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Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises.
After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals...
After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals...
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Best-selling author J.G. Ballard was a privileged British child living in China when World War II broke out. Separated from his parents, he was confined in a Japanese internment camp from 1942 to 1945. Empire of the Sun is his riveting eyewitness account of these years during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. It was made into a popular, award-winning movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Narrator Gerard Doyle's performance captures young Ballard's...
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Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Four mysterious words prompt antiques dealer Precious Rafferty to embark on a quest across Europe to uncover their meaning. Preshy, at age thirty-eight, loves her American-in-Paris life, but thinks that she'll never be swept off her feet-until she meets Bennett James. As their whirlwind courtship progresses, though, she realizes that there is much about his business life in Shanghai she doesn't know. Then she receives an urgent message from Lily Song,...
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English
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In 1939 Romy and her family leave Austria to settle in Shanghai as Jewish refugees and Romy forms a deep friendship with Li, and in 2016, Romy's granddaughter Alexandra transfers to Shanghai to search for clues about her mother's history.
1939, Shanghai: Beautiful local Li and Jewish refugee Romy form a fierce friendship, but the deepening shadows of World War II fall over the women as they slip between the city's glamorous French Concession district...
5) Ruse
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Series
Want volume 2
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Jason Zhou, his friends, and Daiyu are still recovering from the aftermath of bombing Jin Corp headquarters. But Jin, the ruthless billionaire and Daiyu's father, is out for blood. When Jin has Jany murdered and steals the tech she had refused to sell him, Lingyi is the only one who has access to the encrypted info, putting her own life in jeopardy. Zhou doesn't hesitate to fly to China to help Iris find Lingyi, but the group is playing a treacherous...
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Series
Century quartet volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
304 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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Sheng, Elettra, Harvey, and Mistral meet in Shanghai to find the Pearl of the Sea Dragon relic and complete the pact before Heremit Devil can stop them.
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
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xiv, 589 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who has honed her ability to become any man's fantasy since her start as a "Virgin Courtesan" at the age of twelve, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her. Violet is the privileged daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is...
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