In Japan, people live longer than anywhere else on Earth; obesity is virtually unknown, & 40-year-old women look like they're 20. Filled with healthy recipes & evocative reminiscences, this book is suitable for those who are tired of counting calories & carbs, & finding themselves on diets that don't work. ...

A dictionary of 8000 entries that should be of value to both the English-speaking student & traveller. All Japanese words are ...

Deconstructs Japanese rock music & reveals what happened when East met West after World War Two. This book explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values & the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s & 70s, & tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture. ...

This lovely Jar of Assorted Buttons

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Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed ' Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. Aft ...

Anthony Swoffords grandfather fought in WWII; his father fought in Vietnam; & he
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Jasmine Vijh, widowed in India at 17, flees to America. This is the story of her daring travels, her painful yet exhilarating cross-cultural metamorphosis &, eventually, the home she finds in Iowa where she accepts how inextricably her fate has become part of America's. ...

1942 & the world is at war. It is a war that has already shattered families & devastated countries. But for some, it will also mean the greatest of adventures. In a burns hospital in Sussex, a beautiful young singer performs to a ward full of injured soldiers. Saba is captivating & one pilot, Dom, shudders as her gaze turns his way. He can't bear her to see his scars but resolves to write to her once they have healed. The world is on the brink of enormous change. Saba's journey as a singer with ENSA takes her to the fading glamour of Alexandria & the heat & decadence of Turkey. On the glamorous Middle Eastern social circuit, Saba rubs shoulders with double agents & diplomats, movie stars & smugglers. Some want her voice, some her friendship, & some the secrets she is perfectly placed to discover... JASMINE NIGHTS is a tale of decadence & destruction, of love & of danger. It is the captivating love story set in an extraordinary world. ...

On the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Children & Spies, an operative training manual written by former KGB General Nico Stollen, goes to the top of the Amazon bestseller chart. The crisis it provokes reaches into a perplexing world of 1960s super power & Iraqi politics, freemasons, diplomats, spooks & Jesuits. ...

Join Jason Fox in this powerful & inspiring new book & learn how to manage stress, harness fear & even develop the mind-set to

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