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289 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"When Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons, she is jobless, homeless, and worried about her husband, Cong, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle into life in America, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father. Over time, Huong realizes she will never see Cong again. While she copes with this loss, her sons, Tuan and Binh,...
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viii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. Determined to maintain...
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With its clear defined photos and easy to read recipes, Homestyle Vietnamese Cooking contains everything you need to know to create over 40 delicious and authentic Vietnamese dishes. This Vietnamese cookbook contains recipes for a variety of dishes that are both healthy and appetizing. Homestyle Vietnamese Cooking features recipes for appetizers, salads, snacks, noodles, soups, rice, seafood, meat, poultry, and desserts. Featured Vietnamese recipes...
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Vietnamese cooking has become a staple of Crescent City cuisine. Fans of the fresh, flavorful offerings once had to travel to New Orleans East or the Westbank, where there were concentrations of Vietnamese immigrants and family restaurants. Now, however, this cuisine is found throughout the greater New Orleans area.
This tantalizing book brings together information and photos on the Vietnamese dishes, culture, and history in New Orleans. Recipes from...
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This portable, user-friendly Vietnamese language guide and phrasebook is the cheapest and easiest way to learn Vietnamese before and during your trip. If you only want to purchase one Vietnamese language book-Essential Chinese is the way to go. Part of Tuttle Publishing's Essential Phrasebooks Series, it is a great first introduction and beginner guide to the language of Vietnam and is also designed as a Vietnamese phrasebook, making it the most...
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Perfect for beginning cooks this beautifully illustrated Vietnamese cookbook provides easy-to-follow directions for quick and delicious Vietnamese dishes. Famous for its lively, fresh flavors and artfully composed meals, Vietnamese cooking is the true "healthy cuisine" of Asia. Abundant fresh herbs and greens, delicate soups and stir-fries, and well-seasoned grilled dishes served with rice or noodles are the mainstays of the Vietnamese table.br>Vietnamese...
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This is a pocket sized Vietnamese Dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Vietnam Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary is an essential tool for communicating in Vietnamese. It features all the essential Vietnamese vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's handy pocket format and easy-to read type will make any future trip to Vietnam much easier. In addition to being an excellent English...
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English Serbian Bilingual children's book (Cyrillic alphabet). Perfect for kids studying English or Serbian as their second language.
Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating...
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xii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster -- a story that weaves together corporate malfeasance, a battle over shrinking natural resources, a turning point in the modern white supremacist movement, and one woman's relentless battle for environmental justice. By the late 1970s, the fishermen of the Texas Gulf Coast were struggling. The bays that had sustained generations of shrimpers and...
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Featuring delicious recipes from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and the Maldives, this Asian cookbook is a great introduction to the flavors of tropical Asia. This cookbook truly represents the contemporary flavors of tropical South and Southeast Asia today. It is unashamedly Asian without being traditional reflecting the fascinating blend of peoples and cultures found in the region. What is particularly fascinating is the...
112) I Love My Mom
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German English Bilingual Children's Book.
Perfect for kids learning English or German as their second language.
In this bedtime story, the little bunny Jimmy and his older brothers try to find a perfect present for Mom's birthday. They want to show how much they love her. What creative solution did they find to express their feelings? This story may be ideal for reading to your kids at bedtime as it's enjoyable for the whole family!
In dieser Gutenachtgeschichte...
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140 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Trot, a Vietnamese American surfer girl, and Cap'n Bill, her cranky one-eyed cat, catch too big a wave and wipe out, sucked down into a magical underwater kingdom where an ancient deep-sea battle rages. The beautiful Sea Siren mermaids are under attack from the Serpent King and his slithery minions--and Trot and her feline become dangerously entangled in this war of tails and fins. This beautiful graphic novel was inspired by The Sea Fairies, L. Frank...
114) El test del amor
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310 pages ; 23 cm.
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Español
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Khai Diep no siente emociones. Para ser má exactos, siente irritabilidad cuando alguien mueve sus cosas de sitio, o satisfacción cuando los libros de contabilidad cuadran hasta el último céntimo, pero no emociones importantes, como dolor o amor. Está convencido de que, en cierto modo, hay algo defectuoso en él, aunque su familia sabe que, en realidad, su autismo hace que procese las emociones de manera diferente. Pero cuando Khai rechaza sistemáticamente...
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Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Vietnamese Alphabets ?Learning Vietnamese can be fun with this big picture book.In this book you will find the following features: Vietnamese Alphabets.Vietnamese Words.English Translations.English Transliteration (Using English to give you an idea of how the word is pronounced).Some Important Information Regarding Our Books: Each Alphabet has its own Page.All Pages are in Color.You (the Parent) should...
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Whether you are cooking for one or ten, Simply Pho brings healthy homemade pho noodle soup, with all the fixings, straight to your table. You'll learn how to put together the perfect bowl of piping hot pho (both authentic and quicker weeknight versions) in a myriad of ways! To complete this introductory Vietnamese cooking course, author Helen Le, creator of the popular YouTube channel Helen's Recipes, also show syou how to make Vietnamese classic...
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Vietnamese
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English Vietnamese Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Vietnamese as their second language.
In this children's book, you meet a girl named Amanda who has a habit of wasting her time. That is until, one day, something magical happens and Amanda finally realizes that time is the most precious thing we have - and that once it is wasted, it is lost forever. In order to get her lost time back, Amanda goes on a journey and learns...
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The Easy Asian Cookbook for Slow Cookers celebrates the multicultural influences and traditions in Asian cuisine with classic, comfort dishes made easy.
From Chinese to Korean, Thai to Filipino, and Indian to Sri Lankan, The Easy Asian Cookbook for Slow Cookers features a variety of recipes that combine classic, family-style favorites with the ease and convenience of the slow cooker appliance. Along with step-by-step instructions and minimal prep,...
120) Dust child: a novel
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339 pages ; 24 cm.
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"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"--
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