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NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY

Harlequin Comics

By: Linda Randall Wisdom,Naoko Kubota

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NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY

Harlequin Comics

By: Linda Randall Wisdom,Naoko Kubota

Jed is the right-hand man of Shelby’s father. Her father warned her to be careful with Jed, but as soon as they met, they fell in love. However, Jed goes on overseas business trips all the time, and she rarely sees him. Shelby expected more from Jed, but he doesn’t want to change his life. So she has broken up with him and taken off on vacation. But her well-deserved escape soon takes a frightening turn when Shelby is kidnapped!

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4596260354

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9784596260352

WILLING TO WED

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Cathy Williams,Naoko Kubota

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WILLING TO WED

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Cathy Williams,Naoko Kubota

Ellie works at a university hospital in London in the pediatric department, but when she hears that her father has suddenly collapsed, she jumps on a plane back to Ireland. A waiting her at the airport is her old neighbor James. Ellie never got on with James when she was a child. He was always feigning politeness and looking down on everyone?not what you’d call her type. She hates how he would get people riled up and pry into their lives, yet for some reason the usually calm and unflappable Ellie can’t seem to put him out of her mind…despite the fact that she already has a fianc?!

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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459638164X

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9784596381644

MYSTERY WIFE

Harlequin Comics

By: Annette Broadrick,Naoko Kubota

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MYSTERY WIFE

Harlequin Comics

By: Annette Broadrick,Naoko Kubota

When Sherye awakes in a hospital bed, there’s a very handsome man looking at her. It seems she had a car accident and was in a coma. Her memory is now gone. This gorgeous man is named Raoul and he’s said to be her husband. The more she hears about her life before the accident, the more strange and uneasy she feels about herself. She used to be a model who loved partying so much she refused to raise her own children. What hurts her even more than these stories of her past is the rejection she feels from her husband, Raoul!

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4596248877

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9784596248879

CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

Harlequin Comics

By: Jessica Hart,Naoko Kubota

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CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

Harlequin Comics

By: Jessica Hart,Naoko Kubota

Louisa is a skilled secretary and a single mother raising two children. Her boss, Patrick, is an inveterate playboy, from whom women constantly seek marriage. One night a drunk Louisa suggests the two should get married! After all, a cool and composed person like Louisa could handle marrying her boss—especially since it would secure her children’s futures! Despite being shocked by her suggestion, Patrick’s reply is a yes! But his heartless proposal leaves Louisa cold…

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4596291268

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CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Naoko Kubota,HEIDI RICE

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CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Naoko Kubota,HEIDI RICE

He is the only one who can stir up this desire inside me… Katie has traveled alone to Amalfi to reinvent herself. But during her trip, her bag is stolen. The last person she expects to come to her rescue is family friend Jared, whom she despises. Katie’s sister asked him to find her, and Jared refuses to listen to Katie’s protests, whisking her away to stay at his villa in Capri. Jared is a frighteningly charming man, but Katie will never be seduced by him again…

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4596497648

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THE VIRGIN'S SHOCK BABY

Harlequin Comics

By: Heidi Rice,Naoko Kubota

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THE VIRGIN'S SHOCK BABY

Harlequin Comics

By: Heidi Rice,Naoko Kubota

Claire runs into her ex-husband at a party, along with his new, pregnant wife. Overcome by sadness at the fact that they’re living the life she could never have, she barely manages to hide her feelings and act normal. Max, a man she’s just met at the party, sees her struggles and decides to help her. Confused at first, Claire appreciates his friendly help. However, Max has a hidden secret. There’s a very dark reason for why he approached Claire…

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4596785511

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American Survivors

Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By: Naoko Wake

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American Survivors

Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By: Naoko Wake

American Survivors is a fresh and moving historical account of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, breaking new ground not only in the study of World War II but also in the public understanding of nuclear weaponry. A truly trans-Pacific history, American Survivors challenges the dualistic distinction between Americans-as-victors and Japanese-as-victims often assumed by scholars of the nuclear war. Using more than 130 oral histories of Japanese American and Korean American survivors, their family members, community activists, and physicians - most of which appear here for the first time - Naoko Wake reveals a cross-national history of war, illness, immigration, gender, family, and community from intimately personal perspectives. American Survivors brings to light the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that connects, as much as separates, people across time and national boundaries.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108871879

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9781108871877

Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Competence

By: Naoko Taguchi

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Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Competence

By: Naoko Taguchi

Pragmatic competence plays a key role in the era of globalization where communication across cultural boundaries is an everyday phenomenon. The ability to use language in a socially appropriate manner is critical, as lack of it may lead to cross-cultural miscommunication or cultural stereotyping. This book describes second language learners’ development of pragmatic competence. It proposes an original theoretical framework combining a pragmatics and psycholinguistics approach, and uses a variety of research instruments, both quantitative and qualitative, to describe pragmatic development over one year. Situated in a bilingual university in Japan, the study reveals patterns of change across different pragmatic abilities among Japanese learners of English. The book offers implications for SLA theories, the teaching and assessment of pragmatic competence, and intercultural communication.

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317

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Multilingual Matters

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1847696112

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9781847696113

Second Language Pragmatics

By: Arline Burgmeier

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Second Language Pragmatics

By: Arline Burgmeier

Inside Reading Second Edition is a five-level academic reading series that develops students’ reading skills and teaches key academic vocabulary from the Academic Word List.

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Oxford University Press

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0194200558

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9780194200554

America's Geisha Ally

By: Naoko Shibusawa

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America's Geisha Ally

By: Naoko Shibusawa

During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. Though we distinguished "good Germans" from the Nazis, we condemned all Japanese indiscriminately as fanatics and savages. As the Cold War heated up, however, the U.S. government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. But how was the American public made to accept an alliance with Japan so soon after the "Japs" had been demonized as subhuman, bucktoothed apes with Coke-bottle glasses? In this revelatory work, Naoko Shibusawa charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. While General MacArthur's Occupation Forces pursued our nation's strategic goals in Japan, liberal American politicians, journalists, and filmmakers pursued an equally essential, though long-unrecognized, goal: the dissemination of a new and palatable image of the Japanese among the American public. With extensive research, from Occupation memoirs to military records, from court documents to Hollywood films, and from charity initiatives to newspaper and magazine articles, Shibusawa demonstrates how the evil enemy was rendered as a feminized, submissive nation, as an immature youth that needed America's benevolent hand to guide it toward democracy. Interestingly, Shibusawa reveals how this obsession with race, gender, and maturity reflected America's own anxieties about race relations and equity between the sexes in the postwar world. America's Geisha Ally is an exploration of how belligerents reconcile themselves in the wake of war, but also offers insight into how a new superpower adjusts to its role as the world's preeminent force.

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Harvard University Press

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0674057473

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9780674057470

Donabe

Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking [A One-Pot Cookbook]

By: Naoko Takei Moore,Kyle Connaughton

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Donabe

Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking [A One-Pot Cookbook]

By: Naoko Takei Moore,Kyle Connaughton

A beautiful and lavishly photographed cookbook focused on authentic Japanese clay-pot cooking, showcasing beloved recipes and updates on classics, with background on the origins and history of donabe. Japanese clay pot (donabe) cooking has been refined over centuries into a versatile and simple method for preparing both dramatic and comforting one-pot meals. In Donabe, Tokyo native and cooking school instructor Naoko Takei Moore and chef Kyle Connaughton offer inspiring Japanese home-style recipes such as Sizzling Tofu and Mushrooms in Miso Sauce and Dashi-Rich Shabu-Shabu, as well as California-inspired dishes including Steam-Fried Black Cod with Crisp Potatoes, Leeks, and Walnut-Nori Pesto or Smoked Duck Breast with Creamy Wasabi–Green Onion Dipping Sauce. All are rich in flavor, simple to prepare, and perfect for a communal dining experience with family and friends. Donabe also features recipes from luminary chefs such as David Kinch, Namae Shinobu, and Cortney Burns and Nick Balla, all of whom use donabe in their own kitchens. Collectible, beautiful, and functional, donabe can easily be an essential part of your cooking repetory.

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Ten Speed Press

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1607747006

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9781607747000

Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and its Culture

By: Naoko Gunji

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Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and its Culture

By: Naoko Gunji

How do you reconstruct a tradition of religious art wiped out by another religion? Naoko Gunji takes up this challenging question in Amidaji. Amidaji was a Buddhist temple in western Japan that, from the twelfth century onwards, overlooked the strait of Dannoura and commemorated the tragic protagonists of The Tale of the Heike who perished in the strait at the end of the Genpei War (1180–1185)―the Heike or the Taira clan and the child-emperor Antoku (1178–1185). Amidaji was destroyed, however, in 1870 amid a nativist, royalist movement of persecuting Buddhism, and replaced by an imperial Shinto shrine. Its art, architecture, and rituals were lost, and have until now been understood through the lens of the current shrine and a few surviving objects. By investigating numerous historical sources and artistic, literary, religious, political, and ideological contexts, Gunji reveals a carefully coordinated program of visual art and rituals for the salvation of Antoku and the Taira.

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BRILL

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9004522964

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9789004522961

HIS PRETEND MISTRESS

Harlequin Comics

By: Jessica Steele,Naoko Kubota

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HIS PRETEND MISTRESS

Harlequin Comics

By: Jessica Steele,Naoko Kubota

When Mallon, a beautiful housekeeper, is attacked by her employer and rushes out into the rain, she is picked up by a man in a luxury car who calls himself Harris. Mallon has grown to distrust men, but Harris’s calm gray eyes allow her to relax her guard. When she sees where they have arrived, however, she starts to regret her carelessness. The place is practically a ruin, and there’s no other house around. Mallon, recalling all her nightmares, is constantly fearful, but there is one thing she doesn’t yet know—her encounter with Harris is the ray of light that will cut through the darkness of her life…

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4596065438

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CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

Harlequin Comics

By: Naoko Kubota,HEIDI RICE

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CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

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By: Naoko Kubota,HEIDI RICE

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4596497400

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CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Jessica Hart,Naoko Kubota

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CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

Mills & Boon Comics

By: Jessica Hart,Naoko Kubota

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NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY

NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY

WILLING TO WED

WILLING TO WED

MYSTERY WIFE

MYSTERY WIFE

CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

THE VIRGIN'S SHOCK BABY

THE VIRGIN'S SHOCK BABY

American Survivors

American Survivors

Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Competence

Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Competence

Second Language Pragmatics

Second Language Pragmatics

America's Geisha Ally

America's Geisha Ally

Donabe

Donabe

Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and its Culture

Amidaji: Emperor Antoku's Mortuary Temple and its Culture

HIS PRETEND MISTRESS

HIS PRETEND MISTRESS

CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

CAPTIVE AT HER ENEMY'S COMMAND

CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

CONTRACTED: CORPORATE WIFE

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