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The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: ...

The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: ...

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Deimperialization, Postwar Legitimation and Imperial Afterlife Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov ... search for postwar legitimacy BARAK KUSHNER 4 The collapse of the Japanese empire and the great migrations: repatriation, assimilation, ...
Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's ...

Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's ...

Barak Kushner

Barak Kushner explores the history of ramen and Japan's noodle culture over the last 1000 years.
Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and ...

Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and ...

Deborah W. Rooke

The main actors in the libretto, as in the biblical story, are Deborah, Barak, and Jael, and so they will be discussed in turn, beginning with Barak. a. Barak The libretto's presentation of Barak is perhaps its most important difference from the ...
The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains

The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains

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(1) Barak: I finish work early today. Sagit: So, do you want to go to the movies? Barak: I don't really feel like seeing a movie. Sagit: So maybe we could go dancing? Barak: No, at the end of the night my feet will hurt and I'll be tired. Sagit: You're ...
Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History

Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History

Kiri Paramore

The book's outlook has since been enriched by conversations with Milinda Banerjee, Benjamin Elman, Matsuda Ko ̄ichiro ̄, Sugawara Hikaru, O ̄kubo Takeharu, Chen-Tao Shih, Barak Kushner, Hans Martin Krämer, Mark Teeuwen,  ...
Examining Japan's Lost Decades

Examining Japan's Lost Decades

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Yoichi Funabashi, Barak Kushner. Conclusion In this context, it is correct to observe, as Shiraishi Takashi does in Chapter 11, that Japan's decline was in some sense a byproduct of Asia's rise. Indeed, Asia's rise, including that of China,  ...
Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice After the ...

Japanese War Criminals: The Politics of Justice After the ...

Sandra Wilson

... Sarah Kovner, Barak Kushner, Mike Lan, Kerstin von Lingen, Suzannah Linton, Matsuda Kōichirō, Takeshi Moriyama, Narrelle Morris, Nagai Hitoshi, Sakamoto Kazuto, Franziska Seraphim, Carolyn Strange, Yuma Totani, and David Wells.
Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation ...

Social Inequality in Post-Growth Japan: Transformation ...

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... Yoichi Funabashi and Barak Kushner Japanese Women in Science and Engineering History and policy change Naonori Kodate and Kashiko Kodate Japan's Border Issues Pitfalls and prospects Akihiro Iwashita Japan, Russia and Territorial ...
The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

Barak Kushner

His research is the first of its kind to treat propaganda as a profession in wartime Japan.The Thought War will be important for not only students of Japanese history and culture but also those interested in comparative studies of World War ...
The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda

Barak Kushner

His research is the first of its kind to treat propaganda as a profession in wartime Japan.The Thought War will be important for not only students of Japanese history and culture but also those interested in comparative studies of World War ...
Eve's Garden

Eve's Garden

J. Hannah Orden

Diana laid her hand on Barak to calm him, desperate to be of use somehow. She imagined the scene that had taken place in the orchard, pictured Benny scrambling to his feet while Simon went after Barak. Then, as if she too had been  ...
Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the ...

Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the ...

Galia Golan

149 Yet Barak was not known to be indecisive but, rather, calculating if impulsive; he presumably calculated that he could not overcome the domestic obstacles in the face of a referendum. Clinton, however, attributed this to Barak«s relatively ...
Tony Kushner in Conversation

Tony Kushner in Conversation

Tony Kushner

Tony. Kushner. at. the. Royal. National. Theatre. of. Great. Britain. Adam. Mars. Jones. Part One of Angels in America, Millennium Approaches premiered at the Royal National Theatre on January 23, 1992. The following evening, after the play ...
Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and ...

Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and ...

Barak Kushner

112.SakakuraKiyoshi,“Warattaeiji,”Chūkirenno.14(September2009):63–64. 113. April 30, 2007, Nishinihon shimbun (morning edition). 114. http://www.mofa.go.jp/ mofaj/gaiko/bluebook/2002/gaikou/html/honpen/index.html. 115. KirkA. Denton ...
Deborah and Barak: If God Be with Us

Deborah and Barak: If God Be with Us

Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

After two years of raids and ambushes, Barak's band had grown to about 120 men. Everyone — Hebrews and Canaanites — now recognized him as more than a bandit chief. The word was out that the king of Hazor had put a price on the head ...
Understanding Tony Kushner

Understanding Tony Kushner

James Fisher

This book guides readers through Kushner's influences and creations to map the importance of his work in postmodern literary and cultural landscapes.
Who Needs God

Who Needs God

Harold Kushner

In this thought provoking book Kushner shows us that the presence of God in our lives can make a difference and that modern people are capable of pray.
Living a Life that Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between ...

Living a Life that Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between ...

Harold S Kushner

In this inspiring, uplifting and timely book, Harold Kushner addresses our craving for significance, the need to know that our lives and choices mean something.
I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets

I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets

Bruce Stockler

Barak will yell. Barak is still exploring his feminine side. He loves to play with Barbies and requested a Barbie cake at his fourth birthday. He owns a pair of plastic high-heeled shoes—after screaming in jealousy over Hannah's pair— which he ...
The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person

The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person

Harold S. Kushner

Rigorous and insightful yet deeply affecting, The Book of Job is balm for a distressed age—and Rabbi Kushner’s most important book since When Bad Things Happen to Good People. From the Hardcover edition.
The Odyssey Gene:

The Odyssey Gene:

Kfir Luzzatto

... anymore, avoice came from the communication panel onBarak's desk. “The Deputy Minister willsee you now,” said Eva. “Come on, John,” said Barak. He gotup quickly and walked to the door without looking back toseeif Johnwas following.
Lebanese Army, The: A National Institution in a Divided Society

Lebanese Army, The: A National Institution in a Divided Society

Oren Barak

Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.
Telex from Cuba: A Novel

Telex from Cuba: A Novel

Rachel Kushner

The first novel to tell the story of the Americans who were driven out in 1958, this is a masterful debut with a unique and necessary lens into US-Cuba relations.
Practical Soldiers: Israel’s Military Thought and Its ...

Practical Soldiers: Israel’s Military Thought and Its ...

Avi Kober

Although Israeli officials like former Defense Minister Ehud Barak and former Chief of AMAN Amos Yadlin have stressed cyber warfare's defensive value, it can also be applied in an offensive manner, as happened in the case of the destruction ...
To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking

To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking

Harold S. Kushner

Filled with wisdom and gentle humor, here is the essential book on Judaism's traditions and practices from the bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People.
Book of God (Reissue)

Book of God (Reissue)

Walter Wangerin

Arise! Even peasants must take the field! For the Lord is emerging from Sinai! Look how the heavens crack and tremble at his coming! The earth shakes! Mountains roar before the Lord! Barak, arise! Man of lightning, come and take captives!
Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

David Kushner

He also examines the cultural and political backlash that sent sales soaring, even as it threatened the game's continued existence. This is a pop culture story for the ages.
Inorganic Biochemistry

Inorganic Biochemistry

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98 Y. Matzner, C. Hershko, A. Polliack, A. M. Konijn, and G. Izak, Br. J. Haematol, 1979, 42, 345. 87 G. L. Hagstrom, P. M. Bloom, M. N. Yum, K. J. Lavelle, and F. C. Luft, Nephron, 1979, 24, 127. 98 G. A. Calver, C. P. Kenny, and D. J. Kushner, ...
Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America's Surveillance Society

Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America's Surveillance Society

Joshua Reeves

Yet most of all, what set the Guardian Angels apart was their resistance to seeing/ saying dogma: they are perhaps best known for carrying out dramatic citizens' arrests. As constitutional rights advocates Michael Cicchini and Amy Kushner ...

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