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Valor With Honor

Valor With Honor: an independent feature documentary on the last interviews of Japanese American WW2 vets that served in 442nd Regimental Combat Team. 442nd is the most decorated American unit for its size and length of service in the history of the…

Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency

The roots of free agency: integration and expansion in the baseball world -- A piece of property: the making and meaning of free agency in major league baseball -- Two strikes: star power and solidarity in the United States and Mexico -- On the…

The Monster in the Mudball

After Jin's baby brother, Smiler, drools on a big ball of mud in their neighbour Madalitso's bedroom, the mudball sprouts huge chicken-feet legs and runs off. Jin gives chase, hoping to put everything back together before Madalitso can see they broke…

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

Songs of Willow Frost

With his friend Charlotte, twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, escapes from a Seattle orphanage determined to find his mother Willow and discover his connection to the exotic film star.

Minidoka : an American concentration camp

In Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp, Teresa Tamura documents one of ten such camps, the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho. Her documentation includes artifacts made in the camp as well as the story of its survivors,…

Malaysian Batik : Reinventing a Tradition

Malaysian Batik traces the origins of batik, and the materials, methods and motifs of the block-stamped and hand drawn techniques found there. The batiks in this book feature a bolder, freer design than traditional batiks, with a brighter palette,…