India Millar
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Men speak of sacrifice, but only a woman who has lost everything truly knows what the word means.It is said that the gods become offended when mere humans try to usurp their supremacy in directing earthly affairs. Keiko learns this in a way that leaves her with nothing but crushing grief.To catch a traitor, Keiko must lower herself to serve the man who betrayed her, forced to become his slave. When she loses the thing that has come to mean more to...
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Un Nuevo mundo lleno de hermosas posibilidades, pero las viejas cicatrices son profundas.
Midori No Me, la Geisha de Ojos Verdes, ha escapado por fin del Mundo Flotante y se encuentra viviendo su sueño al actuar en una compañía kabuki mientras viaja por los Estados Unidos.
Pero no puede huir de los fantasmas del pasado. La envidia y el engaño amenazan la nueva vida que intenta construir. Y al conocer la crueldad que su antiguo amo, el yakuza...
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In the shadow of a poignant Japanese proverb advocating self-reliance-Rely on your own walking stick rather than people-Mi's life takes an unforeseen and harrowing turn. Overcoming the paralysis of the morning left her with a deformed leg, rendering the proverb a cruel reality. As if guided by an inexorable hand of fate, those she holds closest to her heart, one by one, betray her trust, leaving Mi to navigate a world of isolation and despair.Caught...
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De todas las geishas, solo la rareza de Mineko permanecía oculta al mundo.
Mineko era la geisha que no podía sentir dolor. Era la geisha a la que ningún hombre podía hacer daño, sin importar cuánto lo intentara. Y no solo era Mineko incapaz de sentir dolor físico, también era incapaz de sentir emociones como el amor, el deseo o el anhelo. Hasta que conoció al samurái que se convertiría en su amante; el hombre que, exactamente igual que...
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Will you step into my web? You will like it here. No one ever leaves There are some who believe that the honor of a samurai is reserved for men. But they are wrong.
A daughter of a samurai picks up her father's sword and becomes a legend. Each stroke of the sword is as precise as the stroke of a brush. The haikus herein are spread across the eight-book epic saga Warrior Woman of the Samurai but collected here for your enjoyment.
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Antes de 1850, Japón había estado cerrado para el mundo exterior durante siglos. Era un mundo secreto, oculto. Y dentro de Edo (el actual Tokio) se encontraba Yoshiwara, "El Mundo Flotante". El centro del placer. Y dentro de Yoshiwara estaba la Casa Escondida. El lugar que solo los más adinerados podían permitirse. El lugar donde las geishas eran…especiales.
Y en la Casa Escondida vivía Midori No Me. Mitad japonesa, mitad bárbara extranjera,...
7) Cricket
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Memories are gifts from the gods. But they can also be a curse…Washing up on a strange and distant shore after being swept off her ship, Keiko is given the precious opportunity to walk away from who she was and find true peace and happiness. Two things that have eluded her ever since she first took up her father's sword.But Keiko should know that she can never truly escape her past.When her new life is upended, Keiko sees that the true path of the...
8) Moth
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At the end of the beginning, and the beginning of the end, a journey will come full circle...
When Keiko suffers a terrible, personal loss, she believes that she has been reduced to nothing and can no longer wield her samurai sword. In order to survive, she is forced to become little more than a beggar, a humiliating ending for a woman who once inspired legends.
But fate still has her own plans for Keiko's future.
After traveling the world, and...
9) Chameleon
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Keiko thought she was becoming a true samurai warrior, but the loss of her sister will make her doubt everything.
Keiko's revenge on her enemies is almost complete. Like the chameleon, she has changed herself to attract and entrap the men she seeks. Now, just one man remains unpunished. But before she can complete her vengeance, karma destroys her plans cruelly.
Niko-her adopted younger sister-is kidnapped.
Keiko is sure she knows who is behind...
10) Frog in a Well
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In the world of a Japanese proverb, the frog who resides in a well knows nothing beyond its narrow confines. Mi's life mirrored this notion until she was struck by the devastating grip of polio, thrusting her into a world of unexpected challenges. After months of grappling with fever and pain, she emerged not as a hopeless cripple, but as a survivor with a newfound purpose.Mi's story transcends the boundaries of her well-like existence, revealing...
11) Dragonfly
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Even the strongest woman has her breaking point, and Keiko has reached hers.
Sick at heart and wanting only to leave her past behind her, Keiko is drawn to the sea. Seeking refuge from the world that has nearly torn her spirit apart, she boards the first ship she finds and sails away gladly from her former life.
Although Keiko thinks she is done with her past life, fate has much more in store. Her ship is taken by a band of wokou—desperate pirates...
12) Spider
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When Keiko chooses duty over love, she wonders if the code of the samurai is worth the heartache.
Leaving Edo to save the life of a man she once loved, Keiko must give up everything she has worked for. She vows one day to return, but she has learned the hard lesson that the gods have a dark sense of humor.
The city of Kobe seems a world away from Edo, a place where she could disappear, become whoever she wants to be, and leave the way of the samurai...
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As Japan stands on the precipice of transformation under the new emperor's decree to bury the past, Mi finds herself torn between the relentless march of progress and her loyalty to an old friend. When a trusted confidant arrives severely wounded after participating in a rebellion against the emerging order, Mi's world is thrown into turmoil.Determined to heal her friend, Mi deploys all her formidable skills, but her impulsive decision to join him...
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Alone in the world, one woman must use her sword to seek revenge...
After Keiko finds herself alone, it is up to her to save her family name and honor.
But she is still only a woman.
After humbling herself to her daimyo and begs him to restore her birthright, she is met with only ridicule and watches as the man takes her family lands for himself. According to the samurai code of bushido, there is only one thing left for Keiko.
Vengeance.
Keiko...
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Paper was once aLiving thing. Do words writtenOn it also live?For the geisha of the Hidden House, the pleasure house in the heart of Edo's notorious Floating World, writing was an escape. A way to forget about the troubles and monotony of their everyday lives and dream, even if just for a moment, of another world. Their fear and joy, pain and pleasure, happiness and sorrow bleed from the ends of the ink brush and onto the pages herein.The haikus in...