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1	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this by Eugene B Sledge add to wishlist 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 $2.14! new only from $4.62! \| SVS
2	Book of five rings more books like this by Musashi Miyamoto add to wishlist 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 $2.47! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The 47th Samurai more books like this by Stephen Hunter add to wishlist Bob Lee Swagger, the son of the gritty hero in Hunter's bestsellers "Point of Impact" and "Time to Hunt," avenges his father in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's most intense and exotic thriller to date. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	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 add to wishlist 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 $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Housekeeper and the Professor more books like this by Yoko Ogawa add to wishlist He is a brilliant math professor, with a peculiar problem--since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper with a 10-year-old son who is hired to care for the professor. Between them, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms. see all copies from $7.79! new only from $7.97! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath more books like this by Michael Norman, Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history. The defeat, though, was only the ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $17.19! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission more books like this by Hampton Sides add to wishlist 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 $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Memoirs of a Geisha more books like this by Arthur Golden add to wishlist 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
9	Hiroshima more books like this by John Hersey add to wishlist 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 $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Anthology of World Scriptures more books like this by Robert E Van Voorst add to wishlist "Anthology of World Scriptures" is a comprehensive collection of scriptures from the major world religions, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as scriptures from more recent religious movements. The text presents scripture readings in context, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.28! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Samurai's Garden more books like this by Gail Tsukiyama add to wishlist On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. There he meets four local residents, and what ensues is a classical yet wonderfully unique adventure that seizes the imagination with its clean, simple yet dazzling storytelling. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Flags of Our Fathers more books like this by J Bradley add to wishlist 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
13 view cover	The Street of a Thousand Blossoms more books like this by Gail Tsukiyama add to wishlist Japan, 1939. Two orphaned brothers are growing up with loving grandparents who inspire them to dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows signs of promise at sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh Theatre masks. But as the ripples of war spread, the brothers must put their dreams on hold-and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Artist of the Floating World more books like this by Kazuo Ishiguro add to wishlist As Japan rebuilds her cities after the calamity of World War II, the celebrated painter Masuji Ono should be enjoying a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to a life and career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism, a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. more books like this by Roland Kelts add to wishlist Anime, or Japanese animation, is Asia's equivalent of the Harry Potter phenomenon--an overseas export that has unexpectedly taken America by storm. While Hollywood struggles to fill seats, Japanese anime releases are increasingly outpacing American movies in sheer numbers and, more importantly, in the devotion they inspire in their fans. But just ... see all copies from $5.18! new only from $11.51! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Second World War more books like this by John Keegan add to wishlist By the author of "The Price of Admiralty", this book approaches the war from a thematic and periodic standpoint. The course of the war is divided into six passages and attached to each is an analytical narrative of a battle, which exemplifies a mode of warfare special to this war, such as city sieges, an air battle, an airborne operation, an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Out more books like this by Natsuo Kirino, Stephen Snyder (Translator) add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $4.04! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Heaven's Net Is Wide: The First Tale of the Otori more books like this by Lian Hearn add to wishlist This epic tale--the first volume of the now-complete "Tales of the Otori"--isthe prequel to "Across the Nightingale Floor," the book that first introducedHearn's mythical, medieval Japanese world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese more books like this by Elizabeth M Norman add to wishlist This is the amazing story of the World War II nurses stationed in the Phillippines--the "Angels of Bataan"--who performed amazing feats of courage and persistence up until their capture by the Japanese. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry more books like this by James P Womack, Daniel T Jones, Daniel Roos add to wishlist Based on MITUs $5 million, five-year study on the future of the automobile, three directors of research deliver a groundbreaking analysis of the worldwide move from mass production to lean production. see all copies from $8.50! new only from $9.08! \| SVS
21 view cover	Rain Fall more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist 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 $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 more books like this by Max Hastings add to wishlist The companion volume to acclaimed military historian Hastings' critically praised "Armageddon," which told the story of the final year of the war against the Nazis, "Retribution" focuses on the Pacific theater and Japan's defiant stand against the Allies. 32 pages of photographs. see all copies from $2.43! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Snow country more books like this by Yasunari Kawabata add to wishlist To this haunting novel of wasted love, Kawabata brings the brushstroke suggestiveness and astonishing grasp of motive that earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature. As he chronicles the affair between a wealthy dilettante and the mountain geisha who gives herself to him without illusions or regrets, one of Japan's greatest writers creates a work ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success more books like this by Masaaki Imai, Imai Masaaki add to wishlist This book reviews the Japanese strategy of the past three decades of improvements (Kaizen) in productivity, quality and flexibility with vivid examples and with consideration of the tools and systems used. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers more books like this by Leonard Koren add to wishlist From the Introduction Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional. The immediate catalyst for this book was a widely publicized tea event in Japan. The Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi has long been associated with the tea ceremony, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| first editions \| SVS

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