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The International Bestseller
New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionWinner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship
"[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." -The New York Times Book Review
"A triumph, a novelistic rendition of one of the most difficult times in Vietnamese history . . . Vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting." -VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The...
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In Remembrance: Fiction Set in Times of War (SCPL)
2023 Read Widely: Southeast Asia
Family Sagas
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2023 Read Widely: Southeast Asia
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With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920,...
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"The multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just...
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With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later...
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Striking illustrations, rich in color and texture, by Sophie Casson offer an original interpretation of this popular traditional children's folk song recorded by the exceptionally gifted duo Sin and Swoon.
This enhanced ebook offers illustrated lyrics followed by a recording of the song.
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An illuminating story of a Sufi community that sought the revelation of God.
In the Afghan highlands of the sixteenth century, the messianic community known as the Roshaniyya not only desired to find God's word and to abide by it but also attempted to practice God's word and to develop techniques of language intended to render their own tongues as the organs of continuous revelation. As their critics would contend, however, the Roshaniyya attempted...
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Finalist for the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. From the bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a richly poetic and suspenseful saga about two Vietnamese sisters, an American veteran, and an Amerasian man whose lives intersect in surprising ways, set during and after the war in Việt Nam.
"Powerful and deeply empathetic. A heartbreaking tale of lost ideals, human devotion, and hard-won redemption. Dust...
"Powerful and deeply empathetic. A heartbreaking tale of lost ideals, human devotion, and hard-won redemption. Dust...
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Easy arrangements of 100 favorites for kids, including: Addams Family Theme * Alphabet Song * Any Dream Will Do * The Bear Went over the Mountain * Beauty and the Beast * Bob the Builder "Intro Theme Song" * The Candy Man * Do-Re-Mi * Edelweiss * Elmo's Song * Hakuna Matata * The Hokey Pokey * If You're Happy and You Know It * John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt * Let's Go Fly a Kite * Linus and Lucy * My Favorite Things * On Top of Spaghetti * She'll...
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1938, China. With the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk...
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Twelve Chapters. Over a hundred years of memories.
"It's our way of remembering who we are."
Christmas Eve 1925 – Cades Cove, Tennessee, is alive with the sounds of cowbells, rifles, firecrackers, and love. A young couple courts under the unique Appalachian tradition of serenading, growing closer as the season unfolds. Aunt Becky Cable regales the community with stories of days gone by, while everyone tries to set aside the looming tension...
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"At the turn of the twentieth century, Yunhong is born into a loving family in the southern China countryside, but as Communism consumes her older brothers, it threatens her stability-and her love affair with the son of a wealthy landlord. The line of women who later descend from Yunhong share the burden of a family birthmark and are also each forced to reckon with both dramatic political change and the ghosts of the past."-- Provided by publisher....
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"When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she’s last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life-a beautiful lake house, a charming professor boyfriend, and invites to elegant parties that bubble over with champagne and good taste-but it all crumbles with one positive pregnancy test. With both her relationship and carefully planned future...
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"The true story of a Chinese American mountain man who fed thirty people for ten days in the wilderness--and helped inspire the creation of the National Park Service. Tie Sing was born in the mountains. The mountains were in his blood. But because he was of Chinese descent at a time in America when to be Chinese meant working in restaurants or laundries, Tie Sing's prospects were limited. But he had bigger plans. He began cooking for mapmakers and...
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Singing Hills cycle volume 2
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The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover-a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty--and discover how truth can survive becoming history. Nghi Vo returns to the empire of Ahn and the Singing Hills Cycle in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, a...
20) Missing Okalee
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"When Pheobe's sister, Okalee, drowns in the river during their annual spring celebration, Phoebe is wracked with guilt to the point that she loses her singing voice"-- Provided by publisher.
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