Daniel Sakura's Books

The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block

By: Daniel J. Wakin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block

By: Daniel J. Wakin

They stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Greek columns stand as sentries by their entrances and stone medallions bedeck their chests. They are seven graceful relics of Beaux Arts New York, townhouses built more than 100 years ago for a new class of industrialists, actors and scientists -- many from abroad -- who made their fortunes in the United States and shaped the lives of Americans. This book brings to life the ghosts who inhabit that row of townhouses on Manhattan’s stately Riverside Drive for the first fifty years of the 20th Century, including a vicious crew of hoodlums who carried out what at the time was the largest armored car robbery in American history. It was a daring, minutely planned exploit that ended in blood, when one of the gangsters accidentally shot himself. He was taken to one of the townhouses -- then, in 1934, an underworld safehouse -- where he died and was stuffed in a steamer trunk (but his cohorts had to saw off one of his legs to fit him in it). From gangsters to industrialists, from future mayors to murderers, from movie stars to mafia dons, one block in a burgeoning city saw it all. The people who lived in each of the "Seven Sisters" reads like a mini Who's Who. Meet: * Percy Geary and John Oley, two Albany gangsters with a background in kidnapping and bootlegging; * Lucretia Davis, baking powder heiress whose parents were engaged in a bitter divorce that included allegations that her mother was trying get her father declared insane and take over his business; * Jokichi Takamine, the world's first biotech engineer and a rare Japanese scientist in the United States at the turn of the 19th century--He discovered diastase, an enzyme to ferment whisky and settle the stomach, and the adrenaline, a major scientific discovery; * Marion Davies, the mistress of William Randolph Hearst, who rose to movie stardom on the back of W.R.'s publicity machine while living on the block; * Julia Marlowe, American's greatest Shakespearean actress around 1900, just to name a few. If only the buildings could speak. * The Fabers of pencil fame * Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (Albany gang made famous by William Kennedy) * Duke Ellington, two mayors, and lurking in the background Legs Diamond.... If only the walls could talk? Dan Wakins makes it so in this unforgettable intimate glimpse into the history of New York City.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

235

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1628728493

ISBN 13

9781628728491

The Nature Magpie

A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature from the Natural World

By: Daniel Allen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Nature Magpie

A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature from the Natural World

By: Daniel Allen

A collection of anecdotes, facts, figures, folklore and literature, The Nature Magpie is a veritable treasure trove of humanity's thoughts and feelings about nature. With acclaimed nature writer Daniel Allen as your guide, join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet, choose your side – pineapple or durian – in the great 'king of fruits' debate and discover which plants can be used to predict the weather. Meet the roadkill connoisseurs, learn to dance the Hippopotamus Polka, find out the likelihood of sharing your name with a hurricane – and much more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

307

Publisher

Icon Books Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848315341

ISBN 13

9781848315341

An Eye for Injustice

Robert C. Sims and Minidoka

By: Jim Azumano,Daniel Sakura,Hanako Wakatsuki

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Eye for Injustice

Robert C. Sims and Minidoka

By: Jim Azumano,Daniel Sakura,Hanako Wakatsuki

As wartime hysteria mounted following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, and the U.S. government began forcibly relocating all West Coast individuals with Japanese ancestry to one of ten sites in inland states. Totaling close to 120,000, the majority were American citizens. The Minidoka War Relocation Center, a newly constructed camp at Hunt, Idaho, first opened in August 1942. Most of its approximately 9,300 incarcerees came from Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, and surrounding regions. It was a painful experience with lasting repercussions. Minidoka’s last occupant left in October 1945. Dr. Robert C. Sims devoted nearly half his life to research, writing, and education related to the unjust World War II Japanese American incarceration. Six of his previously published articles, as well as selections from conference papers and speeches, focus on topics such as Idaho Governor Chase Clark’s role in the involuntary removal decision, life in camp, the impact of Japanese labor on Idaho’s sugar beet and potato harvests, the effects of loyalty questionnaires, and more. His impassioned yet still academic approach to Minidoka is an important addition to others’ published memoirs and photo collections. In new essays, contributors share insights into Sims’ passion for social justice and how Minidoka became his platform, along with information about the Robert C. Sims Collection at Boise State University. Finally, the book recounts the thirty-five year effort to memorialize the Minidoka site. Now part of the National Park System, it highlights a national tragedy and the resilience of these victims of injustice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

Washington State University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1636820514

ISBN 13

9781636820514

The Food Explorer

The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

By: Daniel Stone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Food Explorer

The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

By: Daniel Stone

The true adventures of David Fairchild, a turn-of-the-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate. “Fascinating.”—The New York Times Book Review • “Fast-paced adventure writing.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Richly descriptive.”—Kirkus • “A must-read for foodies.”—HelloGiggles In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Kale from Croatia, mangoes from India, and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China, avocados from Chile, and pomegranates from Malta. Fairchild’s finds weren’t just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that revolutionized an industry, and via Japan he introduced the cherry blossom tree, forever brightening America’s capital. Along the way, he was arrested, caught diseases, and bargained with island tribes. But his culinary ambition came during a formative era, and through him, America transformed into the most diverse food system ever created. “Daniel Stone draws the reader into an intriguing, seductive world, rich with stories and surprises. The Food Explorer shows you the history and drama hidden in your fruit bowl. It’s a delicious piece of writing.”—Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

418

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101990597

ISBN 13

9781101990599

Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families

By: Daniel A. Hughes,Kim S. Golding,Julie Hudson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families

By: Daniel A. Hughes,Kim S. Golding,Julie Hudson

From the founder of DDP, this updated and comprehensive guide is the authoritative text on DDP. DDP is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents who experience abuse and neglect and who are now living in stable foster and adoptive families. Its central interventions are influenced by enhanced knowledge about the structure and functions of the brain, as well as the latest findings regarding developmental trauma and the related attachment problems it brings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

358

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

039371246X

ISBN 13

9780393712469

Monster Kids

How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

By: Daniel Dockery

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Monster Kids

How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All

By: Daniel Dockery

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at why Pokémon's evolution from a single Japanese video game to global powerhouse captured the world's attention, and how the "gotta catch 'em all" mentality of its fanbase shaped pop culture—and continues to do so today. More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokémon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise’s many branches of impact and influence. With dozens of firsthand interviews, Monster Kids covers its beginnings as a Japanese video game created to recapture one man's love of bug-collecting as a child before diving into the decisions and conditions that would ultimately lead to that game's global domination. With its continued growth as television shows, spin-off video games, blockbuster movies, trading cards, and toys, Pokémon is a unique and special brand that manages to continue to capture the attention and adoration of its eager fanbase 25 years after its initial release. Whether it was new animated shows like Digimon, Cardcaptors, and Yu-Gi-Oh!; the rise of monster-catching video games and trading card games; and more, Pikachu, the king of pop culture in the '90s, opened the doors in America to those hoping to capture some of Pokémon's dedicated fans. In Monster Kids, Dockery combines the personal stories of the people who helped bring Pokémon to the global stage with affection and humor, making this book the ultimate look at the rise of the franchise in Japan and then North America, but also the generation of kids whose passion for "catching them all" created a unique cultural phenomenon that continues to make a profound impact today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Running Press Adult

Published Date

ISBN 10

0762479515

ISBN 13

9780762479511

Waiting for the Barbarians

Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

By: Daniel Mendelsohn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Waiting for the Barbarians

Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

By: Daniel Mendelsohn

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE PEN ART OF THE ESSAY AWARD Over the past decade and a half, Daniel Mendelsohn’s reviews for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review have earned him a reputation as “one of the greatest critics of our time” (Poets & Writers). In Waiting for the Barbarians, he brings together twenty-four of his recent essays—each one glinting with “verve and sparkle,” “acumen and passion”—on a wide range of subjects, from Avatar to the poems of Arthur Rimbaud, from our inexhaustible fascination with the Titanic to Susan Sontag’s Journals. Trained as a classicist, author of two internationally best-selling memoirs, Mendelsohn moves easily from penetrating considerations of the ways in which the classics continue to make themselves felt in contemporary life and letters (Greek myth in the Spider-Man musical, Anne Carson’s translations of Sappho) to trenchant takes on pop spectacles—none more explosively controversial than his dissection of Mad Men. Also gathered here are essays devoted to the art of fiction, from Jonathan Littell’s Holocaust blockbuster The Kindly Ones to forgotten gems like the novels of Theodor Fontane. In a final section, “Private Lives,” prefaced by Mendelsohn’s New Yorker essay on fake memoirs, he considers the lives and work of writers as disparate as Leo Lerman, Noël Coward, and Jonathan Franzen. Waiting for the Barbarians once again demonstrates that Mendelsohn’s “sweep as a cultural critic is as impressive as his depth.”

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

443

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1590177134

ISBN 13

9781590177136

The Japanese in Latin America

By: Daniel M. Masterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Japanese in Latin America

By: Daniel M. Masterson

Latin America is home to 1.5 million persons of Japanese descent. Combining detailed scholarship with rich personal histories, Daniel M. Masterson, with the assistance of Sayaka Funada-Classen, presents the first comprehensive study of the patterns of Japanese migration on the continent as a whole. When the United States and Canada tightened their immigration restrictions in 1907, Japanese contract laborers began to arrive at mines and plantations in Latin America. The authors examine Japanese agricultural colonies in Latin America, as well as the subsequent cultural networks that sprang up within and among them, and the changes that occurred as the Japanese moved from wage labor to ownership of farms and small businesses. They also explore recent economic crises in Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, which, combined with a strong Japanese economy, caused at least a quarter million Latin American Japanese to migrate back to Japan. Illuminating authoritative research with extensive interviews with migrants and their families, The Japanese in Latin America tells the story of immigrants who maintained strong allegiances to their Japanese roots, even while they struggled to build lives in their new countries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252053982

ISBN 13

9780252053986

Okuda!

A Dryden Universe Corporate Wars Novel

By: Daniel B. Hunt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Okuda!

A Dryden Universe Corporate Wars Novel

By: Daniel B. Hunt

Bred to kill, Lucy Okuda has escaped her space station prison. A schizophrenic psychopath, hunted by the Obsidian Order, her former captives and tormentors, Lucy lives a life on the edge as M-Prov Carnival Supply Company’s premier assassin. Jillian Caldwell is the most powerful woman who has ever lived. The CEO of Linn Corporation, she leads one of the three most powerful corporations in the universe. And someone wants her dead. Yet in a universe rife with corporate deception and intrigue, all is not as it seems. And Lucy Okuda fi nds herself, along with a recovering drug addict, a criminal syndicate’s boss, and an advanced robot, on a mission that might just end in intergalactic war!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1532055854

ISBN 13

9781532055850

Death Note

Fatally Fun Facts

By: Kazuhisa Fujie,Daniel Komen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Death Note

Fatally Fun Facts

By: Kazuhisa Fujie,Daniel Komen

Death Note, began as a manga series, now published by xxx, and is now a book, two Japanese live-action films and an anime series. Light Yagami is a brilliant, bored high school student who discovers a mysterious notebook, the Death Note. The Death Note claims that if a name is written within it, then that person will die. He experiments, and kills two criminals. After meeting with the true owner of the Death Note, Light seeks to become the God of the new world by fighting crime. bull;the anime has been recently licensed in the US by Viz Media

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

DH Publishing Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

1932897321

ISBN 13

9781932897326

Sketches of Japan: A Visual Diary

By: Daniel Van

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sketches of Japan: A Visual Diary

By: Daniel Van

Growing up with the fascination about Japan, the author finally got a chance to come to the land of his curiosity. Every details of this new world continued to enchant his imagination as time went by, so much that he must capture them onto his sketch pads, and canvases. This book is the first volume of a collection of many sketches and drawings of daily life in Japan not from the view of a passer-by, or a tourist, but by an engineer living and working on-site.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

125

Publisher

Toku Publishing, LLC

Published Date

ISBN 10

0998736902

ISBN 13

9780998736907

Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You

A Field Guide to the Bible

By: Daniel Cooperrider

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You

A Field Guide to the Bible

By: Daniel Cooperrider

“I don’t think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is,” wrote Wendell Berry, and author Daniel Cooperrider illustrates his point with beautiful narrative—like a stroll through the woods. Speak with the Earth analyzes the Bible’s treatment of nature and intersperses this analysis with the author’s own reflections on experiences in nature. Organized in sections touching on the four elements, the book engages with the multifaceted relationship between the Bible and nature through various media, including art, theology, the natural sciences, history, and lived experience. A timely work on the gift of the Earth that makes a strong case for environmental conservation as a cornerstone of religious life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

157

Publisher

The Pilgrim Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0829800158

ISBN 13

9780829800159

Lighthouse

By: Daniel Stallings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lighthouse

By: Daniel Stallings

Every yin needs its yang. Opposites attract. This volume provides the perfect, bright counterpoint for Daniel Stallings' debut collection, THAT MONSTER. Focused on the lighter side of human nature and the positives of life, this collection offers brief, vivid glimpses into the special moments of life, like a boy waiting for his father to arrive or watching a beloved family cat sit patiently on the doorstep. But this is not just any collection of memories...It is a work of sincere, human love. Through verse, dialogue and essays, Stallings exhibits his flair for expression and imagery while establishing himself as a keen observer of the human condition. Donna McCrohan Rosenthal of Ridge Writers on Books

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1257065068

ISBN 13

9781257065066

1500 Hotel Nights

A black comedy, the straightforward truth on the absurd in hotels, that nobody speaks out

By: Daniel Tabbush

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

1500 Hotel Nights

A black comedy, the straightforward truth on the absurd in hotels, that nobody speaks out

By: Daniel Tabbush

An honest critique of hotels and restaurants is missing from bookshelves, and Daniel Tabbush would argue that in fact there’s a plethora of the opposite. All too often, design characteristics at hotels and restaurants make little sense, and no voice speaks out for the traveller to improve these defects. Once we confirm and pay for a hotel, we are hostages. When we find a problem, there is no way out, and nobody speaks the truth. We are asked how is everything, and we reply ‘fine’. So many publishers say that this book is too full of complaints; it’s the straightforward truth, that nobody speaks out. Absurd design flaws abound, which can be seen in every kind of hotel – even in the most luxurious establishments worldwide. Bedframes that jut outward, with a hard edge, help a guest in no way, other than to stumble and for shin injuries; haphazardly placed two-way light switches for room lights, cause confusion rather than convenience; thunderous air-conditioning does not lend to a restful sleep. These are often accompanied by dim, romantic room lighting which disallows reading, writing or simply game-playing; a profusion of ceiling protuberances, in an array of shapes, sizes, and textures, is unpleasant on the eyes and upsetting; and the incessant blinking of 12:00AM on a DVD player is a worthless hotel amenity for any hotel guest. We all know it when we see it, but it’s rare to find a compendium of hotel design weaknesses. For travellers, 1500 Hotel Nights will be both entertaining as well as helpful in identifying and avoiding troublesome hotel design deficiencies. For hotel managers and designers, this book can assist in better understanding the viewpoint of the keen traveller, and in developing a superior hotel room, the travel experience itself.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1785898493

ISBN 13

9781785898495

Vancouver Rashomon

Redress Stories

By: Daniel Tsuruo Tokawa

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vancouver Rashomon

Redress Stories

By: Daniel Tsuruo Tokawa

This book is about the Japanese Canadian Redress Movement in Vancouver B.C. between 1947–1988, the controversies that damaged it between 1989-1994, and some adverse consequences that remain even today in 2022. Many of these stories are untold in other Japanese Canadian redress books. Much evidentiary material has been researched and referenced to explain my views and to feature as many of the grass-roots activists as I could practically mention. Like the intrigue in a samurai movie combined with an Agatha Christie sleuth solving the great mystery and presenting a reveal at the end, I describe the plots, clues, and deductions as I gathered them. Popular slang and songs came to mind while writing the chapters so I’ve included some of them in the titles to give the reader a better feeling of those times also. The original goal was to work with the committee who published Japanese Canadian Redress: The Toronto Story in 2000, but that didn’t happen because the Vancouver Story was much more heated and too raw to write about back then. The truths behind the redress movement stories appeared shrouded in confusion, fear, silence, and coverup that took decades to sort out—thus the origin of my book title: Vancouver Rashomon: Redress Stories.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

227

Publisher

FriesenPress

Published Date

ISBN 10

1039143407

ISBN 13

9781039143401

Turning the Tables

By: Daniel Burstein

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Turning the Tables

By: Daniel Burstein

When the Tokyo stock market collapsed, it became clear that the Japanese bubble had burst and the balance of world economic power had shifted. Now global business expert Burstein--bestselling author of Yen! and Euroquake--explains how America can use Japan's current economic crisis to forge a ne w and profitable economic alliance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0743237900

ISBN 13

9780743237901

Volcano Deformation

New Geodetic Monitoring Techniques

By: Daniel Dzurisin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Volcano Deformation

New Geodetic Monitoring Techniques

By: Daniel Dzurisin

Volcanoes and eruptions are dramatic surface man telemetry and processing, and volcano-deformation ifestations of dynamic processes within the Earth, source models over the past three decades. There has mostly but not exclusively localized along the been a virtual explosion of volcano-geodesy studies boundaries of Earth's relentlessly shifting tectonic and in the modeling and interpretation of ground plates. Anyone who has witnessed volcanic activity deformation data. Nonetheless, other than selective, has to be impressed by the variety and complexity of brief summaries in journal articles and general visible eruptive phenomena. Equally complex, works on volcano-monitoring and hazards mitiga however, if not even more so, are the geophysical, tion (e. g. , UNESCO, 1972; Agnew, 1986; Scarpa geochemical, and hydrothermal processes that occur and Tilling, 1996), a modern, comprehensive treat underground - commonly undetectable by the ment of volcano geodesy and its applications was human senses - before, during, and after eruptions. non-existent, until now. Experience at volcanoes worldwide has shown that, In the mid-1990s, when Daniel Dzurisin (DZ to at volcanoes with adequate instrumental monitor friends and colleagues) was serving as the Scientist ing, nearly all eruptions are preceded and accom in-Charge of the USGS Cascades Volcano Observa panied by measurable changes in the physical and tory (CVO), I first learned of his dream to write a (or) chemical state of the volcanic system. While book on volcano geodesy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

470

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540493026

ISBN 13

9783540493020

East to West across Russia: The Long Journey Home

By: Daniel C.A. Christianson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

East to West across Russia: The Long Journey Home

By: Daniel C.A. Christianson

Embark on a captivating journey across the vast Russian steppe aboard the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway in this modern tale of self-discovery and introspection. The narrator, known only as D, begins his westward voyage in Vladivostok, traversing the ever-changing landscapes that unfold before him. As time moves inexorably onward, the everyday lives of the passengers intertwine with the rhythmic churning of the train’s propellers, contrasting sharply with the raw silence of the natural world beyond the windows. As the journey progresses, D’s physical expedition takes an unexpected turn, delving into the depths of his own psyche. A haunting presence, N, permeates the narrative, her essence imbued in the natural world, particularly at the breathtaking Lake Baikal in Siberia. N represents the one who got away, leaving a void and a profound fragility within D’s soul, scattering her ghostly influence across the many places his footsteps tread. Immersed in the tranquil vistas of the external world, D finds himself enamoured by the everyday characters he encounters along the way. As he navigates the complexities of his inner turmoil and the beauty of his surroundings, the narrator embarks on a transformative odyssey. The D who began his journey in Vladivostok will inevitably be different from the one who arrives in Moscow at journey’s end, but what will this transformation entail? Join D on this introspective voyage as he unravels the mysteries of his past, present, and future on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

Austin Macauley Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1035851687

ISBN 13

9781035851683

Japanese Ghost in America

By: Daniel O'Brien

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Japanese Ghost in America

By: Daniel O'Brien

Jimmy, an introspective and world-traveled social studies teacher, lives a quiet life working in a Minnesota high school. Having lived in Japan for several decades—a country that he considers his second home—he is caught off-guard by the ancient and unfinished legacy that has followed him back across the Pacific. As the sun sets, Jimmy begins to see strange events in his home: a disembodied hand in the moonlight, then the full apparition of a Japanese woman in traditional kimono. Despite being separated by the boundaries of time and space, life and death, Jimmy and the mysterious woman discover a karmic connection. Together, they search for the root of her eternal restlessness in the hopes of attaining her redemption. Jimmy must unravel her past to discover how their destinies are intertwined, and how they might heal one another.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

243

Publisher

FriesenPress

Published Date

ISBN 10

1460298977

ISBN 13

9781460298978

The Japanese Language in the Pacific Region

By: Daniel Long,Keisuke Imamura

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Japanese Language in the Pacific Region

By: Daniel Long,Keisuke Imamura

Long and Imamura examine language contact phenomena in the Asia Pacific region in the context of early 20th-century colonial history, focusing on the effects the Japanese language continues to have over island societies in the Pacific. Beginning in the early 20th century when these islands were taken over by the Japanese Empire and continuing into the 21st century, the book examines 5,150 Japanese-origin loanwords used in 14 different languages. It delves into semantic, phonological, and grammatical changes in these loanwords that form a fundamental part of the lexicons of the Pacific Island languages, even now in the 21st century. The authors examine the usage of Japanese kana for writing some of the local languages and the pidginoid phenomena of Angaur Island. Readers will gain a unique understanding of the Japanese language’s usage in the region from colonial times through the post-war period and well into the current century. Researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of sociolinguistics, language policy, and Japanese studies will find this book particularly useful for the empirical evidence it provides regarding language contact situations and the various Japanese language influences in the Asia Pacific region. The authors also offer accompanying e-resources that help to further illustrate the examples found in the book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040097057

ISBN 13

9781040097052

Distant Islands

The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s

By: Daniel H. Inouye

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Distant Islands

The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s

By: Daniel H. Inouye

Distant Islands is a modern narrative history of the Japanese American community in New York City between America's centennial year and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Often overshadowed in historical literature by the Japanese diaspora on the West Coast, this community, which dates back to the 1870s, has its own fascinating history. The New York Japanese American community was a composite of several micro communities divided along status, class, geographic, and religious lines. Using a wealth of primary sources—oral histories, memoirs, newspapers, government documents, photographs, and more—Daniel H. Inouye tells the stories of the business and professional elites, mid-sized merchants, small business owners, working-class families, menial laborers, and students that made up these communities. The book presents new knowledge about the history of Japanese immigrants in the United States and makes a novel and persuasive argument about the primacy of class and status stratification and relatively weak ethnic cohesion and solidarity in New York City, compared to the pervading understanding of nikkei on the West Coast. While a few prior studies have identified social stratification in other nikkei communities, this book presents the first full exploration of the subject and additionally draws parallels to divisions in German American communities. Distant Islands is a unique and nuanced historical account of an American ethnic community that reveals the common humanity of pioneering Japanese New Yorkers despite diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and life stories. It will be of interest to general readers, students, and scholars interested in Asian American studies, immigration and ethnic studies, sociology, and history. Winner- Honorable Mention, 2018 Immigration and Ethnic History Society First Book Award

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

387

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Published Date

ISBN 10

1607327937

ISBN 13

9781607327936

Okinawa Under Occupation

McDonaldization and Resistance to Neoliberal Propaganda

By: Miyume Tanji,Daniel Broudy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Okinawa Under Occupation

McDonaldization and Resistance to Neoliberal Propaganda

By: Miyume Tanji,Daniel Broudy

This book examines classical and modern interpretations of education in the context of contemporary Okinawa as a site of neoliberal military-industrial development. Considering how media educate consumers to accept the plans and policies of the powerful, it questions current concepts of development and the ideology that informs national security policies. The book closely examines the signs, symbols, and rhetorical manipulations of language used in media to rationalize and justify a kind of development, which is the destruction of the environment in Henoko. Through careful analysis of public relations literature and public discourse, it challenges the presupposition that Okinawa is the Keystone of the Pacific and necessarily the only location in Japan to host U.S. military presence. Forced to co-operate in America’s military hegemony and global war-fighting action, Okinawa is at the very center of the growing tension between Beijing and Washington and its clients in Tokyo and Seoul. The book represents a case study of the discourse used in society to wield control over this larger project, which is a more developed and militarized Okinawa . Considering how history is given shape through external power structures and discourse practices that seek control over both historical and contemporary narratives, it reveals how public attitudes and perceptions are shaped through educational policies and media.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

981105598X

ISBN 13

9789811055980

Quit and Run

My Wake Up Call on Wall Street

By: Daniel Tabbush

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quit and Run

My Wake Up Call on Wall Street

By: Daniel Tabbush

“I was a highly rated bank analyst, at the number one stockbroker in Asia, for nearly 20 years, and I decided to give it all up. Travelling the world had created a hunger for work and income, which was more than satiated by my role as Head of Asian Bank Research at CLSA. But it got to the point where I became more concerned with my work-life balance than anything else.”To give up a big paycheck is never easy, but that is precisely what Daniel Tabbush did in early 2012 and he has not looked back since. Quit & Run: My Wake Up Call on Wall Street is his story, spanning his career success and rise to a high-power job. However, his large salary came at a high price. “I was beholden to an incessant Blackberry, an instant-response industry and the process of socialising a research view endlessly. Working trips, which often spanned 20 cities, across several countries, in less than 20 days, with nearly 100 client meetings, finally took their toll.”Over the years, Daniel’s sought-after role became something much more macabre. The glittering industry he had entered into had moved away from its roots and what he had enjoyed – finding great stock ideas for investors. He decided to get out before it was too late. “I always kept my bank analysis simple, but my life and the industry was anything but that. I had to regain a better semblance of work-life balance. A key tenant of Buddhism is ‘The Middle Path’ – to avoid extremes of sensual pleasures and self-mortification – and this is what I feel I was missing for so many years, and what I am trying to regain.”Quit & Run will appeal to fans of autobiographies, and those interested in the finance industry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

137

Publisher

Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1780884591

ISBN 13

9781780884592

The Rough Guide to India

By: David Abram,Nick Edwards,Mike Ford,Daniel Jacobs,Shafik Meghji,Devdan Sen,Gavin Thomas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rough Guide to India

By: David Abram,Nick Edwards,Mike Ford,Daniel Jacobs,Shafik Meghji,Devdan Sen,Gavin Thomas

More a continent than a county, India is an overload for the senses. From the Himalayan peaks of Sikkim to the tropical backwaters of Kerala, the desert forts of Rajasthan to the mangroves of West Bengal, India's breathtaking diversity of landscapes is matched only by its range of cultures, cuisines, religions and languages. The new, full-colour Rough Guide to India gives you the lowdown on this beguiling country, whether you want to hang out in hyper-modern cities or explore thousand-year-old temples, track tigers through the forest or take part in age-old festivals, get a taste of the Raj or watch a cricket match. And easy-to-use maps, reliable transport advice, and expert reviews of the best hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs and shops for all budgets ensure that you won't miss a thing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to India. Now available in ePub format.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1816

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1409342670

ISBN 13

9781409342670

The Bleach Breakdown

The Unofficial Guide

By: Issei Handa,Daniel Komen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Bleach Breakdown

The Unofficial Guide

By: Issei Handa,Daniel Komen

Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts: he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow–a malevolent lost soul–Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spir

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

212

Publisher

DH Publishing Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

1932897224

ISBN 13

9781932897227

Beyond Hostile Islands

The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing

By: Daniel McKay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Beyond Hostile Islands

The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing

By: Daniel McKay

Offers a fascinating window into how the fraught politics of apology in the East Asian region have been figured in anglophone literary fiction. The Pacific War, 1941-1945, was fought across the world’s largest ocean and left a lasting imprint on anglophone literary history. However, studies of that imprint or of individual authors have focused on American literature without drawing connections to parallel traditions elsewhere. Beyond Hostile Islands contributes to ongoing efforts by Australasian scholars to place their national cultures in conversation with those of the United States, particularly regarding studies of the ideologies that legitimize warfare. Consecutively, the book examines five of the most significant historical and thematic areas associated with the war: island combat, economic competition, internment, imprisonment, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Throughout, the central issue pivots around the question of how or whether at all New Zealand fiction writing differs from that of the United States. Can a sense of islandness, the ‘tyranny of distance,’ Māori cultural heritage, or the political legacies of the nuclear-free movement provide grounds for distinctive authorial insights? As an opening gambit, Beyond Hostile Islands puts forward the term ‘ideological coproduction’ to describe how a territorially and demographically more minor national culture may accede to the essentials of a given ideology while differing in aspects that reflect historical and provincial dimensions that are important to it. Appropriately, the literary texts under examination are set in various locales, including Japan, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, New Mexico, Ontario, and the Marshall Islands. The book concludes in a deliberately open-ended pose, with the full expectation that literary writing on the Pacific War will grow in range and richness, aided by the growth of Pacific Studies as a research area.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Fordham Univ Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

153150518X

ISBN 13

9781531505189

Passing Strange

By: Daniel Waters

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Passing Strange

By: Daniel Waters

Karen DeSonne always passed as a normal teenager - and now that she' dead, she's still passing - this time, as alive. When her dead friends are accused of a high profile murder and forced into hiding, she has to prove their innocence. Which means doing the unthinkable and becoming the girlfriend of bionist zealot Peter Martinsburg, who she suspects of framing them. But if he finds out who Karen really is, the consequences for her will be worse than death...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

184738983X

ISBN 13

9781847389831

Devour

By: Tamara Barrett,Julie Joy Smythe,Mesh Tennakoon,Daniel Matters

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Devour

By: Tamara Barrett,Julie Joy Smythe,Mesh Tennakoon,Daniel Matters

‘I absolutely devoured Devour. Adept, assured, and artistically diverse, this anthology has something for everyone.’ —Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Literature at Deakin University and author of the Valentine and Marry Me, Juliet series Devour is an engrossing selection of longer form short stories, all of which were recently submitted as part of an Honours or Master’s thesis within Deakin University's School of Communication and Creative Arts (SCCA). Although uniquely inspired and conceived independently from one another, each of the four stories are tethered by an underlying premise – a mysterious force that envelopes, infiltrates, infects and destroys... *** Unspeakable loss awakens a hunger within Alba that no manner of sustenance can sate. As she moves into womanhood, she comes to question the ties that bind, and in her search for meaning, asks the most important question of all: What comes after nothing? Three degrees of separation, and the Swarm descended. When civilisation is in ruins, how can we ensure the certainty of our survival? As humanity struggles and big corporations close in, only one thing is certain: Everything is connected. When the full moon rises, shadows of the past tangle with whispers of the unknown, weaving together a hauntingly beautiful narrative that transcends time and space. A bushfire rages in the Ashlands, threatening the lives of many. Only the hearthbloods can arrest the flames, but their burden is one complicated by the sceptical rhetoric of the Steel Church who bleed the earth dry in the name of industry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

BookPOD

Published Date

ISBN 10

176358027X

ISBN 13

9781763580275

A Charm of Magpies

An ebook bundle of The Science Magpie, The Antiques Magpie and The Nature Magpie

By: Daniel Allen,Marc Allum,Simon Flynn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Charm of Magpies

An ebook bundle of The Science Magpie, The Antiques Magpie and The Nature Magpie

By: Daniel Allen,Marc Allum,Simon Flynn

The Science Magpie is Simon Flynn's bestselling collection of enthralling facts, stories, poems and more from science's history, from the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton. With Antiques Roadshow regular Marc Allum as your guide, go in search of stolen masterpieces, explore the first museums, learn the secrets of the forgers and brush up on your auction technique with The Antiques Magpie . And with acclaimed nature writer Daniel Allen, join naturalists, novelists and poets as they explore the most isolated parts of the planet and discover which plants can be used to predict the weather in The Nature Magpie .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

657

Publisher

Icon Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848317417

ISBN 13

9781848317413

Book's by Daniel Sakura

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email