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1	Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment more books like this by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston add to wishlist Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet more books like this by Jamie Ford add to wishlist Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind"). see all copies from $7.65! new only from $7.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Tallgrass more books like this by Sandra Dallas add to wishlist During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small town. Part thriller, part historical novel, Dallas has written a riveting exploration of the darkest--as well as the best--parts of the human heart. see all copies from $2.81! new only from $6.93! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rain Fall more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist John Rain is a fresh new thriller hero destined to be one of the most talked-about of the season. Rain is based in Tokyo, trained by the U.S. Special Forces and a veteran of Vietnam, he is a cool, self-contained loner--and he has built a steady business over the past 25 years specializing in death by "natural causes." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Nisei Daughter more books like this by Monica Sone, S Frank Miyamoto (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family more books like this by Lauren Kessler add to wishlist "Stubborn Twig", originally published in 1994, is a classic American tale of immigrants making their way in a new land. Masuo Yasui arrived in America in 1903 with big dreams and empty pockets. He worked on the railroads, in a cannery, and as a houseboy before settling in Hood River, Oregon, to open a store, raise a large family, and become one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.69! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Desert Exile more books like this by Yoshiko Uchida add to wishlist Autobiographical account of the internment of the Japanese American author's family in 1942. see all copies from $2.86! new only from $8.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp more books like this by Barry Denenberg add to wishlist Twelve-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal of his experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Mirror Lake, California, during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $56.65! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment more books like this by Dorothea Lange, Linda Gordon (Editor), Professor Gary Y Okihiro (Editor) add to wishlist Censored by the US Army, Dorothea Lange's unseen photographs are the extraordinary photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. This work of visual and social history confirms Lange's stature as one of the twentieth century's greatest American photographers. "Impounded" evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s ... see all copies from $6.16! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
10	A Gesture Life more books like this by Chang-rae Lee add to wishlist A retired Japanese pharmacist living in a small New York State town hears news of his long-estranged adopted daughter. He finds himself thinking of an old lover--now dead--and of his experiences in World War II, realizes how truly lonely he has made his life, and resolves to change things before it's too late. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II more books like this by Roger Daniels, Professor Eric Foner (Consultant editor) add to wishlist As issues of national security have recently led many to question the scope and extent of our civil liberties, there is a rekindled interest in the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War. This brief guide uncovers the history of that tragic part of our past. "Prisoners Without Trial" is part of the celebrated Hill and Wang ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps more books like this by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald add to wishlist In 1941, Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was a teenage girl who, like other Americans, reacted with horror to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Yet soon she and her family were among 110,000 innocent people imprisoned by the U.S. government because of their Japanese ancestry. In this eloquent memoir, she describes both the day-to-day and the dramatic turning ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $8.62! \| signed copies
13 view cover	Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad more books like this by Robert Asahina add to wishlist Focusing on the crucial period of October and November 1944, this is the story of the 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team--a segregated unit of Japanese Americans--which became the most decorated unit in American military history for its size and length of service. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Hard Rain more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist John Rain, assassin-for-hire, is trying to leave the business but is called back in for one more mission: track down a killer who has eluded both government agents and Mafia gangsters in Tokyo. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Killing Rain more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist Now employed by the Mossad to remove "problems" in Asia, Japanese-American assassin John Rain also has a new partner in former Marine sniper Dox. But when John botches an assignment, he finds himself on the run from both the Mossad and the CIA. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Last Assassin more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist When freelance assassin John Rain learns that his former lover Midori has been raising their son in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rains enemies, and his sudden appearance would put mother and child in danger. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Requiem for an Assassin more books like this by Barry Eisler add to wishlist When John Rain decides to get out of the assassin business, rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger kidnaps Rain's trusted partner and closest friend. Hilger offers Rain a choice--carry out a final assignment, or bear the responsibility for his best friend's murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	In Defense of Internment: The World War II Round-Up and What It Means for America's War on Terror more books like this by Michelle Malkin add to wishlist The author of Invasion argues that the internment of ethnic Japanese during World War II was the result of real national security concerns, just as the Bush administration's moves to interrogate, track, and deport suspected terrorists is moderate and restrained. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Picture Bride more books like this by Yoshiko Uchida add to wishlist Hana travels to America to escape the arranged marriages her sisters experienced in pre-World War II Japan, but the young businessman to whom she has corresponded turns out to be a middle-aged man who exaggerated his success. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $3.24! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Invisible Thread more books like this by Yoshiko Uchida add to wishlist The author of "The Best Bad Thing", "The Happiest Ending", and "A Jar of Dreams" tells of her childhood in Berkeley, California. Although her parents were both born in Japan, Yoshiko, her older sister Keiko, and her parents all consider themselves Americans. Although Yoshiko and her family are happy in the United States, she describes her feelings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.99!
21 view cover	Flower Master more books like this by Sujata Massey add to wishlist Rei Shimura, a Japanese-by-way-of-California antique dealer, winds up tangled in her third mystery when her meddling aunt signs her up for an ikebana class. Shortly after her aunt and a guest lecturer get into a serious verbal tiff during class, Rei finds the lecturer dead--with her aunt's pruning shears stuck in the speaker's neck. Trying to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Baseball Saved Us more books like this by Ken Mochizuki add to wishlist The story of a Japanese-American boy named Shorty who is sent, with his family, to an internment camp during World War II. Life in the camp is difficult and bleak. Shorty's father determines that the internees need some diversion to help the time pass so he establishes a baseball league. Shorty himself has never been a good player, but he is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Color of the Sea more books like this by John Hamamura add to wishlist Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American Sam Hamada finds his family and friends are being interred in camps throughout the U.S. Sams knowledge of the Japanese sparks the Armys interest, and he is sent on a secret military mission to Japan where he is truly caught between cultures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Sophie and the Rising Sun more books like this by Augusta Trobaugh add to wishlist It's wartime in Salty Creek, Georgia, and the town gossips are having a field day: the beautiful Sophie, whose fiancé was killed in World War I, and who has officially given up on love, has fallen in love with Mr. Oto, a mysterious Japanese gardener. If this isn't bad enough, the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, and Mr. Oto--and Sophie--find themselves ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	So Far from the Sea more books like this by Eve Bunting, Chris K Soentpiet (Illustrator) add to wishlist When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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