An astounding new set of biographical portraits in Japanese American historyThrough stories of remarkable people in Japanese American history, The Unknown Great illuminates the diversity of the Nikkei experience from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Acclaimed historian and journalist Greg Robinson delves into a range of themes from race and interracial relationships to sexuality, faith, and national identity. In accessible short essays...

In The**Great Unknown, award-winning historian and journalist Greg Robinson offers a fascinating and compulsively readable collection of biographical portraits of extraordinary but unheralded figures in Japanese American history: men and women who made remarkable contributions in the arts, literature, law, sports, and other fields. Recovering and celebrating the stories of noteworthy Issei and Nisei and of their supporters, The**Great Unknown provides powerful evidence of...

From oral history to written word, learn about the history of Oregon through the stories of the Indigenous peoples of the Willamette Valley.The Willamette Valley is rich with history—its riverbanks, forests, and mountains home to the tribes of Kalapuya, Chinook, Molalla, and more for thousands of years. This history has been largely unrecorded, incomplete, poorly researched, or partially told. In these stories, enriched by photographs and maps, Oregon Indigenous hi...

A gripping novella from the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks Mysteries and a “master of the art” (Boston Globe)Retired Cambridge professor Donald Aitcheson loves scouring antiquarian bookshops for secondhand treasures—as much as he loathes the scribbled marginalia from their previous owners. But when he comes upon an inscription in a volume of Robert Browning’s poetry, he’s less irritated than disturbed. This wasn’t a gift to an unwitting w...

Escape to Pine Harbor for moonlit waters, summer secrets, and a love that changes everything ✨The BRAND NEW small-town romance from INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING author Tammy Robinson. MUST-READ for fans of Kate Hewitt, Nora Roberts and Sweet Magnolias 'An irresistible small-town romance series brimming with heart' Bestselling author Kate Hewitt ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Under the stars, everything changes...Twelve years after a mistake that ch...

Fascinating portraits illuminate the diversity of Japanese American experiencesFrom a title-winning boxer in Louisiana to a Broadway baritone in New York, Japanese Americans have long belied their popular representation as “quiet Americans.” Showcasing the lives and achievements of relatively unknown but remarkable people in Nikkei history, scholar and journalist Greg Robinson reveals the diverse experiences of Japanese Americans and explores a wealth of themes, in...

On February 19, 1942, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and Japanese Army successes in the Pacific, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed a fateful order. In the name of security, Executive Order 9066 allowed for the summary removal of Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese descent from their West Coast homes and their incarceration under guard in camps. Amid the numerous histories and memoirs devoted to this shameful event, FDR's contributions have been seen a...

If alcohol is causing you problems, then alcohol is the problem. This book is a comprehensive volume on alcoholism and its causes, prevention, treatment, recovery, and long-term maintenance of the disease for the alcoholic who still suffers and his or her family. The Alcoholism Handbook provides you with the tools needed, a step-by-step process for treatment, recovery, and a positive-living lifestyle change that will heal alcoholics and their families. There are only two requirements to st...

In his book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis famously wrote:"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important?"This quote implies many crucial questions for anyone thinking about Christianity. In this book, Greg Robinson delves into these questions as a non-scholar who has done extensive reading from multiple points of view on the subject of the Christian faith.In response to...

Not all failures are created equal.Hurry Up and Fail isn’t just about embracing setbacks. It’ll teach you how to fail faster and cheaper, speed up your learning curve, and eliminating the downside. You’ll read about famous blunders from Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Sara Blakely and others, and discover how a well-engineered failure can be the key ingredient to success.Get ready to Hurry Up and Fail!

Survival! The oldest bird in the world had survived plastic pollution, longline fishing, and lead poisoning. But in 2011, she faced one of her hardest challenges: the Japanese tsunami.On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the shore of Japan sending a tsunami wave west to overrun Tōhoku, Japan. It killed thousands and destroyed a nuclear plant. But it also sent a tsunami wave east toward Midway Island.Scientists knew the tsunami was coming, so they sheltered on the thi...

No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection until it was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of American literature. As a result of Okada’s untimely death at age forty-seven, the author’s life and ...