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  • The Shortest History of Japan

    From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse - The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation

    by Lesley Downer ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    Discover the aesthetic traditions, political resilience, and modern economic might of this singular island nation. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Last Concubine

    The Shogun Quartet, Book 2

    by Lesley Downer ...
    Japan, 1865, the women's palace in the great city of Edo.Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, is chosen to be his concubine.But Japan is changing, and as civil war erupts, Sachi flees for her life. Rescued by a rebel warrior, she finds unknown feelings stirring within ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Courtesan and the Samurai

    The Shogun Quartet, Book 3

    by Lesley Downer ...
    1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ...Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees across the shattered city of Tokyo and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, its famous pleasure-quarters.There she is forced to become a courtesan.Yozo, brave, loyal ... ... Read more

    $21.29 USD

  • Women of the Pleasure Quarters

    The Secret History of the Geisha

    by Lesley Downer ...
    From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of the mysterious world of the geisha.Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional creations, from Puccini's Madama Butterfly to Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha. The ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Shortest History of Japan

    From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse―The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation

    by Lesley Downer ...
    Narrated by Lucy Rayner ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 54 min

    Zen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote island country that has long had a complicated relationship with the outside world.Even at the nearest point, Japan—an archipelago strung like a necklace around the Asian mainland—is considerably farther from Asia ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • On the Narrow Road to the Deep North

    Journey into a Lost Japan

    by Lesley Chan Downer ...
    After eight years working in Japan, immersing herself in its language and literature, Lesley Chan Downer set off in the footsteps of Matsuo Basho, Japan's most cherished poet, to explore the country's remote northern provinces. Basho's pilgrimage to find the landscapes that had inspired the great medieval poets gave birth to Japan's most famous travel book, rich in strange imagery and sometimes ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • A Geisha for the American Consul (a short story)

    by Lesley Downer ...
    Two cultures. One man and one woman. One moment in time.Cultures collide when Okichi, a beautiful geisha, is sent to work for the American envoy in Japan. Age and pride meet youth and grace. How will she survive in a home where no one speaks her language, where she understands nothing and she must submit to a strange barbarian's will? ... Read more

    $2.03 USD