My Awesome Japan Adventure: A Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever!
My Awesome Japan Adventure: A Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever!
PICKED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2013 BY THE ASSOCIATION OF BOOKSELLERS FOR CHILDREN!A perfect introduction to Japanese culture for kids, My Awesome Japan Adventure is the diary of an American fifth grader who travels to Japan to spend four exciting months with a Japanese family as an exchange student. He records all his adventures in this diary so that he can tell his friends back home about what he did and saw during his time in Japan. With the help of a Japanese foster brother and sister, he visits a Ninja village, tries new foods, learns brush painting, and gets the inside scoop on daily life in a Japanese school. Readers of all ages will love experiencing life in Japan from a kid's point of view!Dan's adventures include: My First Week of School, Visiting a Ninja Village, Fun with Origami, Practicing Aikido, Making Mochi, and much more… As a multicultural children's book, My Awesome Japan Adventure is perfect for kids who want to explore another culture and have fun in the process!
- ASIN: B00LKCPVQA
- Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man. That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR’s sudden death. The first four months of Truman’s administration saw the founding of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the mass starvation in Europe, the Potsdam Conference, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of imperial Japan, and finally, the end of World War II and the rise of the Cold War. No other president had ever faced so much in such a short period of time. The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during a tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher.
- ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
- Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Strictly No Elephants
Strictly No Elephants
“A sunny, smart, tongue-in-cheek tale.” —The New York Times Book Review “Sweet and affirming.” —Kirkus Reviews Huffington Post Honor Book for Best in Kindness Bank Street Best Book of 2015 NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Charlotte Huck Honor Book CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice Book Sold in twelve countries! When the local Pet Club won’t admit a boy’s tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution—one that involves all kinds of unusual animals in this sweet and adorable picture book.Today is Pet Club day. There will be cats and dogs and fish, but strictly no elephants are allowed. The Pet Club doesn’t understand that pets come in all shapes and sizes, just like friends. Now it is time for a boy and his tiny pet elephant to show them what it means to be a true friend. Imaginative and lyrical, this sweet story captures the magic of friendship and the joy of having a pet.
- ASIN: 1481416472
- ISBN: 1481416472
- Brand: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this cultured and unique nation.Take a guided Tokyo walking tour, bathe in hot springs, hike Japan's mountainous interior or visit peaceful temples: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within color-coded chapters. Discover the best of Japan with this indispensable travel guide.Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan: - Over 30 color maps, plus a Tokyo subway guide, help you navigate with ease - Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need - Comprehensive tours and itineraries of Japan, designed for every interest and budget - Illustrations and floorplans depict Tokyo National Museum, Senso-ji Temple, Nijo Castle, Himeji Castle, Taiyuin-byo Shrine and more - Color photographs of Japan's stunning landscape, temples and shrines, impressive castles and more - Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Tokyo, Honshu, Kyoto, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa and Hokkaido - Historical and cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about history, festivals, rituals, values, beliefs and traditions - Experience the culture with features on Japanese houses, sumo and the martial arts, Japanese traditional theatre, the samurai and Japanese traditional dress - Essential travel tips - our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop and sightsee, plus useful phrases, visa and health informationDK Eyewitness Travel Guide Japan is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most from your visit to Japan.DK Eyewitness: winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017."No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one" - The IndependentOn a shorter break? Try our DK Eyewitness Top 10 Tokyo guide.About DK Eyewitness Travel: DK's highly visual Eyewitness guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips, and tours to inform and enrich your hol... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1465457194
- ISBN: 1465457194
- Brand: EYEWITNESS
- Manufacturer: DK Eyewitness Travel
hamamonyo Tenugui Book 'About Japan'
hamamonyo Tenugui Book 'About Japan'
[Brand] Yokohama's textile brand 'HAMAMONYO' is focusing on the brightly-colored tenugui dyed in the traditional Japanese style dyeing technique of Yokohama 'Nassen'. It manufactures and sells many Japanese patterned goods.It is characterized by a playful and unique design.We continue to transmit original designs that give the feeling of the seasons. [Product information] The fabric uses a special fabric 'Wakaba' woven up for Tenugui.You can feel soft enough to use. It also has good water absorption and is easy to dry and no bulky. It will be surprised at the usability than you thought. We hope you will enjoy the seasonal patterns that are filled with the beauty and style of Yokohama, and have a sense of fun. Tenugui book is one of HAMAMONYO's popular item. It is folded like a book and can be used as book as towel. Tenugui Towel is good for using as dishcloth. ◆ Size: 35.4 in×13.4 in (90 cm×34 cm) ◆ Material: 100% cotton
- ASIN: B07KY3Z94Q
- Brand: hamamonyo
- Manufacturer: HAMAMONYO
Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018)Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war criminals were Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” who performed hideous medical experiments at Auschwitz; Martin Bormann, Hitler’s brutal personal secretary; Klaus Barbie, the cruel "Butcher of Lyon"; and perhaps the most awful Nazi of all: Adolf Eichmann.Killing the SS is the epic saga of the espionage and daring waged by self-styled "Nazi hunters." This determined and disparate group included a French husband and wife team, an American lawyer who served in the army on D-Day, a German prosecutor who had signed an oath to the Nazi Party, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and women scoured the world, tracking down the SS fugitives and bringing them to justice, which often meant death.Written in the fast-paced style of the Killing series, Killing the SS will educate and stun the reader. The final chapter is truly shocking.
- ASIN: B079Y57HJN
- Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
- ASIN: B001EBV0OE
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Unknown
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
- ASIN: B01GZY28JA
- Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
How to Draw: Anime Manga
How to Draw: Anime Manga
- ASIN: B00H7WX7WM
- Brand: DrawMate
- Manufacturer: DrawMate
Japan's War in Colour
Japan's War in Colour
It was assumed no color films existed in Japan until the victorious U.S. forces arrived in 1945. This DVD is remarkable proof that those assumptions were verifiably false. Now you can discover the story of a nation at war from its rare color films, plus letters and diaries from those who lived through it. Almost all the material in this color documentary has been recently discovered and allows the viewer to expereince Japanese culture and events from an entirely new perspective. Subject matter includes Imperial Japanese troops in 1931 Manchuria, remarkable domestic scenes of 1930s Japan, preparation for war in 1939, and images of occupation in 1940s Shanghai.
- UPC: 603497047321
- ASIN: B000AQ69QI
- Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
- Manufacturer: Rhino Home Video