Dragon's Almanac:... Chinese, Japanese and Other Far Eastern Proverbs... --... Justin Wintle... 226 pages with notes and index... Weight: 0.5 kg. *On request this book will be sent post free by surface mail to any part of the world when it is part of an order weighing at least 2...
The Classical No Theatre of Japan... -... Poh Sim Plowright... Japan's Classical No thetre must be almost unique in that it has survived unchanged since the 14th century. This book doesn't deal with the technicalities of the art, but rather the classical stories of longing and the parables they contain for...
The Garden of Evening Mists... by... Tan Twan Eng... New. In common with Tan's highly successful first novel, The Gift of Rain, which was longisted for the Booker Prize, this new work, although set in the Malaya of the 'Emergency', has links with the Second World War and with Japanese...
Syonan - My Story... by... Mamoru Shinozaki... New. The author's unusual story concerns his time in Syonan meaning 'the light of the South,' the Japanese name for Singapore, where he was based from late 1938 until the Japanese surrender in 1945. He arrived as a journalist, was jailed by the...
Prizewinning Asian Fiction... --... Leon Comber (ed)... New. This collection of more than 25 short stories represent the winners' contributions to Asiaweek magazine's annual English short story competition which ran between 1981 and 1988. It was according to John le Carre, "the most coveted prize in the region" at the time...
Kyoto: An Essay in Photographs... -... Japan Times... This 142 page book starts with with 15 pages of colour plates. The remainder are black and white.There is also a three page introduction to the city written by Patricia Helene Massy... Weight 1 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $13...
The Philosophies of Asia... -... Alan Watts... Alan Watts was one of the leading western proponents of the importance of Asian religions in the years after World War II. His particular skill was being able to grasp ways of thinking and behaving that may have been difficult for many in his...
New Perspectives... on... the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore 1941-1945... Edited by... Akashi Yoji & Yoshimura Mako... This collection of articles adopts a new appraoch to the history of the period, i.e. using primary sources in Japanese, interviewing Japanese military and civilians who were part of the...
The Killer They Called a God... -... Ian Ward... New. Ward, a veteran South East Asia journalist of the post World War II period, uncovers the extraordinary story of Masanobu Tsuji said to be resposnible for the atrocities of the massacre of Chinese immediately after the takeover of Singapore by the...
TOKYO CALLING:... The Charles Cousens Case... - - -... Ivan Chapman... Charles Cousens, Australian POW in Japan accused of treason. 388 pages. Weight 0.7kg. Please note this book will be shipped from the UK. If you live outside Europe, please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery... Published by Hale & Iremonger, Sydney...
Yasukuni:... The War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past... Edited by... John Breen... New. The Yasukini Shrine to Japan's war dead is guaranteed to stir up violent emotions whenever it slips into the news. This book attempts for the first time in English to take a dispassionate academic look...
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