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...Why do Asians really get straight A's? Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian c...

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...Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the press... ...y people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that much, mu... ...oes much deeper than that much, much deeper! This didactic novel — reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of yo... ... reveals the truths about Asian culture, which will shock you to the marrow of your bones and open a hidden world of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT ... ... social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, ... ...to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Any part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, disseminated or transmitted... ...they're minorities and need to do whatever it takes to get ahead, including switching religions; regardless, I know they sold out. Speaking of minori... ...'s when the Korean guy proudly rips off his shirt and tie, like Clark Kent switching to Superman, to reveal his true identity and outfit: the wife ... ...?" "Yeah, you want to go see a movie?" "Cool, I'll make sure to pick a chick flick so that you can suffer through it." "I won't be suffering because I...

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...s in our lives? How do they influence us? Whom do we call an enemy? Whom do we call a friend? And why? Why do we have relationships at all? These are the questions Helena Harper eloquently asks in her collection of poems that examines the relationships in her own life. She has had to rethink her definition of 'enemy', not least because her father was English and her mother...

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... Family and More Family and More - Enemies or Friends? A collection of poems By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Ha... ...By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Harper No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means... ..., recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint... ...ut the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of AEG Publishing Group 845 Third Avenue, 6th Floor - 6016 New York, NY 1... ...0022 www.eloquentbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-60693-127-1 1-60693-127-X Printed in the United States of America Book Design: SP To all the people in my lif... ...r everything you have taught me and continue to teach me. Table of Contents The Baby.................................................................... ...ng. The body seeks refuge in coma; organs fail as the days tick by and hands switch off machines - a flick here, a click there, 27 that's all it take... ...e in coma; organs fail as the days tick by and hands switch off machines - a flick here, a click there, 27 that's all it takes, not much, to enable ...

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...Excerpt: Dear Baron, you have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast ?History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,? you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most impor...

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...ted by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is... ...rriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication ... ...Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Collection of Antiquities by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania... ...n through a hundred thousand livres, dear Marquis,” resumed the Chevalier, flick- ing a trace of snuff from his waistcoat; “it is not much, I know. I ... ...d, running her fingers through her wig a la Titus, and twirling her riding switch. “O! Mme. la Duchesse, you are an angel!” cried Chesnel, with tears ...

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Excerpt: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding: Volume One, Containing Books I through VIII.

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Excerpt: The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

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...Excerpt: It happened in the seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas?s Day. There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to e...

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