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Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese-American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day-care teacher, and they've been together for a few years - good years - but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say good-bye.

Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog’s tag says “Tamon,” a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man decides to keep Tamon, becoming the first in a series of owners on the dog’s five-year journey to find his beloved first owner, Hikaru, a boy who has not spoken since the tsunami. An agent of fate, Tamon is a gift to everyone who welcomes him into their life.

Join Max and his Malay friend, Ahmad, as they celebrate Hari Raya Eidil Fitri and observe the sacrifices of Hari Raya Eidil Adha. Discover the layout of the mosque and the significance of the traditional greeting with a salam...

Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in colonial and postcolonial Asia and the United States, Inheritors paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of its characters as they grapple with the legacies of loss, imperialism, and war. Written from myriad perspectives and in a wide range of styles, each of these interconnected stories is designed to speak to the others, contesting assumptions and illuminating the complicated ways we experience, interpret, and pass on our personal and shared histories.

A couple's cat leaves offerings of dead birds freighted with mysterious import. A foreign worker helps construct a concert hall that reawakens his musical longings. A young diver hunts venomous cone snails for a lovelorn researcher. With disarming simplicity, Barrie Sherwood charts how the...

Meet the team behind the Kung Fu Force: Lucas the Lizard, Brady the Bengal Cat and Coco the Cockatoo. Together with Shifu Seong the Seahorse, these three animal pals master kung fu skills and learn life lessons along the way. And when duty calls, they channel their chi to save the world!

It's the Kung Fu Force's first day at a new school, and three boxers—Dave, Diego and Darius—bully Lucas the Lizard, just because he is small. Then the tap at the canteen's bubble tea stall malfunctions, creating a huge milk tea whirlpool that pulls in those disagreeable puppies. Lucas must now put aside his anger long enough to rescue his bullies.

General Rock needs a crew for his new spaceship, The Sweet Candy. He calls upon Captain Cake, Lieutenant Chocolate, Sergeant Jelly and Private Potato to team up and venture where no sweet has gone before. Will the Candy Crew know how to work together?...

Join Captain Cake and his friends, Lieutenant Chocolate, Sergeant Jelly and Private Potato as they journey through space. The Captain Cake stories will keep young readers engaged as they explore important character-building lessons...

The Candy Crew travel to Planet Lava in search of hidden treasure. There, they find out a secret about General Rock. What should the crew do with what they have learnt?...

Join Captain Cake and his friends, Lieutenant Chocolate, Sergeant Jelly and Private Potato as they journey through space. The Captain Cake stories will keep young readers engaged as they explore important character-building lessons...

Commander Pickle is always in a pickle, meaning he is always in trouble. He loses his robot, cannot be found and ends up in the Machine of Waste. Can the Candy Crew save him in time?...

Hunters are a new breed of criminal. An aberration. Not human, not animal, but a terrifying combination. After a long absence, forensic psychologist Walter Kirino is back with the Hunter Intelligence Division, on the trail of a new Hunter. Following the bodies that the Highway Snatcher leaves...