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Items with the tag:

japan

Cover of The Sound of a Thousand Stars
Fic­tion
The Sound of a Thou­sand Stars
Rachel Rob­bins
Cover of We Are Not Strangers
Fic­tion
We Are Not Strangers
Josh Tuininga
Cover of Love Japan: Recipes from Our Japanese American Kitchen
Cook­book
Love Japan: Recipes from Our Japan­ese Amer­i­can Kitchen 
Sawako Okochi
Aaron Israel
Gabriel­la Gershenson
Excerpt

Excerpt: Love Japan

Sawako Okochi, Aaron Israel, Gabriel­la Gershenson
May 15, 2023
Cover of Canción
Fic­tion
Can­ción
Eduardo Halfon; Lisa Dillman, Daniel Hahn, trans. 
Cover of The Lost Ryū
Chil­dren’s
The Lost Ryū
Emi Watan­abe Cohen
Cover of Helmi's Shadow: A Journey of Survival From Russia to East Asia to the American West
Non­fic­tion
Helmi’s Shad­ow: A Jour­ney of Sur­vival From Rus­sia to East Asia to the Amer­i­can West
David Hor­gan
Essay

Trac­ing Helmi’s Jour­ney: From Japan to the US

David Hor­gan
May 16, 2022
Recommended Reading

JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer 2022

Simona Zaret­sky
May 16, 2022
Cover of Womb Of Diamonds: A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan
Non­fic­tion
Womb Of Dia­monds: A True Adven­ture From Child Bride Of Syr­ia To Celebri­ty Busi­ness­woman Of Japan
Ezra Choueke
Cover of The Wagamama Bride: A Jewish Family Saga Made in Japan
Non­fic­tion
The Waga­ma­ma Bride: A Jew­ish Fam­i­ly Saga Made in Japan
Liane Grun­berg Wakabayashi
Essay

The Impos­si­ble Life of Beate Siro­ta Gordon

Beate at Mills Col­lege, 1942

Jeff Gottes­feld
June 17, 2020
Cover of No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan
Chil­dren’s
No Steps Behind: Beate Siro­ta Gordon’s Bat­tle for Women’s Rights in Japan
Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)
Cover of In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador's Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor
Non­fic­tion
In the Caul­dron: Ter­ror, Ten­sion, and the Amer­i­can Ambas­sador’s Strug­gle to Avoid Pearl Harbor
Lew Paper
Essay

Love as Free­dom, Love as Sep­a­ra­tion, in Japan­ese and Jew­ish Tales

Ken­ny Fries
October 5, 2017
Cover of Moshe of Japan
Chil­dren’s
Moshe of Japan
Ella Verzov & Chana Oirechman
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