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Mationette by Sam E. Rivers

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What if the world we know today didn’t exist anymore? Where your only collateral is your own body. A time, when anyone can be made into a soulless puppet, taking away their free will and power. After the endless wars over the years, the world collapsed. A new society has risen, one which was even more terrifying than any that came before. The world-power has shifted, a new authority has risen. Banks. An organization, that doesn’t deal with property and stocks anymore. Their new collateral … [Read more...] about Mationette by Sam E. Rivers

Filed Under: Fantasy, Kindle Unlimited eBooks, PermaFree Books Tagged With: friendhip, future, Japan, mystery, Sam E. Rivers fantasy

Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko

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Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko Running from a life she didn't choose, in a city she doesn't know, Sukanya, a young Thai girl, escapes into Tokyo from human traffickers who will do anything to recover the computer she took. With help from Chiho, a Japanese girl living in a net café, she tries to get free from her pursuers and her past. Detective Hiroshi Shimizu tracks the killers through Tokyo’s teen hangouts and deserted docks, straight into the underbelly of the global economy and the … [Read more...] about Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko

Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Heat Level 4 - R Rated, Mystery/Suspense, Print Books Tagged With: detective, international, Japan, Michael Pronko, mystery, suspense, thriller, tokyo

The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

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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, a lost keynote speech and a tangled web of relations. When his alluring daughter, Jamie, returns from America wanting answers, Detective Hiroshi Shimizu is dragged from the safe confines of his office into the street-level realities of Pacific Rim politics. Hiroshi searches for the killer from Tokyo’s back alley bars to … [Read more...] about The Moving Blade by Michael Pronko

Filed Under: Mystery/Suspense Tagged With: crime fiction, detective, international, Japan, mystery, suspense, thriller, tokyo

English to Go: inside Japan’s teaching sweatshops by Craig Currie-Robson

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The English business in Japan is in trouble. Large chains such as NOVA cut salaries and benefits even as they profit and expand; Teachers go on strike at Berlitz and ECC. Gaba punishes staff for the tiniest transgressions and turns a blind eye to complaints against customers. Interac hires foreign workers who arrive to find their contracts have changed or do not exist at all. From one end of the country to the other, Japanese language schools exploit their foreign teachers and local staff … [Read more...] about English to Go: inside Japan’s teaching sweatshops by Craig Currie-Robson

Filed Under: Non-fiction Tagged With: discrimination, English, Japan, teaching

Interview with Author – Craig Currie-Robson

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About Craig Currie-Robson: I write fiction and nonfiction. Nonfiction interests include travel, politics, war stories and human interest. I'm also interested in wildlife and conservation writing. Future nonfiction projects will be similar. What inspires you to write? The world and my own experiences. I saw an interview with Bill Maher and Matt Taibi once and Maher pointed out that to write NF you have to be angry about something. Nothing gets people going like a good scandal or a story of … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Craig Currie-Robson

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: discrimination, education, English, Japan

The Seventh Voyage of Temperance by Ichabod Temperance

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“Leapin’ lizards, Miss Plumtartt, we’ve got big trouble, really big trouble!” “Indeed, Mr. Temperance, for unethical experiments carried out in this remote locale, somewhere south of Nippon, have left this Monstrous Isle aswarm with uncanny creatures of titanic dimensions, eh hem?” “Yes, Ma’am, Miss Plumtartt, Ma’am, and if we ain’t careful, one extra jumbo-sized mega-reptile is going to run rampant all over our unsuspecting planet!” “Then let us gather what comrades we may, however unlikely … [Read more...] about The Seventh Voyage of Temperance by Ichabod Temperance

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: action, adventure, humor, Ichabod Temperance, Japan, paranormal, romance, steampunk

Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo by Michael Pronko

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Motions 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 … [Read more...] about Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo by Michael Pronko

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Asia, creative non-fiction, essays, Japan, Michael Pronko, tokyo, Travel

Buyer’s Guide: The Butterfly Crest by Eva Vanrell

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Targeted Age Group: 15 and up Category: Fantasy Print book price range: $14.99 eBook price range: $3.99 About The Butterfly Crest: An ancient war. A long-told prophecy. A cursed inheritance. If you were destined to die, how would you choose to live? Between the shadows of the human world, a war as old as time is being fought. Ageless pantheons scheme to obtain or keep control, provoked by the weight of human belief which has altered the realm of the divine. An ancient prophecy … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: The Butterfly Crest by Eva Vanrell

Filed Under: Buyer's Guides, Fantasy Tagged With: epic, Eva Vanrell, Fantasy, gods, Greek mythology, Japan, mythology, supernatural, yokai

Aisuru by Anma Natsu

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"It was madness to be more than her companion and caretaker..." For the last eight years, Sakura Takeshi has been counting down the time till her life ended. Though she survived the attack that left her an orphan, it's always been borrowed time as her damaged body continued to break down. She told herself she was ready, that she had come to terms with dying before she reached 19. Then she found Kazuki lying wounded in her garden. His arrival opens the door for her whole world to change, … [Read more...] about Aisuru by Anma Natsu

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Anma Natsu, Fantasy, Japan, romance, strong female characters, young adult

Buyer’s Guide: Reprobate – A Katla Novel (Amsterdam Assassin Series 1) by Martyn V. Halm

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Targeted Age Group:: 16+ Category: Mystery/Suspense eBook price range: 0.99 About Reprobate - A Katla Novel (Amsterdam Assassin Series 1): Assassin Katla breaks her own rules when confronted with an unusual witness... Blessed with an almost non-existent conscience, freelance assassin and corporate troubleshooter Katla Sieltjes, expert in disguising homicide, regards murder for profit as an intricate and rewarding occupation. Her solitary existence seems more than satisfactory until a … [Read more...] about Buyer’s Guide: Reprobate – A Katla Novel (Amsterdam Assassin Series 1) by Martyn V. Halm

Filed Under: Bargain Books Under $3, Buyer's Guides, Mystery/Suspense Tagged With: Amsterdam, assassin, female protagonist, Japan, killer, Martyn V. Halm, suspense

Interview with Author – Eva Vanrell

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About Eva Vanrell: Author. Attorney. New Orleanian. Lover of Cherry Ring Pops. Confirmed Japanophile. Dreamer. Sometimes Obsessive. Blunt to a Fault. Wishful-Thinker. Tea and Anime Compulsive. Diehard. In the beginning of 2011, Eva took a blind leap of faith to pursue what she loved most. The result of that journey is her debut novel, The Butterfly Crest. She is currently working on Book Two of the series, so please stay tuned. Eva lives in New Orleans with her husband, two cats and a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Eva Vanrell

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: epic, Eva Vanrell, Fantasy, gods, Greek mythology, Irish mythology, Japan, mythology, yokai

Interview with Author – Renae Lucas-Hall

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About Renae Lucas-Hall: Renae Lucas-Hall is an Australian-born British novelist and writer. Renae spent many years studying French, Italian and Japanese because she loves languages and she always wanted to be an interpreter, a teacher or a writer. Renae graduated from Monash University in Australia with a Bachelor's degree in Japanese language and culture before living and working in Tokyo for two years. Renae has continued to work with the Japanese for many years in Japan, Australia and the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Renae Lucas-Hall

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: fashion, Japan, Japanese Culture, Love, Renae Lucas-Hall, Travel

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