James Yaegashi

Former Frontline journalist Reeves (Portrait of Camelot ) examines the key causes and dire consequences of the Japanese-American internment in relocation camps during WWII, concentrating on a shortsighted military strategy and anti-Japanese sentiment following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.

"A mysterious tome holds the key to a religious conspiracy millennia old, which could reveal a lost world and the secret origins of the human race". John Madison is hired by a magician to find a rare sixteenth-century book of sorcery, stolen by the magician's assistant, and lost to him for thirty-five years. In his widest reaching journey yet, Madison travels from the great mosques of Istanbul to the ruins of Pergamon and the temples of the Near East....

After his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies.

The story of a half-brother and sister, Lark and Termite, leaving in West Virginia during the Korean War. Both children were given to their Aunt Nonie by their mother. Termite's father dies in the Korean War and Lark doesn't know who her father is.

A horde of riches, a dangerous, ancient mystery and a deadly witch's curse… John Madison was raised by his older brother Samuel, a famed Mesopotamian scholar. John's world changes forever when Samuel's relentless obsession with the recovery of a priceless relic looted from Iraq's National Museum collides with a deadly game of revenge staged by a childhood friend. Aided by Tomas, an archaeologist, and Ari, an Iraqi photojournalist – men who...

The Snow Empress showcases author Laura Joh Rowland's deep understanding of 17th-century Japan and her impeccable gift of storytelling. This thrilling novel finds samurai detective Sano IchirO working to gain freedom for his son by investigating the murder of a lord's beloved mistress.

In this funny and inventive novel, the Lums are a death-stalked Chinese American family living in Orange County, California. Ever since Grandpa Melvin was inspired to join the US Army after watching a Popeye movie and—as family lore has it—unleashed a "relentless rain of steel death" upon the Nazis, Lum after Lum has been doomed to an untimely demise, be it by tainted cheeseburger or speeding ice-cream truck. Now young Louis must move

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A deadly disease threatens humanity, and the only clue lies in an ancient book of fairy tales… John Madison, a dashing New York art dealer with a dark past, travels to London to purchase a seventeenth-century Italian book of fables for an anonymous client. Before he can deliver it to the buyer, he is robbed by a man claiming to be the book's author. When his client disappears and the book's provenance is questioned, John must immerse himself in...

Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki is the genius behind such animated classics as Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Nautica of the Valley of the Winds. His bountiful imagination and compassion have earned him accolades the world over. Until the early 1990s, Miyazaki's work was largely unfamiliar to American audiences. But that would soon change, and now fans of all ages eagerly await new material from the master. Setting the bar high...