Tokyo S Mystery Deepens

Author : Michael Pronko
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781942410065

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Tokyo's Mystery Deepens by Michael Pronko Pdf

What happens when large bugs get trapped on crowded Tokyo trains? How does allergy season affect Tokyo's millions? Ever wonder why Japanese love to take photos together or how everyone feels during rainy season? How is Tokyo made so compact and made as much from imagination as from concrete and steel? Longtime resident, writer and professor Michael Pronko shows just why Tokyo life is equal parts trial and joy. This collection offers up essential skills for living in the vastest, most crowded city in the world-sweating politely, suffering noise and glancing in mirrors--and muses over the minutest of daily details-window flowers, eye contact and small gestures of thanks. If you're traveling to Tokyo, these essays point you toward the undercurrents of life and if you've ever considered visiting Tokyo, these essays will give you more reasons to go. Tokyo's Mystery Deepens brings together essays from Pronko's monthly column in Newsweek Japan, which has remained highly popular with Japanese readers for the last ten years. Originally published in Japanese, these concise, pointed essays are available in English for the first time. As with the first collection, Beauty and Chaos, Pronko examines Tokyo as a city, a culture and an overpowering experience. Tokyo's Mystery Deepens taps into the enigmatic sides of Tokyo with humor, delicacy and a large dose of healthy confusion. Praise for Beauty and Chaos:"e;Japanese who are used to Tokyo are caught off guard by his conclusions derived from careful observation, and are struck dumb...Tokyo, the city we are so careless of, suddenly starts to become glorious. It is a wonder!"e; Chunichi Shimbun (Newspaper) (translated from Japanese version) "e;Giving up the bias and seeing the city with completely different standards, you will see the unexpected, attractive face of Tokyo. This book is a guide for rediscovering Tokyo that lets us see the city with unique new features."e; Nikkan Gendai (translated from Japanese version) Japanese version available from KADOKAWA Publishers as: a E a aa a aeZaaSae-aae*aa a zaaa a a -a -a ae'-)

Author : Michael Pronko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942410077

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Tokyo's Mystery Deepens by Michael Pronko Pdf

Author : Keigo Higashino
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250767516

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A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino Pdf

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is faced with a very public murder that doesn't quite add up, a prime suspect unable to defend himself, and pressure from the highest levels for a quick solution. In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast - a kirin - stands guard over the district from the classic Nihonbashi bridge. In the evening, a man who appears to be very drunk staggers onto the bridge and collapses right under the statue of the winged beast. The patrolman who sees this scene unfold goes to rouse the man, only to discover that the man has not passed out, he is dead; that he was not drunk, he was stabbed in the chest. However, where he died was not where the crime was committed - the key to solving the crime is to find out where he was attacked and why he made such a superhuman effort to carry himself to the Nihonbashi Bridge. That same night, a young man named Yashima is injured in a car accident while attempting to flee from the police. Found on him is the wallet of the murdered man. Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga is assigned to the team investigating the murder - and must bring his skills to bear to uncover what actually happened that night on the Nihonbashi bridge. What, if any, connection is there between the murdered man and Yashima, the young man caught with his wallet? Kaga's investigation takes him down dark roads and into the unknown past to uncover what really happened and why. A Death in Tokyo is another mind-bending mystery from the modern master of classic crime, finalist for both an Edgar Award and a CWA Dagger, the internationally bestselling Keigo Higashino.

Author : Michael Pronko
Publisher : Raked Gravel Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942410171

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The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko Pdf

When the top American diplomat in Tokyo, Bernard Mattson, is killed, he leaves more than a lifetime of successful Japan-American negotiations. He leaves a missing manuscript, boxes of research, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations. After his alluring daughter, Jamie, returns from America wanting answers, finding only threats, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of Pacific Rim politics. With help from ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi, Hiroshi searches for the killer from Tokyo’s back alley bars to government offices, through anti-nuke protests to the gates of an American naval base. When two more bodies turn up, Hiroshi must choose between desire and duty, violence or procedure, before the killer silences his next victim—and the past.

Author : Keigo Higashino
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0349145377

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A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino Pdf

Author : Michael Pronko
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781942410102

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Motions and Moments by Michael Pronko Pdf

Motions and Moments: More Essays on TokyoMotions and Moments is the third book by Michael Pronko on the fluid feel and vibrant confusions of Tokyo life. These 42 new essays burrow into the unique intensities that suffuse the city and ponder what they mean to its millions of inhabitants. Based on Pronko's 18 years living, teaching and writing in Tokyo, these essays on how Tokyoites work, dress, commute, eat and sleep are steeped in insights into the city's odd structures, intricate pleasures and engaging undertow. Included are essays on living to size and loving the crowd, on Tokyo's dizzying uncertainties and daily satisfactions, and on the 2011 earthquake. As in his first two books, this collection captures the ceaseless flow and passing flashes of life in biggest city in the world with gentle humor and rich detail. Praise for the first collection, Beauty and Chaos: Slices and Morsels of Tokyo Life:"e;A clear-eyed but affectionate portrait of a city that reaches beyond simple stereotypes. An elegantly written, precisely observed portrait of a Japanese city and its culture."e; Kirkus Reviews"e;Beauty and Chaos is a spectacular read. Its essays are long enough to be cohesive and provocative while remaining short and sweet. The collection is masterful and unique."e; Stephanie Chandler, SPR Review"e;He notices the kinds of things that might be taken for granted by the Japanese and overlooked entirely by visitors."e; Rebecca Foster, The BookbagGold Award First Place for Cultural Non-Fiction (Reader's Favorite Awards 2015)Gold Award (Non-Fiction Authors Association 2015)Praise for the second collection, Tokyo's Mystery Deepens: Essays on Tokyo:"e;As chapters flow through Tokyo cultural experiences, readers receive a rare glimpse of the structure and nature of Tokyo's underlying psyche. It's a powerful, intimate consideration of many aspects of Japanese culture."e; D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review"e;An insider's view of what life is really like in this pulsing, densely populated Asian metropolis...this little book of short, easy to read essays delivers to its readers an education."e; Vera A. Pereskokova Luxury Reading Blog"e;Could one have a better guide? Anyone planning to work and live in Tokyo for a period of time will find Pronko indispensable."e; BookReview.com"e;Tokyo's Mystery Deepens is so much more than just a guidebook to Tokyo...it actually plunges into the minuscule details of what it is like to be a Tokyoite."e; OnlineBookClub.orgGold Award for Creative Non-Fiction (eLit Awards 2015)Silver Award for Travel Essay (eLit Award 2015)

Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459810785

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Tokyo Girl by Brian Harvey Pdf

Piano tuner and jazz musician Frank Ryan is in Japan teaching bored housewives how to play piano. Then he gets a gig in a trendy underground bar and ends up ensnared with a young woman with a grudge and the crime boss who owns the bar. Drawn into Tokyo Girl’s vendetta, Frank stumbles into an underworld where transgressions are paid for by the flash of a razor-sharp cleaver. And for a pianist, that’s not a good thing. Tokyo Girl is the follow-up to Beethoven’s Tenth, featuring reluctant sleuth Frank Ryan.

Author : Carole Marsh
Publisher : Gallopade International
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0635062070

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The Mystery at Mount Fuji (Tokyo, Japan) by Carole Marsh Pdf

Christina and Grant encounter myteries in Tokyo and on Mount Fuji.

Author : Robert Macklin
Publisher : BWM Books
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465799500

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The Battle of Brisbane by Robert Macklin Pdf

Author : Jonelle Patrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0997570911

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Fallen Angel by Jonelle Patrick Pdf

The #1 hostboy at Club Nova makes a handsome living, whispering sweet nothings in the ears of women who pay him a fortune for the privilege. But the party's over when Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura is assigned to investigate the death of one of Hoshi's customers, a young woman found dead after spending an evening with him. While tracking down witnesses in Tokyo's red light district, Kenji crosses paths with his childhood friend Yumi Hata, who is trying to rescue her best friend from a host club entanglement. Yumi agrees to slip behind closed doors - where no men are allowed - to help Kenji catch the predator who's picking off Tokyo's loneliest women, one by one. But in the glittering world where everyone has their price, they soon discover that everyone also has secrets they would do anything to protect.

Author : Jonelle Patrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997570903

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Nightshade by Jonelle Patrick Pdf

A young woman dressed as a Gothic Lolita is found dead in an abandoned car, with strangers old enough to be her parents. Their suicide note apologizes for a disaster that hasn't yet happened. And someone is stalking the websites where desperate souls go to make a date with death. The more part-time English translator Yumi Hata learns about how her friend Rika died, the more she's convinced it was murder'and she plans to camp on Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura's doorstep until he agrees to help her hunt down the truth. The killer's trail leads them deep into the shadowy world of Tokyo's underground clubs, fashion cult bars and suicide websites, where the only thing that's certain is that more women will die, unless they stop him.

Author : Henry M. Holden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Criminal investigation
ISBN : 161060718X

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FBI 100 Years by Henry M. Holden Pdf

FBI 100 Years chronicles the Bureaus successes and failures from its early days as Teddy Roosevelt's trust-busting detective force to the increased emphasis on counterterrorism the post 9/11 world. Along the way, Holden revisits the gangster era and the days of McCarthyism, the unmaking of the Mob, and the disastrous standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco. The famous and the infamous make their appearances in the story, colorful characters such as John Dillinger and "Machine Gun" Kelly, J. Edgar Hoover and turncoat spy Robert Hansen. With added features including an exploration of the 200 categories of federal crimes that fall within the Bureaus purview, all the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives lists since the first in 1949, and an entertaining look at the FBI in popular culture, this is the most thorough and authoritative book ever written about the principal law enforcement arm of the United States Department of Justice.

Author : Piero Mella
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 875 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030641948

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The Magic Ring by Piero Mella Pdf

This book presents a new understanding on how control systems truly operate, and explains how to recognize, simulate, and improve control systems in all fields of activity. It also reveals the pervasive, ubiquitous and indispensable role of control processes in our life and the need to develop a “control-oriented thinking”—based on uncomplicated but effective models derived from systems thinking—that is, a true “discipline of control.” Over the book’s thirteen chapters, Piero Mella shows that there are simple control systems (rather than complex ones) that can easily help us to manage complexity without drawing upon more sophisticated control systems. It begins by reviewing the basic language of systems thinking and the models it allows users to create. It then introduces the control process, presenting the theoretical structure of three simple control systems we all can observe in order to gain fundamental knowledge from them about the basic structure of a control system. Then, it presents the anatomy of the simplest “magic ring” and the general theoretical model of any control system. This is followed by an introduction to a general typology of control systems and a broader view of control systems by investigating multi-lever control systems and multi-objective systems. The book undertakes the concepts through various environments, increasingly broader in scope to suggest to readers how to recognize therein control systems manifestations in everyday life and in natural phenomena. Updated for the 2nd edition, new chapters explore control systems regulating the biological environment and the organizations, with an in-depth study of the control of quality, productivity, production, stocks and costs. Finally, it concludes by dealing with the learning process, problem-solving, and designing the logical structure of control systems.

Author : NICK. WILKSHIRE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1038727286

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REMEMBER TOKYO by NICK. WILKSHIRE Pdf

Author : Soji Shimada
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 4925080814

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The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada Pdf

On a snowy night in 1936, an artist is battered to death behind the locked door of his Tokyo studio. The police find a bizarre testament describing his plan to create Azoth - the ideal woman - from various body parts of his young female relatives. Shortly after, his eldest daughter is raped and murdered. And then hs other daughters and nieces all suddenly disappear. Gradually their dismembered bodies are found, all buried according to the astrological details expounded by the artist. The mysterious genocide grips the nation, baffling authorities and would-be amateur detectives alike, but it remains unsolved for more than 40 years. Then one day in 1979, a document is brought to Kiyoshi Mitarai - astrologer, fortune-teller and self-styled detective. With his own version of Dr. Watson in tow - the illustrator and detective story aficionado Kazumi Ishioka - he sets out on the trail of the invisible perpetrator of the Tokyo Zodiac Murders and the creator of Azoth. This tale of magic and illusion by one of Japan's master mystery storytellers is pieced together like a great stage tragedy. The author sets the reader the challenge of unraveling the mystery before the final curtain.