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  • Essays in Idleness

    by Yoshida Kenko ...
    Yoshida Kenko's Essays in Idleness is a collection of his thoughts on his inner world and the world of Japanese life in the fourteenth century. He touched on topics as diverse as the benefits of the simple life ("There is indeed none but the complete hermit who leads a desirable life"), solitude ("I am happiest when I have nothing to distract me and I am completely alone"), lust ("What a weakly ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Japanese Buddhist Monks

    by Saigyo, Kamo no Chomei, Yoshida Kenko ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky'These simple, inspiring writings by three medieval Buddhist monks offer peace and wisdom amid the world's uncertainties, and are an invitation to relinquish earthly desires and instead taste life in the moment.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Essays in Idleness

    and Hojoki

    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    by Kamo no Chomei, Kenko ...
    These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Essays in Idleness

    by Yoshida Kenkō ...
    Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkō is one of the most treasured works of classical Japanese literature, a timeless collection of reflections that captures the beauty, simplicity, and fleeting nature of life. Written in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist monk and courtier Yoshida Kenkō, this remarkable work offers a series of short observations and meditations on human experience, nature, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economically Enabled Energy Management

    Interplay Between Control Engineering and Economics

    Edited by Takeshi Hatanaka, Yasuaki Wasa, Kenko Uchida ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book gathers contributions from a multidisciplinary research team comprised of control engineering and economics researchers and formed to address a central interdisciplinary social issue, namely economically enabled energy management. The book’s primary focus is on achieving optimal energy management that is viable from both an engineering and economic standpoint. In addition to the ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

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    by Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinney ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics. ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    A timeless classic often considered the world's first great novel. Set in imperial Japan, the story follows the life and relationships of Prince Genji as he moves through a world of romance, politics, beauty, and emotional complexity. The novel offers a rich portrait of courtly culture and human emotion. Elegant, poetic, and deeply reflective, the work explores love, impermanence, and the passage ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    Translated by Royall Tyler ...
    The acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature, Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and death at the Imperial Court.At the core of this epic is Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer an exquisite glimpse of the golden age of Japan. Royal Tyler's superb new translation ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Tale of Genji

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    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    Translated by Royall Tyler ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    **The world’s first novel, in a translation that is “likely to be the definitive edition . . . for many years to come” (The Wall Street Journal)A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper**Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated as the world’s first novel. Genji, the Shining Prince, is the son of an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Crossing the World in a Plastic Car

    by Dan Murdoch ...
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    by Richard F. Burton ...
    Series series Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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