The Birds of Japan  •  Mark Brazil REFERENCE •  1991 •  HARD COVER  • 466 PAGES • COMING IN Brazil's landmark guide, with illustrations by Masayuki Yabuuchi, covers in detail 583 species of birds in Japan. Based on extensive field work, most of the book is devoted to a comprehensive overview of the status and distribution of birds in Japan. With six color plates and 60 black-and-white drawings. (JPN214, $99.95)
Japanese Beyond Words, How to Walk and Talk Like a Native Speaker  •  Andrew Horvat GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES • COMING IN A long time resident of Tokyo, Horvat explains how to dress, walk, talk, slurp, and bow your way to cultural fluency in Japanese. He covers the sometimes confounding etiquette of shoes, doors, politeness, dress, business cards and other keys to getting along in Japan. (JPN194, $14.95)
How to Look at Japanese Art  •  Stephen Addiss ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES • COMING IN A practical, illustrated guide to appreciating the traditional arts of Japan, including ceramics, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, woodblock prints and gardens. Each chapter includes key questions to engage the viewer. Addiss, who is an art historian, has also written "The Art of Zen." (JPN45). (JPN61, $19.95)
Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth  •  Maurice Krafft NATURAL HISTORY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • COMING IN A volume in the acclaimed Discoveries series, this lavishly illustrated pocket-size encyclopedia is an overview of volcanoes and volcanology by the great French scientist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1991). It's a history of our understanding of volcanoes, a profile of some of the most famous examples, and an excellent introduction to how they are formed. (GEO06, $12.95)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)