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Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.99An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in... -
Another Kyoto by Alex Kerr
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Another Kyoto is an insider's meditation on the hidden wonders of Japan's most enigmatic city. Drawing on decades living in Kyoto, and on lore gleaned from artists, Zen monks and Shinto priests,... -
Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.23From the author of Another Kyoto and Lost Japan, a rich, personal exploration of the culture and history of Bangkok, and an essential guide for anyone visiting the cityAlex Kerr has spent over thirty... -
Living in Japan. 40th Anniversary Edition by Alex Kerr
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.48So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and... -
Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan by Alex Kerr
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.09The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'economic miracle' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete... -
Hidden Japan: An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests Alex Kerr 9784805317518
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78"A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan's environment and traditions" -The New York TimesIn Alex Kerr's critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional... -
Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan by Alex Kerr
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23'An erudite and charming book . . . both a primer and a paean to one of the central texts of Buddhism, known as the Heart Sutra. . . Alex Kerr delves into the Japanese soul' Literary ReviewThe... -
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No One Listened: Two children caught in a tragedy with no one else to trust except for each other by Alex Kerr 9780007272471 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.00When Isobel and Alex came home from school to find their abusive father had brutally murdered their mother, their world was thrown into chaos. Plunged into a care system that neglected them, Isobel... -
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present by Christopher Harding
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present.'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and,... -
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan by Will Ferguson
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.35Abridged editionIt had never been done before. Not in 4000 years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone... -
The Meaning of Rice: And Other Tales from the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46**Shortlisted for the 2017 Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards****Shortlisted for the 2018 Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award**'The next Bill Bryson.' New York TimesFood and travel writer Michael... -
Abroad in Japan: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller by Chris Broad 9781804992227
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.02THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly fascinating!'Will Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him... -
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 9780099552147
Booksplease Price: £4.67'An epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' The Times A young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. Many years later she tells her story from a... -
Japan's Cultural Codewords: 233 Key Japanese Terms and Expressions to Help You Navigate the Culture Successfully Boye Lafayette De Mente 9784805318812
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.32"Boye Lafayette De Mente is a legend among writers on Japan. Other writers have directed their wisdom toward those who want to know something about Japan. De Mente's contribution has been to help... -
Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto: A Guide to Kyoto's Most Important Sites by John Dougill 9784805318089
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.05This book presents a true journey into the heart of the Kyoto experience-one which brings you deep into the world of Kyoto's ancient Zen Buddhist culture.Kyoto's Zen heritage represents one of... -
Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations Roger J. Davies 9784805311639
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.71Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and remarkably readable journey through Japan's cultural history.This much-anticipated sequel to... -
Kanazawa by David Joiner 9781611720716
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.46In Kanazawa, the first literary novel in English to be set in this storied Japanese city, Emmitt's future plans collapse when his wife, Mirai, suddenly backs out of negotiations to purchase their...