Die Wanderhure (Horspiel) Horspiel zum Fernsehfilm gelesen von Alexandra Neldel, Sascha Rotermund, Horspiel zum SAT.1-Fernsehfilm Der Erfolgsroman von Iny Lorentz mit Alexandra Neldel in der Hauptrolle Konstanz, 1414: Die schone Marie Scharer lebt ein sorgenfreies und behutetes Leben – bis ihr Vater sie gegen ihren Willen mit dem unehelichen Sohn des Grafen von Keilburg verheiraten will. Doch Maries gro?e Liebe ist ihr Jugendfreund Michel A ...
This helpful Kansai travel guide explains where to find the area's best restaurants, sights, bars entertainment, shopping, and services.Opinionated entries include addresses, phone numbers, hours of operation, maps, and whether English is spoken-the complete information you need to find your way to the best and most fun places in Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, and environs.Whether you live in the region or you're just visiting, The Best of Kansai ...
"Few peoples have drawn the 'us' and 'them' line so clearly and maintained it for so long." —From The Jews and the JapaneseIt is difficult to imagine two more widely different—almost incompatible—societies than those of the Jews and the Japanese: a people spread over the four corners of the world versus a people with an almost uninterrupted history of sovereignty in its own land: geographical h ...
A Daughter of the Samurai tells the true story of a samurai's daughter, brought up in the strict traditions of feudal Japan, who was sent to America to meet her future husband. An engrossing, haunting tale that gives us insight into an almost forgotten age.Madam Sugimoto was born in Japan, not in the sunny southern part of the country which has given it the name of «The Land of Flowers,» but in the northern province of Echigo which is bleak ...
Complete with maps and extensive advice, this guide to Japan's hot springs is an invaluable resource for anyone travelling to Japan.Easier to get to than many might imagine, Japan's hidden hot springs are among the few remaining repositories of ancient Japanese ambiance and sensibility. Bucolic and charming, they bear little resemblance to the sterile, clinic-like spas of the West or to the concrete jungles of Japan's best-known o ...
Tokyo Sights and Insights is the unique work of Ryosuke Kami, artist, essayist, and native Tokyoite. Weekends Mr. Kami bicycles about his favorite city in search of Tokyo sights to capture on his sketch pad; weeknights he draws on these same sketches to produce the insights that fill this book.Don't look for Ryosuke Kami's sights in other books about Tokyo. Among his subjects are a surviving «milk hall,» a replica of Mt. Hakone in th ...
This is an account of life in the foreign communities and former Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan that flourished after Japan was opened to foreign trade in 1859. It tells of the imposters, the eccentrics, and the scandals, no less than the achievements of the scholars, the merchants, and the diplomats who contributed so much to the development of modern Japan.Here you will meet Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan, ...
This is the first and most important book about the Island of Java and is essential reading for anyone interested in Javanese history and culture.Originally published in 1811, Island of Java was the first popular work in English to describe what for many centuries was the most important island in the vast Indonesian archipelago. Like most works published during this time, Island of Java recounts everything that was known at the time about the is ...
