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Another Bangkok: Reflections on the City by Alex Kerr
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author of Lost JapanOne of Asia's most extraordinary cities, Bangkok is also one of the most baffling. It is filled with remarkable people and glittering golden palaces and temples, but is also a maze ...Show more
Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan by Alex Kerr
40.00 NZD
Category: Religion
Forty years ago, after learning of the Heart Sutra in Japan, Alex Kerr set out on a quest to seek the wisdom that lies at the heart of this ancient Buddhist scripture. Guided by Zen abbots in Kyoto, Tibetan monks, a French writer, an American art collector, a magician and the writings of Chinese scholar ...Show more
Living in Japan by Alex Kerr, Kathy Arlyn Sokol
58.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: 40th Edition Ser.
So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a sleek m ...Show more
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
30.00 NZD
Category: History
This is an enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his i ...Show more
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
19.99 NZD
24.99 (20% off)
Category: Lonely Planet | Series: Lonely Planet Journeys S.
Drawing on the author's personal experiences of Japan over a period of over 30 years, this book takes its readers on a backstage tour, exploring different facets of the author's involvement with the country. The Japanese edition of this book was awarded the 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize.
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
34.99 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Lonely Planet Travel Literature
Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experience in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr takes us on a backstage tour, as he explores the ritualised world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, tells ...Show more
No-one Listened by Alex Kerr
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Isobel and Alex's mother used to do everything with them. A fullâÂÂtime teacher, she dedicated herself to her children, partly in order to give them every possible opportunity in life, and partly to keep them out of the way of their increasingly eccentric, erratic and unpleasant father. Their fat ...Show more
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