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We discover why appreciating the beauty of sakura, cherry blossom, allows for a moment to deeply experience a season through a single entity (Cherish). In the traditional tea ceremony, we see the importance of kiwameru, the Japanese word for achieving mastery or perfection (Perfect). In umami, we taste how something simple and delicious can nourish the heart (Savour). We explore why the things left unsaid, ma, are just as important as the words we say (Harmonise).

*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* 'One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep...

Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives.

Bestsellerautorin Marie Kondo zeigt uns in ihrem neuen, bisher persönlichsten Hörbuch zentrale Werte und Traditionen der japanischen Kultur, die ihrem eigenen Leben Halt und Orientierung geben und die sie nachfolgenden Generationen vermitteln möchte: Wertschätzen, Meistern, Umsorgen, Genießen, Reinigen und Harmonisieren. Anhand persönlicher Anekdoten macht Marie Kondo die zeitlose Weisheit ihrer japanischen Heimat greifbar und zeigt, wie wir inmitten des modernen Chaos die Harmonie in uns selbst finden und pflegen können.