O-bon Holidays: We will be open with regular business hours:  11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Coming Attractions:
    Eamonn Fingleton 
    06 September 2009

Eamonn Fingleton’s latest book is In the Jaws of the Dragon:  America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony. The title of his talk, “Blindside Ver. 2”, derives from his first book Blindside: Why Japan is Still on Track to Overtake the U.S. by the Year 2000. To attend this talk, you’ll need to buy from our shop a copy of In the Jaws of the Dragon.

 Past Events                                 26 July 2009

Stephen Mansfield (shown below) emphasized “the warmth of the city” in his talk on the cultural and literary history of Tokyo.  His wide-ranging talk and the ensuing

discussion ranged from the city’s Taoist “submission to constant flux” to its subterranean earthquake shelters.

BookClubs
On 16 August, our BookClub members will discuss Crane Brinton’s classic The Anatomy of Revolution.

On 13  Sept,  members of our  Non-Native English Speakers’ BookClub will discuss The White Tiger by Arvind Adiga.

Roxanne Modafferi,  professional mixed martial artist, and K-GRACE Women's Open-weight
Champion 2007 (Wikipedia) dropped into the store recently to pick up some books.  Fighter girls read too!

Conan the Librarian says:

Strangest request of the month:

I am looking for a book in better than new condition. 

Strangest Books Traded this Month: 

Pornogami – A Guide to the Ancient Art of Paper-folding  for Adults by Master Sugoi

The Bad Idea Catalog by Chris Bittler and Dave Markov

Who Cut the Cheese?  A Cultural History of the Fart: by Jim Dawson

Strange Questions of the Month:

What are you? 

Is this a trading store?

Do you sell sign-writing tools?

Strangest Conversation of the Month:

“How do I get to your store?”

“Please go out the East exit of Ebisu station and then…”

“Okay, I got it!”