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Of Rice and Yen: An Englishman’s look at the best and worst of Japan

Of Rice and Yen: An Englishman's look at the best and worst of Japan; the pleasures and pains, the gems and the jaw-droppers

Of Rice and Yen: An Englishman’s look at the best and worst of Japan; the pleasures and pains, the gems and the jaw-droppers
by Dave Mosley

Of Rice and Yen is a book on Japanese society, people, and culture with a refreshing difference. A truly honest and balanced account of the country, it covers not only the good aspects of Japanese society but, uniquely, provides a concise and critical account of the worst bits as well.

Forty carefully selected topics, twenty positive and twenty negative, paint a personalized and demystified account of the country in an entertaining, at times witty, and always revealing manner. From men with steel balls to waitresses with no pants, from electric baths to squirting toilets, and from golden turds to exquisite cuisine, this book has it all in a straight-punching account of Japan in all its naked splendour.

For the Japan-curious, this book provides an insight that will entertain and enchant. For the visitor or foreign resident, this book details the aspects of life that will be adored and abhorred; an account to bring the tired guidebook statistics to life.

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August 26th, 2009 | Comments (3)

Follow Me

Follow Me
by Mark Tinney

Mark Tinney explores the impressions of his first season as a tour manager in 1976, in an industry where surprise, excitement and challenge are constant companions.  If you are thinking about a career as a tour manager or just interested in life “on the road” in the tourist world, then this book is for you.

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January 20th, 2009 | Comments (2)

Museum Tracker Exhibits

What is the Museum-Tracker Exhibits Report ? … and, what can it do for you?
by David Berghouse

Know What’s On
The Museum-Tracker Exhibits Report lists significant temporary exhibits and displays in museums and galleries in Europe. To enhance its usefulness, the details are arranged in two broad categories of

  • Cultural & General museums/galleries
  • Technical and Other museums

These categories are further divided by country.

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December 12th, 2008 | Comments (1)

Selected Papers of Charles Hinton: About the Fourth Dimension

Charles Hinton was a prolific and highly imaginative writer that set the line of thought for future writers about the fourth dimension. He elaborated and devised mental exercises to envision the fourth dimension.

In this E-Book, you can find some of his most outstanding and famous articles. See the origin of the classical inductive reasoning that starts from the two dimensional line up to the plane, the tridimensional space, and finally to the fourth dimension.

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May 31st, 2008 | Comments (1)

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, is mentioned in some of the articles in this web site. In order that the reader understand the background of the articles, we are giving a gift to the visitor: a free copy of Flatland, the book that made history.

Flatland is the fascinating story of the people that live in world that unlike our space, theirs is only of two dimensions. People living there are unable to imagine a world with three dimensions like ours.

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May 31st, 2008 | Comments (2)

Japan in a Nutshell

“Across the sea is the land of Japan. With its ancient shrines, sumo wrestlers, Zen masters, capsule hotels, Laughing Festival, fortunetelling birds, haiku masters, phantom foxes, mania for bathing, musical crickets, tea masters, Living National Treasures, Moon Viewing Night, bowing etiquette, Festival of the Dead, dream-eating Baku, samurai films, Fuji pilgrims, and robots, it is unlike anywhere else in the world. Let me tell you about it.”
- Professor Solomon

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Japan in a Nutshell (PDF) 151 pages

January 2nd, 2008 | Comments (0)