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1) Pachinko
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
2) Go
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Korean student living in Japan struggles with his ancestry especially with Sakurai, a Japanese girl he has fallen in love with.
Author
Language
English
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JEF - Historical Fiction - Adults
JEF - Women's History in Fiction (Adults)
MCL - Barnes & Noble Book Club
JEF - Women's History in Fiction (Adults)
MCL - Barnes & Noble Book Club
Description
"A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take...
6) P'ach'ink'o
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1-p'an.
Language
Korean
Description
A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Open Letter edition.
Language
English
Description
"It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor at her grandparents' daydreaming, playing Tetris, and listening to the sounds from the street above...The plan is for Claire to visit Korea with her grandparents. They fled the civil war there over fifty years ago, along with thousands of others, and haven't been back since. When they...
11) A gesture life
Author
Language
English
Description
Hardworking Franklin Hata is careful to never overstep his bounds and to always make his neighbors and customers feel comfortable, but when they learn of his forbidden affair with a Korean comfort woman, his carefully crafted reputation is destroyed.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Tagalog English Bilingual Book. Perfect for kids studying English or Tagalog as their second language.
Sa nakakaantig na istoryang ito, inilarawan ng isang batang babae kung paano naging kamangha-mangha ang kanyang nanay. Masusubaybayan natin siya sa kanyang buong araw na may pagmamahal at pagmamalaki sa kanyang nanay.
Naiintindihan ng nanay niya ang nararamdaman niya at lagi niya itong tinutulungan sa kahit na anong problema. Kaya ng nanay niya...
13) Black flower
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
Author
Language
English
Description
English German bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or German as their second language.
This fun children's picture book follows the story of cute little bunny, Jimmy.
Jimmy doesn't want to sleep in his own bed.
Every night he sneaks into his parents' room and falls asleep in their bed.
Until one night something unexpected happened….
This story may be ideal for reading to your kids at bedtime and enjoyable for the whole...
15) I Love My Mom
Author
Language
English
Description
Punjabi English Bilingual children's book (Gurmukhi). Perfect for kids studying English or Punjabi as their second language. Everybody loves their Mom, no matter what their age. In this bedtime story, the little bunny Jimmy and his older brothers try to find a perfect present for Mom's birthday. They want to show how much they love her. What creative solution did they find to express their feelings? You will find out in this illustrated children's...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Portuguese (Portugal) English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Portuguese as their second language. Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Ch'op'an.
Language
Korean
Description
Novel depicting the life of Yiwu, Korea's last prince, who keeps his Korean pride and resists Japanese imperialism even as he is taken to Japan as a hostage and forced to work for the Japanese military; and his relationship with Jung Hee, a leader in the temporary government in Shanghai.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Watanbe Yuichi, a young guard with a passion for reading, is ordered to investigate a murder. The victim, Sugiyama, also a guard, was feared and despised throughout the prison and inquiries have barely begun when a powerful inmate confesses. But Watanbe is unconvinced; and as he interrogates both the suspect and Yun Dong-ju, a talented Korean poet, he starts to realize that the fearsome guard was not all he appeared to be ... As Watanbe unravels...
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