Japan Games

The author Paul Stroud provides us with a fascinating insight into what it has been like following football, at different times, and in different places, over the past 50 years. It all starts in the 1970s on the terraces of Tottenham’s White Hart Lane, and the violent battles between fans that ensued there on a sickeningly regular basis. It all ends in England, with the worst violence ever seen at Brighton & Hove Albion’s Goldstone Ground when Chelsea came to town in 1983. We then get a glimpse of what it was like to see football, firsthand, in America, where stars like George Best, ...

The fate of the 21st century may be decided in the Western Pacific. As China pushes from maritime control toward global dominance, the world stands at a crossroads. Will rising tensions spiral into open conflict—or can the region find a path to stability? The Great Power Game in the Western Pacific delivers a gripping, in-depth analysis of the geopolitical, economic, technological, and environmental dimensions of one of the most contested arenas on Earth. Drawing on history, law, diplomacy, and military strategy, this book reveals: China's strategic ambitions include dominating the South ...

1868. The Boshin War is about to break out. A 16-year-old Japanese girl, Atsuko grew up in the neighborhoods of Aizu City, in the shadow of her brother Ibuka. Promised to an arranged marriage, the young girl hides a secret: she wields weapons just as well as her brother, whose talent with the sword actually masks an insurmountable fear of combat. When war is declared, Ibuka must leave to fight alongside their father for the honor of the family. Defying the tradition forbidding women to take part in battles and wanting to protect her brother, Atsuko enlists in secret as a simple soldier.

Immersive, fascinating and with an ending that will quite simply… blow your socks off! Who ever really knows themselves? And if you don’t know yourself, can you ever be truly happy? Mark Rasper is a thirty-year old man who has always had a fascination with Japan. It started when he played Metal Gear Solid with school buddy Paul, becoming thoroughly captivated not only by everything Japanese, but by the character Solid Snake. When a transfer opportunity turns up at the company he works for, he doesn’t hesitate, and before he has time to change his mind he is on a plane to Tokyo. Mark ...

In the wake of a terrifying earthquake, Sano Ichiro races to solve a crime that could bring down the shogun's regime. When a massive earthquake devastates Japan in 1703, even the shogun's carefully regulated court is left teetering on the brink of chaos. This is no time for a murder investigation - except when a nobleman's daughters are found dead from incense poisoning and their father threatens to topple the regime unless Sano Ichiro tracks down the killer.

Este libro trata de dos historias: la del autor y la de su objeto de estudio, la sociedad japonesa contemporánea. Ambas se funden en los 31 años que pasó en el seno de esa sociedad. El lector encontrará pasajes en que destaca los puntos de contacto entre ambas historias y otros en que se distancia de su historia personal para analizar diversas facetas de la sociedad japonesa de un modo accesible, intentando evitar academicismos. En algunos capítulos se refiere a las fuentes históricas de su situación actual, la historia entendida como herramienta indispensable para entender el ...

「ラグい」「漁る」「割った」…など「あるあるフレーズ」が満載！ この本では「決め撃ち」や「裏取り」、「ラグい」「この家漁るわ」「アーマー割った！」…など、ＦＰＳプレイヤーなら「あるある」のフレーズ・単語が収録されています。お決まりフレーズを英語で何というか、ぜひ確かめてみてください！

La meditazione è una pratica che si attua per raggiungere una migliore padronanza della propria attività mentale. Con le tecniche di questa affascinante disciplina è possibile ridurre o eliminare lo stress e l’ansia, dettate, di solito, dalle preoccupazioni della vita quotidiana.

従属か?革命か? あなたは今後の人生において、どちらを選びますか?

In the summer of 2020, both the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in Tokyo.