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Winner of the Edgar(R) Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Set against the Taiwanese criminal underworld, The Foreigner is Francie Lin's audacious debut novel. A noirish tale about family, fraternity, conscience, and the curious gulf between a man's culture and his deepest self

Emerson Chang is a mild mannered bachelor on the cusp of forty, a financial analyst in a neatly pressed suit, a child of Taiwanese immigrants who doesn't speak a word of Chinese, and, well, a virgin. His only real family is...

"Francie Cate's Popular Memory and Franco's 'Disappeared' is an obra magistral, an opus magnum, a masterwork. It is an in-depth and broad study in which further research on memory, imposed forgetting, counter-memory, and the dynamics of cultural memory will be rooted."

- Maureen Tobin Stanley, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA

This book examines a "people's history" of the Spanish Civil War's anti-fascists who lost their 1936-1939 fight against far right military insurgents. The book argues that the regime's "disappeared" have in...

Memories from the Heart: Family, Love, and Survival presents an inspiring collection of memories recalling author Francie
Rossi's life from birth to age seventeen.
She describes her medical challenges in "Helen Keller and I," considering her role as the eleventh of twelve children in her large, loving family. "Sent Away to Las Vegas" shares unique personal stories in which faith, family, and love always prevail. "My Last Clothing Embarrassment" and "Fifteen/40" explores financial struggles, yet inspire humor and tenacity. "Dinner at My Friend's House" and "Family Night" compare...

Memories from the Heart: Family, Love, and Survival presents an inspiring collection of memories recalling author Francie
Rossi's life from birth to age seventeen.
She describes her medical challenges in "Helen Keller and I," considering her role as the eleventh of twelve children in her large, loving family. "Sent Away to Las Vegas" shares unique personal stories in which faith, family, and love always prevail. "My Last Clothing Embarrassment" and "Fifteen/40" explores financial struggles, yet inspire humor and tenacity. "Dinner at My Friend's House" and "Family Night" compare...