Pink Samurai

Pink Samurai
Title Pink Samurai PDF eBook
Author Nicholas Bornoff
Publisher
Pages 520
Release 1991
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780671742669

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This extraordinary book reveals the exotic realm of the Water Trade--a world of bars and brothels, love hotels, baths and massage parlors, theaters and strip shows--and takes American readers on their first tour of Japan's sexual mores and practices. 8-page insert.

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai
Title The Last Samurai PDF eBook
Author Helen DeWitt
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Pages 371
Release 2016-05-31
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0811225518

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Called “remarkable” (The Wall Street Journal) and “an ambitious, colossal debut novel” (Publishers Weekly), Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai is back in print at last Helen DeWitt’s 2000 debut, The Last Samurai, was “destined to become a cult classic” (Miramax). The enterprising publisher sold the rights in twenty countries, so “Why not just, ‘destined to become a classic?’” (Garth Risk Hallberg) And why must cultists tell the uninitiated it has nothing to do with Tom Cruise? Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J. S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any child; when these succeed with the boy Ludo, he causes havoc at school and is home again in a month. (Is he a prodigy, a genius? Readers looking over Ludo’s shoulder find themselves easily reading Greek and more.) Lacking male role models for a fatherless boy, Sibylla turns to endless replays of Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai. But Ludo is obsessed with the one thing he wants and doesn’t know: his father’s name. At eleven, inspired by his own take on the classic film, he sets out on a secret quest for the father he never knew. He’ll be punched, sliced, and threatened with retribution. He may not live to see twelve. Or he may find a real samurai and save a mother who thinks boredom a fate worse than death.

Samurai Santa

Samurai Santa
Title Samurai Santa PDF eBook
Author Rubin Pingk
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 40
Release 2015-09-22
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1481430580

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A young ninja wants a snowball fight for Christmas, and he just might get his holiday wish in this picture book with graphic novel–inspired illustrations that celebrate the spirit of giving, Samurai style. It’s snowing on Christmas Eve! Yukio loves snowball fights, but none of the other ninjas will play with him for fear of landing on Santa’s naughty list. Can Yukio chase Santa away from Ninja Village, or will a Samurai Santa thwart Yukio’s plan? An epic snowball fight later, one thing’s for sure: this is going to be Yukio’s best Christmas ever.

Samurai Scarecrow

Samurai Scarecrow
Title Samurai Scarecrow PDF eBook
Author Rubin Pingk
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 48
Release 2018-07-24
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1481430602

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A young ninja and his adorable younger sister who wants to be just like him are in for the Halloween of their lives in this tender sibling story with graphic novel–inspired illustrations, Samurai style. It is Halloween, and Yukio is excited to celebrate! But whatever Yukio does, his younger sister Kashi follows. When Yukio carves a pumpkin, Kashi carves a similar one. When Yukio maps out his trick-or-treat route, Kashi maps the same one. But when Kashi goes too far, Yukio says some things he doesn’t really mean. Can Yukio make it up to his adoring little sister? Or will Yukio find tricks instead of treats on his Halloween night?

White Crane

White Crane
Title White Crane PDF eBook
Author Sandy Fussell
Publisher Candlewick Press
Pages 257
Release 2011
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0763653462

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Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as well, so that they are well-equipped to face their most formidable opponents at the annual Samurai Games.

Samurai Arms and Armor

Samurai Arms and Armor
Title Samurai Arms and Armor PDF eBook
Author Ming-Ju Sun
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 36
Release 2008-04-04
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0486465578

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Painstakingly researched, 30 accurate, detailed illustrations depict the samurai and the tools of their trade: koshozan helmets, armor of metal and leather, su-yari spears, a wall-gun, and other weaponry used on horseback, at sea, and in training.

The Samurai's Garden

The Samurai's Garden
Title The Samurai's Garden PDF eBook
Author Gail Tsukiyama
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Pages 224
Release 2008-06-24
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1429965142

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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for this extraordinary story. A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.