Japan - History

Tokaido

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In Tokaido, each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan.

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Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
45 min.
Tokaido

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Unabridged)

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For 25 years, middle-grade readers have been moved by this telling of Sadako Sasaki's spirited battle with leukemia.

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630L
Length: 
01:32
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Unabridged)

Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (2010)

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Commanding shoguns and samurai warriors, exotic geisha and exquisite artisans—all were part of the Japanese "renaissance"—a period between the 16th and 19th centuries when Japan went from chaos and violence to a land of ritual refinement and peace.

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Middle
High
Length: 
02:40
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire