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1) The namesake
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When his Indian immigrant parents give him an odd name, a boy must struggle towards manhood suffering the burdens of this name as well as the conflicting loyalties of his heritage.
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2010
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English
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"Right now vast amounts of data are being produced and transfered around the world. Each year this equates to millions of times more than the information contained in every single book ever published. To succeed in this age of information overload, we need to have skills that enable us to take in and assimilate a lot of information fast."--P. [4] of cover.
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Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman's attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish. Zuhour, an Omani student at a British university, is caught between the past and the present. As she attempts to form friendships...
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[2020]
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English
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"From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play."--
Every day Willis Wu leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--...
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Against the backdrop of the war on drugs and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, a Korean girl comes of age in her parents' bodega in the Queensbridge projects, offering a singular perspective on our nation of immigrants and the tensions pulsing in the margins where they live and work.
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2013.
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Français
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Prenez en main Lightroom 5 en assimilant les notions de base, à commencer par le réglage du logiciel, les notions essentielles du catalogage ainsi que la correction des images.
Assimilez les connaissances de base avec Gilles Théophile afin d’être rapidement productif avec Lightroom ! Vous verrez comment régler les options, de quelle manière fonctionne l’interface et la mise en service du catalogue. Vous découvrirez également les notions...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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Français
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Prenez en main les nouvelles fonctions de Premiere Pro CC 2015. Découvrez les méthodes de travail rendues possibles par les nouveaux outils de ce logiciel de montage vidéo.
Prenez efficacement en main les nouveautés de Premiere Pro CC ! À travers des mises en situation concrètes et parlantes, les utilisateurs du logiciel de montage vidéo vont appréhender la nouvelle approche de travail de la couleur. Parcourez les améliorations sur l'audio,...
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[2022]
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English
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"From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. In the eyes of 18-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity-is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream; for Hua, a first-generation...
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2014.
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English
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"From Tony Hsieh to Amy Chua to Jeremy Lin, Chinese Americans are now arriving at the highest levels of American business, civic life, and culture. But what makes this story of immigrant ascent unique is that Chinese Americans are emerging at just the same moment when China has emerged - and indeed may displace America - at the center of the global scene. What does it mean to be Chinese American in this moment? And how does exploring that question...
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[2021]
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English
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"A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The New York Times Magazine that explores-and reimagines-Asian American identity in a Black and white world. In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country's demographics. But over the next four decades,...
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