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  • The Japanese Chronicles

    by Nicolas Bouvier ...
    Translated by Anne Dickerson ...
    In The Japanese Chronicles, Swiss travel writer and photographer Nicolas Bouvier shares his intimate experience of Japan. Based on three decades of travel throughout the islands, his reports, recollections, and reflections take the reader beyond the commonplace and into an unexpected landscape. Whether describing village festivals or the suburbs of Kyoto, retelling Japanese myth and history, ... Read more

    $11.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Seven Years in Tibet

    by Heinrich Harrer ...
    Translated by Richard Graves ...
    A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet. Settling ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Colossus of Maroussi (Second Edition)

    by Henry Miller, Ian S. MacNiven ...
    Henry Miller’s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond’s backpack.Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • Essays in Idleness

    and Hojoki

    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    by Kenko, Chomei ...
    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

    $10.99 CAD

  • Samurai

    The Last Warrior: A History

    by John Man ...
    The definitive history of the Samurai, by acclaimed author of Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior"One could ask for no better storyteller or analyst than John Man." —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The BiographyThe inspiration for the Jedi knights of Star Wars and the films of Akira Kurosawa, the legendary Japanese samurai have captured modern imaginations. Yet with these elite ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bells of Old Tokyo

    Meditations on Time and a City

    by Anna Sherman ...
    An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo, its past, and its people from "a profoundly evocative writer" ( The Wall Street Journal).Longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje PrizeFrom 1632 until 1854, Japan's rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture that endures to this day. In hypnotic prose and sensual detail, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Smile in the Mind's Eye

    An Adventure into Zen Philosophy

    by Lawrence Durrell ...
    The "virtuoso" New York Times –bestselling author's memoir of his spiritual journey with famed Taoist philosopher Jolan Chang ( The New York Times ).Beginning with their first meeting over lunch at Lawrence Durrell's Provencal home, Durrell and Jolan Chang—renowned Taoist philosopher and expert on Eastern sexuality—developed an enduring relationship based on mutual spiritual expl... ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hojoki

    Visions of a Torn World

    by Kamo no Chomei ...
    Series series Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature
    A luminous translation of the classic Buddhist poem.Japan's capital city of Kyoto was devastated by earthquake, storm, and fire in the late 12th century. Retreating from "this unkind world," the poet and Buddhist priest Kamo-no-Chomei left the capital for the forested mountains, where he eventually constructed his famous "ten-foot-square" hut.From this solitary vantage point Chomei produced Hojoki ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Inland Sea

    by Donald Richie, Yoichi Midorikawa ...
    A timeless travel-writing classic that inspired the film, with photography by Yoichi Midorikawa.In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished.The book that cemented ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Once on a Moonless Night

    by Dai Sijie ...
    Translated by Adriana Hunter ...
    A precious scroll inscribed with a lost Buddhist sutra—once owned by Pu Yi, the last emperor of China—is illicitly sold to an eccentric French linguist, Paul d’Ampere, who is imprisoned as a result. In jail, he devotes himself to studying its ancient text.A young Western scholar in China hears this account from the grocer Toomchooq, whose name mysteriously connects him to the document. She falls ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Under the Holy Lake

    A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan

    by Ken Haigh ...
    Series series Wayfarer
    Inaccessible for most of its history, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has long fascinated the West. Today, wealthy travelers are admitted in small groups, but in 1987, when Ken Haigh arrived as a volunteer to teach in a small high school, foreign travelers were as hard to find in the kingdom as telephones or toilet paper. Under the Holy Lake describes a two-year sojourn in the valley of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Kyoto: A Cultural and Literary History

    by John Dougill ...
    Series Book 20 - Cities of the Imagination
    Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have ... Read more

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