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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
ISBN: 9780312384777 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiroshi, shows early signs of promise at the national obsession of sumo wrestling, while Kenji is fascinated by the art of Noh theater masks. But as the ripples of war spread to their quiet neighborhood, the brothers must put their dreams on hold--and forge their own paths in a new Japan. Meanwhile, the two young daughters of a renowned sumo master find their lives increasingly intertwined with the fortunes of their father's star pupil,... It is Tokyo in 1939. On the Street of a Thousand Blossoms, two orphaned brothers dream of a future firmly rooted in tradition. The older boy, Hiros... |
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89,74 zł |
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
ISBN: 9780312427801 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term m... |
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76,92 zł |
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Snow
ISBN: 9780743463829 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yuko Akita had two passions.
Haiku and snow. It is April 1884 and Yuko Akita has reached his seventeenth birthday on the Island of Hokkaid in the North of Japan. The time has come to choose his vocation, warrior or monk, but against the wishes of his father, Yuko settles on a third option: he will be a poet. Yuko begins to write the seventeen-syllable poems we know as haiku--all celebrating the beauty of snow, his one great subject. One day, the Imperial Poet arrives from the Emperor's court. He has heard about the beauty of Yuko's poems and has come to meet the... Yuko Akita had two passions.
Haiku and snow. It is April 1884 and Yuko Akita has reached his seventeenth birthday on the Isla... |
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42,69 zł |
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Schoolgirl
ISBN: 9781935548089 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Schoolgirl' is the novella that first established Dazai as a member of Japan's literary elite. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, the 1933 work gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language, and how it illuminated the prevalent social structures of a lost time.
'Schoolgirl' is the novella that first established Dazai as a member of Japan's literary elite. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, the 1933 work...
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51,07 zł |
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Shogun's Daughter
ISBN: 9781250049346 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed, attended by her nurse. Smallpox pustules cover her face. Incense burns, to banish the evil spirits of disease. After Tsuruhime takes her last breath, the old woman watching from the doorway says, "Who's going to tell the Shogun his daughter is dead?" The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. There will be no grandchild to leave the kingdom. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles caused by the recent earthquake, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the... Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed, attended by her nurse. Smallpox pustules cover her face. Inc... |
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81,15 zł |
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In the Woods of Memory
ISBN: 9781611720372 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Generally regarded as Okinawa's most adventurous and promising writer of fiction today.---Michael S. Molasky, University of Minnesota In the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel that focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and her friend Seiji's attempt at revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to the present day reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma inevitably ripples through the generations. Akutagawa Prize-winner... -Generally regarded as Okinawa's most adventurous and promising writer of fiction today.---Michael S. Molasky, University of Minnesota In ... |
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72,44 zł |
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Newcomer: A Mystery
ISBN: 9781250235404 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,20 zł |
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The Woman Next Door
ISBN: 9784909473189 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,94 zł |
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Kokoro
ISBN: 9781513208923 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,61 zł |
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People from My Neighborhood: Stories
ISBN: 9781593767112 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,17 zł |
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Hiro's War
ISBN: 9781737070405 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,88 zł |
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Miracles
ISBN: 9781951319816 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,38 zł |
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The Goddess Chronicle
ISBN: 9781786899170 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fantastical retelling of the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi from the internationally bestselling author of Out
A fantastical retelling of the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi from the internationally bestselling author of Out
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51,46 zł |
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The Shining Sea
ISBN: 9781647291181 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,63 zł |
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Lady Joker, Volume 1
ISBN: 9781641293945 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,99 zł |
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Making Waves
ISBN: 9781643888583 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,53 zł |
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The Nonserial Murders
ISBN: 9781734964417 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,17 zł |
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People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories
ISBN: 9780063227217 / Angielski / Inna / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,01 zł |
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Night on the Milky Way Railroad
ISBN: 9781959002024 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,24 zł |