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Chào to Main Street

An Account of Vietnamese Refugees in Western Oklahoma

by Mary Kluver, Ordell Kluver ...

"Captivating from start to finish." - Major General (Ret.) Viet LuongWith the fall of Saigon in April of 1975, Vietnamese refugees flooded into US military bases to await resettlement in the United States. Ordell and Mary Kluver, from a small town in Western Oklahoma, soon found themselves immersed in a project to sponsor and help resettle 250 Vietnamese refugees in Clinton, Oklahoma, and the ... Read more

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"Captivating from start to finish." - Major General (Ret.) Viet LuongWith the fall of Saigon in April of 1975, Vietnamese refugees flooded into US military bases to await resettlement in the United States. Ordell and Mary Kluver, from a small town in Western Oklahoma, soon found themselves immersed in a project to sponsor and help resettle 250 Vietnamese refugees in Clinton, Oklahoma, and the
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Asia.com

Asia Encounters the Internet

Edited by K. C. Ho, Randy Kluver, C.C. Yang ...

Series series Asia's Transformations/Asia.com
The internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia. These impacts are inevitably uneven and conditioned by issues of telecommunications infrastructure, government policies, cultural and social values, and economic realities. The ... Read more

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The internet is developing quicker in Asia than in any other region of the world. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the information society in an Asian context, and the impact of these technologies in Asia. These impacts are inevitably uneven and conditioned by issues of telecommunications infrastructure, government policies, cultural and social values, and economic realities. The
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Wandering Souls

A Novel

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One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of the YearLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction 2024Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023“A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope.” —Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Time Is a MotherThere are the goodbyes and t... ... Read more

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One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of the YearLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction 2024Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023“A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope.” —Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Time Is a MotherThere are the goodbyes and t...
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Holidays in Heck

A Former War Correspondent Experiences Frightening Vacation Fun

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Humorous essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author on travel, late-life parenting, and other perils.P. J. O'Rourke, hailed as "one of America's most hilarious writers" by Time, is the author of the classic travelogue Holidays in Hell, in which he traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission to what were then some of the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and ... Read more

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Humorous essays from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author on travel, late-life parenting, and other perils.P. J. O'Rourke, hailed as "one of America's most hilarious writers" by Time, is the author of the classic travelogue Holidays in Hell, in which he traversed the globe on a fun-finding mission to what were then some of the most desperate places on the planet, including Warsaw, Managua, and
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Where the Wind Leads

A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption

by Dr. Vinh Chung ...

From the harrowing experiences of their journey across the South China Sea in the aftermath of the Vietnam War to the heartwarming account of their successful restaurant venture in America, the refugee story of Vinh Chung and his family is riveting. In a time where the current topics are immigration and human rights, this first-hand account reminds us to view events and people with a lens of ... Read more

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From the harrowing experiences of their journey across the South China Sea in the aftermath of the Vietnam War to the heartwarming account of their successful restaurant venture in America, the refugee story of Vinh Chung and his family is riveting. In a time where the current topics are immigration and human rights, this first-hand account reminds us to view events and people with a lens of
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Getting Out of Saigon

How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians

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A “captivating” (The Washington Post) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” (The Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White’s successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army.In April 1975, Ralph White was asked by his boss to transfer from the Bangkok branch of the ... Read more

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A “captivating” (The Washington Post) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” (The Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White’s successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army.In April 1975, Ralph White was asked by his boss to transfer from the Bangkok branch of the
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Over the Moat

Love Among the Ruins of Imperial Vietnam

by James Sullivan ...

"Cultures clash, but love conquers, with some fascinating twists and plenty of intimate details." — Kirkus ReviewsJames Sullivan's Over the Moat details his travels in Vietnam to bicycle from Saigon to Hanoi. He has just finished graduate school and has an assignment to write a magazine story about a country that is still subject to a U.S. trade embargo. But in Hue, the old imperial capital of ... Read more

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"Cultures clash, but love conquers, with some fascinating twists and plenty of intimate details." — Kirkus ReviewsJames Sullivan's Over the Moat details his travels in Vietnam to bicycle from Saigon to Hanoi. He has just finished graduate school and has an assignment to write a magazine story about a country that is still subject to a U.S. trade embargo. But in Hue, the old imperial capital of
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Vietnam

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Hailed as "the most provocative and disturbing analytical indictment . . . of America's role in Vietnam" by the New York Times, this is Mary McCarthy's riveting account of her journeys to Saigon and HanoiIn 1967, the editor of the New York Review of Books sent Mary McCarthy to Vietnam. In this daring and incisive account , McCarthy brings her critical thinking and novelist's eye to one of the ... Read more

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Hailed as "the most provocative and disturbing analytical indictment . . . of America's role in Vietnam" by the New York Times, this is Mary McCarthy's riveting account of her journeys to Saigon and HanoiIn 1967, the editor of the New York Review of Books sent Mary McCarthy to Vietnam. In this daring and incisive account , McCarthy brings her critical thinking and novelist's eye to one of the
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Vietnam, Now

A Reporter Returns

by David Lamb ...

When he left war-ravaged Vietnam some thirty years ago, journalist David Lamb averred "I didn't care if I ever saw the wretched country again." But in 1997, he found himself living in Hanoi, in charge of the Los Angeles Times's first peacetime bureau and in the midst of a country on the move, as it progresses toward a free-market economy and divorces itself from the restrictive, isolationist ... Read more

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When he left war-ravaged Vietnam some thirty years ago, journalist David Lamb averred "I didn't care if I ever saw the wretched country again." But in 1997, he found himself living in Hanoi, in charge of the Los Angeles Times's first peacetime bureau and in the midst of a country on the move, as it progresses toward a free-market economy and divorces itself from the restrictive, isolationist
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Perfume Dreams

Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora

by Andrew Lam ...

"Much will be made—and rightly so—of the eloquent commentary [Lam's] essays provide on Vietnam and the Vietnamese . . . a fascinating and important book." —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorA PEN American Beyond Margins Award winnerIn his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a Viet ... Read more

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"Much will be made—and rightly so—of the eloquent commentary [Lam's] essays provide on Vietnam and the Vietnamese . . . a fascinating and important book." —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorA PEN American Beyond Margins Award winnerIn his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a Viet
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Lessons from Alaska

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Thinking about moving to Alaska?You might find more reason to as author Jack Hodnik shares Lessons from Alaska.In nine chapters, Hodnik tells you what to expect based on his thirty-six year experience in Alaska. Learn about Alaskas history and the unusual challenges an Alaskan may face. Extreme weather is to be expected and the author shares some exemplary personal stories of enduring and ... Read more

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Thinking about moving to Alaska?You might find more reason to as author Jack Hodnik shares Lessons from Alaska.In nine chapters, Hodnik tells you what to expect based on his thirty-six year experience in Alaska. Learn about Alaskas history and the unusual challenges an Alaskan may face. Extreme weather is to be expected and the author shares some exemplary personal stories of enduring and
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Teaching at the Top of the World

An adventurous woman's frightful and humorous tales—the characters she met, life on the Trans-Alaska pipeline, and teaching in Alaska Bush villages.

by Marilyn Forrester ...

Marilyn Forrester arrived in Alaska in 1977 with a goal of striking it rich by being a welder on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. With her traumatic divorce behind her, a new English degree, return airline ticket, and $200 in her pocket, she was ready for adventure. However, she didn't do welding, but had unique and exciting adventures as she worked for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in Anchorage, at ... Read more

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Marilyn Forrester arrived in Alaska in 1977 with a goal of striking it rich by being a welder on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. With her traumatic divorce behind her, a new English degree, return airline ticket, and $200 in her pocket, she was ready for adventure. However, she didn't do welding, but had unique and exciting adventures as she worked for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in Anchorage, at
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