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The Japanese
- A History in Twenty Lives
- By: Christopher Harding
- Narrated by: Christopher Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals....
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- By: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....
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Terrible truths
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-2024
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Stubborn Buggers
- The Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven
- By: Tim Bowden
- Narrated by: Tim Bowden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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It made Changi seem like heaven.'There was a place far worse than Changi – Singapore's Outram Road Gaol....
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A great read
- By Pano on 10-03-2019
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Inazo Nitobé
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty....
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Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat....
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Outstanding Mr Bil
- By Gene W on 12-02-2017
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The Japanese
- A History in Twenty Lives
- By: Christopher Harding
- Narrated by: Christopher Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of 20 remarkable individuals....
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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Japan's Infamous Unit 731
- Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program
- By: Hal Gold, Yuma Totani - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments....
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Terrible truths
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-2024
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Stubborn Buggers
- The Survivors of the Infamous POW Gaol That Made Changi Look Like Heaven
- By: Tim Bowden
- Narrated by: Tim Bowden
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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It made Changi seem like heaven.'There was a place far worse than Changi – Singapore's Outram Road Gaol....
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A great read
- By Pano on 10-03-2019
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Inazo Nitobé
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Through a study of the way of the samurai, Nitobe identifies the seven virtues most widely recognized by the Japanese: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, veracity, honor, and loyalty....
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Killing the Rising Sun
- How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat....
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Outstanding Mr Bil
- By Gene W on 12-02-2017
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Emperor of Japan
- Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
- By: Donald Keene
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 38 hrs and 13 mins
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Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of change during this period in Japan's history....
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Hiroshima
- By: John Hersey
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic....
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great perspective
- By Anonymous User on 15-03-2021
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Shogun
- The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler
- By: A.L. Sadler, Stephen Turnbull - foreword, Alexander Bennett - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
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Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan....
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Not as good as I expected
- By Marc Fearby on 15-03-2024
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The Japanese Mind
- Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
- By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....
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The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- By: Craig L. Symonds
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway....
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Great and informative account
- By Andrew Singleton on 06-06-2023
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Midway
- The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story
- By: Mitsuo Fuchida, Masatake Okumiya
- Narrated by: Terence Aselford
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Two Japanese naval aviators who participated in the operation provide an unsparing analysis of what caused Japan's staggering defeat....
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More fiction than history
- By RJ Ham on 01-02-2022
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The Pillow Book
- By: Sei Shōnagon
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....
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A superb time capsule
- By L. White on 23-12-2023
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Japanese Destroyer Captain
- Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
- By: Captain Tameichi Hara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
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This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its military insights....
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I think a must for navy buffs
- By Attila on 11-12-2017
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Hellfire
- By: Cameron Forbes
- Narrated by: Peter Byrne
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
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The acclamied, definitive, best-selling account of Australia's prisoners of war held captive by the Japanese....
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The Rape of Nanking
- The Nanjing Massacre That Occurred During the Second Sino-Japanese War
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Between December 13, 1937, and the beginning of February 1938, Japanese soldiers entered the Chinese city of Nanjing, following a very brief fight for the city....
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Asian Armageddon, 1944-45
- War in the Far East Series, Book 3
- By: Peter Harmsen
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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The last installment of the War in the Far East trilogy, Asian Armageddon 1944-1945, continues and completes the narrative of the first two volumes, describing how a US-led coalition of nations battled Japan into submission through a series of cataclysmic encounters....
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Strong Men Armed
- The United States Marines Against Japan
- By: Robert Leckie
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
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As scout and machine-gunner for the First Marine Division, Leckie fought in all its engagements until his wounding at Peleliu....
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One of the very best of kind!
- By Lii Veskimägi on 13-02-2021
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Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
- By: Susan Stranahan, David Lochbaum, The Union of Concerned Scientists, and others
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors....
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Nuclear or Climate Armageddon
- By Anonymous User on 18-08-2021
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No Surrender
- My Thirty-Year War
- By: Hiroo Onoda
- Narrated by: Lane Nishikawa
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal....
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incredible story
- By Anonymous User on 22-09-2020
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The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai
- Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
- By: Antony Cummins, Yoshie Minami
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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In 1676, a ninja named Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga—regarded to be the homeland of the ninja—and compiled it into an authoritative book....
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The Fall of Japan
- By: William Craig
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded as "virtually faultless"....
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Japanese Mythology: Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
- Classical Mythology, Book 4
- By: Scott Lewis
- Narrated by: Oliver Hunt
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Giant monsters. Tales of eternal love. The beginning of creation. Pint-sized warriors. Long voyages and insurmountable heroics are only a small piece of the classic myths that have helped shape Japan’s unique and immaculate history....
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Black Snow
- Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
- By: James M. Scott
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands....
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The Book of Bushido
- The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry
- By: Antony Cummins
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Dive into Japanese history—and discover who the samurai really were—in this fascinating study that reveals the flawed human warriors behind the idealistic myths.
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The Railway Man
- By: Eric Lomax
- Narrated by: Bill Paterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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A naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942....
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Incredible!
- By Alexandra Nicole Messier on 02-03-2021
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
- Patterns of Japanese Culture
- By: Ruth Benedict
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 10 hrs
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Essential for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. The World War II-era study by the cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict paints an illuminating contrast between the people of Japan and those of the United States....
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The Accidental President
- Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
- By: A. J. Baime
- Narrated by: Tony Messano
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb....
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worth a listen definitely
- By Rohan on 24-05-2022
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A Concise History of Japan
- By: Brett L. Walker
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine....
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Japan
- A BBC Documentary Collection
- By: Christopher Harding, Alex Bellos, Rana Mitter, and others
- Narrated by: Various
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Presenting a captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country....
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The Japanese Art of Living Seasonally
- An Invitation to Celebrate Every Day
- By: Natalie Leon
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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In traditional Japanese culture, people eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to petal-shaped sweets, and festivals dedicated to nature’s spectacular displays. This mindful celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. This audiobook reveals the hidden depths of kisetsukan, and how its concepts can transform your life.
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Japan Travel Guide
- Discover the Essence of the Land of the Rising Sun with Expert Tips for Experiencing Japan's Top Sites, Hidden Spots, and Culinary Delights
- By: Clementine Thorne
- Narrated by: Cliff Weldon
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
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Born and raised amid Japan's cherry blossom-strewn paths and misty mountains, I've felt the pulse of the country in every serene garden and bustling city street. With profound admiration and joy, I present "Japan Travel Guide", a heartfelt tribute to the boundless beauty and spirit of the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Be More Japan
- The Art of Japanese Living
- By: DK Eyewitness
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Revised and updated, and with each page alive with facts, history and inspiration, Be More Japan unlocks the secrets behind modern Japanese living - whether you're eating sushi in London or enjoying the cherry blossoms in San Francisco. And if you're dreaming of a future trip to Japan, this book will get you closer to your destination before you've even departed.
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Blood of the Samurai
- The Legendary Battles
- By: John White
- Narrated by: Ava Hadley
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The samurai way of life is guided by three core values - loyalty, honor, and respect. These principles are more than just words; they are the basis of a strict code of conduct that governs every aspect of a samurai's life. Loyalty is the foundation of the samurai's relationship with their lord. It is not just blind obedience but an unwavering sense of duty and honor that compels them to protect their lord at all costs.
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The Book of Bushido
- The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry
- By: Antony Cummins
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into Japanese history—and discover who the samurai really were—in this fascinating study that reveals the flawed human warriors behind the idealistic myths.
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Japanese Mythology Collection 2
- Myths and Legends of Japan, Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan and Kwaidan
- By: Lafcadio Hearn, F. Hadland Davis, Richard Gordon Smith
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Together, these three volumes form an essential collection for anyone fascinated by mythology, folklore, and the cultural heritage of Japan. Each story in this anthology is not just a tale. It's a window into the ancient soul of Japan, its people, and its enduring legacy.
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The Japanese Art of Living Seasonally
- An Invitation to Celebrate Every Day
- By: Natalie Leon
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In traditional Japanese culture, people eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to petal-shaped sweets, and festivals dedicated to nature’s spectacular displays. This mindful celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. This audiobook reveals the hidden depths of kisetsukan, and how its concepts can transform your life.
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Japan Travel Guide
- Discover the Essence of the Land of the Rising Sun with Expert Tips for Experiencing Japan's Top Sites, Hidden Spots, and Culinary Delights
- By: Clementine Thorne
- Narrated by: Cliff Weldon
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Born and raised amid Japan's cherry blossom-strewn paths and misty mountains, I've felt the pulse of the country in every serene garden and bustling city street. With profound admiration and joy, I present "Japan Travel Guide", a heartfelt tribute to the boundless beauty and spirit of the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Be More Japan
- The Art of Japanese Living
- By: DK Eyewitness
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Revised and updated, and with each page alive with facts, history and inspiration, Be More Japan unlocks the secrets behind modern Japanese living - whether you're eating sushi in London or enjoying the cherry blossoms in San Francisco. And if you're dreaming of a future trip to Japan, this book will get you closer to your destination before you've even departed.
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Blood of the Samurai
- The Legendary Battles
- By: John White
- Narrated by: Ava Hadley
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The samurai way of life is guided by three core values - loyalty, honor, and respect. These principles are more than just words; they are the basis of a strict code of conduct that governs every aspect of a samurai's life. Loyalty is the foundation of the samurai's relationship with their lord. It is not just blind obedience but an unwavering sense of duty and honor that compels them to protect their lord at all costs.
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The Book of Bushido
- The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry
- By: Antony Cummins
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into Japanese history—and discover who the samurai really were—in this fascinating study that reveals the flawed human warriors behind the idealistic myths.
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Japanese Mythology Collection 2
- Myths and Legends of Japan, Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan and Kwaidan
- By: Lafcadio Hearn, F. Hadland Davis, Richard Gordon Smith
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Together, these three volumes form an essential collection for anyone fascinated by mythology, folklore, and the cultural heritage of Japan. Each story in this anthology is not just a tale. It's a window into the ancient soul of Japan, its people, and its enduring legacy.