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History of Tokyo 1867-1989

Edward Seidensticker

History of Tokyo 1867-1989

"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it…if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection." —JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker's A History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transformation from the Shogun's capital in an isolated Japan to the largest and the most...

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Edward Seidensticker

Modern Japanese Prints - Statler

Oliver Statler

Modern Japanese Prints - Statler

Featuring over 100 unique prints, Modern Japanese Prints is a testament to the continuity of Japanese art and creativity.By far the most vitally creative group of artists working in Japan today, modern print-makers are truly international in appeal. Although they owe much of their heritage to the famous ukiyoe techniques of the past, they depart from their forebears in at least two important respects. In the first place, whereas in the ancient ukiyoe tradition a print was the joint production of...

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Oliver Statler

Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fo...

Charles Alfred Speed Williams

Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition

Written with reader accessibility in mind, this comprehensive handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture will be an invaluable resource for any student of Eastern art history, Chinese arts and crafts, and anyone interested in commonly held Chinese beliefs and their origins. In Chinese Symbolism & Art Motifs Fourth Edition , scholar C.A.S. Williams offers concise explanations of the essential symbols and motifs relevant to Chinese literature, arts & crafts, and architecture. This...

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Charles Alfred Speed Williams

Malaysian Batik

Noor Azlina Yunus

Malaysian Batik

Malaysian Batik: Reinventing a Tradition , traces the history of batik, the materials, methods and motifs of the block-stamped and hand drawn methods, and the ways in which Malaysian batik has been transformed into a craft with international appeal. Batik is more than wax and dye applied to a length of cloth. It is an art form practiced by people around Asia. With its its bolder, abstract designs and its brighter palette, Malaysian batik is a distinctly different type of batik that has brought...

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Noor Azlina Yunus

Modern Japanese Print - Michener

James Michener

Modern Japanese Print - Michener

This is an ebook version of a very rare Japanese woodblock print collection. Originally published in 1962 in a limited edition of 475 copies, The Modern Japanese Print soon became a collector's item.Included in the folio-sized volume were ten original woodblock prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The idea for this unique presentation had originated with author, James Michener who hoped to assist this little known group of dedicated men achieve wider recognition. The original works of...

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James Michener

Things Korean

O-Young Lee

Things Korean

Containing photographs of everyday, antique objects along with insightful commentary, Things Korean is a useful guide to traditional life in Korea.O-Young Lee, former Korean Minister of Culture gives us a survey of native objects from Korea, from totems(Changsung) to hair-pins(binyo), crock pots(Changdokdae) to temple bells(Jong), scissors(Kawi) to graves(mudon) explaining their significance and place in everyday Korean life.Each item in the book is listed under its English and Korean name; a...

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O-Young Lee

Senryu Poems of People

J. C. Brown

Senryu Poems of People

This is a collection of Japanese senryu poetry—a lesser known cousin to haiku poetry.In 1765 Karai Senryu published a selection of tsukeku that reflected his personal taste and humor. This anthology, Yanagidaru, became widely popular and was followed by 22 more of the same title, also compiled by Senryu, and a further 144 volumes compiled by his successors to the tradition. The type of poems Karai chose eventually came to be known as senryu. They did not require inclusion of a seasonal...

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J. C. Brown

Die Ketzerbraut

Ксюша Ангел

Die Ketzerbraut

Die Ketzerbraut gelesen von Anuk Ens Anfang 16. Jahrhunderts: Die Münchner Bürgerstocher Veva befindet sich auf der Reise nach Innsbruck, um dort zu heiraten. Anführer des Brautzuges ist ihr Zwillingsbruder Bartl. Im Gebirge rät ihnen ein Reisender ab, der Straße weiter zu folgen, weil sie durch einen Erdrutsch blockiert sei, und dient sich als Führer an. Obwohl Veva ein schlechtes Gefühl hat, geht Bartl auf das Angebot ein. Statt wieder auf die Hauptstraße zu treffen, geraten sie tiefer in...

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Ксюша Ангел

Juliregen - 3. Teil einer Trilogie

Ксюша Ангел

Juliregen - 3. Teil einer Trilogie

Iny Lorentz Juliregen 3. Teil einer Trilogie Hörbuch Berlin, 1887: Lore und Fridolin von Trettin leben mit ihren beiden Kindern glücklich zusammen. Fridolin ist noch immer Teilhaber des Bankhauses Grünfelder und hat es zu gewissem Wohlstand gebracht. Doch am Horizont ballen sich Gewitterwolken zusammen. In Ostpreussen pflegt Malwine von Trettin ihren Hass auf das Paar. Bei der Bank platzt ein Kredit, für den August Grünfelder persönlich gebürgt hat. Um den Verlust zu begrenzen, soll Fridolin...

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Ксюша Ангел

A Bloody Day

Dan Harvey

A Bloody Day

Within the grand narrative of the Battle of Waterloo – one that marks the end of Napoleon’s career as conqueror and the beginning of an extended peace in western Europe – little is known of the formidable efforts made by the Irish who supplemented the strength of the British Army and, in no small measure, directed the outcome of this vital moment in the history of the world. Through empirical research, Dan Harvey has delivered a book that reveals the manoeuvres that the Irish mounted against...

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Dan Harvey

Beyond the Border

Richard Humphreys

Beyond the Border

The Brexit vote for UK withdrawal from the EU has put the constitutional future of Northern Ireland centre-stage once again. Beyond the Border is an authoritative, timely and up-to-date guide to the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement. A compelling and accessible exploration of how the Agreement can be upheld despite Brexit uncertainties, and implemented despite political deadlock, it powerfully argues for the permanence of the Agreement and its cross-community approach, even in the event of...

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Richard Humphreys

The Preacher and the Prelate

Patricia Byrne

The Preacher and the Prelate

This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute people of Achill out of degradation and idolatry through his Achill Mission Colony. The fury of the island elements, the devastation of famine, and Nangle’s own volatile temperament all threatened the project’s survival. In the years of the...

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Patricia Byrne

Northern Ireland’s ’68

Simon Prince

Northern Ireland’s ’68

The Troubles may have developed into a sectarian conflict, but the violence was sparked by a small band of leftists who wanted Derry in October 1968 to be a repeat of Paris in May 1968. Like their French comrades, Northern Ireland's 'sixty-eighters' had assumed that street fighting would lead to political struggle. The struggle that followed, however, was between communities rather than classes. In the divided society of Northern Ireland, the interaction of the global and the...

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Simon Prince

Century of Politics in the Kingdom

Owen O’Shea

Century of Politics in the Kingdom

In the 100 years since the establishment of Dáil Éireann, rarely has politics been so divisive, turbulent, engaging and entertaining as in County Kerry. A Century of Politics in the Kingdom captures the exhilarating highs and lows of politics in Kerry, featuring tales of scandal, punch-ups, election-campaign shenanigans, bitter inter-dynastic contests, as well as the stories of the ground-breaking Kerry politicians who made their mark on the national stage and beyond. This fascinating book...

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Owen O’Shea

Hearing Voices

Brendan Kelly

Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland is a monumental work by one of Ireland’s leading psychiatrists, encompassing every psychiatric development from the Middle Ages to the present day, and examining the far-reaching social and political effects of Ireland’s troubled relationship with mental illness. From the “Glen of Lunatics”, said to cure the mentally ill, to the overcrowded asylums of later centuries – with more beds for the mentally ill than any other country in the world –...

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Brendan Kelly

Power Play

Deaglán de Bréadún

Power Play

This is the first comprehensive analysis of how Sinn Féin has transformed itself from ‘political wing’ of the Republican movement to a mainstream force in Irish politics. In this book by one of Ireland’s leading political journalists, Deaglán de Bréadún provides an incisive account of how the party has arrived at a position, in the space of one generation, where it is in power north of the border and knocking on the door of government in the south. Despite recent controversies and scandals...

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Deaglán de Bréadún

Irish Days, Indian Memories

Conor Mulvagh

Irish Days, Indian Memories

Irish Days, Indian Memories offers a unique insight into an unexpectedly momentous facet of Dublin’s political and student life from 1913 to the end of the turbulent year that was 1916. V.V. Giri, fourth President of India (1969-74), who would later say of himself ‘when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman’, and a group of twelve Indian law students at King’s Inns and University College Dublin, witnessed and participated in the events of these dramatic years. Drawn from diaries, letters,...

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Conor Mulvagh

Harry Clarke’s War

Marguerite Helmers

Harry Clarke’s War

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918 contain the names of 49,435 enlisted men who were killed in the First World War. Commissioned in 1919 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and published in 100 eight-volume sets, the Records are notable for stunning and elaborate page decorations by celebrated Irish illustrator Harry Clarke. Drawing from published and unpublished sources, Marguerite Helmers’ ground-breaking study provides a fascinating insight into the work of Harry Clarke as an extraordinary...

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Marguerite Helmers

Soldiering Against Subversion

Dan Harvey

Soldiering Against Subversion

During a time of high tension, terror and fear, the Irish Defence Forces faced the very real threat of the Irish State being plunged into a savagely sectarian civil war. The southern state faced a breakdown of law and order, severely challenged by manhunts, prison breaks, shoot-outs, kidnappings, bank robberies, subversive training camps, bomb-making factories, illegal weapons shipments, and border operations. Soldiering Against Subversion is the dramatic and previously untold story of the...

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Dan Harvey

Soldiers of the Short Grass

Dan Harvey

Soldiers of the Short Grass

This is the first complete history of the Curragh Camp, from its foundation in 1855 to the present day, under both British and Irish occupation. Dan Harvey, a military historian and an experienced senior officer, presents a compelling and fascinating narrative of the camp’s many evocative eras and episodes. This unique establishment has been key in shaping Irish history while being shaped in turn by the great national and international conflicts that it was founded to respond to: the Crimean...

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Dan Harvey

Ninja Fighting Techniques

Stephen K. Hayes

Ninja Fighting Techniques

Ninja Fighting Techniques explains how to defend yourself against real-world threats using techniques perfected centuries ago by the great Ninja masters. Author Stephen K. Hayes is the world's leading expert on Ninjutsu techniques. In this book, he presents the Ninja «Five Elements» system to explain fundamental aspects of self-defense. According to Japanese Buddhist belief, human nature is connected to the natural world and the five elements. By understanding that connection, essential...

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Stephen K. Hayes

Töchter der Sünde

Ксюша Ангел

Töchter der Sünde

Iny Lorentz Töchter der Sünde gelesen von Anne Moll Auf Kibitzstein hat Marie Adler sich mit dem Würzburger Fürstbischof Gottfried Schenk zu Limburg arrangiert. Ihre Kinder sind mittlerweile erwachsen und Trudi und Lisa bereits verheiratet. Außerdem hat der Fürstbischof angedeutet, für Falko Adler eine passende Ehe stiften zu wollen. Das Leben könnte im Grunde für Marie nicht schöner sein, doch da geschehen zwei Dinge, die das Schicksal aller auf Kibitzstein verändern werden.

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Ксюша Ангел

Die Rache der Wanderhure

Ксюша Ангел

Die Rache der Wanderhure

Iny Lorentz Die Rache der Wanderhure Glücklich und zufrieden lebt die einstige Wanderhure Marie mit ihrem Ehemann Michel Adler auf Burg Hohenstein, die die beiden als Kastellanin und Burghauptmann für den König verwalten. Mit der Geburt ihrer Tochter Trudi scheint ihr Glück schließlich vollkommen. Doch das Unheil lauert schon, denn Maries größter Feind ist ihr dicht auf den Fersen und hat einen düsteren Plan ersonnen, um sie in seine Gewalt zu bringen …

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Ксюша Ангел

Kabuki Costume

Ruth M. Shaver

Kabuki Costume

The attire of the feudal lords and ladies of old Japan, warriors, priest, courtesans, Edo-period dandies geisha, footmen, farmers in fact, the whole array of Kabuki's colorful characters-is discussed in fascinating detail in this Japanese Kabuki book.From kimono and armor to undergarments, from wigs to foot gear, from swords to hair garmentsno aspect of costume accessories is overlooked. Textiles and textile designs, in all their profusion of weaves, colors, and...

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Ruth M. Shaver

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