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Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer

Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer
David Mas Masumoto, Illustrations by Doug Hansen
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-59714-064-5, $21.95

Earthy wisdom from America’s favorite organic farmer.

Letters to the Valley

Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories
David Mas Masumoto, Illustrated by Doug Hansen
Trade Paper, ISBN: 978-1-59714-038-6, $14.95

Essays from America’s favorite farmer and author

The Oracles

The Oracles: My Filipino Grandparents in America
Pati Navalta Poblete
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-036-8, $13.95
144 pp (5.5 x 8.5), with eight pages of b&w photographs

A funny, poignant memoir of growing up with a house full of immigrant grandparents

Perfume Dreams

Perfume Dreams:
Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora

Andrew Lam, Foreword by Richard Rodriguez
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-57914-020-1, $14.95

“When Americans say Vietnam, they don’t mean Vietnam.” More...

Samurai of Gold Hill

Samurai of Gold Hill
Yoshiko Uchida, Illustrated by Ati Forberg
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-015-5, $8.95

A boy who lost everything follows his dreams in a strange new land—gold rush California.

Journey to Topaz

Journey to Topaz
Yoshiko Uchida
Trade Paper, 160 pages (5.25 x 8.25), ISBN: 1-890771-91-0, $9.95

Based on Yoshiko Uchida&Mac226;s personal experiences, this much loved classic is the story of one girl&Mac226;s struggle to remain brave during the Japanese internment of World War II.

Peaceful Painter

Peaceful Painter: Memoirs of an Issei Woman Artist
Hisako Hibi
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-90-2, $20.00

Hisako Hibi's paintings offer an insight into the daily life of a woman who would not abandon her art or betray her spirit.

Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience
Kristine Kim with an introduction by Karin Higa
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-43-0, $24.95

From his early years in California, Paris, and Mexico to the transformative impact of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans, Sugimoto's art became a vivid expression of the American immigrant experience.

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Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori
Introduction by Lawson Fusao Inada
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-35-X, $15.95

A collection of the best writing from a quintessential California writer.

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Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment Experience
Edited with an Introduction by Lawson Fusao Inada
Trade paperback, ISBN: 1-890771-30-9, $18.95

The words, art, and haunting recollections of the Japanese American internees.

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Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata's Art of the Internment
Edited by Kimi Kodani Hill
Trade paper, ISBN: 1-890771-26-0, $22.50

A great artist bears witness to the Japanese American internment, in this beautifully illustrated book accompanied by a text which draws heavily upon family letters and documents and interviews.

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Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town
Jeff Gillenkirk and James Motlow, introduction by Sucheng Chan
Trade paper, ISBN: 0-930588-58-4, $21.95

An unforgettable glimpse into the unique and vibrant community of Locke, the only village in the United States built and inhabited exclusively by Chinese immigrants.


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