Showa: A History of Japan, 1939-1944 Teens By Joe Flood

By Joe Flood

this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens

an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold

a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I

Two rival navies engage in a deadly game of feint and thrust

Showa: A History of Japan, 1939-1944 Teens By Joe FloodShowa 1939 1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. This volume covers the devastation of the Sino Japanese War and the first few years of the Pacific Wara chilling reminder of just how harsh life in Japan was during this hostile era. Pivotal events like the attack on Pearl Harbor are reframed as part of a larger context detailing