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Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break,...
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"Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her...
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 6
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2011.
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The Thea sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable item is stolen from their friend Kumi's family. Will the five mice be able to catch the thief?
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[2022]
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"Alice is certainly not in her world anymore. This version of Kyoto is magical and confusing -- and Alice can't seem to find her childhood first love, Ren, the person she believes summoned her to this Kyoto in the first place. Strangely enough, the Imperial Crown Prince looks startlingly like Ren... but if he summoned her here, why doesn't he recognize her? On top of all that, Alice realizes she must discover her heart's true calling in order to remain...
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Tatami galaxy volume 1
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2022.
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"An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might've-been and the what-should-never-be in this Groundhog's Day-esque campus chronicle"--
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The author uses Kinkaku-ji as the topic of novel. Mizoguchi is a young boy who was very shy and has a stutter problem. Kinkaku has became the ideology of beauty for him. He thinks about it and draws about it all the time. However, His life changed dramatically after college as he met a new friend. What will happen to him?
《金阁寺》是享誉世界的经典小说,两次入围诺贝尔奖的文学大师三岛由纪夫的集大成作品,获第8届读卖文学奖,日本销量超330万册。《金阁寺》是一部穷究美的灵魂之书,展示了一个人走向毁灭的心理独白,读来令人惊心动魄。阎连科推荐阅读《金阁寺》,他说:“三岛由纪夫的《金阁寺》,我看了三遍。一本小说能让人读三次,证明那小说中文学的魅力一定非常丰富。”三岛由纪夫说:“我写《金阁寺》是要探讨罪犯的动机。仅仅靠‘美’这种浅薄愚昧的观念,就足以成为他对国宝纵火的犯罪动机。另一方面,要在现代生活下去,相信一个愚昧浅薄的观念并将其敷衍为生的根本动机,这完全可能。”《泰晤士报》称《金阁寺》“闪耀着的光辉中,美丽与毁灭并存,残酷与牺牲同在,奉献与背叛共生”。...
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