Product Description: With a deeply-imbedded indebtedness to their father Morimasa Morimoto, a self-made man in post-war Japan, two sisters struggle to uphold a family legacy. Sakiko moves to the fantastically free United States. Fragile and unsure in 1960s San Francisco, she clings to her brazen artist husband for stability...read more

Product Description: The ABCs of Buddhism: If You Want to Be Happy, Focus on Giving Learning about Buddhism can be a fun thing and this book puts the teachings of Buddhism into an easy-to-digest comic format. A Message from the Author: My desire to present the teachings of Buddha in a fashion that even small children could enjoy was the starting point for these comics...read more

Product Description: In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as the "father" in a fantasy "family...read more

Product Description: Tokyo may be the capital of Japan, but Kyoto is its heart and soul. The rich textures of twelve centuries of culture seem to have woven themselves into the very air. How else could you explain the centuries-old feel of the Gion quarter, where geisha still ply their trade? Or the quiet dignity of the cobblestone back streets lined with traditional wooden houses?Seeing Kyoto captures all the elegance and charm of Japan's most beloved city with dozens of stunning images...read more

Product Description: A rich, rare book that vividly depicts a community in which poverty and hardship are matched by simple satisfying pleasures. Filled with interesting characters, this book reads like a collection of short stories.

A portrait of Alexander Selkirk, whose life inspired Daniel Defoe's classic, includes profiles of Selkirk's home and the island where he was stranded, as well as the author's month-long endeavor to survive there without modern tools or equipment. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Forty years after the artist's death, Roasanjin's ceramic work commands attention and praise on a scale the artist never witnesses during his lifetime. Though his personal life was a series of hard luck tales and broken marriages that had a profound impact on his work, Rosanjin's artistry was never in question...read more

A collection of works including such stories as 'An irrelevant death,' 'The dream soldier,' 'Dendrocalia,' 'The special envoy,' and 'The crime of S. Karma'

In her collection of brief poems, Tawara explores the fleeting emotions and momentary experiences that comprise modern life and love