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Shanghai Girl
Published: 2011-05-21
Paperback: 208 pages
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This new paperback edition of Vivian Yang's debut novel "Shanghai Girl" can be seen as both a prequel and a sequel to "Memoirs of a Eurasian" in that it fills and expanded its temporal gaps and brings the reader from Shanghai to New York. In the post-Cultural Revolution Shanghai of 1984, university...
Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up
Published: 2005-05-26
Paperback: 160 pages
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It was within the sensual, cinematic setting of 1930s Shanghai that traditional Chinese fashion changed forever. Call them cheongsam, qi pao, or Suzy Wong dresses—the high-collared, body-clinging, slit-to-the-thigh gowns evolved in a world of dramatic change, where Chinese citizens mingled with foreigners...
shanghai girls
Published: 2010-02-02
Paperback: 322 pages
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA TodayIn 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and begg...
Shanghai Girls: A Novel
Published: 2010-02-02
Paperback: 322 pages
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA TodayIn 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and begg...
Shannon: A Novel of Ireland
Published: 2010-02-23
Paperback: 416 pages
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In the summer of 1922, Robert Shannon, a Marine chaplain and a young American hero of the Great War, lands in Ireland. He still suffers from shell shock, and his mentor hopes that a journey Robert had always wanted to make—to find his family roots along the banks of the River Shannon—will restore...
The Shape of Mercy: A Novel
Published: 2008-09-16
Paperback: 320 pages
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“We understand what we want to understand.”Leaving a life of privilege to strike out on her own, Lauren Durough breaks with convention and her family’s expectations by choosing a state college over Stanford and earning her own income over accepting her ample monthly allowance. She t...
The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano, Book 1)
Published: 2005-05-31
Paperback: 224 pages
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The Shape of Water is the first book in the sly, witty, and engaging Inspector Montalbano mystery series with its sardonic take on Sicilian lifeSilvio Lupanello, a big-shot in Vigàta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a part of town ...
The Shape Shifter
Published: 2009-10-13
Kindle Edition: 322 pages
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Retirement has never sat well with former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. Now the ghosts of a still-unsolved case are returning to haunt him, reawakened by a photograph in a magazine spread of a one-of-a-kind Navajo rug, a priceless work of woven art that was supposedly destr...
The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape
Published: 2003-01-21
Paperback: 400 pages
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In The Shaping of a Life, Phyllis Tickle recounts her life with honesty and humor, richly conveying both the external events and the internal insights and emotions. As Tickle chronicles her deepening understanding of prayer and the rewards of marriage, family, and spiritual life, she rea...
Shards of Alderaan (Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights, Book 7)
Published: 1997-01-01
Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
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