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Subject: Asian and Asian-American Studies

A Village Called Versailles

A Village Called Versailles

by S. Leo Chiang

One community's political awakening in the aftermath of tragedy.

Crossing Lines

Crossing Lines

by Indira Somani & Leena Jayaswal

An Indian-American woman’s struggle to stay connected to India after the loss of her father.

First Person Plural

First Person Plural

by Deann Liem

A Korean adoptee bravely unites her biological and adoptive families.

Golden Venture

Golden Venture

by Peter Cohn

Three hundred undocumented Chinese immigrants sail into a 1993 tragedy that becomes a crucial turning point in US immigration history.

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee

by Deann Liem

A Korean adoptee returns to her native Korea to find her "double," the mysterious girl whose place she took in America.

The Insular Empire

The Insular Empire

by Vanessa Warheit

What is it like to be a colonial subject of the greatest democracy on earth?

The Ultimate Wish

The Ultimate Wish

by Robert Richter and Kathleen Sullivan

Nuclear proliferation: a Nagasaki survivor's wake-up call

Men Are Human, Women Are Buffalo

Men Are Human, Women Are Buffalo

by Joanne Hershfield

Lifting the veil of silence that has long surrounded domestic violence in Thailand

The Red Pines

The Red Pines

by Katie Jennings and Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers

A pioneering Japanese American community perseveres

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Seoul Train

Seoul Train

by Jim Butterworth & Lisa Sleeth and Aaron Lubarsky

SEOUL TRAIN is the definitive exposé into the growing North Korean refugee crisis that threatens to undermine the stability of East Asian peace.

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

by Lynne Sachs and Dana Sachs

Two American sisters reflect on both the war and contemporary life in Vietnam

Wings of Defeat

Wings of Defeat

by Linda Hoaglund and Risa Morimoto

Once we were Kamikaze...

Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy)

Wo Ai Ni Mommy (I Love You, Mommy)

by Stephanie Wang-Breal

When 8-year-old Fang Sui Yong is adopted from China by the Sadowskys, a Jewish family from New York, her life is suddenly upended.