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[2018]
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Women scientists have made key contributions to the pursuit of science and some of the most important discoveries of all time. In Chien-Shiung Wu, learn how the Chinese nuclear physicist chose to pursue a career in science and made breakthrough discoveries in nuclear fission and the scientific understanding of atoms. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
42) Tracking time
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Pub. Date
[2000]
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The disappearance of a young doctor in Central Park brings Detective Sergeant April Woo and her canine unit into the case, but the crime-fighting team sniffs out another body instead, complicating an already difficult murder investigation.
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Pub. Date
2011
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"Iris Chang's best-selling book The Rape of Nanking forever changed the way we view the Second World War in Asia. It all began with a photo of a river choked with the bodies of hundreds of Chinese civilians that shook Iris to her core. Who were these people? Why had this happened and how could their story have been lost to history? She could not shake that image from her head. She could not forget what she had seen. A few short years later, Chang...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. Protagonist Frida Liu, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one very bad day. To regain custody, Frida must spend a year...
47) Saving face
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A widowed, Chinese-American woman finds she is pregnant after an affair. Banished from her traditionalist father's house in Flushing, she moves in with her lesbian daughter, Wilhemina.
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Series
Rich novels (Kevin Kwan) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.