Search Results: Authors starting with K from JKL Books

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. As new condition with slight rubbing of cover.

New York: Routledge, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Like new, but last fifteen pages have tiny fold in top right corner. 164 pages; includes b&w photos. No dust jacket, as issued. Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Modernity, colonial expositions and the city -- Nationalism and the politics of visual comparison: the 1915 Korean Industrial Exposition -- Modeling the west, returning to Asia: the 1929 Korean Exposition -- Seoul in motion: urban form and political consciousness -- Part II: Korean nationalism and postcolonial exhibitions -- The temple of ethnic nationalism: war memorial museums in Korea and Japan -- Ancestors, the avant-garde, and the making of "culture" in postcolonial Korea -- Flowing back to the future: the Cheonggye stream restoration.

Baden: Lars Muller Publishers, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. Postcard-size booklet. Catalogue from an exhibition depicting diverse human rights and their violation.

Toyota Motor Sales, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear only. Water stain on lower quadrant of blue cloth cover and back of dust jacket (no evidence of it on dust jacket itself). 141 pages, including b&w photographs, charts, illustrations. "Mr. Kamiya is one of the truly great businessmen in Japan. It is largely to his leadership and management know-how that Toyota has achieved unparalleled success in the international marketplace both in terms of sales and profit growth. Equally important in my view is the high esprit de corps that he has established throughout the Toyota sales and dealership organizations" -- J. K. Jamieson, Foreword. BAY 30.

Tokyo: Japan Publishing, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. "This book covers the history of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology in modern Japan, focusing on the 1920s through the early 1960s. Led by the editor's introduction, 'A Portrait of the History of Scientific Thought,' readers will soon find themselves in the middle of a complex double narrative comprising both 'the telling of history' and 'the telling of the history of history.' In the end, readers will come to understand an intricate historical aspect, made possible through such a grand and meta-appreciation" -- back cover. BAY 35.

Whitehorse, Canada: Kugh Enterprises, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Like new, but with slight wear to cover. "These stories are about living at the lake away from the urban comforts and conveniences of the city. The experiences of this rustic lifestyle . . . are woven throughout the 63 tales in this collection" -- back cover. BAY 39.

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Like new, but with slight wear to cover. Contemporary Chinese Studies series. Contents: 1. The past in the present : the reach of history on the Sino-Central Asian frontier -- 2. Treading carefully : China enters the Central Asian arena, 1992-96 -- 3. Pushing the boundaries : deepening Sino-Central Asian cooperation, 1996-2001 -- 4. A momentary setback : Sino-Central Asian relations in the post-September 11 world order, 2001-2 -- 5. China in Central Asia : a new regional power after 2002?

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows slight wear only. Next-business day delivery at no extra charge for customers located in Vancouver, B.C. BAY 24.

Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, unmarked pages, staple bound. Cover shows minor wear: tiny brown mark above title. 23 pages. Signed by Mr. Kato. "This booklet is a translation of the first half of Mr. S. Kato's memoirs which were published in one of the biggest newspapers in Japan -- 'Nippon Keizai Shimbun' (Japanese Economic Newspaper) in the summer of 1980. . . . Mr. Kato joined Toyota when it initially began to make automobiles. He placed a crucial development in the development of Toyota Motor Sales as it is today and was the right-hand man to Mr. Kamiya, the former President. Mr Kato is now Chairman of Toyota Motor Sales" -- Y. Togo, President Toyota Cnaada, Inc., Oct 8, 1980 (Introduction).

Tokyo: International House of Japan, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book in near-new condition; minor wear to top edge of dust jacekt. LTCB international library selection series. "The study, based on his original research, undertaken in Oxford and subsequently in Japan, covers the important nexus established between Japan and the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century with the export of cotton textiles (of higher quality) from Britain to Asia" -- Peter Mathias, Downing College, Cambridge (dust jacket).

Tokyo: International House of Japan, 2016. Hardcover. As New/As New. Like new. LTCB International Library Trust, No. 37. Contents: The Origins of Laughter -- The Gods, Laughter, and the Japanese -- Divine Mysteries -- Laughter amid the Evolution of Communities -- Urbanization and Modernization -- Globalization -- Eminent Interpreters of Foolery -- Natural Disasters and Transcendent Laughter. "This book originally appeared in Japanese as Warai no Nihon bunka - Oko-no-mono wa doko e kieta no ka? (Tokyo: Tokai Education Research Institute, 2013)" -- title page verso. CDN BAY 17.

Tokyo: International House of Japan, 2015. Hardcover. As New/As New. Like new. Originally appeared in Japanese as Nihon no Ajia gaiko? : Nisen'nen no keifu (Tokyo: Fujiwara Shoten, 2013). LTCB International Library Selection series. Contents: Fundamentals of Japan's Asian Diplomacy -- The Ethos of Japan's Asian Diplomacy -- The Interaction of Domestic and Foreign Policy -- Foreign Relations of Japan, China, and Korea in Historical Perspective -- The History of Sikanron Thought -- Two Millennia of Sino-Japanese History: Five Wars and their Antecedents.

Toronto: HarperFlamingo Canada, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED by author to previous owner. Like new, but with slight wear to dust jacket and 1" closed tear at bottom right corner. "A masterful exploration of a writer [Katherine Mansfield] whose fierce and forceful presence collided with the more ordinary possibilities of those who loved and admired her. Arcing gracefully from New Zealand to Europe and finally to Chicago and Windsor, Ontario, Thieves is at once a mystery, an absorbing love story, and a haunting study of what makes us whole" -- dust jacket. BAY 36.

Toronto: Methuen, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Book is in very good condition, dust jacket is acceptable. Dust jacket shows wear, small nicks and creases at edges. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. CDN BAY 12.

Tokyo: Keio Institute for Journalism, Media & Communication Studies, 2015. Soft cover. Very Good. Grey design on cover with blue lettering. Cover shows slight wear only. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is an anthology of selected articles from the Keio Communication Review (KCR), the first English-language academic journal in Japan dedicated to journalism, communication, and information technology related policy.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket has wear to edges, 1/2" closed tear at back, and water stain at bottom of spine. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; date on rear free endpaper. Contents: Rural literature and the rural tradition -- Izaak Walton -- Gilbert White -- William Cobbett -- Mary Russell Mitford -- George Borrow -- Richard Jefferies -- George Sturt / "George Bourne" -- W.H. Hudson -- Edward Thomas -- Henry Williamson -- H.J. Massingham -- Conclusion. BAY 31.

New York: Pergamon Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Slight wear to corners of cover and tips of spine. No dust jacket. 377 pages. Pergamon policy studies on international politics. Contents: pt. 1. Religious terror: Terror and the Messiah: an ancient experience and some modern parallels / David C. Rapoport -- Models of rebellion / Vytautas Kavolis -- The unraveling of the myth of progress / Moshe Amon -- International terrorism and the just war / John Dugard -- Liberation theology: its methodological foundation for violence / John R. Pottenger -- pt. 2. State terror: The French Revolution: "Jacobin terror" / Michael Phillip Carter -- Fascism's philosophy of violence and the concept of terror / A. James Gregor -- Nazi terrorism: the complete trap and the final solution / Shlomo Aronson -- Document on terror -- pt. 3. Rebel terror: The moral issue: some aspects of individual terror / Zeev Ivianski --… Read More

San Bernadino, CA: Caminoguide.net, 2013. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Published April 2013. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows slight wear only. 91 pages, including maps. BAY 28.

Victoria, BC: Agio Publishing House, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows minor wear only. "World leaders have not been able to find solutions to the growing problem of global insecurity associated with failed and failing states in many regions. Governance and Security As A Unitary Concept is the first compilation of contemporary commentaries - from twenty contributing authors on six continents - to examine governance and security together rather than as complementary yet separate entities" (back cover). Contents: Establishing structures --Dimensions of security -- Perspectives on resource security -- States within states and states of co-operation -- Rules to ensure good governance and security -- Challenges to assuring security -- Non-European governance -- A comprehensive approach -- Summary of our aspirations. CDN BAY 18.

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.