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  • Tales of Green Tea

    Notes from a Centuries-Old Kyoto Teahouse

    by Miyako Watanabe ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    A charming, lightly illustrated exploration of the history of green tea and matcha, Japanese tea culture, and daily life in Kyoto by the owner of the 300-year-old Ippodo Tea shop.At the family-owned Ippodo tea store in Kyoto, time passes at the gentle pace of green tea leaves brewing in a kyusu teapot. Written by the store’s current owner, Miyako Watanabe, Tales of Green Tea offers an account of ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Poka-yoke (Spanish)

    Mejorando la Calidad del Producto Evitando los Defectos

    by H. Hirano ...
    Muchas cosas pueden ir mal en un entorno de trabajo. Cada dia hay oportunidades para cometer errores que resultaran en defectos. Los defectos son despilfarro y, si no se descubren, frustran las espectativas del cliente sobre la calidad. Detras del poka-yoke esta la conviccion de que no es aceptable producir incluso un pequeno numero de articulos defectuosos. Durante mas de 200 visitas a fbricas ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Kokun

    by Nahoko Uehashi ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    Series Book 1 - Kokun
    ★ “An epic fantasy unlike any other, combining the fantastical environmentalism of works like Miyazaki’s film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Rachel Carson’s lyrical descriptions of nature, and the court intrigue of Game of Thrones.”—Booklist (starred review**)**A sweeping ecological fantasy from one of Japan’s most beloved storytellers—where two girls must unlock a forgotten power to save ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Kokun

    Volume 2

    by  Nahoko Uehashi ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    Series Book 2 - Kokun
    “The clouds of hunger cover the sky. The earth withers. No food for the mouths of men.”Words spoken long ago by the Umar Empire’s founder are nearing reality. As the people’s overreliance on ohaleh—the miracle rice impervious to pests—grows deeper, fifteen-year old Aisha is desperate to avert the famine she knows is looming. One that only she, gifted with the original ability of the Kokun to read ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Beast Warrior

    by Nahoko Uehashi ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    Ten years after the fateful clash between two opposing sides of the Divine Kingdom of Lyoza, Elin lives a peaceful life with her family. She tries to stay as far away from her past as possible—the girl who communicated with creatures and befriended a Royal Beast wants no part in the power struggles of humans. But when Elin is called upon to investigate a mysterious illness that's stricken the Toda ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Chatty Rooms

    by Genki Kawamura, Marie Kondo ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    Japan's hottest writer and film producer, Genki Kawamura, brings Marie Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life through seven, playfully illustrated, quirky stories. These provide a glimpse into the unique relationship between people and their belongings from the perspective of talking everyday objects.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS, GENKI KAWAMURA and MARIE KONDOWhat if the objects in ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Beast Player

    by Nahoko Uehashi ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    In a kingdom where fearsome water serpents form the core of the army, a young girl's ability to communicate with them involves her in deadly plots that could cost her life.Elin's family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. So when some of the creatures mysteriously die, Elin's mother is sentenced to death as punishment. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond the Untranslatable

    Theorizing Postcolonial Translation

    Edited by Talal Asad, Jun’ichi Isomae, Naoki Sakai, Katsuya Hirano, Gouranga Charan Pradhan ...
    Series series Creative, Social and Transnational Perspectives on Translation
    This collection examines postcolonial studies through the lens of translation studies, focusing on Asian and East Asian experiences. It redefines translation as a process of negotiating Otherness with language at its core.Following Talal Asad and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s critique, the book shifts from subjectivity to subjectivation, arguing that subjects exist in reciprocal relationships with ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • The Deer King, Vol. 1 (novel)

    Survivors

    by Nahoko Uehashi, Masaaki Yamamoto ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    Series Book 1 - The Deer King (novel)
    Van, a former soldier made slave, toils away endlessly in a salt mine. An unexpected chance at liberation drops in his lap when a pack of infected dogs passes through, killing everyone but him and a young girl he names Yuna. Van hopes to make a peaceful life for them both now that they’ve escaped. However, the disease that cleared out the mine begins to spread, endangering the nation and placing ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Ghost Detective

    by Alice Arisugawa ...
    Translated by Cathy Hirano ...
    A detective's ghost investigates his own unsolved murder in this Japanese modern crime classic.THE HARDEST MURDER TO SOLVE IS YOUR OWNThe beach at night. A detective by the name of Tatsuya Kanzaki is shot dead by his boss, but his lingering attachments and bewilderment at his sudden murder leave him unable to pass onto the next world.Unfortunately, nobody can see Kanzaki—not his killer, Kyodo, nor ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • A Pioneer of Management Research and Education in Japan

    Challenges from Kobe University Business School

    Edited by Norio Kambayashi, Kyohei Hirano, Izumi Mitsui ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    The purpose of this book is to clarify the mission and history of Kobe University Business School (KUBS), not only for the development of management education but also for the familiarization of industry in Japan with the ideas of modern management. Kobe University was the first in Japan to establish a faculty of business administration and has continued to conduct research and education in the ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

  • Model Science Teacher Preparation Programs

    An International Comparison of What Works

    Edited by Jon E. Pedersen, Tetsuo Isozaki, Toshihde Hirano ...
    This volume will focus on a much need comparison of science teacher preparation from around the world. In recent times (last 5 years) much has been written and communicated both in the popular press and within the annals of research oriented publications about the performance of students international in math and science. Although not a new discussion or debate, many countries are held as ... Read more

    $68.99 CAD