Japan
Love in Translation by Wendy Nelson Tokunaga
Stuck. That's how 33-year-old aspiring singer Celeste Duncan feels, with her deadbeat boyfriend and static career.
East Wind, Rain by Caroline Paul
When an unidentified plane crashes on the remote Hawaiian island of Niihau, the islanders have no idea that it is...
The Ramen King and I:... by Andy Raskin
This funny and idiosyncratic Japanese-fast-food memoir and quasi-spiritual autobiography from NPR commentator Raskin contains at its core, despite its oddball...
Gearing of Love by John Parker Oughton
Poetry in various forms and styles about living in Kyoto, Japan; language itself; losing relatives and lovers; simple joys of...
Forgetting English by Midge Raymond
Forgetting English explores the indelible imprint of home upon identity and the wa
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of... by Chip Kidd
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan: The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most...
gothic lolita by dakota lane
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW 11/08 Gothic Lolita: A Mystical Thriller Dakota Lane. Atheneum/Seo, $17.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1396-2
Ambitiously structuring her stylish novel...
Eating Soup with Chopsticks by Ruth Paget
A Japanese restaurant in Marina, California takes me back to my daysin Osaka.
Hearth-Side Sushi by Ruth Paget
Robata Grill and Sake Bar in Carmel, California combines a cozy setting with all-around great Japanese food.
