Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty Xiatu (原DangDang) Japanese Folktales for Language Learners

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages

a young Chinese army officer

As Yu and his fellow captives struggle to create some sense of community while remaining watchful of the deceptions inherent in every exchange

accompanied by the bitter fog of winter pollution

Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty Xiatu (原DangDang) Japanese Folktales for Language LearnersFrom the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail "Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. In their latest book, The Narrow Corridor, they have answered this question with great insight." Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post In Why Nations