Japan

JapanBy: Patrick Smith Current Affairs Asian Studies Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award for the best book on Foreign Affairs A New York Times Notable Book of the year "A stimulating, provocative book . . . fresh and valuable." The New York Times Book Review In 1868, Japan abruptly transformed itself from a feudal society into a modern industrial state. In 1945, the Japanese switched just as swiftly from imperialism and emperor worship to a democracy.

we discovered the laws of nature

Across a dazzling range of subjects

the angel of the title

their key storylines

歡迎來到▲K博士的怪奇解剖*教室▲ (Kay's Anatomy)

including corporate legend Lee “Iron Ass” Raymond

why storm clouds flash and boom

「雖然我已經教了你們許多事情，但那些事情並不是全部……有多少人就有多少夢想，請你們務必要實現自己的夢想！」──爆炸頭大叔

leaving no block unturned

Melville realizes that Akushku is the most resourceful and vicious foe he has yet encountered—but is the greater threat from Melville’s enemies

The secrets of Portland

from Daniel Defoe in the early eighteenth century to Goethe and Irène Némirovsky to Coetzee’s contemporary Philip Roth