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On a foggy spring morning in 1862, Sarah Browning watches a train leave Lake City, Florida, heading northeast and full of Confederate soldiers. On board is her husband, Alex, crowded into a boxcar with fellow recruits and imagining the terrors awaiting him in Manassas, Gettysburg, Olustee, and the Wilderness. With Alex on the battlefield, Sarah uses her wit and Christian faith to sustain her family through innumerable hardships, made all the more threat­ening without comfort from her husband. Alone to face these challenges, Sarah makes the most dramatic decision of her life. Based on a true family story, Alligator Creek presents strong characters who survived the hardship of the American Civil War through love, sacrifice, and endurance.

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Arriving in Seattle on the eve of World War II, Japanese-born Mitsuko falls for Tom, a widowed pastor, and becomes surrogate mother to his fair-haired American toddler, Bill. But the bombing of Pearl Harbor strains the newly formed family as U.S. government mandates and Tom’s growing discomfort with all things Japanese force Mitsuko and young Bill to leave Seattle and Tom behind for the Minidoka Internment Camp, unsure if they will ever return.Two decades later, memories of Minidoka and long-lost Mitsuko haunt Bill, sparking an arduous journey that leads him from Seattle’s International District to newly reconstructed Japan to find his Japanese mother and learn the truth about their shared past.Jay Rubin is one of the foremost English-language translators of Japanese literature. He is best known for his numerous translations of works by Haruki Murakami, Japan’s leading contemporary novelist, and the study Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words. Most recently, he has translated the first two books of Murakami’s bestselling novel, 1Q84. In addition, Rubin’s Making Sense of Japanese remains one the widely used guides to Japanese language studies.Jay Rubin received his PhD in Japanese literature from the University of Chicago and taught at Harvard University and the University of Washington. He lives near Seattle with his wife.

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This in-depth look at one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the Pacific Northwest provides a much-needed overview of the Korean American experience as well as moving personal anecdotes. Graphs offer information about Korean immigration patterns over time, while black-and-white portraits reveal the people behind the statistics.The Korean American Historical Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 to enrich the collective memory of Korean Americans by collecting, maintaining, and transmitting their stories.

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Arriving just in time for Halloween, this collection of true stories and facts about yurei–the iconic Japanese ghosts–spans the genres of history, folklore, paranormal activity, and real-life horror. Zack Davisson blends his expert knowledge of Japanese folklore with ancient tales and firsthand accounts of yurei encounters, traversing historical documents, present-day yurei films (i.e. «The Ring»), and interviews to explore the continued existence of yurei in modern day Japan.Includes 15 ghostly images of both classical and contemporary yurei. Connects ancient ghosts to present-day ghosts in Japanese horror films and books, thus appealing to J-horror and manga fans.Includes a section on «yurei miscellanea,» fascinating and spooky tales and trivia that didn't fit elsewhere in the book.Includes 19 translated spooky tales and stories and 14 short articles explaining different aspects of the yurei phenomenon.

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Sumie Kawakami is an experienced and intelligent reporter who manages to get her subjects to bare their souls and share their anxieties in a book I found hard to put down. ” —Jeff Kingston, The Japan Times"Kawakami presents a frank portrait of Japanese women today, via these compulsively readable, expertly crafted essays. Further kudos should go to Yuko Enomoto for her seamless translation.” —Suzanne Kamata, author of Losing Kei“A tartly written, stereotype-blasting and beautifully made book.” —Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica“Refreshingly intense” —Colleen Mondor, Bookslut"Smart and lively and thoughtful and moving, like a good Studs Terkel without encyclopedic pretensions." —Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, author of the best-selling A Series of Unfortunate Events“Full of rich details of contemporary Japan … in the end readers should understand why Madame Butterfly no longer exists. Or perhaps never existed at all.” —Todd Shimoda author of The Fourth Treasure and 365 Views of Mt. Fuji"An eye-opening, detailed look at the private, intimate lives of Japanese women … This is an intelligent and authoritative work, covering everything from adultery to sex volunteers and the role of fortune tellers in Japanese romance. It is at once illuminating and entertaining, credible and so engrossing you will find it difficult to put down." — Robert Whiting, author of Tokyo Underworld, The Meaning of Ichiro and You Gotta Have WaSumie Kawakami’s Goodbye Madame Butterfly is an intimate look at the sex lives of Japanese people from a female perspective. This groundbreaking work of nonfiction will shatter the myth of the pliant, coy Japanese woman and replace her with a complex, erotic, sexually charged and fiercely independent woman who struggles to find her place in a male-dominated society.

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Молодой князь Петр Иванович Сенявин вынужден был наблюдать за судьбой страны со стороны. Потомок древнего рода с почти двухсотлетней историей, он был лишен возможности повторить подвиги своих славных предков. Где-то там бушевала русско-японская война, Петербург потрясали события «Красного воскресенья», а князь томился в своем имении в Богоявленском, занимаясь делами хозяйственными и семейными. Ах, если бы не та трагедия на Ходынском поле! Обезумевшая толпа, прущая к лавочникам за дармовыми харчами, сносящая все на своем пути, топчущая и давящая своих же. Люди гибли у него на глазах, задыхались, исчезали в бесчисленных ямах, а прямо по ним другие шли к своей призрачной цели. Петру лишь чудом удалось выжить, но он навсегда остался хромым калекой. Однако история никого не обделила вниманием. В России разворачивается революционное движение, привычный и безопасный мир рушится. Судьба то и дело подбрасывает испытания, заставляет сердце сжиматься от боли за детей и верных товарищей, за судьбы отечества и будущее, которое видится все более мрачным в сгустившихся сумерках надвигающейся катастрофы.

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Старик ступил на кладбищенскую землю, устало опустился на траву. Как он очутился здесь? Почему вдруг бросил все дела? Неужели виной всему Пуанкаре с его теоремой о возвращении? Совсем седой, с лицом, испещренным морщинами, из-за которых не видно старых шрамов, старик вовсе не был похож на профессора. Особенно здесь, среди оглушающей кладбищенской тишины. Он поднял глаза на могильный камень, у которого сидел. Ева. Ее не стало шесть лет назад. Она всегда жила здесь, на родной земле, в Беларуси. Когда-то они были неразлучны. Потом он покинул эти края. Как думал – ненадолго. Сколько же дорог он прошел! Алесь мечтал, что поступит в европейскую семинарию, отучится и вернется домой. Но судьба распорядилась иначе. Две мировые войны, одна гражданская, научная работа. И вот он, известный физик, оказался в родных краях. Ева. Какими же разными были их дороги. Каким разным было счастье. А было ли?

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In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, & oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate & culture, & Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the "model minority." This is a powerful & moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores.

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Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.

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This is the fascinating story of Joshua Chamberlain and his volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine. This classic and highly acclaimed book tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on their way to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg. There, on July 2, 1863, at Little Round Top, they heroically saved the left flank of the Union battle line. The Twentieth Maine's remarkable story ends with the surrender of Lee's troops at Appomattox. Considered by Civil War historians to be one of the best regimental histories ever written, this beloved standard of American history includes maps, photographs, and drawings from the original edition.

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