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Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho by Meredith McKinney (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱999.00₱764.00A rich and exquisite anthology that illuminates Japanese travel over a thousand yearsA Penguin ClassicDiscover a realm of travel writing undreamed of in the West—a richly literary tradition extending through a thousand years and more, whose... -
Elegies of Chu - Oxford World's Classics by Nicholas Morrow Williams
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱999.00₱736.00Elegies of Chu (in Chinese, Chuci), one of the two surviving collections of ancient Chinese poetry, is a key source for the whole tradition of Chinese poetry. Because the elegies contain passionate expressions of political protest as well as shamanistic... -
The Meiji Guillotine Murders by Futaro Yamada, Bryan Karetnyk (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱579.00A classic Japanese mystery —a pair of sleuths investigate a series of bloody murders in 19th century TokyoA captivating locked room murder mystery perfect for fans of Stuart Turton and Janice HallettJapan, 1869. A time of reform and rebellion... -
The Library of Heartbeats by Laura Imai Messina
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱1,099.00₱879.00From the international bestselling author of The Phone Box at the Edge of the World: a powerful, moving novel of grief, hope, friendship and love based around a real archive on an island in Japan, where people travel to record their heartbeats.To find... -
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Brian Karetnyk (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱579.00A stylishly original collection of seven newly translated stories from the iconic Japanese writerThe stories in this fantastical, unconventional collection are subtly wrought depictions of the darkness of our desires. From an isolated bamboo grove, to a... -
Great Japanese Stories: 10 Parallel Texts by Various, Jay Rubin (Editor)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱899.00₱634.00A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translationsThis new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates some of the very best Japanese... -
Mina's Matchbox: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen B. Snyder (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱1,399.00₱979.00From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, here is a hypnotic, introspective novel about an affluent Japanese family navigating buried secrets, and their young house guest who uncovers them.In the spring of 1972,... -
Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai, Allison Markin Powell (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱899.00₱637.00Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them–a theme... -
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll (With)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱1,699.00₱1,079.00A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories are exposed by a morning of bloodshed that would change... -
Japanese Ghost Stories - Japanese Classics by Lafcadio Hearn
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱579.00The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and... -
The Rainbow by Yasunari Kawabata
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱899.00₱565.00From the first Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, The Rainbow is a sweeping narrative of three interwoven half-sisters and their evolving concept of family. With plenty of unexpected twists and an engagingly empathetic tone, this is... -
The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap Prices₱939.00For readers of Less and The Wangs Vs. The World, a buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know... -
Kaizen: The Japanese Method for Transforming Habits, One Small Step at a Time by Sarah Harvey
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱1,799.00₱979.00A gorgeously illustrated introduction to the Japanese method of Kaizen – meaning 'change' 'good' – showing you how to make small, step-by-step changes to transform your life.'This beautiful, simple book suggests tiny changes we can make to... -
K Culture: K-pop, Cuisine, On Screen, And More - Celebrating The Korean Wave by Simon Clair
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱2,399.00₱1,979.00Celebrate Korean culture whilst learning about its past and present in this comprehensive and fascinating guide.In recent years, Korean popular culture has taken the form of a tidal wave sweeping over the West. Whether it’s music, film, drama... -
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival by David Pilling
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱999.00₱779.00“[A]n excellent book...” —The EconomistFinancial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including... -
Kakebo: The Japanese Art of Mindful Spending by Hani Motoko, Natalie Danford (Translator)
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱579.00Control your spending, save money, regain peace of mind, and make your life happier and healthier with Kakebo—the traditional Japanese method of money management that is still widely used today. Having enough money to live is one of the... -
Birthday Stories: Selected and Introduced by Haruki Murakami by Haruki Murakami
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱570.00What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past?In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with... -
The Ruined Map: A Novel by Kobo Abe
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱699.00₱568.00Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky.Mr... -
The Face of Another by Kobo Abe
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱899.00₱614.00Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed... -
The Age of Doubt by Kyongni Pak
Empire Book Store | Authentic Books in Cheap PricesMSRP: ₱899.00₱654.00The Age of Doubt collects some of Pak Kyongni’s most famous works, including her 1955 debut and other stories featuring characters that would appear in her 21-volume epic, Toji. Many of Pak’s stories reflect her own turbulent experiences...