old Lucie lives and works beside Muslims, Armenian Christians, and the French milit...
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The Battle of Buffalo Wallow: The Japanese Attack on the 44th General Hospital in World War II - Leyte, Philippines December 1944
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /In World War II, the U.S. Army's 44th General Hospital found themselves at ground-zero of the Japanese counterattack on the island of Leyte. As Jap...
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31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /31 Months in Japan--the Building of a Theme Park is the story of two Southern Californians embarking on the adventure of a lifetime--moving to Japa...
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A Year in Tokyo: An Illustrated Guide and Memoir
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /A Year in Tokyo is an illustrated travel guide and memoir-the perfect companion for any would-be explorer seeking insider recommendations on the be...
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The Cat with Three Passports
PaperbackOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A girl struggling to fit in. A homeless kitten. An unexpected job offer in an unfamiliar country that changes everything.CJ had a long history of e...
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Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan afte...
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