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Clark and Division

de Naomi Hirahara ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Series series Japantown Mysteries
Completo

8 hora 56 minutos

Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans.The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister, ... Leer más

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Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans.The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister,
... Leer más

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Mother of Peace - A Memoir

And God Will Wipe Away All Tears From Their Eyes

de Hak Ja Han Moon ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Completo

10 hora 56 minutos

DESCRIPTIONDiscover the untold story of Hak Ja Han Moon, the North Korean village girl who is now known to millions as the Mother of Peace. Her heart-wrenching story reveals details of a war-torn childhood and trials of faith as she and her late husband, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, built a vast and still-growing international movement capable of fulfilling God's will for peace in the 21st century.Dr. ... Leer más

$14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

DESCRIPTIONDiscover the untold story of Hak Ja Han Moon, the North Korean village girl who is now known to millions as the Mother of Peace. Her heart-wrenching story reveals details of a war-torn childhood and trials of faith as she and her late husband, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, built a vast and still-growing international movement capable of fulfilling God's will for peace in the 21st century.Dr.
... Leer más
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Girls of Paper and Fire

de Natasha Ngan ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Completo

14 hora 23 minutos

Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked."*In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked."*In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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The Other Side of Perfect

de Mariko Turk ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Completo

9 hora 52 minutos

For fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary H.K. Choi, this lyrical and emotionally driven novel follows Alina, a young aspiring dancer who suffers a devastating injury and must face a world without ballet—as well as the darker side of her former dream.Alina Keeler was destined to dance, but then a terrifying fall shatters her leg—and her dreams of a professional ballet career along with it.After a summer ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

For fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary H.K. Choi, this lyrical and emotionally driven novel follows Alina, a young aspiring dancer who suffers a devastating injury and must face a world without ballet—as well as the darker side of her former dream.Alina Keeler was destined to dance, but then a terrifying fall shatters her leg—and her dreams of a professional ballet career along with it.After a summer
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Swallows

de Natsuo Kirino ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Completo

10 hora 8 minutos

The highly anticipated new novel. When a young single woman in Tokyo decides she’s ready to sell anything—even her womb—to escape the precarity of her life, an agency pairs her with a wealthy couple desperate to have a child. The match seems made in heaven. She even looks a little like the wife. But is anything ever that simple?Nothing has ever gone right for Riki. She left her boring hometown in ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The highly anticipated new novel. When a young single woman in Tokyo decides she’s ready to sell anything—even her womb—to escape the precarity of her life, an agency pairs her with a wealthy couple desperate to have a child. The match seems made in heaven. She even looks a little like the wife. But is anything ever that simple?Nothing has ever gone right for Riki. She left her boring hometown in
... Leer más
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Jasmine Toguchi Complete Collection, The

Books 1-4

de Debbi Michiko Florence ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Series series Jasmine Toguchi
Completo

4 hora 52 minutos

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen: The first in a new chapter book series featuring a spunky Japanese-American heroine!Eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is a flamingo fan, tree climber, and top-notch mess-maker!She's also tired of her big sister, Sophie, always getting to do things first. For once, Jasmine wishes SHE could do something before Sophie—something special, something different. The New Year ... Leer más

$19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen: The first in a new chapter book series featuring a spunky Japanese-American heroine!Eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is a flamingo fan, tree climber, and top-notch mess-maker!She's also tired of her big sister, Sophie, always getting to do things first. For once, Jasmine wishes SHE could do something before Sophie—something special, something different. The New Year
... Leer más
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When Can We Go Back to America?

Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII

de Susan H. Kamei ...

Narrado por Jennifer Ikeda, Allison Hiroto, Kurt Kanazawa, Andrew Kishino, Mizuo Peck ...

Completo

21 hora 43 minutos

Four starred reviews!A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction of 2021In this “riveting and indispensable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves together the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.It’s difficult to believe it ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

Four starred reviews!A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction of 2021In this “riveting and indispensable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves together the voices of over 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.It’s difficult to believe it
... Leer más
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Girls of Storm and Shadow

de Natasha Ngan ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Series Audiolibro 2 - Girls of Paper and Fire
Completo

13 hora 54 minutos

In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestseller Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped the oppression of the Hidden Palace, but their freedom comes at a terrible cost.Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel monarch wasn't the culmination of her ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

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In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestseller Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped the oppression of the Hidden Palace, but their freedom comes at a terrible cost.Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel monarch wasn't the culmination of her
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Nuclear Family

A Tragicomic Novel in Letters

de Susanna Fogel ...

Narrado por Gabra Zackman, Bailey Carr, Oliver Wyman, Dara Rosenberg, Michael David Axtell, Allison Hiroto, Scott Aiello, Ellen Archer, Lauren Fortgang, Jessica Almasy, Suzanne Toren, Jonathan Davis, Carol Monda, Richard Ferrone, Stephen Bel Davies, Dan Bittner, Lance Rubin, Josh Hurley, a full cast, L.J. Ganser ...

Completo

5 hora 28 minutos

From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive ... Leer más

$16.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive
... Leer más

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Grotesque

de Natsuo Kirino ...

Narrado por Allison Hiroto ...

Completo

18 hora 56 minutos

Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Satō floats around among them, trying to fit in. Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead—both have become prostitutes and both have been ... Leer más

$30.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Satō floats around among them, trying to fit in. Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead—both have become prostitutes and both have been
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Real World

de Natsuo Kirino ...

Narrado por June Angela, Allison Hiroto, Rebecca Ho, Kurt Kanazawa, Mirai ...

Completo

7 hora 2 minutos

In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her next-door neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor’s son. But when he flees, taking Toshi’s bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within them as well ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her next-door neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor’s son. But when he flees, taking Toshi’s bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within them as well
... Leer más

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Kindling

de Traci Chee ...

Narrado por Amielynn Abellera, Ferdelle Capistrano, Allison Hiroto, Catherine Ho, Erika Ishii, Joy Osmanski, Jeanne Syquia ...

Completo

13 hora 8 minutos

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a stand-alone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.A Los ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

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From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a stand-alone fantasy set against a war-ravaged world where kindling warfare—the use of elite, magic-wielding teenage soldiers—has been outlawed. In this rich and evocative novel, seven kindlings search for purpose and identity as they prepare for one final battle. For fans of the classic films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven.A Los
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook