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“koichi mera”

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  • Asia's Financial Crisis and the Role of Real Estate

    by Koichi Mera, Bertrand Renaud ...
    This book by a distinguished academic and a professional economist from the World Bank clearly demonstrates the significant role played by the real estate sector in inducing the Asian crisis; the linkage of the real estate sector to the general economy; the causes of real estate booms and subsequent busts; and the economic costs of real estate price volatility. The book also includes suggestions ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Comfort Women Not “Sex Slaves”

    Rectifying the Myriad of Perspectives

    by Koichi Mera ...
    COMFORT WOMEN NOT SEX-SLAVES Presents an alternative view about Comfort Women to the prevailing one in the United States, but is well established among intellectuals in Japan. This is a story of misconception which took place with evil intention of a few persons, but spread widely in the world as a wild fire. One promoter was Asahi Newspaper, hither-to highly respected national newspaper of Japan, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Whose Back was Stabbed?

    FDR’s Secret War on Japan

    by Koichi Mera ...
    This is a book that will change the American perception of the Pacific War. One important question is: Who actually started the Pacific War? By examining recently discovered facts revealed through the declassification of official documents, the decoding of secret communications between the Soviet Union and its operatives, and findings from American and Japanese writers in recent decades, the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Evening Clouds

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    A masterpiece of quiet lyricism set against a backdrop of change and renewal in suburban Tokyo.The most celebrated work by one of Japan's master literary stylists, Evening Clouds is a book filled with delicate images of ordinary life, richly and precisely observed. A family moves into a new home on a windswept hilltop in western Tokyo. Around them are forests and farms. But the developers are ... Read more

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  • The Birth of Territory

    by Stuart Elden ...
    Political theory professor Stuart Elden explores the history of land ownership and control from the ancient to the modern world in The Birth of Territory.Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial ... Read more

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  • Sources of Japanese Tradition

    From Earliest Times to 1600

    Edited by Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann, Wm. Theodore De Bary ...
    Series series Introduction to Asian Civilizations
    Sources of Japanese Tradition is a best-selling classic, unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. In this long-awaited second edition, the editors have revised or retranslated most of the texts in the original 1958 edition, and added a great many selections not included or translated before ... Read more

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  • World Cinema and Cultural Memory

    by I. Hedges ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Cinema has long played a crucial role in the way that societies represent themselves. Hedges discusses the role of cinema in creating cultural memory within a global perspective that spans five continents. The book's innovative approach and approachable style should transform the way that we think of film and its social effects. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Faithful Narratives

    Historians, Religion, and the Challenge of Objectivity

    Edited by Andrea Sterk, Nina Caputo ...
    Historians of religion face complex interpretive issues when examining religious texts, practices, and experiences. Faithful Narratives presents the work of twelve eminent scholars whose research has exemplified compelling strategies for negotiating the difficulties inherent in this increasingly important area of historical inquiry. The chapters range chronologically from Late Antiquity to modern ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Historical Atlas of Jerusalem

    Fourth edition

    by Martin Gilbert ...
    Series series Routledge Historical Atlases
    This unique Atlas traces the history of Jerusalem from biblical times to the present day. Each map is illustrated by a facing page of prints or photographs, to give a complete pictorial and cartographic overview of this fascinating city of the Middle East. Coverage begins in ancient times, showing the impact of the Jews, Christians, Muslims, Romans and Crusaders on the development of this holy ... Read more

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  • Inspect Before You Buy: Insider Secrets You Need to Know About Home Inspection

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    This book is for prospective home buyers, real estate investors, and those interested in starting their own home inspection business. Home inspections are an important step in the home-buying process. Everyone agrees that you should use a home inspection service before buying a home. Home inspectors conduct a thorough examination of your home to detect any problems before you purchase. A detailed ... Read more

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  • Surviving the Dragon

    A Tibetan Lama's Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule

    by Arjia Rinpoche ...
    On a peaceful summer day in 1952, ten monks on horseback arrived at a traditional nomad tent in northeastern Tibet where they offered the parents of a precocious toddler their white handloomed scarves and congratulations for having given birth to a holy child—and future spiritual leader.Surviving the Dragon is the remarkable life story of Arjia Rinpoche, who was ordained as a reincarnate lama at ... Read more

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