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The American Counterculture
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A systematic, building block-style plan for mastering the most daunting aspect of learning Chinese—how to remember the meaning of more than 2,000 of the most common characters—is provided in this h...
The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914)
Contents:
1. Japanese Poetry
2. The Japanese Hokku Poetry
3. The Japanese Play of Silence
4. The Earliest Japanese Poetry
5. The Poets of Present Japan
6. Some Specimens
History of Japanese Art
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Japan Through the Looking Glass
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The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914)
Contents:
1. Japanese Poetry
2. The Japanese Hokku Poetry
3. The Japanese Play of Silence
4. The Earliest Japanese Poetry
5. The Poets of Present Japan
6. Some Specimens
The American Counterculture
The American counterculture played a major role during a pivotal moment in American history. Post-War prosperity combined with the social and political repression characteristic of middle-class lif...
Chinese Characters: Learn & Remember 2,178 Characters and Their Meanings
A systematic, building block-style plan for mastering the most daunting aspect of learning Chinese—how to remember the meaning of more than 2,000 of the most common characters—is provided in this h...
History of Japanese Art
A comprehensive, extensively-illustrated, detailed overview of Japanese art -- from the Joman period (10,500 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E.) through World War II.
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A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History
Widely considered the leading Western authority on Japan, Richie has a particular affinity for the nation's films, as is evident on every page of this authoritative survey. He emphasizes the collab...
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The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories
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The Legends of Tono [100th Anniversary Edition]
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Cutting Edge: Art-Horror and the Horrific Avant-Garde
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The music video was born because of a sudden expansion of new broadcast channels in search of cheap programming and a boom in new editing equipment and visual postproduction effects. It has exerted...
Art and Social Change: Contemporary Art in Asia and the Pacific
This, the most up-to-date survey of contemporary art in the Asia Pacific, richly illustrated with new and original works by some of the most dynamic art practitioners working today, brings together...
Avoiding the Subject: Media, Culture and the Object
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Marilyn Monroe and the Camera
The most beautiful photo book on Marilyn ever published! All iconic images from Avedon to Weegee. Marilyn Monroe posed for nearly every major photographer of her day. This pictorial chronicle featu...
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Nina Simone [Women in the Arts]
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The Age of Innocence (David Hamilton)
Accompanied by lyrical poetry, this collection showcases the nude portrait photography David Hamilton is known for.
The Terra Cotta Army: China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation
The Terra Cotta Army is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Over seven thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of...
