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  • On the Banks of the Mayyazhi

    by M. Mukundan, Gita Krishnankutty ...
    Mayyazhi (Mahe)-a quaint French colony in the middle of Kerala in the 1940s: a melange of shimmering elegance, native myth and legend, where souls are said to hover as dragonflies over the Velliyan Rock in the sea.A wave of nationalism sweeps over the languorous town, igniting the desire for change. As the colonial loyalists clash with the group of dedicated youth determined to free Mayyazhi from ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    by Nikos Kazantzakis ...
    The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn explores the struggle between the aesthetic and the rational, the inner life and the life of the mind.The classic novel Zorba the Greek is the story of two men, their incredible friendship, and the importance of living life to the fullest. Zorba, a Greek working man, is a larger-than-life character, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Glass Palace

    A Novel

    by Amitav Ghosh ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND LOS ANGELES TIMES“A rich, layered epic that probes the meaning of identity and homeland— a literary territory that is as resonant now, in our globalized culture, as it was when the sun never set on the British Empire.”—Los Angeles Times Book ReviewSet in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, th ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Confessions of a Yakuza

    Translated by John Bester ...
    by Dr. Junichi Saga ...
    This is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn’t a "good" life, in either sense of the word, but it was an adventurous one; and the tale he has to tell presents an honest and oddly attractive picture of an insider in that separate, unofficial world.In his low, hoarse voice, he describes the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Three Japanese Short Stories

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kafu Nagai, Chiyo Uno ...
    Series series Penguin Modern
    'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!'Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Silent Winds, Dry Seas

    A Novel

    by Vinod Busjeet ...
    **ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A sweeping debut novel that explores the intimate struggle for independence and success of a young descendant of Indian indentured laborers in Mauritius, a small multiracial island in the Indian Ocean."The beauty of Busjeet's splendid, often breathtaking book is, like the best stories of journeys to young adulthood, the precious and well-observed and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Japanese Haiku: The Four Seasons

    Translated by Peter Beilenson ...
    by Basho, Buson ...
    Series Book 2 - Peter Pauper Press Classic Haiku
    Step into a series of dazzling, funny, melancholy, and joyous moments with this collection of haiku masterworks. Beloved translator Peter Beilensons goals were twofold: to craft a book of haiku accessible to anyone, and to render his best guess at what the poets would have written in English. His translations preserve the sublime spirit of each verse, conjuring vivid visual and emotional ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Climbing the Stairs

    by Padma Venkatraman ...
    **In British-occupied India, a young girl’s dream defies the limitations of her society.“This novel vivifies a unique era and culture as it movingly expresses how love and hope can blossom even under the most dismal of circumstances.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Venkatraman paints an intricate and convincing backdrop of a conservative Brahmin home in a time of change.”—Booklist, starred ... Read more

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  • Ajitada and the Way of Justice

    Akitada mysteries, #0

    by I. J. Parker ...
    Series Book 0 - Akitada mysteries
    Eleven short stories about crime and detection in eleventh century Japan are arranged chronologically for Akitada's career. They include cases that happened during traditional holidays and contain clues such as moon cakes, Chinese lutes, feral cats, and incense competitions. ... Read more

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  • Kaalam

    by M T Vasudevan Nair(Author);Gita Krishnankutty(Translator) ...
    Set against the backdrop of a crumbling matrilineal tarawad system of the Nairs in Kerala with its petty rivalries and jealousies, its sambandhan system of contractual marriage, its conflicts and problems, and the changes in land legislation which sharply erode the feudal order, Kaalam is the story of sethumadhavan Nair who starts out as an ambitious and confident adolescentbut in his journey ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Story of a Single Woman

    by CHIYO UNO ...
    Translated by Rebecca Copeland ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **A piercingly beautiful and candid novel of love, sex and independence in 1920s Japan by a trailblazing Japanese writer“Remarkable . . . [Chiyo] has a hard, unerring eye for the tender detail” — Financial Times**She left her home, just a girl, determined to live alone. But wasn’t this the very life her late father had most fervently forbidden?As an older woman, Kazue looks back on her tumultuous ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf

    Zen Poems of Ryokan

    The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryokan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole ... Read more

    $17.99 USD