Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Coffee life in Japan Coffee life in Japan Merry I. White "Traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Eu… OL16117557W
Queer Japan Queer Japan Barbara Summerhawk,Cheiron McMahill,Darren McDonald In this important contribution to international queer studies, sixteen Japanese lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transsexuals tell their stories. Doseiai (same sex love between men) has never been le… OL16457836W
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower Miss Happiness and Miss Flower Rumer Godden After she leaves India to live with her cousins in England, eight-year-old Nona is overcome with homesickness until her great-aunt sends two Japanese dolls which need love and care. Includes construc… OL1825348W
Tokyo Friends Tokyo Friends Betty Reynolds American Katie and her Japanese friends, Keiko and Kenji, explore Tokyo, learning about Japanese customs, holidays, and vocabulary. Each page includes pictures of items that relate to the text and th… OL2038174W
The Dream of Water The Dream of Water Kyoko Mori In an extraordinary memoir that is both a search for belonging and a search for understanding, Japanese-American author Kyoko Mori travels back to Kobe, Japan, the city of her birth, in an unspoken d… OL2648019W
Learning to Bow Learning to Bow Bruce Feiler Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler… OL2749499W