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- The Temari book : techniques and patterns for making Japanese thread balls / by Diamond, Anna;
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- Subjects: Fancy work; Embroidery; Handicraft;
- © c1999., Lark Books,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Perfect paper cranes / by Iwai, Melissa.;
Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can't wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji's. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji's. Will Gigi give up or will she try her best?- Subjects: Readers (Publications); Japanese Americans; Grandfathers; Grandparent and child;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- The passengers on the Hankyu line : a novel / by Arikawa, Hiro,1972-author.; Powell, Allison Markin,translator.; translation of:Arikawa, Hiro,1972-Hankyū densha.English.;
"Between the two beautiful Japanese towns of Takarazuka and Nishinomiya, in a stunning mountainous area of Japan, rattles the Hankyu train. Passengers step on and off, lost in thought, contemplating the tiny knots of their existence. On the outward journey we are introduced to the emotional dilemmas of five characters, and on the return journey six months later, we watch them resolve. A young man meets the young woman who always happens to borrow a library book just before he can take it out himself; a woman in a white bridal dress boards looking inexplicably sad; a university student leaves his hometown for the first time; a girl prepares to leave her abusive boyfriend; and an old lady discusses adopting a dog with her granddaughter. These fully developed stories crisscross each other like the railway lines in the book."--- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Road fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Railroads; Self-realization;
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- The mantis : a novel / by Isaka, Kotaro,author.; Malissa, Sam,translator.;
'The Mantis' is a propulsive new thriller set in Tokyo's criminal underworld about the intrigue and tensions a family man faces as he tries to hide his secret life as a hitman.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Assassins; Criminals; Families;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Before your memory fades : a novel / by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu,1971-author.; Trousselot, Geoffrey,translator.; translation of:Kawaguchi, Toshikazu,1971-Omoide ga kienai uchi ni.English.;
"From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafae Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer. Along with some familiar faces from Kawaguchi'sprevious novels, readers will also be introduced to a daughter, a comedian, a sister and a lover, each with something they wish they had said differently"--- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Coffeehouses; Interpersonal relations; Regret; Time travel;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The city and its uncertain walls / by Murakami, Haruki,1949-author.; Gabriel, Philip,1953-translator.; translation of:Murakami, Haruki,1949-Machi to sono futashika na kabe.English.;
"The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a town his readers will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves. A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers"--- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Dreams; First loves; Imaginary places; Librarians; Missing persons;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Ojiichan's gift / by Uegaki, Chieri.; Simms, Genevieve.;
A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change.LSC- Subjects: Grandfathers; Gifts; Gardens, Japanese;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Words to make a friend : a story in Japanese and English./ by Napoli, Donna Jo,1948-; Stoop, Naoko.;
When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!LSC- Subjects: Communication; Japanese; Friendship; Snow; Winter; Japanese language materials;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Rosario + vampire : season II / by Ikeda, Akihisa.;
Reading level : T+ for older teen.- Subjects: Manga; Anime; Graphic novels.; Vampires; Supernatural; Japanese animation;
- © 2010, c2007., VIZ Media,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The swimmers / by Otsuka, Julie,1962-author.;
"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"--- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Dementia; Friendship; Japanese Americans; Mothers and daughters; Swimmers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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