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  • Secret of a Thousand Beauties

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence.Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom dies before a wedding can take place, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow is ordered to become a ghost bride to appease his spirit. Under her in-laws' ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Witch's Market

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    From the author of Secret of a Thousand Beauties and Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a beautifully written novel of self-discovery and intrigue.Chinese-American assistant professor Eileen Chen specializes in folk religion at her San Francisco college. Though her grandmother made her living as a shamaness, Eileen publicly dismisses witchcraft as mere superstition. Yet privately, the subject intrigues ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Skeleton Women

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    The gripping story of a Chinese woman's journey through a criminal underworld of intrigue and opulence from the author of Peach Blossom Pavilion.Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as “skeleton women”—the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom . . .When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to live ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Nine Fold Heaven

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    ""A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." --Baltimore Books ExaminerIn this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang.When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Peach Blossom Pavillion

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiancé arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful courtesans in the land, is unlike any they've heard before. . .When Precious Orchid's father is falsely accused of a crime and found guilty, he is ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Song of the Silk Road

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip--author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky--follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road.As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert--its long, lonely vistas and shifting sand dunes. Now living in New York, Lily is struggling to finish her graduate degree when she ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Chinese Children's Favorite Stories

    Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    Collections series Favorite Children's Stories
    Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is a delightful selection of thirteen Chinese folktales as retold by author and illustrator Mingmei Yip. Inspired by her beloved father's nightly story-telling when she was a child, Yip hopes that by retelling some of these thousand-year-old Chinese stories she can pass along Chinese folklore and fables to international readers of all ages.These beautifully ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Petals from the Sky

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    From the acclaimed author of Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a lush and lyrical novel of East and West--and of one young woman's search for her heart's true calling. . .When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her mother is aghast. In her eyes, a nun's life means only deprivation--"no freedom, no love, no meat." But to Meng Ning, it means the chance to control her ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Chinese Children's Favorite Stories

    Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales

    Illustré par Mingmei Yip ...
    par Mingmei Yip ...
    Collections series Favorite Children's Stories
    Watch a mischievous monkey learn his lesson, float along with a colorful butterfly, and visit a village with a mouse mayor.Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is a collection of thirteen timeless Chinese folktales told and charmingly illustrated by Yip—whose inspiration for retelling them came from her father's nightly storytelling when she was a child.Some of the selections are a thousand years ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Grandma Panda's China Storybook

    Legends, Traditions and Fun

    par Mingmei Yip ...
    With classic Chinese fairytales and folk stories, Grandma Panda's China Storybook introduces children to Chinese culture in a fun, adventurous way!Grandma Panda is a wonderful teacher, a wonderful storyteller and a wonderful cook! Her grandchildren, Baobao and Lingling, love staying with her every summer because, at Grandma Panda's house, each day is an adventure. This summer, with the help of ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

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    par Wendy Lee ...
    A widow and her two grown children search for answers about the past in both America and China, in this insightful novel of an immigrant family’s journey.After a lifetime of sacrifice, Ling’s husband has passed away. Though she has both a son and a daughter to comfort her, she has struggled to understand how they live their lives—Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, inexplicably refuses ... En savoir plus

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  • The Samurai's Daughter

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    par John J. Healey ...
    A tale of personal discovery, familial obligations, and competing cultural expectations is at the heart of this exciting sequel to The Samurai of Seville.Soledad Maria, called Masako by her father, is a child of two worlds. Born in Seville in the seventeenth century, she is the daughter of a beloved Spanish lady and a fearsome samurai warrior sent to Spain as a member of one of the most intriguing ... En savoir plus

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