Spencer, Linda

Presents hundreds of superstitions arranged in seven categories: love, money, health, good and bad luck, lucky birds and insects, lucky trees, and lucky animals.

Examines the history of World War II, and focuses on the Japanese home front, and discusses daily life for Japanese civilians, social and cultural trends, the impact on the nation after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other related topics.