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The Path of Dreams    by Eugene Woodbury
Price: $1.99 USD. 84960 words. Published by Peaks Island Press  on January 1, 2009. .

Although they have met just once, at a train station in Japan, Elaine Chieko Packard and Connor McKenzie have been haunted ever since by passionate dreams they cannot control. They determine to resolve the tension between the moral strictures of their religion and their own overpowering emotions by eloping, a decision that triggers an entirely unexpected series of events.
Tokyo Zero    by Marc Horne
Price: $2.99 USD. 75400 words. Published on March 4, 2009. .

One man goes to Tokyo to end the world. It goes fairly well. "Cruise wildly imaginative waters where would-be fascist billionaires consort with female assassins, mothers are killed by the Khmer Rouge, plastic surgeons manipulate human DNA, bearded cult leaders levitate on the Tokyo subway, and a superpowerful artificial intelligence employs an irony filter." --TeleRead Review
A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS: A Practical Guide To Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi    by Theresa M. Moore
Price: $2.99 USD. 24690 words. Published on June 8, 2009. .

This guide to martial arts strategy is a retranslation of the original five books by the most famous ronin and kensei(sword saint) of them all. The principles can be applied in all aspects of everyday life to any field of study. This ebook contains essays on the history of Japan and the traditional and religious background that shaped Musashi's philosophy of the sword. Partially illustrated.
League of Extraordinary Robots    by Yolanda Jackson
Price: Free! 69000 words. Published on June 10, 2009. .

When the land of theBots and Humans collide there will be a big bang, war ensues for the ownership of the Bots land by a King name Alfred and a powerful wizard by the name of Whisker. Whisker will capture the king's only son Prince Harry,who will inherit his thron and his wars,whisker will use Prince Harry as ransome to get king Alfred to stop the war aganist the land
The Food Boutique    by Ian Buchanan
Price: Free! 1540 words. Published on June 26, 2009. .

Yukio was a demented old-school chef with an unhealthy obsession about food wastage.
Hiroshima Sunset    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 84590 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

In 2007, self-publishing author, Amanda Blackburn accepts an assignment in Japan to help exonerate the name of a former soldier who served in the post-war Australian occupation army in 1946. The soldier’s damning exploits are revealed in a journal written by an unidentified veteran. A tender love story set against the background of Atomic devastation.
Tokyo South    by Eugene Woodbury
Price: $1.99 USD. 46300 words. Published by Peaks Island Press  on July 28, 2009. .

In this largely autobiographical account of the author's two-year proselyting mission to Japan during the late 1970s, a Mormon missionary confronts an overzealous religious bureaucracy and his own growing doubts as the work of preaching the gospel is turned into a cynical game of numbers and spiritual one-upmanship.
Kimonobox    by Jill Arase
Price: $0.99 USD. 850 words. Published on October 25, 2009. .

Have you ever emptied out an old trunk or chest of drawers and looked through family treasure? Charlotte and Tom had a great time looking through their family treasure chest. This story is a wonderful one for introducing young kids to the notion of family history and it has the added element of discussing Japanese culture.
Who Stole the Train?    by Ben Games
Price: $5.99 USD. 27880 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on October 27, 2009. .

This short, nonfiction semi-biographical story from WWII tells of an Army Officer and five enlisted men racing the Russians to capture a Japanese experimental laser cannon. The weapon is located on a cliff overlooking the Sea of Japan. Read this entertaining account to find out who ultimately won the race and the extremes they went to in order to complete their mission!
Essential Writings of Buddhism: The Diamond Sutra and the Lotus Sutra    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 108020 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .

Two classic texts of Mahayana Buddhism.