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At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha.

Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of World War II, the story centers on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections—experimental operations on live U.S.

Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as

In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat.

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings.

This major textbook provides an exciting and authoritative introduction to one of the most important fields of political science.

This anthology, intended to accompany A Companion to Metaphysics (1995), brings together over 60 selections which represent the best & most important works in metaphysics during this century.

A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God was published in 1705 and is one of the most famous attempts at proving the existence of God.

The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels.