Japanese House

One of the last, great untold stories of World War II—kept hidden for decades—even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various archives—a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henderson, master...

En Malasia, en los albores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, tras un matrimonio concertado, Parvathi vive sin grandes alicientes en la opulenta mansión de su marido, un hombre mucho mayor que ella que prácticamente la desprecia. Solo gracias a la ayuda de una cocinera llena de sabiduría y a un criado quien la ama en secreto, Parvathi logra seguir adelante. Pero la invasión japonesa del país cambia su vida ya que, tras el saqueo y la ocupación de su propio hogar, Parvathi se ve obligada a convertirse en la geisha y amante del oficial japonés al mando.

「徹子の部屋」出演、大反響！＜マガジンハウス新書創刊第2弾＞70歳が人生のターニングポイント!老化を遠ざける、明日からできる「習慣」と「心がけ」

Pentru a reuşi să-ţi ordonezi locuinţa, trebuie să-ţi organizezi acţiunile într-o succesiune corectă, să păstrezi numai obiectele care-ţi sunt cu adevărat dragi şi să faci totul dintr-odată şi repede. După aceea, pentru tot restul vieţii, nu va mai fi nevoie decât să alegi ce să păstrezi şi ce să arunci. Metoda KonMari nu îţi va transforma doar spaţiul de locuit. Vei căpăta mai multă încredere în tine, succesul te va însoţi, vei avea mai multă energie şi te vei simţi mai motivat să duci viaţa pe care ţi-o doreşti.

How does a man serving in the Imperial Japanese Army feel when he suddenly sees his brother in the uniform of the enemy United States? How does a Japanese mother, surrounded by barbed wire in an American internment camp for enemy aliens, feel when her only son writes: "I am now an American soldier. I must fight and, if necessary, die for my country"? How does a Hawaiian-born youth feel as he lies near death in Hiroshima, a victim of history's first nuclear attack, launched by the United States?

A mágica da arrumação se tornou um fenômeno mundial por apresentar uma abordagem inovadora para acabar de vez com a bagunça. Aos 30 anos, a japonesa Marie Kondo virou celebridade internacional, uma espécie de guru quando o assunto é organização. O ponto principal da técnica é o descarte. Para decidir o que manter e o que jogar fora, você deve segurar os itens um a um e perguntar a si mesmo: “Isso me traz alegria?” Você só deve continuar com algo se a resposta for “sim”.

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-century Indigenous woman. Poem by poem, Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history, of straddling modernity and ancestry, desire and exploitation. Intimate, moving, virtuosic, and hilarious...

Join medium Lauren Rainbow in these guided meditations to connect with your spirit guides, ascended masters, angels, and departed loved ones. Open yourself to your spirit team and allow them to guide you across the bridge from this world to reach beyond. There you will receive love, grace, and...

So here I am, delving into the past like Monsieur Poirot, not to solve a mystery, but to try to understand some of the events that have helped define the sort of person I have become. Some of it, naturally, is in the genes; but much of it is in the environment, in the circumstances in which we...

The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak (1469–1539), who drew upon the teachings of Muslim, Sufis and Hindu Bhaktas. In its purest form Sikhism is about unity, simplicity, equality and surrender (to God) and the verses of the Sikh Gurus—most of them included in the Granth...

The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed...

ごみを減らせば「運」を増やせる、掃除をすれば「人生」が変わる!――ごみと掃除と人生はつながっているんです! ごみを分ける、正しく捨てる、汚れをとる、汚れを予防する、清潔な空間を保つ、捨てない工夫をする、モノを大切にするetc.……

The timeless and timely intersect in poems about our unique historical moment, from the prizewinning poet. In Zoom Rooms, Mary Jo Salter considers the strangeness of our recent existence, together with the enduring constants in our lives. The title poem, a series of sonnet-sized Zoom...

The Emperor and some of his relatives, the imperial family, are referred to as the imperial household.

老若男女皆が楽しめる怪談語りを目指し、落語や講談にも似た独特な語り節、ノスタルジックな世界観に定評がある城谷歩による怪談。

老若男女皆が楽しめる怪談語りを目指し、落語や講談にも似た独特な語り節、ノスタルジックな世界観に定評がある城谷歩による怪談。

男女2人のキャストでお届けする１話完結のショートストーリー！

世の中にある多くの片づけ本は、家にある「モノ」をどう片づけるかについて書いたものばかりです。ところが、人生により大きな影響を与えるのは、「紙」の片づけだと著者は言います。

年末大掃除も怖くない！！汚部屋出身→カリスマ片づけ心理カウンセラーだけが知っている、一生きれいな部屋が続く黄金ルール

★★これまでの家事をリセット！★★家事の方法を見直して、効率のよい仕方、負担のない習慣をお教えします。