Bamboozled: An Incarcerated Boxer Goes Undercover For John McCain’s Boxing Bill by Joe BielRequirements: Epub reader, 1.15 MbOverview: In this introspective exploration of former boxer Joey Torrey’s life, his past, his murder conviction, and his more than 30-year incarceration in a California state prison are each fine-tooth combed. Nearly five years after his original memoir, […]
Blue Bamboo: Tales by Dazai Osamu (Translated by Ralph F. McCarthy)Requirements: ePUB/MOBI Reader, 1.1 MBOverview: Scholars and fans often divide the career of Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) into three periods–early, middle, and late. The early and late periods tend to get all the attention, but in fact Dazai was at his very best in the middle […]
Bamboo Fences by Isao Yoshikawa and Suzuki OsamuRequirements: PDF Reader, 25.1MBOverview: Bamboo has emerged as the BUILDING MATERIAL of choice for the twenty-first century. Designers in every fieldfrom architecture to aeronauticsare discovering ever more innovative uses for the miracle plant. Five times stronger than concrete and flexible enough to be woven like silk, bamboo has […]
So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins (Bamboo Grove #1)Requirements: ePUB reader, 791 KB | Version : RetailOverview: Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end, Japanese on the Korean […]
Hunt for the Bamboo Rat by Graham SalisburyRequirements: Epub reader, 4.82 MbOverview: Based on a true story, this World War II novel by Scott O’Dell Award winner Graham Salisbury tells how Zenji, 17, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese. Zenji Watanabe graduates from high school in Hawaii and is […]