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The Quiet American The Quiet American Graham Greene One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their… OL106081W
Goodbye, Vietnam Goodbye, Vietnam Gloria Whelan Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government. OL14866619W
The Beauty of Humanity Movement The Beauty of Humanity Movement Camilla Gibb Searching for answers about her dissident father's disappearance, a Vietnamese-American art curator returns to her ancestral country, where she meets a venerable pho stall soup maker and a dynamic yo… OL15690939W
Inside Out & Back Again Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai Inside Out & Back Again is a verse novel by Thanhha Lai. The book was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and one of the two Newbery Honors. The novel was based on her … OL15987908W
Free-fire zone Free-fire zone Chris Lynch Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, … OL16486459W
I pledge allegiance I pledge allegiance Chris Lynch Best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck all sign up for military service during the Vietnam War. Though in different branches, they swear to look after each other. Morris, stationed off the coast o… OL16679955W
Free-fire Zone Free-fire Zone Chris Lynch Rudi, drafted by the U.S. Marines for the Vietnam War, feels lost without his three best friends by his side. Through letters back and forth between the friends, Rudi defends the type of soldier he's… OL17076454W
Last Day in Vietnam Last Day in Vietnam Will Eisner *Last day in Vietnam* is Will Eisner's memoir of his years in the military, six stories garnered from observations of camp life at close range, of soldiers who were engaged not only in the daily host… OL1871582W
The Second Life of Monsieur the Devil The Second Life of Monsieur the Devil H. Bedford-Jones From the November 1920 issue of the classic pulp magazine "The Blue Book" comes this short novel, "a highly colored Oriental romance of the sort the author of 'The Brazen Peacock' and 'The Talking Tr… OL191510W
Ru Ru Kim Thúy A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thuy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning RU is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new … OL19958269W
The princess and the admiral The princess and the admiral Charlotte Pomerantz When a fleet of warships attacks the Tiny Kingdom, a clever young princess uses ingenuity to preserve her kingdom's one hundred years of peace. Based on a thirteenth-century incident involving Kublai… OL2001200W
Escape from Saigon Escape from Saigon Michael Morris,Dick Pirozzolo 1 online resource OL20213913W
The land I lost The land I lost Huynh, Quang Nhuong.,Quang Nhuong Huynh A collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam. OL2276164W
Những thiên đường mù Những thiên đường mù Thu Huong Duong,Nina Mcpherson,Duong Thu Huong,Dương, Thu Hương.,HUONG, DUONG, T "Paradise of the Blind is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. Throug… OL2448895W
Journey home Journey home Lawrence McKay Mai returns to Vietnam, the land of her mother's birth, to discover both a new country and something about herself. OL2705076W
The Day of Battle The Day of Battle Rick Atkinson In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. In An Army… OL3918096W
Letters From Wolfie Letters From Wolfie Patti Sherlock Mark's dog Wolfie is part malamute, part German shepherd, and all heart. Mark can hardly imagine life without his big, loving canine companion. But in 1969, the Vietnam War is still raging, and when … OL4127534W
Jungle Scout Jungle Scout Tim Hoppey In late 1969, sixteen-year-old former Viet Cong member Lam Hung is now a Kit Carson Scout for the United States Marines, ordered to steer the troops safely around explosive land mines and deadly boob… OL5385209W
The case of the Autumn Rose The case of the Autumn Rose Rick Acker A mysterious woman living in Vietnam hires sibling sleuths Arthur and Kirstin Davis to investigate Autumn Rose, which they believe is simply the horse farm where Kirstin rides but is really much more. OL5817880W
Chantrea Conway's story Chantrea Conway's story Clare Pastore Chantrea Conway, the daughter of a Cambodian mother and American father, is forced to flee with her grandparents after her mother is killed by soldiers of the Khmer Rouge regime, and after months of … OL6220611W
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