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1) East is East
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"Young Japanese seaman Hiro Tanaka, inspired by dreams of the City of Brotherly Love and trained in the ways of the samurai, jumps ship off the coast of Georgia and swims into a net of rabid rednecks, genteel ladies, descendants of slaves, and the denizens of an artists' colony. In the hands of T. Coraghessan Boyle, praised by Digby Diehl in Playboy as "one of the most exciting young fiction writers in America," the result is a sexy, hilarious tragicomedy...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the spirit of Ben Macintyre's greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland-a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars-who flipped to becomea spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor"--
""A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A startling, erotic novel about the need to balance care for others with care for one's self When the unnamed narrator of Marie Mutsuki Mockett's stirring second novel returns to Carmel, California, to care for her mother, she finds herself stranded at the outset of the disease. With her husband and children back in Hong Kong, and her Japanese mother steadily declining in a care facility two hours away, she becomes preoccupied with her mother's garden...
Author
Series
Momo Arashima volume 2
Publisher
Labyrinth Road
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When kids begin to disappear, Momo teams up with the magical fox spirit, Niko, and her friends to confront a dangerous enemy from Shinto legend, Tamamo-no-mae, and embark on a quest to the Sky Kingdom to steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun to save theirworld.
''In the next book in the thrilling fantasy series filled with gods and monsters of Shinto mythology, a twelve-year-old girl must steal an ancient relic, work with new friends and learn to...
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
''Emi and Obaachan are making mochi. It's a recipe that's been passed down for generations. Obaachan brought it with her when she first came to America from Japan and now, Emi is about to become her family's newest mochi maker! They mix and pound and twist and wrap. The Japanese rice cakes are sticky and chewy, colorful and tasty, and���most importantly���made with love. For Emi and Obaachan, making mochi becomes a way to remember those...
Author
Publisher
Watkins
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Wa means harmony, a central tenet at the heart of the Japanese belief that to live well is to live in balance. In this book, wellness expert Kaki Okumura shares the practices and psychology behind Wa and the Japanese health secrets that allow anyone, atany point in their life, to improve and sustain their health. Her method to bring Wa into your life is based on 4 pillars: Nourish, Move, Rest, Socialize. Rather than enforcing restrictions or relying...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, an emotionally engaging literary debut about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry. It’s spring 1999, and 25-year-old Lia Cope and her prickly 73-year-old grandmother, Mineko, are sharing a bedroom in Curtain, Texas, the ranching town where Lia grew up and Mineko began her life as a Japanese war...
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