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A History-making Day

Gary Locke is sworn in as the nation's first Chinese American governor in a history-making ceremony that marked his rise from a childhood in a Seattle housing project to his new home in the governor's mansion.

A House by the River

Belinda's courage is tested when she and her mother sit out a storm, hoping that their house will protect them from the rising river.

A House Full of People

The story of a middle-class family in Calcutta.

A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: a Concise History, with a Selective Guide to Videos and DVDs

In this book, Donald Richie offers an insider's look at the achievements of Japanese filmmakers. He begins in the late 1800 when the incipient industry took its inspiration from the traditional stories of Kabuki and Noh theater, and finishes with theā€¦

A Japanese Colony Through a Teacher's Eyes: A seven weeks study of race Relations at Tule Lake Re-location Center.

A thoughtful document by a Caucasian teacher at Tule Lake who presents many aspects of the lives of the internees. Also includes an announment of the retirement of the teacher, Mabel Downs, who wrote the paper.

A Japanese House Built for Tradition

Some and Kaoru Kokita built a Japanese style house in Seattle to entertain guests

A Jar of Dreams

A young girl grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930's, a time of great prejudice.