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601) 9 dragons
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Harry Bosch is in the middle of a major case in Los Angeles when his world is turned upside down with one phone call. His usual Sunday morning call to his daughter, who lives with her mother in Hong Kong, is answered by a stranger. Harry has stumbled into the middle of a kidnapping. His daughter is being held until her mother, Eleanor Wish, can win enough money in the poker rooms of nearby Macau to buy her back. Bosch drops everything to go to his...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Paul Loong says that he has lived two lives: that of a POW, and after. But his daughter uncovers a story of survival, uncommon courage and faith: that of a young boy in Malaysia to becoming a Royal Air Force trainee; from an electrical student to a US merchant seaman; from the front lines of Korea to medical student in Italy. When her father finally shares his secret wartime diary with her, Theresa embarks on a journey to capture his harrowing experiences...
606) Enter the monkey
Author
Series
Monkey Prince volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Introducing the newest hero in the DC Universe, the great sage, equal to the heavens, better than his predecessor the legendary Monkey King, even better than the Justice League-and definitely the Teen Titans-(actually, all the heroes combined), everyone put your hands together for...the Monkey Prince! Marcus Sun moves around a lot because his adoptive parents are freelance henchpeople, so this month he finds himself as the new kid at Gotham City...
607) Year of the dragon
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Deep in the secret heart of New York's Chinatown lies a criminal menace a thousand years old, the triad, a network of ruthless corruption and power. As the new godfather of the organization, Joey Tai decides it's time to war on the entrenched interests, both Italian and Oriental, in the lucrative drug trade. A confrontation ensues between Joey Tai and police Captain Stanley White and only one will survive.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Both playful and wryly observant, Ed Lin's YA-debut explores coming-of-age in the Asian diaspora while navigating relationships through race, class, and young love. David Tung, our nerd-hero, is a Chinese American high-school student who works in his family's restaurant, competes for top grades at his regular high school located in an upscale, Asian-majority New Jersey suburb, and attends weekend Chinese school in NYC's working-class Chinatown. While...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Twelve days of Christmas: Viewers can sing along with this holiday counting song.
Great joy: A little girl expresses her compassion for the monkey and organ grinder who perform in the cold outside her window.
The clown of God: a once-famous juggler gives a last, unforgettable, performance on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas, space case: Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a Christmas visit from his friend, the thing from outer space.
Sam and the lucky money:...
610) Kickoff blitz
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Tou Yang's football team plays the team from his former school, where he was picked on for being small, he struggles to remain focused and use his skills against Darren, who still wants to bully him.
612) Welcome to Chinatown
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First board book edition.
Language
English
Description
"A gorgeous board-book adaptation that includes text in English and Chinese transports little ones to Chinatown where they can see people practicing tai chi, shoe cobblers, rows of herbs, outdoor fish markets and, best of all, a New Year's Day parade, complete with both lion and dragon dances, when the Lunar New Year begins"--
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