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Asian saga volume 2
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English
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An Englishman sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into a bastion of British power and to make himself the supreme ruler: the Tai-Pan.
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"In 1942, Will Trusdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, has fallen headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But when World War II strikes, Will is sent to an internment camp, while Trudy remains outside. Trudy is forced to form dangerous alliances with the head of the Japanese gendarmerie, whose desperate attempts to locate a priceless collection of Chinese art lead to a chain of terrible...
11) Noble House
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"The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes: fire, flood, landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong -- the heart of Asia -- rich in every trade ... money, flesh, opium, power"--Page 4 of cover
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The "emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in same small expat community in Hong Kong ... As each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all."--
Three very different American women live in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident...
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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 U.S. Army after watching a Popeye movie, 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 back home with his father, Sonny, to prevent him from enacting the revenge he promises, while Louis...
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1370 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People's Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house in a torrid atmosphere of easy money, smuggled guns, and natural disaster.
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302 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized crime leader Master Lung, she almost lost everything. Hiding out in Hong Kong, performing in a run-down circus, Shadow has no idea that Camilla, too, is on the run with her lover, Jinying--Lung's son"--P. 2 of cover.
16) Hot poppies
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240 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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PI Artie Cohen, a former New York policeman, travels to Hong Kong to bust a narcotics ring which is marketing a new kind of drug in the U.S. The drug is irradiated heroin, known as Hot Poppy. By the author of Red Hot Blues.
17) The Black Dragon
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Mysterium volume 1
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English
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Talented magician Danny, who is half-Chinese, half-British, and dwarf strongman Zamora try to find the connection between the disastrous end of the circus Mysterium, where Danny's performer parents were killed, and the disappearance of his guardian aunt, who is investigating sinister gangs in Hong Kong.
18) Nueve dragones
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350 pages ; 24 cm
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Español
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"Harry Bosch y su compañero Ignacio Ferras investigan el asesinato del señor Li, anciano propietario de Fortune Liquors, una tienda china de licores de Los Ángeles. Las cámaras de seguridad del local invalidan la teoría de atraco y dejan la puerta abierta a que el crimen esté relacionado con una posible extorsión por parte de la mafia china..."--Dust jacket cover.
19) The borrowed
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490 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Follows six cases from the fifty-year career of brilliant Hong Kong detective Kwan Chun-dok, each from a pivotal period of the territory's history, from Chun-dok's experiences in the 1967 leftist riot to his final 2013 case in a Hong-Kong growing to resemble a police state.
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Holly-Mei book volume 1
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270 pages, 18 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.
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