Korea, 1943, under Japanese occupation: As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, Hana enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day she saves her younger sister from a Japanese soldier and is herself captured and transported to Manchuria. There she is forced to become a 'comfort woman' in a Japanese military brothel. South Korea, 2011: Emi has spent more than sixty years trying to forget the sacrifice her sister made....

"Busca a tu hermana cada vez que salgas de bucear. Acuérdate siempre. Si la ves, estás a salvo. Corea, isla de Jeju, 1943. La adolescente Hana siempre ha vivido bajo la ocupación japonesa. Es una orgullosa haenyeo, perteneciente a una antigua estirpe de pescadoras que se ganan la vida buceando en las profundidades marinas de la isla de Jeju. Un día, ve cómo un soldado japonés se dirige al lugar de la playa donde su hermana pequeña la espera...

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times.
On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of-factly begins to pack her...

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"Haunting....A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper."—Los Angeles Times
San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history.
 
A man ahead of his time, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife’s belief in ancient traditions. His eighteen-year-old daughter, Hiroko, torn between...

The story of Japanese Americans forced into a relocation camp in Wyoming during World War II.

The Complete Guide To Bonsai Care And Techniques For Beginners Bonsai has been around for a long time. Its culture is deeply rooted in Asian culture, and it not only adds a touch of class to your garden and home, but it can also provide a beautifully sedate focus for relaxation and meditation - right in your own home! This is the art of bonsai. You take a tree that is supposed to grow many feet tall and allow it to grow a foot or two taller....

The first volume of my Haiku book was released in early 2020. I am glad that I have been able to jot down a bunch of haiku in the meantime. Here is the second volume of my Haiku book for you. I can say that you will love this book more than the first volume.

This beautifully illustrated book provides an inspirational and practical introduction to the traditions of Japanese Zen gardens, using natural materials such as wood, bamboo, rocks and pebbles. Emphasizing the value of shape in trees and shrubs with the subtlety of color through the varied greens of foliage and moss, Authentic Japanese Gardens explains how western plants and materials can be used to achieve peaceful, contemplative gardens. There...

Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1921) is a collection of poems by Yone Noguchi. Although he is widely recognizing as a leading poet in English and Japanese of the modernist period, Noguchi was also a dedicated literary critic who advocated for the cross-pollination of national poetries. Alongside a brilliant introduction, in which he addresses the collective power of world literature, he provides a selection of his best poems from a quarter century...