Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Asian & Asian American
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Born in a Camp
My Family's Story; My Story by Kenneth Taguchi
The photograph on the back cover is a picture of the barn in the internment camp Tashme, British Columbia, taken in 2019 during a family visit to Tashme by the author and family. This is where the author spent the first two years of his life....
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Reframing My Worth
Memoir of a Bangladeshi-Canadian Woman by Habiba Zaman
In this book, I share my personal memories and lived experiences of growing up in Bangladesh and my Canadian journey. It is neither an autobiography nor a chronological account of life, rather I focus on selected themes and stories through...
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Namirembe Road
by Salim Rahemtulla
Salim Rahemtulla grew up in Kampala, as one of nine children in a close-knit family of modest means. In 1971, he received a partial bursary to study Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK, which was meant to be a step toward a...
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Beyond the Billows
A life of an engineer who lived and acted in three countries by Yutaka (Jeff) Adachi
Born in 1933 in Fukuoka, Japan, Yutaka was a just a boy when WWII began. National turmoil was joined by personal turmoil when he and his brothers lost their parents, and along with them, their home. So began the first of Yutaka’s many moves,...
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Life is a Journey
Filled with Twists, Turns & Unexpected Challenges by Yog Rahi Gupta
My book “Life is a Journey” evoked the feelings of thousands of immigrants like me who leaves their country of origin to settle this part of the world for a better and prosperous life for them and their children. Parenting anywhere in the world...
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Monkey Tales and Other Short Stories
by Mahmoud Hirji
Monkey Tales and other Short Stories is a collection of 14 short stories based on the author’s life growing up in East Africa, his global travels, experiences working in Canada and abroad, and more. Hirji deftly blurs the boundaries between...
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The Morizo Story
The life story of an immigrant from Hiroshima, Japan who came to the United States at the age of 15 by Jack Fujimoto
An Incredible Story of Survival and Success for a Young Man Chasing the American Dream This is a fascinating biography of Morizo Fujimoto, a Japanese American Issei (first generation), lovingly written by his eldest son, Dr. Jack Fujimoto. It...
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The Painted Skirt
by Theresa Lee
Heartbroken after her short love affair, and her dream of becoming a concert pianist shattered, Inju returns home from her schooling abroad, and finds herself pregnant, alone, and without options in a strict Confucian society that is sure to...
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