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If you follow me
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Malena Watrous |
Hoping to outpace her grief in the wake of her father's suicide, Marina has come to the small, rural Japanese town of Shika to teach English for a year. But in Japan, as she soon discovers, you can n… |
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The devil of Nanking
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Mo Hayder |
Now reissued as a B-format paperback, an extraordinary, electrifying thriller by one of Britain's bestselling crime-writers.Tokyo, 1990Grey Hutchins is in pursuit of an obsession. She is searching fo… |
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Maneki Neko
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Susan Lendroth |
Retells the Japanese folktale about how the beckoning cat became a symbol of luck and prosperity in Japan. |
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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David Mitchell |
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the “high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island” that is the Japanese Empire’s single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the W… |
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Silence
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Shūsaku Endō |
An historical novel by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo telling the story of a young Portuguese missionary in 17th Century Japan. After being smuggled into the country a Jesuit missionary fresh from the … |
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Afro Samurai
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Takashi Okazaki |
Wounded in his battle against the master swordsman Kuma, Afro awakens to find himself in the care of a village of people who have embraced the teachings of "the One" and found peace. |
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My girlfriend's a geek
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Pentabu |
A college student falls in love with a "fangirl"--an obsessive comic and cartoon fan--who introduces him to her cult-like interests, which he reports on his blog. |
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Blood ninja II
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Nick Lake |
In sixteenth-century Japan, Taro, a vampire like all ninja warriors, tries to protect his mother and defeat the power-hungry Lord Oda, who he believed was dead. |
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Tree of Cranes
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Allen Say |
In this radiant tale, a young boy in Japan celebrates his very first Christmas. Two cultures joyously combine for the day as the boy's mother shares a glimpse of her American childhood with her son. … |
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Born in the year of courage
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Emily Crofford |
In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade b… |
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The briefcase
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Hiromi Kawakami |
"Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, "Sensei" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him "Sensei" (… |
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Blood ninja III
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Nick Lake |
In sixteenth-century Japan, Taro enlists his friends to help vanquish a dragon in hopes of winning a reward that would allow him to marry Hana, but he also faces surprisingly difficult obstacles as K… |
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色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
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村上春樹 |
Tsukuru Tazaki reexamines his simple life as he searches for his closest high school friends to discover why he was suddenly ostracized from their group.
"Cuando Tsukuru Tazakiera adolescente, se … |
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Popular Hits Of The Showa Era
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Ryu Murakami |
Originally published in Japanese as "Showa kaiyô daizenshû". |
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Hanakimi For You In Full Blossom
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Hisaya Nakajō |
571 p. : 19 cm |
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Joji and the dragon
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Betty Jean Lifton |
With the help of his friends, a kind straw scarecrow is able to prove he is scarier than Toho the Terrible. |
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One hundred million hearts
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Kerri Sakamoto |
"From the award-winning author of The Electrical Field comes this riveting story of love, guilt, and complicity in the context of war. Miyo and her father, Masao, live a reclusive life together in To… |
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Kakegurui
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Homura Kawamoto |
When Yumeko Jabami enrolls in Hyakkaou Private Academy, she's going to show what a high roller really looks like. |
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Onibi
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Atelier Sento,Cécile Brun |
Follows the adventures of two young foreigners as they travel to a remote and mysterious corner of Japan. Along the way, they purchase an old camera that has the unique ability to capture images of J… |
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Beauty pop
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Kiyoko Arai |
After kissing Kiri accidentally, Narumi struggles to keep his composure during the All-Japan Beauty Tournament. With everything on the line, can the Scissors Project even make it through the prelimin… |
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