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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Quite the story, you just can't walk away from it.
I just finished reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, I stayed up too late several nights in a row because I couldn't put it down. Sometimes scary and haunting but altogether very beautifully written and very true to the human situation.
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
Knopf, 2008
My new man!
I am enthralled with Haruki. This is the first work of his that I have read. What a delight! I will be reading more of his work.
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Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, Second Edition
Steve Nison
Prentice Hall Press, 2001
trade understanding improved
I am a begginer in studying the financial markets and I found this book great because besides japanese candlesticks I learnt about western technicals too. The subjects are well explained and easy to understand.
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Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1
Eri Banno, Yutaka Ohno, ...
Varsitybooks.Com, 1999
If you want to learn to *really* speak Nihongo, use this.
Definitely get the Workbook that goes with it! It greatly expands on the course book.
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Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2000
The new Salinger without being repetitive.
Murakami's Norwegian Wood seems like another Catcher in the Rye without any traces of annoying repetitiveness of themes. Watanabe, the protagonist of the novel, has already become a figure to emulate in some respects...
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Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2006
Kafka on the Shore Review
The brilliance of Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore appears to me more in what is unexplained than what is evident in the literal text. Although I am initially drawn to books that contain a rich and unique plot, a quality that Kafka displayed throughout the entire ...
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Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet
Ana Paula Rimoli
Martingale & Co Inc, 2008
love it!
This book is fantastic. I am slightly beyond a beginner at crochet and most patterns confuse me. Not these. I quickly whipped up the mother octopus and am now working on the baby penguin. They are too cute. I highly recommend this book and am logged in to see if this ...
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Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I - Workbook
The Japan Times, 2000
Perfect pace
I used this workbook in my first year Japanese class in college. It complements the textbook wonderfully. The lessons are taught in a way that makes it easy to remember what you learn. This series has a rather engaging story about a girl studying in Japan, which ...
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After Dark (Vintage International)
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2008
After Dark
After Dark by Haruki Murakami: In Haruki Murakami's latest novel, After Dark, he tells a unique and compelling story of what goes on after midnight on the streets of Tokyo. It is a very different world from that of the daytime, with very different people. Murakami ...
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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II ...
James D. Houston
Bantam Books, 1974
Great book
The book was very well written and you could actually put yourself in some of the incidents that happened through her life. It is very hard to belief that this discrimination happened in our country less that 75 years ago. Great read.
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Real World
Natsuo Kirino
Knopf, 2008
"Real World" is Modern-Day Japan
"Real World" is not just a book about Japan and young Japanese people, it is, in fact a written semi-fictional recording of modern-day Japan as it really has become these days. I should know, I live in Tokyo. I have lived here over 15 years and I have seen it all ...
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Bento Boxes: Japanese Meals on the Go
Naomi Kijima
Japan Publications Trading, 2001
Excellent Bento Lunches
This book is both an excellent introduction to bento lunches and a great inspiration for experienced cooks packing bentos for their loved ones. I have made nearly every recipe in this book and I have not been disappointed. Each recipe is made in a small quantity and ...
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Nakama 1: Workbook/Laboratory Manual
Seiichi Makino, Yukiko Abe Hatasa, ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
Nakama1 Workbook/Lab Manual
The book came very fast with the free super saving shipping and it was new. It's a paperback book and the pages are made of a paper like newsprint (fairly cheap paper). Being around 50 bucks I didn't want to buy it but it was required and cheaper than the local ...
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Workbook/Laboratory Manual to accompany Yookoso!: An Invitation to Contemporary Japanese
Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006
Awesome
It helped me a lot with my class, and though I recommend having both the book and the workbook, having just the workbook will help you learn a lot.
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Bonsai (101 Essential Tips)
Harry Tomlinson
DK ADULT, 2003
Nice little book
I just bought my first bonsai tree,This book is so helpful.The shipping was very fast.It is packed full of information and lovely pictures.It has great tips for your tree and great ideals.It also gave me information on others bonsai trees i will be trying next..
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