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Adios to Tears: The Memoirs of a Japanese-Peruvian Internee in U.S. Concentration Camps By Seiichi Higashide; University of Washington Press, 2000; pb $17.95
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Always Dream By Kristi Yamaguchi with Greg Brown; illustrations by Doug Keith; Taylor Publishing Co., 1998 The 1992 Olympic gold-medal winner shares inspirational stories about overcoming her fears, making difficult choices, and learning about her heritage; Ages 7+; HC $14.95
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An American Son: The Story of George Aratani, Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood By Naomi Hirahara; Japanese American National Museum, 2001 The inspiring story of the man who not only founded powerful businesses, but reveals the ability of Japanese Americans to create their own American success stories; pb $18.95
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Asian American Authors (Collective Biographies Series) By Kathy Ishizuka; Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2000 Includes Carlos Bulosan, Sook Nyul Choi, Maxine Hong Kingston, Marie G. Lee, Bette Bao Lord, Kyoko Mori, Bharati Mukherjee, Amy Tan, Yoshiko Uchida, and Laurence Yep; Grades 6+; Library Binding, $21.00
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By Sayo Masuda; translated by G. G. Rowley; Columbia University Press, 2003 The first full-length autobiography of a former hot-springs-resort geisha chronicles the harsh life in a geisha house; HC $24.95
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Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai By Dave Lowry; Shambhala Publications, Inc., reprint 2001 This autobiography is the story of a life balanced between two cultures; pb $15.95
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Bento
Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America
By Linda Furiya; Avalon Publishing Group, 2006 A 'food memoir' in a small Indiana farm community; pb $15.95
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Beyond Loyalty: The Story of a Kibei By Minoru Kiyota; translated by Linda Klepinger Keenan; University of Hawaii Press, 1998 Autobiography; pb $24.95
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Chinese Cinderella - The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter By Adeline Yen Mah; Random House, 1999 An ALA Best Book for Young Adults; A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1999; Publishers Weekly starred review; Ages 12+; HC $16.95; pb $5.99
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Citizen 13660 Drawings and text by Mine Okubo; University of Washington Press reprint, 1983 A memoir of the author's life in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz Relocation Center during WWII; pb $14.95
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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family By Yoshiko Uchida; University of Washington Press, 1982 The author describes her family's story before the war and during internment; Ages 12+; pb $14.95
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Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders By Naomi Hirahara; Greenwood Press, 2003 Biographies of 96 men and women with varying backgrounds, but all with successful business careers; includes references for further reading; HC $69.95
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The Dream of Water: A Memoir By Kyoko Mori; Random House, 1996 The author travels back to Kobe, Japan, the city of her birth, in an unspoken desire to come to terms with the memory of her mother's suicide and the family she left behind thirteen years before; pb $19.00
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Seasons On My Family Farm
By David Mas Masumoto; HarperCollins, 1996; pb $13.95
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The Evacuation Diary of Hatsuye Egami Edited by Claire Gorfinkel; Intentional Productions, 1996 Daily recordings reveal the inner thoughts of immigrant Hatsuye Egami while living in Tulare Assembly Center; pb $12.95
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Falling Leaves - The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter By Adeline Yen Mah; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997 (hardcover edition); Random House, 1999 (paperback); HC $22.95; pb $13.00
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By Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston; Random House, pb ed., 1995; Houghton Mifflin Co., HC ed., 2002 The true story of one Japanese American family's experience during and after the World War II internment; Ages 12+; HC $15.00; pb $5.99
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Four Seasons in Five Senses: Things Worth Savoring By David Mas Masumoto; W.W. Norton & Co., 2003; HC $24.95
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The Girl With The White Flag By Tomiko Higa; translated by Dorothy Britton; Kodansha, 1991 Separated from her family in the confusion and horror of WWII, Tomiko Higa tells her own story of survival on the battlefields of Okinawa, Japan; ALA Book for Reluctant YA Readers; pb $11.95
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Harvest Son: Planting Roots in American Soil By David Mas Masumoto; W.W. Norton and Co., 1998; pb $13.00
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Hayao Miyazaki - Master of Japanese Animation By Helen McCarthy; Stonebridge Press, 1999 An introduction to Miyazaki's life and work; pb $18.95
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Heartbeat
of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama
by Diane C. Fujino; University of Minnesota Press, 2005 Includes bibliographical references and index; pb $19.95
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Heirlooms:
Letters From a Peach Farmer
By David Mas Masumoto; illustrated by Doug Hansen; Heyday Books, 2007 A follow-up to Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories; HC $21.95 |
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I'm The One That I Want By Margaret Cho; Random House, 2001; HC $22.95; pb $14.95
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Isamu Noguchi Essay by Sam Hunter; exhibit by Bryan Ohno Gallery; Bryan Ohno Editions, 2000; HC $25.00
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Kid From Kauai: A Memoir By Robert Okazaki and Dorothy Hazzard; Mutual Publishing, 2002 Bob Okazaki's account of surviving life's extreme highs and lows including moray eel bites, ghosts, four major wars, a depression, dangerous jobs, earthquakes, countless girlfriends, success and failure, and more; pb $19.95
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The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori By Mark Ravina; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004 HC $24.95
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Letters
to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories
By David Mas Masumoto; illustrated by Doug Hansen; Heyday Books, 2004 Masumoto writes letters to family members, friends and neighbors, reflecting on a savored life as a Japanese American farmer; HC $19.95
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The
Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey Without Borders
By Masayo Duus; translated by Peter Duus; Princeton University Press, 2004 Born in Los Angeles as the illegitimate son of an American mother and a Japanese poet father, Noguchi (1904-1988) was one of the most prolific yet enigmatic figures in twentieth-century art. Includes bibliographical references and index; HC $29.95
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Lives of Notable Asian Americans (Arts, Entertainment, Sports) By Geraldine Gan; Chelsea House Publishers, 1995 Includes Michael Chang, Sammy Lee, Zubin Mehta, Wayne Wang, Kristi Yamaguchi, Maya Lin, Isamu Noguchi, Anna May Wong, Yo-Yo Ma, Margaret Cho; with bibliographical references and index; HC $19.95
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Lives of Notable Asian Americans (Literature and Education) By Christina Chu; Chelsea House Publishers, 1996 Includes Amy Tan, Kimiko Hahn, Li-Young Lee, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Mura, Michael Ondaatje, Han Ung, Jessica Hagedorn, David Henry Hwang, Willyce Kim, Marie Lee, Bharati Mukherjee, Dwight Okita, Laurence Yep; HC $19.95
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The
Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
By William Scott Wilson; Kodansha International, 2004 The first biography of the legendary master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of The Book of Five Rings to appear in English; HC $24.00
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched The West By Lesley Downer; Gotham Books, 2003; HC $25.00
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Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 Edited, Annotated, and with a Biographical Essay by Gordon H. Chang; Stanford University Press, 1997; pb $24.95
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My Country Versus Me By Wen Ho Lee with Helen Zia; Hyperion, 2001 The first-hand account by the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy; HC $23.95; pb $14.95
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My Spy: Memoir of a CIA Wife By Bina Cady Kiyonaga; Harpercollins, 2000; pb $14.00
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Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan By Frederik L. Schodt; Stone Bridge Press, 2003 The true story of a half-Chinook, half-Scot adventurer who entered feudal Japan in 1848 and helped pave the way for its modernization; pb $19.95
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Nisei Daughter By Monica Sone; University of Washington Press, reprint 1979 The author's unique personal account of growing up in Seattle in the 1930's, then being subjected to "relocation" during WWII; pb $14.95
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No One's Perfect By H. Ototake; Translated by Gerry Harcourt; Kodansha International, 2000 Oto is a boy born without arms or legs. He also came home from school one day and told his parents he had signed up to play basketball. In a style purposefully meant to reach all ages, Oto writes about his unique childhood in Japan, a country that traditionally shields the disabled from the public eye; HC $19.95; pb $12.95
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One Sunny Day - A Child's Memories of Hiroshima By Hideko Tamura Snider; Open Court , 1996; includes index; pb $17.95
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir By Beate Sirota Gordon; Kodansha International, 1997 This daughter of renowned Russian pianist Leo Sirota recounts her life in Europe, prewar Japan, and the United States including her role in drafting the women's rights section of Japan's new constitution and later in promoting Asian cultural arts in the US; pb $14.95
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Polite Lies - On Being A Woman Caught Between Cultures By Kyoko Mori; Random House, 1997 Mori explores the different codes of silence, deference, and expression that govern Japanese and American women's lives; pb $12.95
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Reflections
By George T. Tamura; 1995 pb $16.00
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Ryoma - Life of a Renaissance Samurai By Romulus Hillsborough; Ridgeback Press, 1999 Biography of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867) who was assassinated on the night of his thirty-second birthday, shortly after devising the blueprint for the first modern government of Japan; HC $40.00
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Samurai! By Saburo Sakai with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito; ibooks, inc., 2001 The harrowing experiences of Japan's greatest fighter pilot to survive WWII; pb $14.00
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Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy By Rhoda Blumberg; HarperCollins, 2001 In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four fishing companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States; Ages 8+; HC $16.95 (see Bargain Table! for limited number of remaindered copies available at $9.00)
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The Shotoku Teahouse By Richard and Keiko Mumford; Xlibris Corp., 2000 A true story of Dick and Keiko Yano Mumford-- two young people of different races and cultures who meet in Japan, fall in love, and despite the hatred of four years of brutal warfare between their nations, marry. The opposition of Keiko's samurai family, Dick's Methodist parents, and the Navy bureaucracy is nearly overwhelming. As an interracial couple they make America their home, and Keiko struggles to adjust to a new culture; pb $24.99
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Swimming
in the American: A Memoir and Selected Writings
By Hiroshi Kashiwagi; Asian American Curriculum Project, 2005 pb $14.95
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Talking To High Monks In The Snow: An Asian American Odyssey By Lydia Minatoya; HarperCollins, 1993; pb $13.00
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A Taste For Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki By Manabi Hirasaki with Naomi Hirahara; Japanese American National Museum, 2003 HC $45.00; pb $16.95
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A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Past Through Its Proverbs By Adeline Yen Mah; HarperCollins, 2002 Chinese proverbs presented in a historical, cultural and personal context; Includes bibliographical references; HC $24.95
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Totto-chan - The Little Girl at the Window By Tetsuko Kuroyanagi; translated by Dorothy Britton; Kodansha International, 1982 This series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during WWII that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love; pb $11.00
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Tule Lake: An Issei Memoir By Noboru Shirai; translated by Ray Hosoda; Muteki Press, 2001 (English version) Includes notes, glossary, statistics, photographs, camp map, camp index, block and barrack layout and oral histories of former internees; pb $19.00
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Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei By David Mura; Grove/Atlantic, 2005; pb $14.00
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Watching The Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition, and Spiritual Wisdom By Adeline Yen Mah; Random House, 2001 Includes bibliographical references; HC $22.95
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With Obligation To All By George R. Ariyoshi; Ariyoshi Foundation, 1997; HC $20.00
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