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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.
Han in the Upper Left
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.
Yurei
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his expert knowledge of Japanese folklore with ancient tales and firsthand accounts of yurei encounters, traversing historical documents, present-day yurei films (i.e. «The Ring»), and interviews to explore the continued existence of yurei in modern day Japan.Includes 15 ghostly images of both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.
School Board
"School Board is a total joy to read, as full of sass and subversive brass as its 18-year-old hero, the political neophyte and Houston school board candidate Tucker 'Catfish' Davis … I hope School Board is the first of many more to come from this gifted young writer."-Ben Fountain, author of National Book Critics Circle Award winner Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and Brief Encounters with Che Guevara“Into the riotous cavalcade of great American literary characters tumbles a new class clown, Tucker 'Catfish' Davis, high school senior and aspiring politician. One part Ignatius J. Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces, one part Hazel Motes from Wise Blood, and several parts Willie Stark from All the King's Men, Catfish Davis is a singular presence on the page. Mike Freedman hasn't just written the funniest book about a school board election, he's written the kind of David-and-Goliath story that gets all of us 'little people' cheering and laughing in equal measure.”-David Abrams, author of Fobbit Houston, Texas, 1999. Enter Tucker «Catfish» Davis, a high school senior with high-flying political ambitions as the self-proclaimed heir to populist Louisiana Governors Huey and Earl Long. Armed with idealism and a fedora, he embarks on a quixotic campaign to get elected to the local school board in an effort to help the «little people» of Houston.In the wild days that follow, Catfish's long-shot bid gains traction through guerilla campaigning against a questionable tax deal supported by his opponent, a powerful executive at an Enron-esque energy company. With the help of his classmates, an indicted Louisiana governor, a gay journalist with nascent mayoral ambitions and an ex-Green Beret trained to wage unconventional warfare, Catfish makes it a race Houston will never forget.Based on an actual 1999 news story, School Board is an entertaining but satirical debut novel that revels in the diversity, madness and absurdities of the Bayou City.
A Commonplace Book of Pie
This is the book version of Lebo's popular zine of the same name (2,000 copies sold). The zine has proven especially popular at Elliott Bay Books and Prairie Lights. Lebo won the Joan Grayston Prize for new poets and a Nelson Bentley Fellowship at the University of Washington in 2012. Poet Heather McHugh calls A Commonplace Books of Pie “not so much the secret’s telling as the telling secret.” Lebo was a pie judge at the 2011 Iowa State Fair. She hopes to be back in 2013. Her work appeared in Best New Poets 2011, published by University of Virginia Press. Lebo writes about food on her blog pie-school.com. She has been featured in the Seattle media (Seattle Weekly, local NPR affiliate KUOW) several times for both her pie-baking and her poetry. Local NBC affiliate King 5 has filmed and will air sometime in early 2013 a segment about Kate Lebo as Seattle's «pie poet.» Genre- and cliche-busting book will feature 25 original 4-color paintings by Jessica Lynn Bonin. Both Bonin and Lebo are feminists steeped in DIY culture. Lebo promises to bake and/or bring pie to bookstore events whenever possible. Booksellers get the first slice.
Yokohama Yankee
Leslie D. Helm's decision to adopt Japanese children launches him on a personal journey through his family's 140 years in Japan, beginning with his great-grandfather, who worked as a military advisor in 1870 and defied custom to marry his Japanese mistress. The family's poignant experiences of love and war help Helm overcome his cynicism and embrace his Japanese and American heritage. This is the first book to look at Japan across five generations, with perspective that is both from the inside and through foreign eyes. Helm draws on his great-grandfather's unpublished memoir and a wealth of primary source material to bring his family history to life. Leslie D. Helm is a veteran foreign correspondent, having served eight years in Tokyo for Business Week and the Los Angeles Times. Currently, he is editor of Seattle Business, a monthly magazine that has won multiple first place excellence in journalism awards in the Pacific Northwest. Helm earned a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism and in Asian studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, where his family has lived since 1868.
Lynzsea Sky
Author published popular Rozek's newsletter in 1990s, which was called «antimedia media» by Wired and featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and on NPR's «Talk of the Nation.» Focus on dialogue to tell Lynzsea's story makes for easy reading. Reader is a fly on the wall listening to a twentysomething college student. Lynzsea Sky raises a lot of questions about drugs, divorce, the education system, sexuality, and thus makes an excellent selection for book clubs. Rozek is a dynamic speaker. Probably a good target for RTIR. Parents of teens and young adults will be drawn to this unadulterated portrait of a young American woman. The new form – not just transcription, different from Studs Terkel – should be of interest to journalism students. A candidate for Kindle Shorts? Author is planning a series of these books. The plan is to paint a portrait of the US in the 2010s by profiling people of different walks of life.
Goodbye Madame Butterfly
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.
Peace of Mind Investing
Written for investors who are retired or planning to retire, Peace of Mind Investing offers a simple and effective approach to investing and managing risk. In addition, the book seeks to dispel commonly held myths and misconceptions about investing that tend to cause mistakes in judgment and reduce investor returns.
The Brazilian Audiovisual Industry: An Explosion of Creativity and Opportunities for Partnerships
Designed to meet the need for current, accurate information on the flourishing Brazilian audiovisual industry, the book covers the rapid growth of film and television business, pertinent legislation and data, and serves as an indispensable guide to the multiple potential partnerships with local industry content providers and market agents. Each of the 21 articles contributed by selected professionals and government officials in their respective fields of expertise reflect the current auspicious moment in the evolution of the Brazilian multiplatform film and television production, distribution and exhibition business. The massive investment program in infrastructure for upcoming international mega-events, including the recent Rio+20 (2012), World Catholic Youth Day (2013), World Soccer Cup (2014) and Olympic Games (2016), has focused worldwide attention on Brazil and on Rio de Janeiro in particular, which contributes to the positive business and investment climate. In the audiovisual sphere, a series of new federal laws and incentive programs, and the stable economy have converged to generate multiple opportunies in film, broadcast TV, Pay TV, VOD, Internet and wireless industry sectors for investors, licensors, entrepreneurs, distributors and producers in all platforms. The book includes a Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations.