Tag Archives: Japan

Book Review: Plene Idiota Vortaro

Posted on February 19, 2017 by nathanalbright

Plene Idiota Vortaro Kun Suplemento, by K. Paringhien The odds are good that this review will contain more text in it than the book itself.  When I find particularly odd books like this one, I find it worthwhile to report … Continue reading →

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Võidupüha

Posted on June 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

The world may little note or remember that on June 23, 1919, Estonian troops and their Latvian allies defeated the Baltische Landeswehr of the Germans who sought to preserve their power over the peasants of the Baltic States in the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rape Of Nanking

Posted on March 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II, by Iris Chang It is immensely shocking that this book, which was published in 1997, and which I acquired as part of the books on discount at a Portland-area … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Final Fantasy And Philosophy: The Ultimate Walkthrough

Posted on February 11, 2016 by nathanalbright

As a fond reader of books relating to philosophy and video games [1], and a fan of the Final Fantasy series of roleplaying games by SquareEnix, I thought this would be a lighthearted and enjoyable read, that even if it … Continue reading →

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Feels Like A Coming Of Age

Posted on January 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

As it happens, as I write this, today, the second Monday of January, is Coming of Age Day in Japan, where young women are supposed to dress up in kimonos, and where young men either dress in kimonos or in … Continue reading →

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Collective Defense For The Unwilling

Posted on September 22, 2015 by nathanalbright

In the past few years, Japan has gotten at least a little bit more aggressive in its foreign policy. After joining the coalition of the willing in the early 2000s, the government of Japan recently passed a law to make … Continue reading →

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Makai Toushi Sa Ga: Reflection On A Retro Video Game

Posted on August 30, 2015 by nathanalbright

As a child, when I first had a Gameboy, one of the games I enjoyed playing most was a game known in the United States as The Final Fantasy Legend. Although in many ways the gameplay was similar to Final … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Knocked Down But I Won’t Be Broken

Posted on December 26, 2014 by nathanalbright

As someone who was very fond of Laura Hillenbrand’s book “Unbroken” [1], I was cautiously optimistic about the film of the same name, even if having Angelina Jolie direct a film about a man whose epic endurance led him to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ripples Of Battle

Posted on September 26, 2014 by nathanalbright

Ripples Of Battle, by Victor David Hansen This was one of the books that I bought from the St. Johns Booksellers [1], and it is the second book I have read from this author. Of course, I was required to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cetaganda

Posted on March 18, 2014 by nathanalbright

Cetaganda, by Lois McMaster Bujold As the fifth novel [1] in the chronology of the Miles Vorkosigan series of adventures, I was curious to see where this novel would go in developing the universe that Bujold has constructed, where previous … Continue reading →

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