No One's Perfect. 五体不満足 [King in the Wheelchair: My preschool and elementary school years; Full SPeed Ahead : My middle school, high school, and cram school years; Barrier-Free Heart : My time at Waseda University] [Gotai fumanzoku]
by Ototake, Hirotada, 1976- 乙武 洋匡 [translated by Gerry Harcourt オトタケ, ヒロタダ; photo, Akimoto Takao, Ayano Makoto; jacket design, John Candell
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Tokyo ; New York ; London : Kodansha International, 1998., 1998. As New. 1st edition ; 226 pp. : illustrated ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 4770025009 ; LCCN: 00-33074 ; OCLC: 43954034 ; orange and brown cloth with gold lettering, in photographic dustjacket ; "In 1976 in Tokyo, Hirotada "Oto" Ototake was born with tetra-amelia, a congenital condition leaving him with almost no arms and legs. Motivated by the idea that there are some things that only a disabled person can do, he became actively involved in a campaign for a "barrier-free" society while he was majoring in politics and economics at Japan's prestigious Waseda University. From April 1999 he has worked as a co-presenter of a prime-time TV news program" ; text in English ; slight scuffs, else AS NEW
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- No One's Perfect. 五体不満足 [King in the Wheelchair: My preschool and elementary school years; Full SPeed Ahead : My middle school, high school, and cram school years; Barrier-Free Heart : My time at Waseda University] [Gotai fumanzoku]
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- Ototake, Hirotada, 1976- 乙武 洋匡 [translated by Gerry Harcourt オトタケ, ヒロタダ; photo, Akimoto Takao, Ayano Makoto; jacket design, John Candell
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- Tokyo ; New York ; London : Kodansha International, 1998.
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- Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- 1998
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- japanese society disabled disability disabilities barriers liberation deformities tetra amelia waseda university challenges motivation
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