Haiku: Poetry Ancient & Modern
 A First-Rate Collection of Haiku: This books starts with an essay on the haiku form that briefly explores the history and consruction of haiku. The essay is short and avoids being too technical or pompous: a problem that some poets have when writing [... more]
$15.95
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Easy Japanese: A Direct Learning Approach for Immediate ...
Author: Samuel E. Martin Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 495.683421 EAN: 9780804837460 Edition: 4 Revised ISBN: 0804837465 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2006-11-15 [... more]
$9.95
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The Complete Origami Kit (Kit with Book & Paper) (Crafts)
I would NOT recommend this book for beginners: The format of the book is boring. No color pictures, just geometric instructions. I am a beginner and have found the diagrams and step-by-step instructions difficult to understand. I have attempted four [... more]
$14.95
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Chinese in a Flash Volume 2 (Tuttle Flash Cards) ...
Printing error on this set of cards: Vol. 2 of Chinese in a Flash (flashcards) has a printing error. The top of the front of the cards is the same edge as the top of the back of the cards. This means you cannot "flip" the card by holding it on [... more]
$26.95
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Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition
Beware! This book is not accurately titled: I purchased this book. Unless you have a) photographic memory or b)a pretty good handle on the 1006 + 1945 characters already and just need a review every now and then, this book will be useless to you. It will [... more]
$24.95
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Instant Chinese: How to express 1,000 different ideas ...
Perfect for Travelers and comes with phonetics: I just returned from China and this is a convenient and perfect phrasebook for a traveler. It has the 1,000 most used phrases logically grouped together into 100 categories that are easy to find. You will [... more]
$6.95
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Survival Chinese: How to Communicate without Fuss or ...
Missed the Mark: I am living in China and taking Mandarin lessons - I had a friend bring me this book without having looked at it. It has a major flaw - the Pinyin (the a-b-c version of Characters) does not have the tone markings. This means that you [... more]
$6.95
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Zen Poetry of Dogen
The first ever book in English of Dogen's poems.: THE ZEN POETRY OF DOGEN : Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace. Translated by Steven Heine. 183 pp. Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-8048-3107-6 (pbk.) Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), founder [... more]
$14.95
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Chocolate (Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection , Vol 8)
Excellent chocolate recipes: I bought this book for the appealing picture of a chocolate gateaux on the cover... the recipes inside are very good, especially the chocolate flan and the white chocolate and pistacio fudge. Highly recommended. Author: Le [... more]
$12.00
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Origami Extravaganza: Folding Paper, a Book, and a Box ...
Origami Extravaganza: Simple and easy to understand diagrams make this the perfect origami beginner's book. The addition of an abundance of origami squares in a range of different colors plus a load of two different patterned squares sets an origami [... more]
$19.95
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Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Book 2
Fairy Tales and "Shushin": I grew up with this book and my children in turn have enjoyed it. These very traditional and/or popular Japanese children's tales all bring the flavor of Japan to readers through the the illustrations and the style of [... more]
$19.95
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Origami Paper Geometric Prints: 49 Sheets
Author: Tuttle Publishing Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 736 EAN: 9780804837996 ISBN: 0804837996 Number Of Pages: 49 Publication Date: 2006-10-30 [... more]
$5.95
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