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Psychic Therapy: Your Soul's True Purpose (Tentative title)

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Author Shima, Kinue»»
Publisher KK Bestsellers»»
ISBN 4-584-18982-X

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If you open up this book – if you really open up this book, if you open up your mind, if you abandon all prejudices and preconceptions – you will discover your true purpose in life. "Psychic therapist" Kinue Shima guides us through the deepest mysteries of the universe and of our own minds, all in crystal-clear, jargon-free prose.

Category Level
Self-Help
Spiritual

Massoud's War (Tentative title)

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Author Nagakura, Hiromi »»
Publisher Kawade Shobo Shinsha
ISBN 4-309-40647-5

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The hero of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Masoud. An unparalleled commander, feared as the "Lion of Panjshir" during the war with the Soviet Army, Massoud waged a fierce war against the Taliban, a regime strongly supported by Pakistan, as the chief commander of the anti-Taliban United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance). He was revered by many for not only his military genius, but also his good-natured character.

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Non-fiction
Photography

Live With Meaning. Die with Passion (Tentative title)

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Author Naoe, Fumitada
Publisher Sanctuary Publishing»»
ISBN 104861130158

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What is life without adventure?

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Autobiography
Business

TENGU (Tentative title)

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Author Shibata, Tetsutaka
Publisher Shodensha
ISBN 4396632681

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Keiichi Michihira - an independent investigative reporter who in the year 2000 embarks on a journey to unearth the heavily shrouded truth behind a series of brutal murders that occurred a quarter-century earlier in Shikamata, a secluded hamlet situated in the mountains of Japan's Gunma Prefecture, whose residents are convinced that the culprit is none other than the fabled tengu.

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Fiction
Mystery

The Geisha (Tentative title)

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Author Iwashita, Hisafumi
Publisher Yuzankaku
ISBN 4-639-01952-1

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How did the Japanese forget that one of the roles played by the geisha was to portray the gods?

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Non-fiction
History

Something Fishy (Tentative title)

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Author Kasumi, Ryuichi
Publisher Kadokawa Shoten
ISBN 4-04372901-4

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Welcome to the world of Fukusuke Kurenaimon, a private detective with a knack for attracting rather strange cases... His first client, for example, asks him to investigate why her ex-husband was wearing a girl's school uniform on the morning he was run over. Armed with plenty of humour, Fukusuke sets off to solve this case as well as three others. However, some grisly murder always makes things far more complicated ...

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Fiction
Mystery
Humor

One Hundred and One Nightmares (Tentative title)

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Author Hanawa, Kanji
Publisher Uchiyama Shuppan
ISBN 4903391000

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Akumu hyakuichi ya (One Hundred and One Nightmares) is a collection of short stories exploring our deepest fears and neuroses while remaining firmly rooted in our experiences of daily life. Although drawing on elements of Japanese culture, the nightmarish scenarios are surprisingly familiar for Western readers who will immediately identify with the characters and the situations they face.

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Fiction
Suspense
Mystery