“This novel of a young Samoan-American’s search for authenticity is ‘a rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi-…
“Uses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China’s modern economic gaps, cultural…
“Explores the early contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the first European settlers. A young Noongar man named Bobby…
“First generation Japanese-American Sato chronicles the tribulations her family endured in America through the Great Depression and WWII.…
“Kira-kira (kee’ ra kee’ ra): glittering, shining, glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is…
The war in Vietnam was a seminal event in post-1945 world affairs. The conflict had a profound and lasting impact on the politics and…
In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last…
“There is conflict in the whanau. The young man, Te Rua, holds a ‘secret for life, the one to die with.’ But he realizes that if he is to…
“This haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. The book is set on the island of Leyte in the…
“In Waiting, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author Ha Jin draws on his intimate knowledge of contemporary China to create a novel of…