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Author
Series
Crown Colony novels volume 4
Publisher
Constable
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator and blackmailer. So when he is murdered in his garden, clutching a branch of mimosa, the suspects include local acquaintances, Japanese officials - and his own daughters. Su Lin's Uncle Chen is among those rounded up by the Japanese as reprisal. Hideki Tagawa, a former spy expelled by police officer Le Froy and a power in the new regime, offers Su Lin...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative...
5) 1Q84
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
10) Too many pears!
Author
Publisher
Star Bright Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
日本語
Description
Pamela the cow loves pears so much that no one else ever has a chance to eat any.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Korea has a long, riveting history--it is also a divided nation. South Korea is a vibrant democracy, the tenth largest economy, and is home to a world-renowned culture. North Korea is ruled by the most authoritarian regime in the world, a poor country in a rich region, and is best known for the cult of personality surrounding the ruling Kim family. But both Koreas share a unique common history. Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo draw on decades of...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Traditional Japanese verses depicting the natural world and the many tiny moments that make childhood special, such as blowing bubbles, escaping the rain, rolling an acorn, and flying a kite. Presented in Japanese script, Japanese romanized form, and English.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.
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