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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

In this collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-food restaurant in Chicago, to the barren expanse of Inner Mongolia, [this…

Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle

Oral Histories of 35 Chinese Americans who immigrated 1934-1968

Kimonos

Introduces girls to the Kokeshis' fabulous world of pretty kimonos, unique hair-dos, cheerful friends, and more. Suitable for both girls and adults alike, this book is complete with sneak-peek flaps, fun die-cuts, and lavish gatefolds.

A Cold Wind from Idaho: Poems

Matsuda's poems break for us all the Japanese-American code of silence (gaman) toward the indignities of the nine U.S. government-mandated internment camps of WWII like Minidoka in Idaho where Matsuda was born. He not only educates us in the…

Tankborn

Kayla and Mishalla, two genetically engineered non-human slaves (GENs), fall in love with higher-status boys, discover deep secrets about the creation of GENs, and find out what it means to be human.