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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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It's 1923 and China is in chaos--a weak central government, battling war lords, and bandit gangs riven the country. SUN MEI-YAO, a cashiered Nationalist Army officer, regularly plunders prizes with his military expertise. Tonight his goal is the elite British train, the Shanghai Express with its wealthy Occidental passengers--not effete ne'ar do wells but rogues, killers, spies, and harlots.
Author
Series
These violent delights volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Though secrets and lies keep Juliette and Roma apart, a monster still prowls the city of Shanghai, and the two are going to have to put aside their differences to end this threat once and for all."--
Author
Series
These violent delights volume 1
Language
English
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In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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In 1922, ten-year-old Gim Lew reluctantly leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where strict officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants. Includes facts about immigration from China and the experiences of the author's family.
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English
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"Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom dies before a wedding can take place, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow is ordered to become a ghost bride to appease his spirit. Under her in-laws' protection, she will be little more than a servant, unable to know real love or bear children. Refusing to accept her fate as a "bad-luck woman", Spring Swallow flees on her wedding day. In the city of Soochow,...
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