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BookDragon January 2007

Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne: The Tragic True Story of Japan’s Crown Princess by Ben Hills [in San Francisco Chronicle]

30 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Biography, Japanese, Repost

princess-masako1What's wrong with this picture?: An independent, cosmopolitan young woman, educated at Harvard and Oxford, proficient in six languages, who is on the fast track to becoming a diplomat in spite of a male-dominated society, gives...

The Alchemy of Desire by Tarun Tejpal [in Christian Science Monitor]

09 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

alchemy-of-desireTarun Tejpal's debut novel, The Alchemy of Desire, begins and ends with the same words - but with a completely different meaning by book's end. Over the course of 518 pages, an unnamed writer takes a...

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

american-born-chineseGene Luen Yang, National Book Award Nominee, Makes Publishing History ...

Buddha by Osamu Tezuka [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Buddha1-8 Buddha, Volume 1: Kapilavastu Buddha, Volume 2: The Four Encounters Buddha, Volume 3: Devadatta Buddha, Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela Buddha, Volume 5: Deer Park Buddha, Volume 6: Ananda Buddha, Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu Buddha, Volume 8: Jetavana Graphic novels are big...

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