Japan Games

One hundred stories. One hundred candles. Most readers stop at ninety-nine. In old Edo, samurai and townsfolk played hyakumonogatari kaidankai, the gathering of one hundred weird tales. They lit a hundred candles on a summer night, told one ghost story per flame, and snuffed a candle after each, the room darkening toward the hundredth. Everyone agreed on one thing: when the last candle dies, something comes. So most gatherings stopped at ninety-nine. This book is the game. One hundred kaidan, retold and original, arranged as a hundred candles to be read one a night until the room goes dark....

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.”—W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan...

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.

From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name. A young man is commuting on a packed Tokyo subway, when he receives a phone call from his ex, with...

An avant-garde pop album rich with tension and fear, 1980’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) marked a pivotal point in David Bowie’s career. Standing at the bleeding edge of the new decade between the experimental Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes, and Lodger) and 1983’s wildly successful...

In der Republik Großostasien, einem totalitären Staat, herrschen Furcht und Unterdrückung. Dazu gehört das Experiment »Battle Royale«, ein grausames Spiel, bei dem Schulklassen ausgewählt und auf eine verlassene Insel verschleppt werden, wo sich die Schüler gegenseitig bekämpfen, bis nur noch ein Überlebender übrig bleibt.

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, ...

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 ...

Im Mittelpunkt dieses machtvollen, von Ehrgeiz, Rache und Opferbereitschaft geprägten Fantasy-Epos stehen unverwechselbare Protagonisten, ein atemberaubendes Worldbuilding und vor allem ein großes Abenteuer. Ein Held und eine Heldin stellen sich dem Kampf mit den hinterhältigsten Clans und gefährlichsten Dämonen. Sen Hoshiakari hat alles verloren, in der Nacht, als die Rebellion seines Vaters scheiterte und seine gesamte Familie ermordet wurde. Der Prinz dieses ehemals so mächtigen Clans wird ins Exil verbannt.

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 ...

A Strategic Roadmap to International Romance Stop swiping. Start traveling. For many men, the local dating market feels like a game they can't win. But the rules change when you change your geography. In How to Get an Asian Girlfriend, author Derek Strong shares his tested system for connecting with beautiful, intelligent Asian women. This four-book collection removes the guesswork from cross-cultural dating, treating it not as a game of chance, but as a project of logistics, cultural intelligence, and strategic positioning. From the bustling night markets of Taipei to the upscale lounges ...

'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you...

Brought to you by Penguin. A must-have for anyone fascinated by the darker side of Japanese folklore. Are you ready to play The Game of 100 Candles? Beneath the global fascination with manga and anime lies a shadowy realm teeming with Japan's yokai monsters, mutants, and vengeful mononoke...

Join the sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brilliant mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson. It’s been a year since Seb, Hannah and Maria solved the mystery of the gold medal thief at the Tokyo Games. Now they are reunited at...

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.

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 ...

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Bloomsbury presents The Gun Room by Georgina Harding, read by Antonia Beamish. A beautiful, powerful and utterly devastating novel from Orange-prize shortlisted author Georgina Harding 'Georgina Harding’s novel is the finely tuned work of a writer exceptionally at ease with her craft and a...

Some secrets are kept in the heart. Hers were kept in a diary. To the world, Akiko Sato was a success story in the cutthroat world of Tokyo finance. But behind the serene smiles and perfectly executed strategy was a private war, chronicled in the pages of a book no one else was ever meant to read. It reveals a game played not with money, but with friendships, rivalries, and love. And it exposes the one move she could never take back—the one that cost her everything to win. What is written in the pages of a woman’s life when she thinks no one is looking?

「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！