In the final weeks of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, three different Filipino narrators recount the experiences of a people desperately struggling in the midst of the horrors of war.

"The story of US Navy nurse Dorothy Still and her colleagues at a military hospital in the Philippines, who cared for their fellow prisoners of war while being held captive by the Japanese during World War II"--Provided by publisher.

In a place like no other, on a mystical island in the shape of tear drop, two sisters are born into a family of oracles. Beautiful Kamikuu is admired far and wide; Namima, small but headstrong, learns to live in her older sister's shadow. On her sixth birthday, Kamikuu is chosen as the next Oracle, while Namima is forced to become the goddess of darkness, destined to spend eternity guiding the spirits of the deceased to the underworld. As the sisters...

Korea, 1943, under Japanese occupation: As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, Hana enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day she saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a 'comfort woman' in a Japanese military brothel. South Korea, 2011: Emi has spent more than sixty years trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made....

"Watanbe Yuichi, a young guard with a passion for reading, is ordered to investigate a murder. The victim, Sugiyama, also a guard, was feared and despised throughout the prison and inquiries have barely begun when a powerful inmate confesses. But Watanbe is unconvinced; and as he interrogates both the suspect and Yun Dong-ju, a talented Korean poet, he starts to realize that the fearsome guard was not all he appeared to be... As Watanbe unravels Sugiyama's...

Donburi is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of fish, meat or vegetables and other ingredients cooked together and served over a bowl of rice. Designed to satiate every diner, donburi can be tailored to any appetite. Includes over 70 recipes.

“Novelist as a Profession” is a collection of essays by Haruki Murakami (1949–), a contemporary Japanese writer known for Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore. Named one of the TIME 100's most influential people in 2015, Murakami is a critically acclaimed novelist and short-story writer, as his works being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies. 村上春樹的自傳性隨筆，首度面對全世界...

"Simple text paired with themed photos invite the reader to learn to speak Japanese"--Provided by publisher.

The story of Korean history's most astonishing military victory by its greatly revered strategist, Admiral Yi Sunshin, who lures over 300 Japanese ships into a deadly trap where they meet their fate against only thirteen battle ships.