From the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives."Lin's gossamer prose is patient and full of wonders."—Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams and An Oral History of AtlantisWhen ...

Un gruppo di bianchi, sicuri della loro intoccabilità, gli ha portato via tutto. Ma nessuno sa uccidere come Ming Tsu. E adesso è in cerca di vendetta.Per anni Ming Tsu è stato costretto a lavorare come uno schiavo alla costruzione della ferrovia transcontinentale, insieme ai tanti cinesi che con la loro sofferenza hanno aperto il West agli americani e che nessuno ricorda mai. È fuggito solo quando il Profeta - un vecchio cinese cieco, capace di leggere il futuro - non gli ha detto...

Dans les années 1860-1870, ce sont des immigrés chinois qui construisent la voie ferrée pour la Central Pacific. Ming Tsu est l’un d’eux, orphelin formé par son père adoptif américain à l’art de tuer. Pour retrouver Ada, l’épouse blanche que les hommes de main de son beau père lui ont enlevée, il va traverser l’Utah, le Nevada et la Californie en fugitif dont la tête est mise à prix. En cours de route, il exécute chacun des hommes qui lui ont "volé sa vie". Dans sa quête impitoyable, Ming ...

What happens when God calls you to follow him? Where might Jesus take you? What might it cost? And what kind of surprising blessings could it bring you and the world around you?Through sharing his own personal story, Urbana director Tom Lin showshow pursuing God?s call can take us in unexpected directions. As a success-driven Harvard student, Tom figured he was headed for a lucrative career in corporate business. But then God called him to a life he never expected. Despite painful resistan...

A Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice: a twist on the classic western from "an astonishing new voice" (Jonathan Lethem).Orphaned young, Ming Tsu, the son of Chinese immigrants, is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. But when Ming falls in love with Ada, the daughter of a powe...

1869, als der Westen der USA durch den Bau der Eisenbahnstrecken erschlossen wird. Der chinesische Gangster und Hitman Ming Tsu ist auf einem Rachefeldzug: Weil er Ada, eine weiße Frau, heiraten wollte, wurde er von deren Vater, einem Eisenbahnbaron, beinahe umgebracht und an eine Eisenbahngesellschaft als Arbeitssklave verkauft.Aber Ming Tsu lässt sich nicht unterkriegen, schließlich ist er ein professioneller Killer mit sehr eigener Moral. Mit Hilfe eines greisen Chinesen, genann...

**TIME Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of the YearFrom the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious military secret shapes their lives.**When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States to take possession of a 160-acre homestead be...

A Chinese American assassin sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact revenge on her abductors in this New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice: a twist on the classic western from "an astonishing new voice" (Jonathan Lethem).Orphaned young, Ming Tsu, the son of Chinese immigrants, is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. But when Ming falls in love with Ada, the daughter of a powe...

2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist—ReligionEvangelicalism in America has cracked, split on the shoals of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, leaving many wondering if they wantto be in or out of the evangelical tribe. The contentiousness brought to the fore surrounds what it means to affirm and demonstrate evangelical Christian faith amidst the messy and polarized realities gripping our country and world. Who or what is defi...

Wir bewegen uns in eine neue Zeit: Die Erde wechselt von der dritten und damit materiell basierten Dimension in die fünfte und damit energiebasierte Dimension. Eine Begebenheit, die vielfältigste Auswirkungen, Herausforderungen und Chancen in sich trägt. Wir bewegen uns in eine neue Zeit. Und wollen wir diese aktiv und selbstermächtigt mitgestalten, ist es unerlässlich, dass wir uns damit auseinander setzen.

This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend to protect public health, but in fact they often represent significant structural threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other subordinate groups. The volume focuses on the 'anthropology of policy,' which is concerned with the process of decision-making...

From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.Everyone’s story begins somewhere…For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a little creative license.For Jarrett J. Krosoczka, it was...