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| Author | : John Ball, Tdc |
| Publisher | : Speaking Volumes LLC |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : African American police |
| ISBN | : 9781612329765 |
Virgil Tibbs finds himself in the middle of a deadly situation when the body of an elderly Chinese importer of rare jade is found. Narrowing down the suspect list which includes communist Chinese agents, other jade customers, and drug trafficking , he coolly tracks down the murderer.
| Author | : John Ball |
| Publisher | : Speaking Volumes |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1612329756 |
| Author | : Lani Woodland |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-07-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781732390515 |
Sentenced to death by the man she loves . . .Jade has no control over her future. She is the Emmía, the girl whose magical blood keeps her kingdom's cursed soil fertile and ensures the survival of her people. But her destiny is ruined when pirates take her magical medallion, the loss of which is treasonous, and the prince she loves is honor-bound to sentence her to death.?Forced to flee to the pirate she hates . . .Jade escapes from prison, but her sister is captured and will die in her place unless Jade returns with the medallion still on the pirates' ship. In disguise, she joins the pirate crew where she finds herself drawn to the first officer, William, and his claims of the crown's hidden brutality in the kingdom. But when Jade learns the fate of every Emmía before her, she is finally forced to choose her own destiny: die a martyr or live a rebel.
| Author | : Jade Snow Wong |
| Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2019-11-21 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0295745916 |
Jade Snow Wong’s autobiography portrays her coming-of-age in San Francisco's Chinatown, offering a rich depiction of her immigrant family and her strict upbringing, as well as her rebellion against family and societal expectations for a Chinese woman. Originally published in 1950, Fifth Chinese Daughter was one of the most widely read works by an Asian American author in the twentieth century. The US State Department even sent its charismatic young author on a four-month speaking tour throughout Asia. Cited as an influence by prominent Chinese American writers such as Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston, Fifth Chinese Daughter is a foundational work in Asian American literature. It was written at a time when few portraits of Asian American life were available, and no similar works were as popular and broadly appealing. This new edition includes the original illustrations by Kathryn Uhl and features an introduction by Leslie Bow, who critically examines the changing reception and enduring legacy of the book and offers insight into Wong’s life as an artist and an ambassador of Chinese American culture.
| Author | : Shi Kuo Chang |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 427 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0231128525 |
Forced into the war to save their remaining territory, the indigenous peoples join the Huhui in their continuing struggle against the Shan.".
| Author | : Diane Wei Liang |
| Publisher | : Pan Australia |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780330424035 |
Mei Wang is a modern, independent Chinese woman. She runs her own business in Beijing, working as a private investigator; she owns a car; she even has that most modern of commodities, a male secretary.One day, "Uncle" Chen asks her to find the Eye of Jade, a priceless Han dynasty artefact taken from its museum during the years of the Cultural Revolution when Red Guards swarmed the streets, destroying many remnants of the past. Mei's investigations reveal a story that has far more to do with the past, and her own family history, than she could ever have expected. She must delve into that brutal part of China's history, Mao's labour camps and the countless deaths for which no one was ever held responsible. It exposes the agonising choices made during the Revolution, to kill or be killed, to love or to live.The Eye of Jade is a fascinating glimpse of city life in modern China. Liang captures vividly Beijing's bustle and noise, from seedy gambling dens and cheap noodle bars, to the splendour of the Forbidden City. With a rich cast of characters spanning immigrant workers and government officials, she examines the sometimes uneasy relationship between China's brutal communist past under Mao and its increasingly capitalist present.
| Author | : Tanya Turton |
| Publisher | : Dundurn |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2022-09-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 145974862X |
For readers of Queenie and Honey Girl, a coming-of-age story about queer Black identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life’s pleasures after loss. Jade Brown, a twenty-four-year-old first-generation Jamaican woman living in Toronto, must find a way to pick up the pieces and discover who she is following the mysterious death of her twin sister. Grappling with her grief, Jade seeks solace in lovers and friends during an array of hilarious and heartbreaking adventures. As she investigates some of life’s most frustrating paradoxes, she holds tight to old friends and her ex-girlfriend, lifelines between past and present. On the journey to turning twenty-five, she finally sees that she belongs to herself, and goes about the business of reclaiming that self. Through a series of whirlwind love affairs, parties, and trips abroad, Jade stumbles toward relinquishing the weight of her trauma as she fully comes into her own as a young Black woman and writer. A RARE MACHINES BOOK
| Author | : Tang Jun |
| Publisher | : Funstory |
| Total Pages | : 779 |
| Release | : 2020-08-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1636315089 |
A hooligan brat that came from the countryside only happened to run into a beautiful CEO. From then on, he stepped into a life of luxury and unfettered freedom. As the young delinquent earned a windfall in the stone gambling world, he forcefully picked up girls. Exquisite beauties, pure girls, white-collared beauties, beautiful beauties, noble daughters, all of them were taken in by the rogue bad boy. And see how a country boy, with a beauty in his arms, dominates the world.
| Author | : Renée Watson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2018-02-08 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1408897334 |
2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story 'Important and deeply moving' JOHN GREEN 'Timely and timeless' JACQUELINE WOODSON Jade is a girl striving for success in a world that seems like it's trying to break her. She knows she needs to take every opportunity that comes her way. And she has: every day Jade rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities Jade could do without, like the mentor programme for 'at-risk' girls. Just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. Why is Jade always seen as someone to fix? But with a college scholarship promised at the end of it, how can Jade say no? Jade feels like her life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces. Will it ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in the world? More than anything, Jade just wants the opportunity to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner
