Khan, Sulmaan Wasif
Summary: "As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, America declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusionof World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.You, Peiyun
Summary: For fans of Persepolis; An incredible true story in graphic novel form, that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy was born in Qingshui, Taichung in 1930s Taiwan. In part 1 Tsai, in concert with the beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 YOULi, Zhuqing
Summary: "Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence. Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other's best friends until, in their twenties, they were separated by chance at the end of the Chinese Civil War. For the next thirty years, while one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 LIChen, Piera
Summary: Lonely Planet's Taiwan is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Cycle the East Coast, explore temple treasures and hike Taroko Gorge; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL TAIWANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.1249 TAIChen, Tiffy
Summary: "The wildly popular blogger and TikTok sensation @Tiffycooks shares 88 favorite easy everyday and family-style recipes from Asia and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 CHEDalton, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DALGaw, Frankie
Summary: "In this stunning exploration of identity through food, the blogger behind Little Fat Boy presents 80 recipes that defined his childhood as a first-generation Taiwanese American growing up in the Midwest"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 GAWSomervill, Barbara A.
Summary: Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951.249 SOMLin, Jami Nakamura
Summary: In this genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms, the author, after the death of her father, grapples with her bipolar disorder and sets out to interrogate the very notion of recovery through the lens of figures from Japanese, Taiwanese and Okinawan legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Megan McCormick begins her journey in Hong Kong, looking out at the incredible skyline from Victoria Peak, then takes the ferry to visit Tap Mum Chau and Lantau Island. After a flight to Taiwan she explores the capital Taipei and Orchid Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.125 HONPhillips, Carolyn J.
Summary: "Part memoir of life in Taiwan, part love story- a beautifully told account of China's brilliant cuisines . . . with recipes. "Lucky for me, Taipei was in the midst of transforming itself into a food lover's paradise at the exact time I appeared on the scene." So begins Carolyn Phillips's journey as a language student in 1970s Taiwan that culminated with her becoming a traditional Chinese...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 PHIWei, Clarissa
Summary: An in-depth exploration of the vibrant food and culture of Taiwan, including never-before-seen exclusive recipes and gorgeous photography.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Element 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59512 WEICarmichael, L. E. (Lindsey E.)
Summary: Follows the seasons from winter through autumn in the boreal forests, or taigas, that cover the northern parts of Eurasia and North America, highlighting their weather and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses their role in the water and carbon cycles, and the effects of climate change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.3 CARFranchino, Vicky
Summary: "Explore the taiga of Canada and learn all about what it's like to live in this biome, from what kinds of plants and animals are found there to what kinds of weather it receives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.3 FRASmith, Gavin D.
Contents: Scotland. Speyside ; Highlands ; Islay & The Islands ; Campbeltown & The Lowlands -- Ireland -- United States -- Canada -- Japan -- Europe. Sweden ; England ; Wales ; Spain ; France ; Belgium ; The Netherlands ; Germany ; Austria ; Switzerland ; Liechtenstein -- New World. Australia ; New Zealand ; South Africa ; India ; Pakistan ; Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.14 KNETanaka, Shelley
Summary: Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TANMarwan, Zahra
Summary: "An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MARGunderson, Jessica
Summary: Retells the classic German version of the fairy tale of a girl and a wolf, along with similar tales from Italy and Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GUNJaffrey, Madhur
Summary: Includes recipes from Armenia, Burma, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5636 JEFKnecht, G. Bruce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2001
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 797.14 KNEGunderson, Jessica
Summary: Retells the classic German version of the fairy tale of a girl and a wolf, along with similar tales from Italy and Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Pr Inc 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 GUNSummary: The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017