Asian Students

Our marriage started out as a scandal. He was my professor, and I was his student. But every scandal eventually fades. I just didn’t know our love would, too. We had it all—a lake house, two kids, and twenty years of marriage. Except, our marriage was no longer exciting. We scheduled intimacy, ate meals in silence, and became strangers. Our kids went off to college, and we were now empty-nesters, trying to reconnect. But my husband, a psychology professor and thriller novelist, had other plans. Perhaps writing a fictional novel had him living in a false reality? Perhaps he was having a ...

"I do want you, jailbait.” His gaze drops to my lips, his eyes darkening with lust. “I just can’t let myself have you.” I’ve been banished to Switzerland with a fake name, forced by my father to spend a year teaching spoiled rich kids as punishment for humiliating him. I’m supposed to stay out of trouble, to avoid scandals, to learn responsibility. I’m not supposed to meet her. I fucked up before I even set foot within the hallowed halls of RCA. And there she is. In my class. In the halls. In my veins. Every fucking where. She’s going to be my downfall. Or maybe, my ...

In The Ocean in the School, Rick Bonus tells the stories of Pacific Islander students as they and their allies struggled to transform a university they believed did not value their presence.

Carson Bradley is the CEO of Bradley Pharmaceutical Corporation, a powerful and influential multi-billion dollar drug empire. His wealth spans beyond anyone's imagination, but is useless to his lonely soul, which has been dormant since the death of his first love to cancer. Every day he strives for the sake of his research because he's determined to eradicate that vile disease forever. Lillian Ly is a young, humble medical student whose compassion for people is boundless.

Rick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on the South Los Angeles apartment near the neighborhood where his family once lived. When he lands a job as a research assistant for the elderly Mrs. W--, the heir to an oil fortune, he sees it at first simply as a source of extra cash. But as he grows closer to the iconoclastic, charming, and feisty Mrs. W--, he gets drawn into a world of privilege and wealth far different from his racially mixed, blue-collar beginnings.

From Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine, Blackballed is an explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them hostile spaces for African American students. Blackballed exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties and songs and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women.

The Unwritten Truth About Chinese Women Chinese Girl Confessions details Chinese women's dating and sex lives and romantic and sexual turn-ons and turn-offs, including direct advice for foreign men dating or bedding Chinese girls. Angelina Zhang describes Chinese dating standards and desires, typical dating and sex rituals, attitudes toward foreigners, and ways foreign men can use China's dating peculiarities for their own benefit. Chinese girls aren't all Suzie Wong sexpots, but we're not as innocent as we seem.

Meet the Man Who Changed the World Explore the transformative journey of Mahatma Gandhi, a pioneering leader whose unwavering commitment to non-violence and justice reshaped the landscape of Indian independence and inspired global movements for civil rights and freedom. As a central figure in the fight for India's independence, Gandhi seamlessly combined determination, moral integrity, and visionary leadership to challenge colonial rule and promote social change. This book delves into his motivations, his impactful campaigns, and the enduring legacy of his principles. From his early ...

I left school to find myself. Instead, I found him. A research trip to Southeast Asia seemed like the perfect opportunity to get out of my academic rut. But then there was Oliver. Of all my roommates at the boarding house, of course he's the one I keep running into. Brilliant. Sexy. And charming enough to turn coal into diamonds with a quirk of his lips. He might specialize in precious stones, but I'm not going to fall for his act. I'm sure he thinks I'm an easy target - shy, nerdy and with plus-size curves to boot, who never gets attention from guys. But no matter how he makes me melt and ...

East House is the oldest and least desirable dorm on campus, but it has a draw for lonely university freshman Aleeza Kassam: Jay Hoque, the hot and broody student who vanished from East House five months ago without a trace. It’s irresistible to an aspiring investigative journalist like Aleeza. But when she starts receiving texts from Jay, the mystery takes an unexpected turn. To put it mildly.

Almond eyes, jet-black hair, long legs, and a body that's a walking invitation to the bedroom . . . Travis first noticed Chloe when he was her professor in Hong Kong. Now they're married, home in California, in a sea of envious stares. Every guy has eyes for Travis's hot twenty-four-year-old Asian wife. Travis doesn't mind. He enjoys it, he thinks. Chloe was shy when she arrived in America, but Travis introduced her to the nightlife. Men stared. She flirted. Travis allowed it. It never went farther than that. There were boundaries. But tonight, six-foot-six star linebacker Clayton Sizemore ...

How do you tell your child that you won't be there when they grow up? Unwell is the raw, honest story of a mother who writes to her unborn child, sharing her decision of choosing not to be a mother. She doesn't choose abortion. Nor does she consider adoption. Instead, she decides to give her child a fighting chance in life, without the angst and drama that's shaped her own bittersweet life.

For fans of Raymond Chandler, Sunset Boulevard, and all things noir... It’s Los Angeles. Jake Logan, a struggling young actor with a Harvard background, hasn’t gotten a part in months. A chance meeting with an old friend leads to an unusual new gig—as a private tutor for April Kim, a highly intelligent seventeen-year-old from a wealthy Asian family. Her life goal: to attend Harvard. But there’s a big problem. Jake soon discovers that April is a devious, manipulative, backstabbing overachiever who will stop at absolutely nothing to get what she wants. It’s a battle of wills, and ...

Plant Your Feet Firmly is an intimate glimpse of Asian America. Through the pages of seven short stories, the listener is treated to a delicate taste of ordinary people living extraordinary lives - from a cool grandpa to a grieving mother to a disillusioned husband.