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  • Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan

    by James L. Huffman ...
    A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan’s hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman draws on newspaper articles, official surveys, and reminiscences to recreate for readers life as experienced by the poor themselves—something not attempted before in scholarship on this ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Japan In World History

    by James L. Huffman ...
    Japan in World History ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to the Western challenge of the late 1500s, the partial isolation under the Tokugawa family (1600-1868), and the tumultuous interactions of more recent times, when Japan modernized ferociously, turned imperialist, lost a world war, then became the world's second largest economy--and its greatest foreign aid ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Susan and the Sunflower

    by James Huffman ...
    With the aid of a mysterious crystal ball, a wicked queen named Evilla creates and then drinks an immortality potion. The potion turns her bottom half into that of a black widow spider with an actual hourglass on her back. For the next five hundred years, Evilla must turn the hourglass every night after midnightbut before sunriseor risk certain death.Her nemesis is a powerful wizard who hopes to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Private Property and the Constitution

    State Powers, Public Rights, and Economic Liberties

    by James Huffman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • American Factions

    How the US Constitution Can End Extreme Partisanship

    by James L. Huffman ...
    Americans of all political stripes are becoming increasingly frustrated with the partisanship of present-day politics. Democrats and Republicans alike claim mandates on narrow margins of victory and are quick to condemn their opponents as enemies of the public good. The Framers of the Constitution understood that such divisions are rooted in the political factions inherent in democracy. Their ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Japan in World History

    by James L. Huffman ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    Japan in World History ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to the Western challenge of the late 1500s, the partial isolation under the Tokugawa family (1600-1868), and the tumultuous interactions of more recent times, when Japan modernized ferociously, turned imperialist, lost a world war, then became the world's second largest economy--and its greatest foreign aid ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Modern Japan

    An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism

    Edited by James L. Huffman ...
    A valuable companion reference Concentrating on the period following Admiral Perry's visit in the 1850's, the encyclopedia examines the historical events, leaders, and societal pressures in the country's recent past that affected Japan's entry into the modern age. Like its companion volume, the encyclopedia covers important political topics, the arts, religion, business, literature, education, ... Read more

    $325.00 USD

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  • History of Japan

    Revised Edition

    by Richard Mason, J. G. Caiger ...
    A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, comprehensive account of Japan's history. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period, A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-Cold War period and the collapse of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

    by William L. Shirer ...
    National Book Award Winner: The definitive account of Nazi Germany and "one of the most important works of history of our time" ( The New York Times).When the Third Reich fell, it fell swiftly. The Nazis had little time to destroy their memos, their letters, or their diaries. William L. Shirer's sweeping account of the Third Reich uses these unique sources, combined with his experience living in ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Second World War

    by Antony Beevor ...
    A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor.Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Heir to the Jedi: Star Wars

    by Kevin Hearne ...
    Series series Star Wars
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .**A thrilling new adventure set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and—for the first time ever—written entirely from Luke Skywalker’s first-person point of view.Luke Skywalker’s game-changing destruction of the Death Star has made him not only a hero of the Rebel Alliance but a valuable asset in the ongoing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Lords of the Sith: Star Wars

    by Paul S. Kemp ...
    Series series Star Wars
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .**When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness to prevail.“It appears things are as you suspected, Lord Vader. We are indeed hunted.”Anakin Skywalker, Jedi ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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