Moinon memang berbeda. Dia mengejar kematian dirinya sendiri. Kehidupannya yang tidak bahagia membuatnya ingin mati. Sejak kepergian orangtuanya tidak ada yang peduli kepada Moinon. Hebatnya dia bertahan hingga usia lima belas tahun. Sampai Bibi yang membesarkannya membawa Moinan ke asrama. Mendapat ruang kebebasan di asrama, Moinon bermain-main dengan hidupnya. Dia bermain petak umpet denga…
bu Guru menganggap Totto-chan nakal, padahal gadis cilik itu hanya punya rasa ingin tahu yang besar. Itulah sebabnya ia gemar berdiri di depan jendela selama pelajaran berlangsung. Karena para guru sudah tak tahan lagi, akhirnya Totto-chan dikeluarkan dari sekolah. Mama pun mendaftarkan Totto-chan ke Tomoe Gakuen. Totto-chan girang sekali, di sekolah itu para murid belajar di gerbong kereta yan…
from the back cover: What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom in the spring; quiet gardens with water and trees. Here the past meets the future all the time. Fr…
The civilization of Japan is an ancient one, and by the time the first Western visitors arrived in 1542, the Japanese people were as highly educated as any in the world and enjoyed a sophisticated culture. From the sixteenth century on, the country's history was shaped by a tension between its people's thirst to understand foreign institutions and customs and their determination to assert and p…
Ninja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese history—many of whom are all but unknown outside their home country. Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales as deadly as they were sexy. Swordfighters out of legend. And the Shogun and warlords who commanded them. Each individual in this graphic novel is profiled…
Discover the countries of the world through pictures. The series uses top-quality photographs and a simple text to introduce key facts and features of a particular country - its people and the way they live, its weather, its landscapes, etc. A map of the country shows major cities, geographical features, and places pictured in the book.