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1	Memoirs of a Geisha more books like this by Arthur Golden In 1929, a poor fisherman sells his nine-year-old daughter to an elite geisha house in Kyoto. So begins the remarkable first-person account of how the lovely child, Chiyo, became the accomplished and much sought-after geisha Sayuri, with the help of a kindly mentor and despite the malice of a rival; and of how Sayuri struggled to balance ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Flags of Our Fathers more books like this by James Bradley The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is told through the lives of six young men pictured in the famous news photo of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi. Hailing from different parts of the United States, these young men can be seen as representative of the generation that grew up in the '30s and went off to fight in the '40s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Hiroshima more books like this by John Hersey The most famous work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist and reporter. An account of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, told from the perspective of six survivors, it is written in a stark, objective voice that manages to be precise and all the more vivid for its understatement of events. A profoundly influential work that have long since been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Shogun: A Novel of Japan more books like this by James Clavell A saga of Japan in the 1570s featuring a love triangle composed of the English adventurer John Blackthorne, a Japanese warlord, and a woman caught between two cultures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Book of five rings more books like this by Musashi Miyamoto The BOOK OF FIVE RINGS is a legendary Japanese text written in the 17th century by an undefeated samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. Like THE ART OF WAR, it contains a timeless philosophy that has been interpreted over many centuries and applied to many contexts (violent or not) that require strength, fortitude, and focus. This particular translation by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sputnik Sweetheart more books like this by Haruki Murakami In the late 50's--the days of Sputnik--a young teacher falls in love with a woman who wants to be a writer in the tradition of Kerouac and the Beats. Then she goes off to a Greek island and disappears, and in his frantic attempts to find her, he encounters a mysterious older woman who was her traveling companion and possibly lover. A New York ... see all copies from $4.47! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Samurai's Garden more books like this by Gail Tsukiyama Tsukiyama's classic story of love, sacrifice, and devotion. On the eve of World War II, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. He will rest, swim in the salubrious sea, and paint in the brilliant shoreside light. But when he meets four local residents--a beautiful Japanese girl and three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this by Eugene B Sledge This World War II memoir by a former U. S. Marine is highly regarded by historians and former soldiers alike for its veracity and style. Sledge recounts his experiences in the Pacific campaigns, especially the (very bloody) landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $4.08! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Out more books like this by Natsuo Kirino, Albert Nolla Cabellos (Translator) This brutal crime thriller, translated from the Japanese, exposes the daily misery of Tokyo's working class. Four women work together on the night shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Their desperate, cash-strapped existences become dangerously complicated when one of them, Yayoi, strangles her gambling-addicted, abusive husband, and her co-workers ... see all copies from $3.87! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment more books like this by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Rape of Nanking more books like this by Iris Chang This "New York Times" national bestseller recounts the forgotten story of the brutal massacre of 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese army. "Anyone interested in the relation between war, self-righteousness, and the human spirit will find "The Rape of Nanking" of fundamental importance".--Ross Terrill, author of "China in Our Time". of photos. see all copies from $2.52! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Rain Fall more books like this by Barry Eisler John Rain is a fresh new thriller hero destined to be one of the most talked-about of the season. Rain is based in Tokyo, trained by the U.S. Special Forces and a veteran of Vietnam, he is a cool, self-contained loner--and he has built a steady business over the past 25 years specializing in death by "natural causes." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The wind-up bird chronicle. more books like this by Haruki Murakami When a young man's marriage breaks up, his subsequent search for identity mirrors that of his country, Japan. see all copies from $7.15! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Shogun more books like this by James Clavell A saga of Japan in the 1570s featuring a love triangle composed of the English adventurer John Blackthorne, a Japanese warlord, and a woman caught between two cultures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Artist of the Floating World more books like this by Kazuo Ishiguro see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Norwegian wood more books like this by Haruki Murakami Toru is a student in Japan who is involved with two women: Naoko, a schizophrenic who is eventually institutionalized; and Midori, with whom he has an ambiguous sexual relationship. The group of students of which Toru is a part is a highly intellectual one, devoted to literature, and their conversation is part of the appeal of Murakami's romantic, ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	You Only Live Twice more books like this by Ian Fleming James Bond's adventures take him to Japan where he finds himself fighting against the mad Dr. Shatterhand, and falling for the beautiful Kissy Suzuki. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission more books like this by Hampton Sides Sides renders a tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II: the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines. "Ghost Soldiers" is far more than a thrilling battle saga as the author explores the mystery of human behavior under extreme duress. of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Gai-Jin more books like this by James Clavell From the author of Noble House comes a blockbuster national bestselling masterpiece of Shogun. Clavell sweeps readers back to Japan in the 1860s, where Malcolm Struan, he ir to the title of Tai-Pan meets a beautiful young French woman who will alter the Noble House legacy. Gai-Jin is scheduled to be made into an NBC mini-series in 1995. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Across the Nightingale Floor more books like this by Lian Hearn Set in an engaging, alternate Japan, this first book in a new epic trilogy has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to "Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." It begins with legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress--a floor that sings in alarm at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 more books like this by Max Hastings From a master military historian comes a riveting, impeccably informed chronicle of the last year of the Pacific war--an illumination addition to the annals of World War II. of photos. 5 maps. see all copies from $17.49! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Grass for His Pillow more books like this by Lian Hearn In this sequel to ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR, Takeo repudiates the crown he is heir to and, instead, studies with the Tribe, a clan of assassins--though he hates the idea of killing. The princess Kaede, who loves him, has troubles of her own as she tries to mend the rents in her family that have arisen from the defeat of her father. A New York ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea more books like this by Yukio Mishima A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity.' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	South of the Border, West of the Sun more books like this by Haruki Murakami Hajime, a middle-aged Tokyo bar owner with a wife and children, is unexpectedly reunited with the girl he loved many years ago when she walks into his establishment. Permeated with the images to popular culture that are a trademark of Murakami's fiction, this novel is less wildly fantastic, more grounded in reality and human relationships, than ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Zen in the art of archery more books like this by Eugen Herrigel This is the story of philosopher Eugen Herrigel's effort to learn archery as a tool for grasping the concepts of Zen Buddhism. Having traveled from his native Germany to Japan, Herrigel studied with archery masters for six years and experienced many frustrating moments in trying to both learn the sport and also seize the concepts of Zen. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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