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Kodoku

Author : Kenichi Horie
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462913342
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Kodoku written by Kenichi Horie and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kodoku is the true story of a young Japanese sailor whose fascination with the art of sailing led him on a solo trans-Pacific journey. First described in a best-selling Japanese book, then an internationally acclaimed motion picture, Kodoku is the full record of the background, conception, preparation, and execution of this daring, yet carefully planned adventure. It includes not only the full text of his original log, but also his supplementary comments, adding detail and highlight to the day-to-day experiences recorded in the log. Also included are charts, plans, and a diagram comparing some of the more noteworthy craft that sailed the open seas in the past. The 61 photographs, including 43 taken by Horie himself during the trip, add a vivid touch to this fascinating story of courage, tenacity, adventure, and humor.

Ox Against the Storm

Author : Kenneth Strong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135318948
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Ox Against the Storm written by Kenneth Strong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the lifelong struggle of the 19th-century pioneer environmental conservationist.

Sakuteiki

Author : Jiro Takei
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900127
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Sakuteiki written by Jiro Takei and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the art of Japanese gardening with this classic, fascinating text. The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening—or any kind of gardening—in the world. In this edition of the Sakuteiki the authors provide an English-language translation of this classic work and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. Central to this explanation is an understanding of the sacred importance of stones in Japanese culture and Japanese garden design. Written by a Japanese court noble during the Heian period (794-1184), the Sakuteiki includes both technical advice on gardening—much of which is still followed in today's Japanese gardens—and an examination of the four central threads of allegorical meaning, which were integral features of Heian-era garden design. For those seeking inspiration to build a rock garden or just better understand the Japanese stone garden, the Sakuteiki is an enduring classic.

Playing in the Shadows

Author : William H Bridges
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472054422
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Playing in the Shadows written by William H Bridges and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing in the Shadows considers the literature engendered by postwar Japanese authors’ robust cultural exchanges with African Americans and African American literature. The Allied Occupation brought an influx of African American soldiers and culture to Japan, which catalyzed the writing of black characters into postwar Japanese literature. This same influx fostered the creation of organizations such as the Kokujin kenkyu no kai (The Japanese Association for Negro Studies) and literary endeavors such as the Kokujin bungaku zenshu (The Complete Anthology of Black Literature). This rich milieu sparked Japanese authors’—Nakagami Kenji and Oe Kenzaburo are two notable examples—interest in reading, interpreting, critiquing, and, ultimately, incorporating the tropes and techniques of African American literature and jazz performance into their own literary works. Such incorporation leads to literary works that are “black” not by virtue of their representations of black characters, but due to their investment in the possibility of technically and intertextually black Japanese literature. Will Bridges argues that these “fictions of race” provide visions of the way that postwar Japanese authors reimagine the ascription of race to bodies—be they bodies of literature, the body politic, or the human body itself.

Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist

Author : Andrew Rankin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824876415
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist written by Andrew Rankin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a century after his shocking samurai-style suicide, Yukio Mishima (1925–1970) remains a deeply controversial figure. Though his writings and life-story continue to fascinate readers around the world, Mishima has often been scorned by scholars, who view him as a frivolous figure whose work expresses little more than his own morbid personality. In Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist, Andrew Rankin sets out to challenge this perception by demonstrating the intelligence and seriousness of Mishima’s work and thought. Each chapter of the book examines one of the central ideas that Mishima develops in his writings: life as art, beauty as evil, culture as myth, eroticism as transgression, the artist as tragic hero, narcissism as the death drive. Along with fresh readings of major works of fiction such as The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and “Patriotism,” the book introduces less familiar works in different genres. Special prominence is given to Mishima’s essays, which contain some of his most brilliant writing. Mishima is concerned with such problems as the loss of certainties and absolute values that characterizes modernity, and the decline of strong identities in a world of increasing uniformity and globalization. In his cultural criticism Mishima makes an impassioned defense of free speech, and he rails against all forms of authoritarianism and censorship. Rankin reads Mishima’s artistic project, up to and including his spectacular death, as a single, sustained lyric, an aggressive piece of performance art unfolding in multiple media. For all his rebellious energies, Mishima’s work is suffused with a sense of ending—the end of art, the end of eroticism, the end of culture, the end of the world—and it is governed by a decadent aestheticism which holds that beautiful things radiate their most intense beauty on the cusp of their destruction. Erudite and authoritative, yet written in clear, accessible prose, Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist is essential reading for all those who seek a deeper understanding of this radical and provocative figure.

Ogyu Sorai's Discourse on Government (Seidan)

Author : Sorai Ogyū
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447040754
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Ogyu Sorai's Discourse on Government (Seidan) written by Sorai Ogyū and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the end of his life, the Japanese Confucian thinker Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728) wrote a memorandum entitled Seidan, Political Discourse, about the political and economic situation in Japan, probably at the request of the authorities and possibly the shogun, Yoshimune, himself. It is an extensive treatise which touches practically all fields of life around 1725-1727 and it is therefore a goldmine for anyone who wishes to acquaint himself with Japanese history in mid-Tokugawa times. The work was written in secrecy and it was therefore not known even by his students. It began to circulate in handwritten copies in the 1750s. Today it is a central work and a monument in the socalled keizaigaku genre of Japanese political-economic literature and is found in every collection of Tokugawa intellectual literature and referred to by all scholars who deal with Tokugawa history. The present work includes a full translation of the Seidan.

Best Food Writing 2017

Author : Holly Hughes
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 : 0738220191
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Best Food Writing 2017 written by Holly Hughes and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Browse, read a bit, browse some more, and then head for the kitchen."--Hudson Valley News From small-town bakeries to big city restaurants, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For eighteen years, Holly Hughes has scoured both the online and print world to serve up the finest collection of food writing. This year, Best food Writing delves into the intersection of fine dining and food justice, culture and ownership, tradition and modernity; as well as profiles on some of the most fascinating people in the culinary world today. Once again, these standout essays--compelling, hilarious, poignant, illuminating--speak to the core of our hearts and fill our bellies. Whether you're a fan of Michel Richard or Guy Fieri--or both--there's something for everyone here. Take a seat and dig in.

Sailing Alone

Author : Richard J. King
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593656040
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Sailing Alone written by Richard J. King and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterfully curated collection...You don’t have to be a sailor to be blown away by this fascinating, bighearted book.” —Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea, Travels with George, and Second Wind A story as vast and exhilarating as the open ocean itself, SAILING ALONE chronicles the daring, disastrous, and often absurd history of those who chose to sail across the ocean, in very small boats, alone. Sailing by yourself, out of sight of land, can be invigorating and terrifying, compelling and tedious - and sometimes all of the above in one morning. But it is also a wide expanse of time in which to think. Sailing Alone tells the story of some of the remarkable people who, over the last four centuries, have spent weeks and months, moving slowly over the world's largest laboratory: a capricious and startling place in which to observe oneself, the weather, the stars, and countless sea creatures, from the tiniest to the most massive and threatening. Richard J. King profiles characters famous, diverse, international, and obscure, from Joshua Slocum of 1898 to modern teenagers daring to take the challenge. They see strange hallucinations, lie to us (and themselves) on their travel logs, encounter sharks, befriend birds, and experience ESP, all part of the unnerving reality of extended isolation. And some disappear altogether. Sailing Alone also recounts the author's own nearly catastrophic solo crossing of the Atlantic, and the mystery of his inexplicable survival one sunny afternoon. An enormously engaging new book for skippers and armchair voyagers alike.

Through Japanese Eyes

Author : Yohko Tsuji
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978819579
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Through Japanese Eyes written by Yohko Tsuji and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the panhuman experience of aging are rooted in cultural differences between these two countries, and that Americans have strongly negative attitudes toward aging because it represents the antithesis of cherished American values, especially independence. Tsuji reveals that American culture, despite its seeming lack of guidance for those aging, plays a pivotal role in elders’ lives, simultaneously assisting and constraining them. Furthermore, the author’s lengthy period of research illustrates major changes in her interlocutors’ lives, incorporating their declines and death, and significant shifts in the culture of aging in American society as Tsuji herself gets to know American culture and grows into senescence herself. Through Japanese Eyes offers an ethnography of aging in America from a cross-cultural perspective based on a lengthy period of research. It illustrates how older Americans cope with the gap between the ideal (e.g., independence) and the real (e.g., needing assistance) of growing older, and the changes the author observed over thirty years of research.

Agricultural Statistics

Author : Madhya Pradesh (India). Agriculture Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Statistics written by Madhya Pradesh (India). Agriculture Department and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Handbook of the Ateso Language

Author : Arthur Leonard Kitching
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of the Ateso Language written by Arthur Leonard Kitching and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Become You Vol. 1

Author : Ichigo Takano
Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 1645054187
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Become You Vol. 1 written by Ichigo Takano and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '" Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou''s dreams are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him. The two boys are total opposites, but together they might just be able to create something amazing. "'

Occultic;Nine: Volume 3

Author : Chiyomaru Shikura
Publisher : J-Novel Club
ISBN 13 : 1718305044
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Occultic;Nine: Volume 3 written by Chiyomaru Shikura and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mind behind Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes, and Chaos;Child! Now a hit anime, too! --Q: Do you believe in ghosts? A: Of course not! Yuta Gamon, a young boy who lives in Kichijoji, runs an Occult-related blog called "Kirikiri Basara". He spends his days dreaming of making a fortune off his affiliate links. Suddenly, Yuta's blog brings together the fate of nine strangers, as what starts off as a tiny feeling that something's wrong develops into a case that goes beyond imagination. Black magic, the afterlife, psychics, fortune-telling, other dimensions, prophecies, hypnosis, urban legends... The world is filled with flim-flam! The third book in the Paranormal NVL Occultic;Nine series.

Japanese-English Concise Dictionary

Author : Taebum Kim
Publisher : Core Voca
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese-English Concise Dictionary written by Taebum Kim and published by Core Voca. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is ideal for learners of Japanese as a second language who want to communicate more effectively and also for learners of English who know Japanese. This book lists 8,752 core Japanese words with English equivalents. Main entries are in Kana (Japanese alphabet) alphabetically with Chinese characters, if any, followed by romanized Japanese pronunciation. Next, in the same line, parts of speech label, and the entry’s English equivalents. えんせい遠征 ensei [n.] expedition えんぜつ演説 enzetsu [n.] speech えんぜつしゃ演説者 enzetsu sha [n.] speaker えんぜつする演說する enzetsu suru [v.] address えんそう演奏 ensō [n.] performance えんそうかい演奏会 ensō kai [n.] recital Japanese is written with three different scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese character). Typical Japanese words are written with Hiragana and Chinese characters. Chinese characters must be used since almost 90% of the language derives from Chinese characters. Katakana is usually used to write foreign words other than Chinese.

An Unabridged Japanese-English Dictionary, with Copious Illustrations

Author : Frank Brinkley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1730 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Unabridged Japanese-English Dictionary, with Copious Illustrations written by Frank Brinkley and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese-English Romanized Dictionary 9000

Author : Taebum Kim
Publisher : Core Voca
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese-English Romanized Dictionary 9000 written by Taebum Kim and published by Core Voca. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 14.0px Meiryo; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Meiryo; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 14.0px Meiryo; color: #0170c0; -webkit-text-stroke: #0170c0} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 14.0px Meiryo; color: #101010; -webkit-text-stroke: #101010} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #0170c0; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #0170c0} span.s3 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} This book is ideal for learners of Japanese as a second language who want to communicate more effectively and also for learners of English who know Japanese. This book lists 8,743 core Japanese words with English equivalents. Main entries are in Romanized Japanese followed by Kana (Japanese alphabet: Hiragana and Katakana) with Kanji (Chinese characters) or Kana only. Next, in the same line, parts of speech label, and the entry’s English equivalents. kagaku 化学 [n.] chemistry kagaku 科学 [n.] science kagaku sha 化学者 [n.] chemist kagaku sha 科学者 [n.] scientist heri kudatte へりくだって [ad.] humbly herikoputā ヘリコプター [n.] helicopter Japanese is written with three different scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese character). Typical Japanese words are written with Hiragana and Chinese characters. Chinese characters should be used since almost 90% of the language derives from Chinese characters. Katakana is usually used to write foreign words other than Chinese.

The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 1

Author : Ito Iino
Publisher : J-Novel Club
ISBN 13 : 1718375360
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist: Volume 1 written by Ito Iino and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an untimely death, a Shinto exorcist finds herself reincarnated into another world as Miss Nicola von Weber. And that’s just the start of her troubles. On Nicola’s first day at a new school, she’s reunited with her childhood friend Sieghart. He’s now a handsome marquess who acts like a spoiled child around her, and wherever he goes, strange incidents follow. You see, Sieghart’s beauty attracts both people and...otherworldly admirers. Nicola thus has to put her homework aside and use her skills as an exorcist to save him—all while trying to avoid his inevitable proposal, for Sieghart once swore he’d never marry anyone but her. And so Nicola’s hectic, haunted life continues with a splash of romance, which she almost finds more annoying than the ghosts. All Nicola wants is normalcy, and this is the story of how she’ll (try to) get it.