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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A mid-twentieth-century widow struggles to manage her farm and raise her children while reflecting on the intertwined experiences of her farm wife mother, her missionary aunt, and a Chinese student whose lives were shaped by the Boxer Rebellion.
6) Hong Kong
Author
Series
Jake Grafton volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2000
Language
English
Description
When political terrorists kidnap his wife during their Hong Kong vacation, Admiral Jake Grafton joins forces with agent Tommy Carmellini of CUBA and a group of Chinese freedom fighters to foil a dangerous international conspiracy.
7) Rain storm
Author
Series
John Rain volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Accepting an assignment from the CIA to take out an arms dealer who is supplying criminal groups in southeast Asia, assassin-for-hire John Rain finds the job compromised by a rival assassin and the fear that he is being set up.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva has always longed for more. Raised by her American expat mother, she's never known her Chinese father, and is certain a better life awaits them in America. But when her mother announces her engagement to their wealthy Chinese landlord, Lu Fang, Alva's hopes are dashed, and so she plots for the next best thing: the American School in Shanghai. Upon admission, though, Alva is surprised to discover an institution...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Luke Slade, a young Congressional aide, begins this business trip to China like all other international travel he's endured with "Lyin' Leo": buried under a slew of diplomatic runarounds, non-functioning cell phones, and humiliation from the Congressman at every turn. But on day two, a new challenge rears its ugly head: Leo goes on a drunken bender and disappears into the night. Unsure what dubious business his corrupt and buffoonish boss had planned,...
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