Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean - the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she's overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi' ... |
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What happened in Tokyo!? The first artbook from Tokyo Genso, an artist active in Japan and internationally. Tokyo Genso is a creator who depicts a ruined city of Tokyo with stunning creativity. Here is an ephemerally beautiful world where impossible scenes of the future stimulate the imagination. The charm of these works lies in the fantastical worldview, in which various scenes from contemporary Japan, including Shibuya 109, Shibuya's Scramble Crossing, Asakusa, Tokyo Skytree and Ginza, are reduced to ruins. ... |
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Acclaimed as the best book ever published on the subject, A Complete Guide to Special Effects Makeup covers everything from basic facial makeup styles, simple scars and gashes, to masks, molds and cast-making; everything you need to know to create vampires, zombies and other fantastical characters. With clear step by step instructions and hundreds of color photos, it includes stunning conceptual pieces from many of the contributing artists and a section on manga/cosplay hair and makeup. Bound to thrill anyone interested in creating realistic and unique makeup effects! The book is part of the A Complete Guide to Special ... |
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he next expert special effects makeup guide to all things gory, bloody, disgusting, and fantastic. Uncover the secrets of horror makeup in the third volume of the acclaimed special effects makeup series. Learn how to apply gory, realistic, and captivating scar and wound makeup from leading Japanese special effects makeup artists. Discover the hidden tricks behind special effects makeup,mask-making, and more. The book is part of the A Complete Guide to Special Effects series by Tokyo SFX Makeup Workshop. ... |
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This book contains step-by-step instructions, with hundreds of photos, from makeup artist professionals who have worked on films such as Alien vs. Predator and Land of the Dead. Whether you are a beginner preparing for a Halloween party, or interested in more complex techniques, this is THE definitive guide. Volume 2 incorporates everything from basic facial makeup styles, and simple scars and gashes, to masks, molds and cast-making: everything you need to know to create vampires, zombies and other fantastical characters. Previously only available as a limited Japanese import, this definitive guide (written in English) ... |
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Потапянето на един репортер американец в дебрите на криминалната журналистика в Япония. ... Джейк Аделстийн е единственият американски журналист, който някога е бил допуснат до пресклуба на Градското полицейско управление на Токио, където в продължение на дванадесет години отразява тъмната страна на Япония: изнудвания, убийства, трафик на хора, корупция и разбира се, якудза. Но когато последният му материал разкрива скандал, който отеква по целия път от улиците на Токио, напоени с неон, до излъсканите зали на ФБР и води до смъртна заплаха за него и семейството му, Аделстийн решава да се оттегли. След това отвръща на удара. ... |
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Рана Дасгупта е роден през 1971 г. в Кентърбъри. Отраства в Кембридж, учи в Бейлиол колидж, Оксфорд. Бил е маркетингов консултант в Лондон и Ню Йорк няколко години преди да се премести в Делхи, където живее и днес, и пише. Първата му книга “Токио: отменен” е приета радушно от читателите и критиката и е номинирана за наградата “Джон Люълин”. Носител на престижните литературни награди Not the Booker Prize (2009) и Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (2010) за романа „ Соло ”, който разказва надеждите и провалите на последното столетие през съдбата на един българин. „Интересува ме онова, което хората правят, за да намерят мястото ... |
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Retold by Nicole Irving. ... The story of Hachiko, Japan's most famous dog, begins in the early 1920s, when he comes to live in Tokyo with Professor Ueno. Hachiko loves his new master. When the professor takes the train to work every morning, Hachiko goes with him to the station - and when the professor comes home in the evening, his faithful dog is always waiting. Hachiko soon has many friends in the streets of Tokyo - people like Nobu, the young son of a food seller. Life is good for Hachiko - until one day, everything changes... Here, Nobu tells the true story of Japan's most faithful dog. Classics, modern ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a 'dojo', a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery. The trail takes her to Japan, back to London, and back in time to a crime committed over thirty years earlier. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. The right place at the right time? Photographer Ken Harada thinks so when he gets a fantastic photo of a famous sumo star who is visiting Tokyo. However, it becomes clear that somebody wants that photo badly and will do anything to get it. Life suddenly becomes very dangerous for Ken and when he develops the photo he realises why. ... |
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"Никой не знае колко пътува пътечката до своята височина. Навярно само авторката знае колко е пътувала нейната пътечка, за да достигне висината, с която ни дарява нейната богата, красива и добротворна поезия. Поезия, събрала цял един свят и цял един живот. Кръговратът на годините в своята изменчивост и в своето постоянство се разгръща пред нас в една богата, наситена с топли багри палитра. С овладяно поетично майсторство авторката рисува невероятните пейзажи на детството и на родната земя, топлия дъх на началото, зреещото семе, дървото, което се ражда от космическото усилие, а след това, топло и осезаемо, се ... |
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To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural! Hakari and Panda head ... |
