One Hot Summer In Kyoto

Author : John Haylock
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611725089
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Hot Summer in Kyoto written by John Haylock and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot and sticky describes the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto in summer. And that is just the situation Peter Meadowes finds himself in when he flees to Kyoto for his summer vacation. During the rest of the year the middle-aged Meadowes teaches in Tokyo, a circumstance which conveniently enables him to leave his commanding wife (who hates Japan) back in England. In the old capital Meadowes also expects to find relief from Noriko, his grim Japanese mistress. But in the small wood-and-paper Japanese house he has rented, he finds something unexpected: another woman to desire. Kazumi is seductive, yet she always manages to slip away. Then Noriko arrives, oddly possessive but sharing giggles with Kazumi—perhaps about Meadowes's prowess? Next on the scene is Miss Goto, polite, apologetic, a serious lover of theater who turns an elaborately staged seduction into a comedy of errors. When wife Monica shows up from England, Meadowes must choose...and fast. John Haylock's novel vividly evokes the languid torpor of summer in the fabled city of temples and gardens. Yet hidden within this steamy farce about obsessive lust is an underbelly of duplicity, discontent, and fear. When making his choice, Peter Meadowes confronts the love-hate relationship that afflicts the typical gaijin—foreigner—in Japan. Remaining in Japan may be impossible, but escaping only creates the desire to return. John Haylock was educated at Cambridge University and spent 14 years in Japan as a teacher and writer.

Author : Suzanne Kamata
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1880656310
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Broken Bridge written by Suzanne Kamata and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absorbing fiction from Outsiders in a land that does not absorb foreigners easily.

Author : Helena Grinshpun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000203824
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Coffee and Cultural Change in Modern Japan written by Helena Grinshpun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact in Japan of the rise of global coffee chains and the associated coffee culture. Based on extensive original research, the book discusses the cultural context of Japan, where tea-drinking has been culturally important, reports on the emergence of the new coffee shop consumer experience, and reflects on the link between consumption and identity, on cultural fantasies about modern, Western, or global lifestyles, on the effects of global standardization, and on much more.

Author : David Duff
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595374565
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ero-Samurai written by David Duff and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ero-Samurai, noted Kyoto raconteur and expatriate David Duff relates his personal experiences with that most exotic and mysterious of creatures, the Japanese woman.

Author : Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810833746
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Area Bibliography of Japan written by Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a general overview of literature relating to Japan and covers a broad range of subject matter, from art, feminism, and linguistics, to corporate culture, history, and medicine. Includes books published since 1980 that are related to the geographical area of Japan and to Japanese culture within that area.

Author : Holly Thompson
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1880656655
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ash written by Holly Thompson and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caitlin Ober, an American English instructor in Japan, tries to deal with the loss of her childhood best friend, Mei, fifteen years earlier, while developing a friendship with fourteen-year-old Naomi.

Author : Thomas Daniell
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462905900
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Houses and Gardens of Kyoto written by Thomas Daniell and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all the damage that has occurred over the centuries, for all the relentless and destructive modernization still taking place today, Kyoto, imperial capital for more than a millennium, remains a rich, inexhaustible archive of Japanese cultural history. Houses and Gardens of Kyoto introduces a broad array of Kyoto's traditional houses from every period of the city's history. They range from summer villas to townhouses, from monumental Buddhist temples to insubstantial garden pavilions, from personal homes to traditional inns. All have their associated outdoor spaces, whether condensed courtyard gardens, picturesque stroll gardens, "dry landscape" stone gardens, or the "borrowed scenery" of distant landscapes. Both exquisite photo album and fascinating historical study, Houses and Gardens of Kyoto is sure to be the standard reference work on this topic for many decades to come.

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9781857431797
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 written by Europa Publications and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1787019306
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lonely Planet Kyoto written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet's Kyoto is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Walk through vermillion gates towards the summit of Fushimi Inari-Taisha; glimpse 'old Japan' in the lanes of Gion; and time your trip for the best cherry blossom and crimson maple leaves -all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : Gene Beck
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 8770223173
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of 21st Century Energy Technologies, Financing and Sustainability written by Gene Beck and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive desktop reference addresses the diverse terms and acronyms that form the backbone of 21st century energy technologies, applications of those technologies, and the sustainability sector of the U.S. economy. The convergence of these disciplines has resulted in an explosion of specialized terms, acronyms, and jargon. The references encompass a wide range of legacy as well as emerging renewable energy technologies including the finance and sustainable segments of business that form an integral part of those technologies. This dictionary gives professionals and laymen alike, across the multi-disciplinary fields of energy, a tool to better understand and communicate energy matters and understand the energy issues and opportunities faced. There are over 8,000 entries, making it the largest dictionary ever compiled on these specific subjects. Although the book includes some highly technical terms, the writing and explanations are sufficiently clear for both academia and practitioners including students, professors, architects, accountants, attorneys, engineers, public policy makers, regulators, developers, real estate professionals, debtors, borrowers, standards setting organizations, journalists, and boards of directors. The author has created this dictionary to help both novices and experts cut through the confusion and understand the vocabulary of this fast-growing field. This comprehensive body of knowledge explains these technologies and thousands of other new technical terms and acronyms. Three sectors—energy, efficiency, and sustainability—are at the heart of the economic low-carbon future growth of our economy. The result is a practical tool that should find a central place on the desk of anyone involved in energy, management, and development of sustainability issues anywhere in the world.