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.
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 ...
Upon the death of his twin sister, a young Japanese man named Miyaki goes to Tokyo in search of his father but crosses paths with a gangster who uses Miyaki for his own purposes.
"After Dark" is a short, sleek novel that features various encounters set in the witching hours of Tokyo between midnight and dawn, and is every bit as gripping as Murakami's masterworks "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Kafka on the Shore."
Called "the most stirring story of individual heroism that the war has so far produced" ("The New York Times"), this classic is Captain Lawson's account of the raid over Tokyo in 1942 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, commanded by Captain James H. Doolittle. photos.
In "Nightwork", Anne Allison opens a window onto Japanese corporate culture and gender identities. Allison performed the ritualized tasks of a hostess in one of Tokyo's many "hostess clubs": pouring drinks, lighting cigarettes, and making flattering or titillating conversation with the businessmen who came there on company expense accounts. Her ...
On the eve of the Pearl Harbor attacks, Harry Niles is an American living in Tokyo. Trying to get out of Japan is proving to be a bit of a task, however, and Harry must call upon all of his underworld connections--not to mention a few governmental friends--to help him escape before the full-scale war begins.... A New York Times Notable Book for ...
Dark Horse is committed to bringing the finest comics from around the world to America. Now, in association with Kodansha Ltd. and Studio Proteus, Dark Horse has again gathered one of the crown jewels of graphic fiction. Katsuhiro Otomo's stunning science-fiction masterpiece, Akira! Regarded by many as the finest comic series ever produced, Akira ...
The "Rough Guide to Tokyo" is the ultimate insiders guide to accessing Japan's dazzling capital, with comprehensive coverage of all the sights, from beautiful traditional gardens to start-of-the-art museums and the iconic new Tokyo Midtown development. It tracks down the latest and best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop and gives detailed ...
Japanese-American writer Rei Shimura finally feels at home in Tokyo. Working on an article about the history of comic book art, her story turns when the creator of a comic book, which reveals the social milieu of pre-World War II Japan, is found dead. Rei finds herself floating through Japan's youth underground to get the story--and save her own ...
From the 1970s right on through to today, Japanese schoolgirl fashions and subcultures have sprung up, burned out, mutated, and evolved into an amazing pop cultural phenomenon that's now gone global. From Gwen Stefani's "Harajuku Girls" (Harajuku = a neighborhood in Tokyo where, essentially, no one's over 30) and her Harajuku Lovers fashion line ...
This is a collection of 45 Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier fanzine. "Fruits" was established in 1994, by photographer Shoich Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. The magazine has since grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousands of ...
For years scientist A.J. Lewinter has been an insignificant cog in America's complex defence machinery, but when he enters the Soviet embassy offering to defect, he is swept up in a terrifying political game of deceit and treachery. The author also wrote "The Once and Future Spy".
After a party for her traumatic thirtieth birthday, Rei answers a mysterious invitation to a job interview. Her task: to search for and authenticate an ancient pitcher in the shape of an ibex. The pitcher disappeared from a museum and is believed to be in the hands of a wealthy Japanese collector.
This re-issue of this highly successful Megatokyo Volume 1 brings fans a new and revised version of the book with improved print quality and a larger trim size. This book will contain all the comics from Chapter 0 as well as the running editorial comments featured in the original release. Exclusive to the Dark Horse reissue will be additional ...
In this rousing, elegantly written literary thriller, a Japanese serial killer prowls the streets of American-occupied Tokyo in the aftermath of World War II. As Detective Minami tracks down the killer, he is haunted by his own memories of atrocities that he can no longer explain or forgive.
Japanese script is provided for all key listings to aid navigation. Written by resident authors. Forecasted that 850,000 Americans and 162,000 Canadians will visit Japan in 2008 (PATA).
This sequel to "Low City, High City: Tokyo From Edo to the Earthquake", carries the story of Tokyo forward to the present, showing it rising not only from the disaster of the earthquake, but a second, time from the catastrophe of 1945, to become the biggest and richest city in Asia.
Read the tale of murder and unexpected compassion which influenced Bob Dylan's 2001 song "Floater", this is a true-life saga of one of the last traditional gang bosses in Japan.
This daring and dark short novel, written when the author was only 20, was a bestselling blockbuster in Japan and co-winner of that country's highly prestigious Akutagawa Prize. It peeks into a grotesquely fascinating Japanese subculture of emotionally numbed dropout youth who have abandoned career and academic goals in favor of an endless quest ...
Tokyo is a city that evolves with breathtaking pace, thanks largely to a local obsession with renewal and innovation. Combine this with the resurgence of the Japanese economy and there's never been a more exciting time to visit. Spectacular restaurants and bars, with designs from Tokyo's young hotshots, are opening across the city, and the luxury ...
As two orphans grow up--one to become a pole vaulter, the other a rock star--their bizarre lives begin to spiral drastically out of control. Their strange circumstances, while alienating them from most people, bring them closer together as they hunt for the mothers they believe have abandoned them.
Amlie is a young language teacher living in Tokyo. When she succumbs to the attentions of a student--the shy, wealthy, and oh-so-Japanese Rinri--the lovers find themselves swept along by an affair that is as unusual as it is tender.
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