Resultados de búsqueda: Catalog 64 - Japan from Joseph Valles - Books

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997., 1997. Fine. xviii, 166 pp. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0195094883 ; LCCN: 96-39554 ; OCLC: 35910245 ; LC: HF5718; Dewey: 302.2/0952 ; "Japan and the United States are in closer contact politically and economically than ever before, yet in many ways our nations are as far from mutual understanding as ever. Misconceptions and miscommunications between East and West continue to plague this important relationship, frustrating the best efforts of both cultures to work together. Stereotypes abound: Americans see Japanese as evasive and inscrutable, while Japanese see Americans as pushy and selfish. What causes these persistent misunderstandings, and what can be done to avoid them? Fluent in both languages and at home in both cultures, Haru Yamada brings an insiders perspective and a linguists training to this difficult question" ; blue and black cloth with gold lettering, in pictorial dustjacket ; dusty ; minor paper defect on page 82, else FINE/FINE

[Chicago?] : [Henry Neil], 1904., 1904. Good. Red cloth, decorated with naval battle scene in pressed gold ; covers worn ; shaken, hinges starting ; foxed ; endpages soiled ; a few color illustrations (one of which is a painting by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany!) ; numerous photographs of Japanese and Russian troops in the field, as well as photos depicting uniforms and equipment of Japanese troops ; several maps, and photographs of all of the leaders ; wonderful period journalistic cartoons featuring the work of J. H. Donahey, Rehse, Mayb ell, and others, along with black and white reproductions of paintings by Wilkinson, Nikko, Charles Delacy, Woodville, and others ; rather worn ; G

Boston ; Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2001., 2001. As New. 1st Tuttle edition ; pictoriral photographic stiff paper wrappers ; ISBN: 0804813795 ; OCLC: 17518416 ; vi, 246 pp. ; 19 cm. ; The story is told through the eyes of a Private Tamura who, after being thrown out by his own company, chooses to desert the military altogether and wanders aimlessly through the Philippine jungle during the Allied campaign. Descending into delirium, Tamura is forced to confront nature, his childhood faith, hunger, his own mortality, and in the end, cannibalism. ; AS NEW [This listing contains text in Japanese JIS fonts]

Tokyo : Shueisha = 集英社 , 1993., 1993. Very Good. 253 pp. ; 20 cm ; ISBN: 4087801799 ; OCLC: 54726716 ; blue textured boards with light blue lettering, in color photographic dustjacket and blue silk ribbon ; a few marks ; an early examination of Bill Clinton from the Japanese perspective; text in J apanese ; VG/VG [This online listing contains text in Japanese fonts]

New York ; London : Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, 1939. Very Good. [1st edition], 7th printing ; 3 pp. 1 leaf, v-x, 336, vii pp., 1 leaf ; including lxxxviii plates ; color frontispiece, colored plates ; 28 cm. ; OCLC: 9064736 ; Dewey: 635.9663 ; Descriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates ; grey and red cloth with grey lettering and designs ; SIGNED presentation by author Conway on front endpaper ; foxing ; light underlining in pencil, else VG

Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, 2001., 2001. As New. Photographic stiff paper wrappers ; [1st edition, 2nd printing] ; x, 277 pp. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0824823885 ; LCCN: 00-55936 ; OCLC: 44425572 ; "...uses the stage as a metaphor to demonstrate how everyday life requires Japanese women to be skilled performers. She shows how they function on stage in their accepted roles while effecting small but significant changes backstage. Over the last thirty years, Japanese women have expanded their influence and extended this cultural process of multiple arenas to find compromises between the old virtues of personhood and new ideals for self. They conform, maneuver, and make choices within these multiple stages as they juggle various concerns and desires. By the 1990s their personal choices have made a difference, calling into question the very nature of these multiple arenas." ; AS NEW

Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1997., 1997. As New. Tuttle edition, 40th printing ; stiff wrappers ; ISBN: 0804802025 ; LCCN: 56-12653 ; OCLC: 912228 ; 220 pp. : illustrated with diagrams of various games ; 19 cm. ; "Passing from China, where it was developed over 3,000 years ago, to Japan, where it today commands a vast and enthusiastic following, Go is probably the oldest intellectual game in the world. Similar to chess, it leaves nothing to chance, requiring great strategy and carefully plotted campaigns to achieve an impregnable position, block enemies from lines of communication and win a series of battles. To penetrate this complicated, challenging game requires a great guide -- and this is it. Unsurpassable in its clarity and comprehensiveness, The Game of Go has been the classic guide to the game since it was first published in 1956." ; AS NEW

Alliance, OH : Pacem Press, 1996., 1996. Very Good. 1st edition ; paper wrappers with colorful depiction of Mt. Fuji ; signed presentation by author Wandersleben ; several photographs ; FINE

New York : Penguin Books ; A Dutton Book, 1995., 1995. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing ; black and red cloth with silver lettering, in photographic dust jacket ; 1st novel ; FINE/FINE

Boston ; Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing Company, 2001., 2001. As New. 1st edition ; green cloth with black lettering in photographic color dustjacket ; xi, 163 pp. ; ISBN: 0804832439 ; LCCN: 00-60781 ; OCLC: 44701996 ; "Many Zen Buddhist practitioners have come to question some of Japanese Zen's less democratic aspects -- from the strict, male-dominated hierarchies to the racial overtones. At the same time, modern American Buddhists often find it difficult to integrate zazen (seated Zen meditation) with lives of family, work, and social engagement. This book offers a fascinating guide to overcoming both these dilemmas. A study of how one Zen group returned to an ancient Chinese tradition of community meditation practice without a leader or hierarchy, this book also outlines an authentic, "grassroots" approach, urging people from all walks of life to come together in meditation and the study of dharma. Grassroots Zen focuses on the challenge of truly becoming one with the moment in our… Leer más

Tokyo : Kodansha International ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, 1999., 1999. As New. 1st edition ; red cloth with black lettering, textured endpapers, in full color photographic dustjacket ; 120 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm. ; more than 150 photographs, mostly in full color ; maps ; 31 cm. ; ISBN: 4770023944 ; OCLC: 43506716 ; very detailed photographs of various festivals throughout Japan, from ice sculptures to giant phalluses, provide an unusual resource for Japanese culture, and details of an art restoration project ; AS NEW [This listing contains text in Japanese Fonts]

Tokyo : KK ロングセラーズ [KK Ronderazu], 1997., 1997. Good. 231 pp. ; black and white photographs ; 21 cm. ; white and grey paper wrappers ; themes in historical writing ; some marks in pen and highlighter ; text in Japanese ; G [This online listing contains text in Japanese fonts]

Boston ; Rutland, VT ; Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2002., 2002. As New. 13th printing ; pictorial, stiff paper wrappers ; 627 pp. ; illustrated ; 18 cm. ; ISBN: 0804833184 ; OCLC: 8830535 ; "Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the nobility, while the armed Buddhist monks terrorized court and commoner alike. In despair, the Emperor called upon the Heike and Genji clans to quell civil disturbances. Although the clans succeeded, they quarreled over the spoils of war and plunged the country into a century of warfare.This novel describes the rise to power of Kiyomori of the Heike clan during this turbulent time. From a youth sunk in poverty, Kiyomori eventually rose to become the Emperor's Chief Councillor. Although he was a gentle, enlightened man, he left a trail of bloodshed and ruin in his wake. The strange twists of Kiyomori's fate are the core of this epic novel.The Heike Story is a modern translation of a… Leer más

Rutland, VT ; Tokyo, Japan : Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1961., 1961. Very Good. 13th printing ; colorful paper wrappers ; inscription on front ep ; recipes in Japanese and English ; some foxing, a crease or two to back cover, else VG [This listing contains text in Japanese Fonts]

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2002., 2002. As New. 1st printing ; stiff paper wrappers ; xi, 185 pp. ; In Good Company is a celebration of life in Hawai'i, beyond Waikiki and Diamond Head. Its characters work sixteen-hour-shifts at airport driveins, play pool with cursed hitmen, wrestle their high school sweethearts in Chinatown bars. From Manoa to Waianae to the author's hometown of Kalihi, men and women seek love, dignity, and a place to belong. At the heart of In Good Company are the mysterious-and often wonderful -- things that can happen to the human spirit when one life intersects with another. ; Contents: The lemon tree billiards house -- One evening in the Blue Light Bar and Grill -- What the ironwood whispered -- The day Mr. Kaahunui rebuilt my old man's fence -- The three-and-a-half-hour Christmas party -- Da Papah Fooball champion -- Uncle Martin's mayonnaise jar -- The sand island drive-in anthem. ; ISBN: 0824824989 ; LCCN: 2001-46287 ; OCLC: 47664934 ; AS NEW

講談社インターナショナル, ; New York : Kodansha International, 1997., 1997. As New. 1st edition ; 253 p. ; 19 cm. ; stiff paper wrappers ; in Japanese and English ; "面白く、簡単に読める会話形式。いざというとき、すぐに役立つ例文200。日本語と英語が対照できる太字キーワード。欧米のビジネスマインドと言葉を解説する「物知り英語ノート」付き。日本でビジネス活躍している英国紳士から英語をまなぶ。"--Kodansha ; OCLC: 676028721 ; ISBN 4770021054 ; AS NEW

Garden City, NY : A Gemini-Smith Inc. Book, Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964., 1964. Good. 1st printing ; 295 pp. ; color illustrations, color map, color portraits ; 33 cm. ; LCCN: 64-21410 ; LC: N7350; Dewey: 915.2 ; ISBN: 0385032404 ; red cloth with gold lettering in Japanese and English, tattered color pictorial dustjacket ; text in English ; "Japan's history os here projected not only through a brilliant historical narrative, but through an unprecedented array of art treasures newly photographed in color...in Japan's museums, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and private collections, including that of the Imperial Household. Most of the 237 works of art have never been seen outside Japan." ; history cover periods up to the then current, Showa, emperor's reign, and avoids the war period in the mid 20th century ; covers have slight wear, a cut to the back panel of the dustjacket does just show on the back cover ; presentation from previous owner on back endpaper ; G/G

Washington : National Gallery of Art, 1988., 1988. Fine. xi, 402 pp. ; color illustrations ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0894681230 0894681222 ; LCCN: 88-23604 ; OCLC: 18382832 ; LC: DS827.D34; Dewey: 952/.00740153 ; stiff color photographic paper wrappers ; textured black endpapers ; thick heavy volume ; full-color photographs of hundreds of art objects ; FINE

Tokyo, Japan : Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1970., 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 311 pp. ; illustrated, many in color ; 31 cm. ; ISBN: 0002344615 ; OCLC: 18912797 ; LC: DS811; Dewey: 915.2/04/4 ; 255 illustrations with 26 color plates ; orange cloth with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; very slight wear to covers ; foxing ; massive, heavy volume ; VG.

New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, 1988, ©1987., 1988. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 192 pp. ; illustrated (some in color) ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0816018456; 9780816018451 LCCN: 87-13656 ; OCLC: 15856501 ; Map on lining papers ; Language: English ; black cloth with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; remainder mark on bottom of textblock ; remains of store label on front endpaper ; else FINE/FINE