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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Nisei (Paperback)
J.J. White
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R395
R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
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"Every story ends in death if one waits long enough." So quotes
Death as he introduces twenty-eight twisted tales for your literary
enjoyment. Written by award-winning author, J. J. White, these
stories weave their way through the odd, the eccentric, the
suspenseful, the vengeful, the evil, and even the hopeful, with the
hapless characters hurtling toward their surprising and inevitable
demise, much to the approval of our macabre narrator. All of these
tales have been previously published in both national and
international publications with many winning awards in
distinguished competitions put on by Writer's Digest, the
California Writers Club, the Oregon Writers Colony, the Arizona
Mystery Writers and the Florida Writers Association, to name a few.
So sit back and enjoy, for as The Grim Reaper promises, each story
has a happy ending. Someone dies.
All aspects of cranberry cultivation are dealt with in this handy
volume written by various experts on the subject. Thoroughly
recommended reading for the budding gardener, it contains a wealth
of information forming a complete how-to guide. Illustrated with
black and white photographs and diagrams. This book contains
classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content
has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a
modern audience.
A haunted, heroin-addicted Vietnam vet's new PI gig might turn his
life around--or end it: "[Hurst] is crazy as a loon, funny as hell,
and deadly serious." --Sterling Watson, author of Night Letter
Jackson Hurst is not in a good place. The only thing that eases the
pain is the heroin he's been addicted to since his time in
Vietnam--and it's already cost him his job and his girlfriend. The
downward spiral is only going to continue unless something changes.
Then he's given an opportunity by his aunt Camille, a Vermont
millionaire who wants to hire Jackson to rescue her twenty-year-old
daughter from kidnappers. Camille will spare no expense to get
Cheryl back--she also wants the kidnappers dead. And Jackson
desperately needs the money. The question is whether he can stay
clean long enough to do the job--and more importantly, whether he
can bring himself to kill again . . . From the award-winning author
of Nisei and other novels, this is both a gritty detective story
and a portrait of one down-and-out man's quest for redemption in
1970s America.
In this gripping novel, a man in despair stumbles upon the secrets
of his Japanese father's World War II experiences, and the past
that shaped his family. Robert Takahashi sits in the empty attic of
his mother's old home in Hawaii, a home he has to sell to cover
financial losses from her nursing home care--and his own massive
gambling debts. Once his affairs are in order, he can proceed to
the next step: suicide. His wife is done with him anyway. His
daughters--well, he's nothing but an embarrassment to them. Robert
barely remembers his father and knows little about his parents'
past. But a manuscript he's just found--left under an eave and
contained in a dusty box along with ten medals from the US
military--will enlighten him about many things. As he reads his
father's words, he discovers a story of a Japanese boy born in
Hawaii, a life uprooted by internment, and a young Nisei's
harrowing quest to prove his patriotism by serving with the
renowned 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He also learns about a
long-ago forbidden love--and how prejudice can derail a life--in
this sweeping tale of family, war, and two generations of men
battling powerful forces both externally and within themselves.
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