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Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto....

The Three Kingdoms is one of the Chinese Noble Classics....

Ramayana must rank as one of the most loved and revered books of all time. A part of India's ancient Vedas, it is a beautiful story of romance and adventure....

The Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu is one of the most translated books of world literature. It is here presented in a translation that deliberately avoids any philosophical commentary and renders the text in English in its most simple and straightforward composure....

The Tao Te Ching (or Daodejing, in pinyin) is a classic Chinese Taoist text dating from at least the fourth century BC....

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Arabian Sea lies a ruin older than history itself, concealing an ancient prophecy that threatens to turn the world to ash…INDIA.

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....

Classic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, with a preface by his holiness the Dalai Lama, now in audio for the first time....

India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....

210 BC, China. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life. His fleet never returned....

The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki are two of the best-loved works of their kind, famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition....

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikāya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pāli Canon, the authorised scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....

葉祥明のハートフルな絵とスピリチュアルな新訳(浅岡夢二:訳)で生まれ変わった「星の王子さま」。不朽の名作に新たな魂が吹き込まれました。

This volume offers a complete translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, the third of the four great collections in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pāli Canon....

The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

In The Gateless Gate, one of modern Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan, one of Zen's greatest collections of teaching stories.

From victims to victims to victors, this collection of stories contains intricate details of 13 women who went on to leave their permanent mark on the face of the Mumbai Mafiosi....

Looking to step up your Japanese before that big trip next year? Are you getting prepared for an interview with a recruiter in Tokyo? Maybe you’re tired of reading the subtitles on the latest anime! No language is easy to learn without practicing....

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

編集者の林田咲は、作家・河合理智子の告別式に参列していた。河合はかつて女性が書いた小説が「女流文学」と称された時代から活躍し、文学史に名を遺した、偉大なる女性作家。しかし、その葬儀はごく質素なものだった――。

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment....

Are you on your way towards learning Japanese and need a new challenge? We’re constantly trying to improve and master new skills, and the Japanese language is no exception....

編集者の林田咲は、作家・河合理智子の告別式に参列していた。河合はかつて女性が書いた小説が「女流文学」と称された時代から活躍し、文学史に名を遺した、偉大なる女性作家。しかし、その葬儀はごく質素なものだった――。

La protagonista di questo seducente romanzo se ne è andata di casa a 17 anni. Ora che ne ha 25, lavora come intrattenitrice nel quartiere notturno di Tokyo. La madre, con cui non ha rapporti da tempo e che è gravemente malata, si presenta all’improvviso alla sua porta con il desiderio di rimanere da lei per un po’ di tempo e comporre così la sua ultima poesia. Ma un giorno collassa e viene portata in ospedale dove i dottori le danno pochi giorni di vita.

Al sur de Kioto, junto a la vía del tren de la línea de Keihan, a sólo una parada de la ciudad, hay un monasterio. Una escalada laberíntica conduce al nieto del príncipe de Genji a este lugar apartado. No muy lejos de allí, dicen, tiene que hallarse el jardín más hermoso del mundo. Camina por todo el recinto del monasterio como movido por una fuerza interior. Una construcción sutil ha dado forma a la naturaleza, cada cosa tiene su lugar y cada forma su significado.

Au Japon, au pied du complexe résidentiel d'Advande Hills se cache le parc Hinode, une aire de jeux pour enfants. Selon une légende du quartier, le vieil hippopotame en béton à côté du toboggan a des pouvoirs thérapeutiques : il suffirait de le toucher pour guérir des maux les plus douloureux. Kanato, un lycéen qui vient d'emménager, Saha, qui a perdu toute confiance en elle depuis qu'elle est devenue mère, et d'autres voisins vont chercher du réconfort auprès de cette étrange statue. Et si mettre des mots sur les peines qui les hantent leur permettait d'enfin rêver à de nouveaux départs ?

DEL GENIAL CREADOR MAKOTO SHINKAI, DIRECTOR DEL ÉXITO YOUR NAMECuatro mujeres, cuatro gatos, cuatro historias entrelazadasEn un lluvioso día de primavera, Miyu, una chica que vive sola en la gran ciudad, encuentra un gato acurrucado en una caja de cartón y se lo lleva a casa. A ella se le da mal expresar lo que siente. Él observa de cerca sus torpezas y rutinas. Cada uno en su universo propio, ambos dan el salto al mundo exterior, donde encontrarán a otros con distintos problemas, unas veces grandes y otras, pequeños.