Tokyo Clash is an extraordinary encounter with Japanese design culture. Author and photographer Ralf Bähren presents Japan’s megacity in a visually stunning collection of images, vividly colorful and rich in contrast. He transports readers on an exci...

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determin...

The International group of contributors of this volume provides, collectively, a multi-layered analysis of the emerging East Asian media culture, using the Korean TV drama as its analytic vehicle. By closely examining the political economy of TV indu...

In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the nineteenth century wreaking its vengea...

With vivid illustrations, wide-ranging coverage and detailed listening guides, this fascinating book explores the origin and development of jazz music from its seventeenth-century roots to the present day. Profiles of significant jazz musicians and c...

"Japanese Mythology A to Z, Second Edition" is a valuable, colorful reference for anyone with an interest in mythology or Japanese culture. Coverage of this title includes: the early Japanese deities who created the world and the later deities who pr...