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	ABELMANN, NANCY ; LIE, JOHN. Blue Dreams : Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots. Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1995, First edition. Large octavo in dark blue and black illus DJ; xv, 272 p. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [225]-265) and index.. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674077044. Mild, small scrape to DJ and boards; else tight and clean. Very Good+, Contents: The Los Angeles riots, the Korean American story -- Reckoning via the riots -- Diaspora formation : modernity and mobility -- Mapping the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles -- Korean American entrepreneurship -- American ideologies on trial. \|\| Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 14177 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	KOBAYASHI, TAMAI ; OIKAWA, MONA,. All Names Spoken : Poetry and Prose ;: by Tamai Kobayashi and Mona Oikawa. Toronto, Sister Vision, 1992, First edition ; first printing (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Octavo in orange illus wraps; 116 p. ; 22 cm. . Paperback. ISBN: 0920813887. Fine with very light edgewear., Lesbians' writings, Canadian. Lesbians -- Literary collections. Canadian literature -- Japanese authors. Canadian literature -- Women authors. Canadian literature -- 20th century. Canadian literature -- Japanese-Canadian authors. Lesbians' writings, Canadian (English). Canadian literature (English) -- 20th century. Littérature canadienne -- Auteurs canadiens d'origine japonaise. Écrits de lesbiennes canadiens-anglais. Littérature canadienne-anglaise -- 20e siècle. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1591] Book number: 13539 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	TAKAKI, RONALD T. ; STEOFF, REBECCA. Issei and Nisei : The Settling of Japanese America ;: [by] Ronald Takaki ; adapted by Rebecca Steoff. New York, Chelsea House, 1994, First edition, first printing (stated). Small quarto in glossy paper, illus boards; 126 p. : ill. ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0791021793. Ex-library with standard markings and deaccession stamp; else Fine with no signs of circulation., Series: The Asian American experience. Sections entitled: Coming to America -- Meeting prejudice -- The world of work -- Ethnic enterprise -- Putting down roots -- The anti-Japanese movement -- Struggling for citizenship -- The Nisei generation -- Searching for identity. \|\| Japanese Americans -- History. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 13311 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	TAN, AMY. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York, Putnam, 2005, First edition, first printing (full number line). xv, 474 p. ; 24 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399153012. Fine in Near FINE+ lightly edge-word DJ, whcih is not price-clipped., Signed by Amy Tan on title page. Synopsis: A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes." - Anonymous. // Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise - and disappear. Drawing from the current political reality in Burma and woven with pure confabulation, Amy Tan's picaresque novel poses the question: How can we discern what is real and what is fiction, in everything we see? How do we know what to believe?" \|\| Americans -- Burma -- Fiction. Missing persons -- Fiction. Tourists -- Fiction. Genre/Form: Suspense fiction. Geographic: Burma -- Fiction. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 13985 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.

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	ABELMANN, NANCY ; LIE, JOHN. Blue Dreams : Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots. Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1995, First edition. Large octavo in dark blue and black illus DJ; xv, 272 p. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [225]-265) and index.. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674077044. Mild, small scrape to DJ and boards; else tight and clean. Very Good+, Contents: The Los Angeles riots, the Korean American story -- Reckoning via the riots -- Diaspora formation : modernity and mobility -- Mapping the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles -- Korean American entrepreneurship -- American ideologies on trial. \|\| Korean Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. Riots -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 14177 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	KOBAYASHI, TAMAI ; OIKAWA, MONA,. All Names Spoken : Poetry and Prose ;: by Tamai Kobayashi and Mona Oikawa. Toronto, Sister Vision, 1992, First edition ; first printing (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Octavo in orange illus wraps; 116 p. ; 22 cm. . Paperback. ISBN: 0920813887. Fine with very light edgewear., Lesbians' writings, Canadian. Lesbians -- Literary collections. Canadian literature -- Japanese authors. Canadian literature -- Women authors. Canadian literature -- 20th century. Canadian literature -- Japanese-Canadian authors. Lesbians' writings, Canadian (English). Canadian literature (English) -- 20th century. Littérature canadienne -- Auteurs canadiens d'origine japonaise. Écrits de lesbiennes canadiens-anglais. Littérature canadienne-anglaise -- 20e siècle. USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1591] Book number: 13539 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	TAKAKI, RONALD T. ; STEOFF, REBECCA. Issei and Nisei : The Settling of Japanese America ;: [by] Ronald Takaki ; adapted by Rebecca Steoff. New York, Chelsea House, 1994, First edition, first printing (stated). Small quarto in glossy paper, illus boards; 126 p. : ill. ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0791021793. Ex-library with standard markings and deaccession stamp; else Fine with no signs of circulation., Series: The Asian American experience. Sections entitled: Coming to America -- Meeting prejudice -- The world of work -- Ethnic enterprise -- Putting down roots -- The anti-Japanese movement -- Struggling for citizenship -- The Nisei generation -- Searching for identity. \|\| Japanese Americans -- History. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 13311 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	TAN, AMY. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York, Putnam, 2005, First edition, first printing (full number line). xv, 474 p. ; 24 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399153012. Fine in Near FINE+ lightly edge-word DJ, whcih is not price-clipped., Signed by Amy Tan on title page. Synopsis: A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes." - Anonymous. // Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China - dubbed the true Shangri-La - and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise - and disappear. Drawing from the current political reality in Burma and woven with pure confabulation, Amy Tan's picaresque novel poses the question: How can we discern what is real and what is fiction, in everything we see? How do we know what to believe?" \|\| Americans -- Burma -- Fiction. Missing persons -- Fiction. Tourists -- Fiction. Genre/Form: Suspense fiction. Geographic: Burma -- Fiction. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 13985 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.