The DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" will lead you straight to the best attractions the worlds largest metropolis has to offer. From the looming skyscrapers neon-bathed streets & flashing video screens of the labyrinthine Shinjuku district to the traditional shrine complex of Meiji Jingu this guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs with comprehensive listings of the best hotels restaurants shops & nightlife for all budgets. Its fully illustrated & covers all the major areas of the city plus youll find 3D cutaways & floorplans of all the must-see sites & reliable street maps. " The DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" explores the culture history & architecture not missing the best in entertainment shopping tours & scenic walks in this fascinating city. "DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" shows you what others only tell you." ...

Yoking past & future Tokyo dazzles with its traditional culture & passion for everything new. From architecture to cuisine this is a capital of superlatives. Timothy Hornyak Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book Full Color Pull-out City Map 125 of the city s best restaurants 67 museums & galleries 20 soothing hot springs 2 places to see sumo 19-page color map section Feature coverage of top sights Range of planning tools In-depth background ...

Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay eat & drink but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up & coming areas landmark buildings in an Architour design centres & the best shops to buy items unique to that city. Wallpaper* City Guides present travellers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best most exciting & the most beautiful of that particular city. As well as looking beautiful the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority & have tabbed sections so that readers can easily find the information they are looking for. The guides include rate & currency information maps & a colour-coding system to help you navigate the different parts of the city. They are the ultimate combination of form & function. ...

The ultimate Tokyo pocket city map! Explore Tokyo with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you dont miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 popout maps
- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre as well as an overview map of greater Tokyo * Handy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the maps


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In 1945 as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti a native of Italian East Harlem entered a world as strange as any he had ever known. In postwar Tokyo however he realised there were certain opportunities. He had a failed stint as a professional wrestler & participated in a fumbled (but famous) diamond heist. He was deported but managed to return with the assistance of the Mafia. Then Nick opened a pizza joint in what would be the centre of Tokyos nightlife & became the king of Roppongi & Mafia boss of Tokyo " & the intimate of some of Japans most notorious underworld figures as well as many of its political & business leaders. Following Zappettis rising & falling fortunes & his love-hate relationship with his adopted country Robert Whiting show us the sinister (and sometimes ridiculous) goings-on among Tokyos traditional criminal gangs as they developed from local racketeers & gamblers into lynchpins of international finance politics & corruption. Here is a fresh perspective on postwar Japan & how it went from being a defeated nation to an economic player with a little help from some less than diplomatic friends." ...

Acclaimed as the best book about Tolkien this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkiens wartime experiences & their impact on his life & his writing of The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings. To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939! by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead." So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien & the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror & heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme & introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. It shows how after two of these brilliant young men were killed Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good & evil. John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earths enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect & transform the cataclysm of his generatuion. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment he kept enchantment alive reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day. This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977 meticulously researched & distilled from his personal wartime papers & a multitude of other sources." ...

The official Tolkien calendar this year containing 13 paintings inspired by The Lord of the Rings & featuring many previously unseen works of art. The Official Tolkien Calendar has become an established publishing event eagerly looked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over; there is much demand for the annual calendar with Tolkien calendars from the past 30 years becoming collectors items. This years continues in that tradition & is the perfect Christmas gift for lovers of fine fantasy art. The Tolkien Calendar 2012 features 13 paintings by the Dutch artist Cor Blok. Cor Blok is the only artist still living ever to have met JRR Tolkien & the only artist whose paintings Tolkien admired enough to purchase some of his work. The paintings are inspired by Tolkiens classic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings & were completed during the early 1960s when the young artist was attempting to create a Bayeux tapestry approach to illustrating this monumental book. Many of this paintings included here have never been seen before. This delightful collection of scenes takes the reader on a unique journey through the beauty & drama of Middle-earth. It represents a truly charming addition to the series of official calendars by a gifted artist & promises to be a memorable calendar for fans. ...

Aspiring writers & Tolkien fans everywhere will be inspired by this fantastical journal. Harkening back to a time of quills & parchment in the magical world of Middle-Earth A Tolkien Journal is the preferred means for a Halfling to record his thoughts & adventures. Now available to humans & with amazing half-tone illustrations on nearly every page "A Tolkien Journal" is the perfect enchantment for your writings & musings." ...

Journey into the magical world of J.R.R. Tolkiens Middle-earth with Tolkienworld". This comprehensive & lavishly illustrated unofficial guide lets you discover the legendary characters & places of " The Hobbit" & " The Lord of the Rings". You can travel through the perilous forest of Mirkwood peer into the cavernous hall under the Lonely Mountain to see the fiery dragon Smaug on his treasure hoard or venture into the evil realm of Mordor. With stunning artwork that re-imagines the places & people of Middle-earth " Tolkienworld" is ideal for hobbit fans big & small." ...

It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot every scheme each grandiose ambition. But this time it is different: this time the Lord of Death is there at the beginning... Darujhistan swelters in the summer heat & seethes with portents rumours & whispers. Strangers have arrived a murderer is abroad past-tyrannies are stirring & assassins seem to be targeting the owners of K'rul's Bar. For the rotund waistcoat-clad man knows such events will be dwarfed by what is about to happen: for in the distance can be heard the baying of hounds. Far away in Black Coral the ruling Tiste Andii appear oblivious to the threat posed by the fast-growing cult of the Redeemer
- an honourable one-mortal man who seems powerless against the twisted vision of his followers. So Hood waits at the beginning of a conspiracy that will shake the cosmos but at its end there is another: Anomander Rake Son of Darkness has come to right an ancient & terrible wrong...
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