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Ghost Train $4.13 Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But… |
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Ghost Train by Yee, Paul; Chan, Harvey Edition ILL, 0 $13.99 Winner of the Governor General's Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award and the Ruth Schwartz AwardThis powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning tale is based on the lives of the Chinese who settled on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s.Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them.But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board the train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. She is able to give them peace by returning their bones to China where they were born. |
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Ghost Train $6 Ghost Train |
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The Secret Keepers by Yee, Paul Edition , 0 $18.49 Set in San Francisco's Chinatown before and after 1906, this novel portrays a young Jackson Leong coping with the ghost of his brother who died in the earthquake, as well as the mysterious ghost of a young woman. Jackson must find out the reasons why the ghosts are haunting the world of the living. If he fails, his family will face disgrace and ruin. |
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Shu-Li and Tamara by Yee, Paul; Wang, Shaoli Edition ILL, 0 $16.49 This contemporary story of the true friendship between two girls is set in Vancouver's Commercial Drive neighborhood. Shu-Li's parents run a local Chinese deli and much of the story revolves around food. There is a helpful compendium of recipes at the end of the book for kids to try out. Beautifully illustrated throughout with line drawings. Paul Yee is the recipient of the Governor General's Award for Ghost Trainand the City of Vancouver Book Award for Saltwater City.He has authored numerous books for young people, including The Jade Necklace and The Bone Collector's Son.Paul is a leading chronicler of the Chinese immigration experience in Canada.Shaoli Wang is the talented illustrator of the BC Book Prizes short-listed picturebook Bamboo. |
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The Boy in the Attic by Yee, Paul; Xiong, Gu Edition ILL, 0 $11.49 Isolated in his house in his new country after his family emigrates from China to America, seven-year-old Kai-ming Wong discovers a blond-haired ghost of a boy in his attic who fufills his need for friendship |
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What Happened This Summer by Yee, Paul Edition , 0 $11.49 This new collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee confronts the secret lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they battle with their parents over schooling, carreers, sexuality, religion and integration into North American culture. Once again Paul Yee offers a rare glimpse into the conflicted world of Chinese youth, some of whom are locally born, while others have recently immigrated from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. |
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Theroux, Paul Edition , 1 $16.99 Paul Theroux returns to the transcontinental expedition that madeGreat Railway Bazaara classic of travel literature and realizes—in rich, anecdotal detail—how much the world has changed. Half a lifetime ago, Paul Theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his grand tour by train through Asia. In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed and China has risen; India booms while Burma smothers under dictatorship; Vietnam flourishes in the aftermath of the havoc America was unleashing on it the last time he passed through. InGhost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux re-creates that earlier journey. His odyssey takes him from eastern Europe, still hung-over from communism, through tense but thriving Turkey into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbor Azerbaijan revels in oil-fueled capitalism. Theroux is firsthand witness to it all, encountering adventures only he could have: from the literary (sparring with the incisive Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk) to the dissolute (surviving a week-long bender on the Trans-Siberian Railroad). Wherever he goes, his omnivorous curiosity and unerring eye for detail never fail to inspire, enlighten, inform, and entertain. |
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Ghost Train by Capeci, Anne; Casale, Paul Edition ILL, 0 $13.99 The third book in the Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries series features a trio of young crime solvers and nonstop action set against the backdrop of early 20th century railroad expansion.It is 1926 in the remote camp town of Scenic, Washington, and Billy, Dannie and Finn have more on their minds than the upcoming Fourth of July pageant. When Billy finds a mysterious burlap sack containing a threatening note, he and his best friends have a brand new case to solve.Does the note have something to do with the mysterious, unscheduled trains that are moving through Scenic? The trail leads to a planned railroad heist of a special train that carries raw silk worth millions from the Seattle shipyards to the East Coast textile mills. But time is running out as the three friends frantically search for clues to the identity of the robber before the targeted ghost train passes through Scenic.Anne Capeci's latest book in this fast-paced historical series offers young readers a satisfying mystery, well-drawn characters, and an authentic portrait of the rough and tumble life of a western camp town in the 1920s. |
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Theroux, Paul Edition ILL, 0 $26.99 Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world’s most acclaimed travel writer re-creates his 25,000-mile journey through eastern Europe, central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia.Half a lifetime ago, Paul Theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his grand tour by train through Asia. In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed and China has risen; India booms while Burma smothers under dictatorship; Vietnam flourishes in the aftermath of the havoc America was unleashing on it the last time Theroux passed through. And no one is better able to capture the texture, sights, smells, and sounds of that changing landscape than Theroux.Theroux’s odyssey takes him from eastern Europe, still hung-over from communism, through tense but thriving Turkey into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbor Azerbaijan revels in oil-fueled capitalism. Theroux is firsthand witness to it all, traveling as the locals do—by stifling train, rattletrap bus, illicit taxi, and mud-caked foot—encountering adventures only he could have: from the literary (sparring with the incisive Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk) to the dissolute (surviving a week-long bender on the Trans-Siberian Railroad). And wherever he goes, his omnivorous curiosity and unerring eye for detail never fail to inspire, enlighten, inform, and entertain.PAUL THEROUX was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941 and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. His fiction includes The Mosquito Coast, My Secret History, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong, Blinding Light, and most recently, The Elephanta Suite. His highly acclaimed travel books include Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Fresh Air Fiend, and Dark Star Safari. He has been the guest editor of The Best American Travel Writing and is a frequent contributor to various magazines, including The New Yorker. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod. |
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Ghost train/Studio B sessions 2010 $159 Ghost train/Studio B sessions 2010 |
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Dead Man’s Gold and Other Stories by Yee, Paul; Chan, Harvey Edition ILL, 0 $16.99 These ten original ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America ߞ from the poor village men who first came searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. These stories describe the resilience and struggle of people trying to make new lives for themselves in a strange land. But these are also ghost stories, a popular narrative form in China. Though men and women seek their fortune in the New World, the links to China are strong.Wherever they go, the Chinese immigrants are reminded of their home country ߞ the curse of a friend betrayed, the ghost of a faithful spouse, the spirit of a dead parent. The tales describe the plights and dreams of men and women, rich and poor, greedy and good, young and old. Together, they tell the tumultuous story of 140 years of Chinese immigration to North America, creating a New World mythology of immigrant stories. |
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Breakaway by Yee, Paul Edition , 0 $11.99 In 1932, at the height of the Depression, eighteen-year-old Kwok-ken Wong, the only Chinese boy at his Vancouver high school, finds himself alienated by the racism that confronts him, until he joins the Chinese community’s soccer team |
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Money Boy by Yee, Paul Edition , $21.49 Ray Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs the escape. It's tough getting grades that will please his army veteran father, when speaking English is still a struggle. And he can't quite connect with his peers at high school ߞ Chinese immigrants like himself but who seem to have adjusted to North American life more easily.Then comes the fateful day when his father accesses Ray's internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked out. Angry,defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money ߞ athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care? |
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Shu-Li and Diego by Yee, Paul; Wang, Shaoli Edition ILL, 0 $14.99 Shu-Li and Diego tells the story of how these two classmates meet the challenge of taking care of Baxter, a neighbor's dog. The two friends face disaster when Baxter runs away and they have to break the news to its owner.Paul Yeeis a recipient of Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.Shaoli Wangis the illustrator of Paul Yee's Bamboo, a finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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Henry Chow and Other Stories by Miles, Victoria; Juhasz, George; Lau, Evelyn; Yee, Paul Edition ILL, 0 $18.49 Set around the world—in Canada, the UK, India, Japan and Jamaica—these fascinating stories by emerging and established writers, such as Evelyn Lau and Governor General's Award winner Paul Yee, will captivate and entertain teens of all ages. |
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Learning to Fly by Yee, Paul Edition , 0 $13.99 Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his friendship with a Native boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home. |
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Come for a Ride on the Ghost Train $9 This book is in Good Used condition |
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Ghost Train to Nowhere $5 This book is in Good Used condition |
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The Silent Traveller in Oxford by Chiang, Yee Yee, Chiang Edition , 0 $22.49 The Silent Traveller in Oxford. Chiang, Yee Yee, Chiang |
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The Silent Traveller in London by Chiang, Yee Yee, Chiang Edition , 0 $19.49 The Silent Traveller in London. Chiang, Yee Yee, Chiang |
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Ghost $6 Ghost |
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No Ghost $89 No Ghost |
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Ghost Train $1.99 Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board the train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. Will Choon-yi find a way to make peace with her father’s death? Ghostly, magical, and redeeming, this masterful tale is superbly illustrated by Harvey Chan. |
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Ghost Train $4.19 Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board the train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. Will Choon-yi find a way to make peace with her father’s death? Ghostly, magical, and redeeming, this masterful tale is superbly illustrated by Harvey Chan. |
