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When love doesn’t go the way it’s supposed to

July 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Ballad of a Small Player By Lawrence Osborne Hogarth, 2014 Meet Doyle — or Lord Doyle, as he comes to be known among the casinos of Macau. Doyle’s not quite the English lord people believe he is. He’s actually a corrupt lawyer who embezzled millions from a wealthy […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Crazy Rich Asians, England, India, Love Commandos, Macau, New York, Nick Young, Overseas Chinese, Rachel Chu, Ram Sunder, Simon Schuster, Singapore, Tulsi Mishra, Vish Puri, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11

Mysteries and thrillers — Book recommendations

May 2, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder By Shamini Flint Minotaur Books, 2010 When Alan Lee, a big timber executive in Malaysia, is killed, police arrest his ex-wife, Chelsea Liew, as their prime — and only — suspect.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, 2012, 2014, Although Singh, Butter Chicken, Chelsea Liew, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Murder, Minotaur Books, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pakistan, Poke Rafferty, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Southeast Asia, Vish Puri, Vol 33 No 19 | May 3 - May 9

Life at War — Book recommendations

February 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Cress By Marissa Meyer Feiwel and Friends, 2014 The Lunar Chronicles continue in this third installment right where the previous one ended. New Beijing cyborg mechanic Cinder and Captain Carswell Thorne are now fugitives on the run from the law — both on Earth and on the moon. And […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, Cambodian New Year, East West Discovery Press, Eastern Commonwealth, France, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Lunar Queen Levana, New Beijing, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pearl Harbor, Phnom Penh, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Three Years, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7

Three tales of two countries

May 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Man Who Dammed the Yangtze By Alex Kuo Haven Books, 2011 In the Chinese city of Changchun, there lives a woman named Ge. In the city of Oshkosh, Wis., there lives a Chinese-American man named G.

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Although Korobi, Although Nao, Canada, China, Haven Books, Korobi Roy, Nao Yasutani, New York, Simon Schuster, Three Gorges Dam, Tokyo, United States Grand Coulee Dam, Vol 32 No 20 | May 11 - May 17, World Trade Center, japan

Dr. Youn shares the pratfalls (and joy) behind becoming a plastic surgeon

November 23, 2011 By Stacy Nguyen

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon, doesn’t believe that there was one moment when he realized his calling as a doctor. Rather, he explains that his journey has been a series of moments with patients. “I think in any physician’s practice, there is a handful of patients that stick […]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Anthony Youn, Asian Americans, Chinese Chink, Grand Rapids, In Stitches, Korean, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rachael Ray Show, Simon Schuster, So Youn, Stacy Nguyen, United States, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2, blog, culture, poverty

NWAW’s December must-reads

December 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Buddha’s Orphans” is a love story between Raja, an orphan boy whose mother drowned herself when he was a baby, and Nilu, a girl born into privilege.

Filed Under: Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, Beijing University, Bokey Ba, China, Chinese Canadian, Chinese Cultural Revolution, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan Wong, Mei Wang, NWAW, Nepal, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, United States, Vol 29 No 51 | December 18 - December 24, Yin Luoyi

NWAW’s October must-reads

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As a direct descendent of Korean royalty and a member of the country’s aristocracy, Judith Lee is used to the finer things in life. As a result, the 26-year-old is

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, BTK, Chinatown, Dori Jones Yang, Euny Hong, Jinna Zhang, Judith Lee, Korean, Madame Tartakov, NWAW, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pleasant Company Publications, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Tho Hoang David Thai, Tinh Timmy Ngo, Vietnamese, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15

NWAW’s June must-reads

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” By Nagaru Tanigawa, published by Little, Brown and Company, April 2009 Almost every kid has moments where he or she wishes that life was a little less ordinary and a little more exciting.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, American Knees, Asian Americans, Beijing, China, Chinese American, Cultural Revolution, Haruhi Suzumiya, Meet Mei Wang, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, Simon Schuster, Washington Press, attention, vol 28 no 24 | June 6 - June 12

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