epub |eng | 2009-04-07 | Author:Lensey Namioka

CHAPTER SEVEN Big Uncle made his move on an evening in late summer, when the first cool breezes began to blow through the courtyards. I sat outside with Mother and ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Richard Bernstein [Bernstein, Richard]

The person on the receiving end of these communications was the head of the China desk in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, John Carter Vincent, a distinguished-looking forty-five-year-old Kansan ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Maya Snow

CHAPTER TWELVE Somewhere a boy sniggered and I flushed a deep red, knowing in my heart that it was Ken-ichi. I covered my embarrassment by bowing deeply to Master Goku. ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Maya Snow

CHAPTER ELEVEN Manabu took a breath, and I held mine. All my hopes were centered on seeing Mother’s face, holding her hands, and hearing her tell me that everything was ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Maya Snow

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Our journey to Kamakura took us through dense, sloping forests. The horses struggled with the steep descent and we had to take regular breaks to rest their legs. ...

epub |eng | 2011-12-26 | Author:Uma Krishnaswami

Chapter Twenty-four Jug-Handle-Ears? IN MUMBAI THAT ALL the filmi people still call Bombay, in that twelfth-floor apartment where his nimble brain dreams up new fillum projects, Mr. Soli Dustup of ...

epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Ying Chang Compestine

Would I Ever See Him Again? The winter months seemed endless. Cold and hungry, days and nights mixed together. Father didn’t get his wish to return to surgery. To keep ...

epub |eng | 2000-08-31 | Author:Deborah Ellis

NINE “Shauzia?” Parvana whispered. “Call me Shafiq. And what do I call you?” “Kaseem. What are you doing here?” “The same as you, silly. Look, I have to get back ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-02 | Author:Deborah Ellis

8 Beautiful Blood IT WAS A BIT OF A WALK. Dr. Indra did not try to hold onto me or make me walk where she could see me. I tried ...

epub |eng | | Author:Harper Paris

“ ‘Dragons equal good luck. Elephants equal strength. Tigers equal courage. Rabbits equal hope.’ And ‘grasshoppers equal wisdom,’ ” she read out loud. Ethan noticed a whole row of bird ...

epub |eng | | Author:Sook Nyul Choi [Choi, Sook Nyul]

Aunt Tiger sent Kisa to the convent to see if they had any special medicine. She also wanted to know if the convent would make an exception and let Theresa ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-15 | Author:Carolyn Marsden [Marsden, Carolyn]

The procession followed them home again. Another feast was being prepared, and the guests sat down once more along the table under the tree. Binh went to the kitchen to ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Yoko Kawashima Watkins

SIX THE TRACKS SEPARATED, HEADING IN two directions. Hideyo stood there. Which way? He looked at the sun, which was going down, and using the sun as his guide, he ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Lenore Look [Look, Lenore]

“That’s him,” Bean Sprout hissed, pointing to the portrait. “That’s the mummy.” I stopped dead in my tracks. Ooomph! I bit the dust. Birds twittered. Stars spun. Then little hands ...

mobi, epub |eng | 1993-10-25 | Author:Grandfather's Journey

They made their home by the San Francisco Bay and had a baby girl. As his daughter grew, my grandfather began to think about his own childhood. He thought about ...