Burial in the Clouds by Hiroyuki Agawa, Teruyo Shimizu (Translator)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 4 MBOverview: Burial in the Clouds is the first English language translation of Hiroyuki Agawa’s classic novel of World War II, Kumo No Bohyo. A powerful novel, it takes the form of the war-time diary of a young Japanese college student inducted into […]
Japan’s Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution during World War II and the US occupation by Yuki TanakaRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3.1 MBOverview: Japan’s Comfort Women tells the harrowing story of the “comfort women” who were forced to enter prostitution to serve the Japanese Imperial army, often living in appalling conditions of sexual slavery. Using a […]
Shadow Family Book by Miyuki MiyabeRequirements: .PDF reader, 28 MBOverview: This is a murder mystery focusing on the dark world of internet chat roomsopulated by people attracted by the chance to be whoever they want to be.olice investigating the murder of a middleaged office worker discover emailsn the victim’s computer that indicate he had been […]
All She Was Worth by Miyuki MiyabeRequirements: .ePUB reader, 350 kbOverview: Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a “deep and moody” (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan’s consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, […]
Nature Crafts: Japanese Style Plant & Leaf Projects (With 40 Projects and over 250 Photos) by Yukinobu Fujino , Yuji MiuraRequirements: .PDF reader, 7.5 MBOverview: Interior decorating just got a green thumb! Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliage—green decor—in this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to […]