Kevin Kwan
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"Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut...
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Crazy rich Asians volume 1
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2023 Read Widely: Southeast Asia
Adult - AAPI Month
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
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Overview: Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives...
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When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside--but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park--a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore--Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives...
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"Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories, manors and yachts, lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus's scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister's wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable...
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AAPI FICTION
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
HPL Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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"The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds--the WASP establishment of her father's family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with"-- Provided by publisher.
On her very first morning on the island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao-- and instantly can't stand him. Especially...
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The New York Times bestselling international sensation that was the basis for Hollywood’s highest grossing romantic comedy in over a decade. • "A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up about an heir bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend home to meet his ancestor-obsessed family.” —People
This box set includes the entire trilogy: Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich...
This box set includes the entire trilogy: Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich...
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Blestyashchaya komediya nravov ot avtora nashumevshej trilogii o bezumno bogatyh aziatah!
YUnaya Lyusi, napolovinu kitayanka, napolovinu amerikanka iz aristokraticheskogo roda CHerchill', priezzhaet na svad'bu podrugi i okunaetsya v plenitel'nuyu atmosferu ostrova Kapri i roskoshnyh svadebnyh uveselenij. Sredi gostej Lyusi zamechaet umopomrachitel'no krasivogo Dzhordzha. On srazu nachinaet diko razdrazhat' ee svoej nepohozhest'yu na drugih, i eto...
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"Nigde v mire vy ne najdete takih bogatyh lyudej, kak kitajcy", - pisal srednevekovyj arabskij puteshestvennik Ibn Battuta; etu frazu Kevin Kvan ispol'zoval kak epigraf k svoemu mezhdunarodnomu bestselleru.
Itak, poznakom'tes' s Rejchel CHu; ona amerikanka kitajskogo proiskhozhdeniya, molodoj professor ekonomiki v n'yu-jorkskom universitete i specialist po teorii igr. Odnazhdy ee bojfrend Nik, tozhe universitetskij prepodavatel', rodom iz Singapura,...
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Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.
On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut...
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Kevin Kwan, best-selling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside - but he's not alone....
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La vie de Rufus Leung Gresham, vicomte St Ives, ressemble à un rêve sur papier glacé. Les manoirs et les yachts de sa famille font la une des magazines et leurs frasques le délice des comptes Instagram.
Jusqu'au jour o Rufus découvre le pot aux roses. Leur fortune n'est qu'un amas de dettes et sa mère, la redoutable Arabella, compte sur lui pour renflouer les caisses par un bon mariage. Et justement, les élues potentielles sont invitées...
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Divertidisima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiaticos. Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas con el hombre con el que espera casarse. Pero Nick ha olvidado facilitar ciertos detalles a su novia. En primer lugar, que la casa en la que crecio parece un palacio;...
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Una enloquecida comedia donde se dan cita trepas sociales, e-mails secretos, escandalos del mundo del arte, multimillonarios enamorados y la extravagante historia de lo que ocurre cuando Rachel Chu, prometida del soltero de oro de Asia, descubre quien es su padre. La vispera de su boda con Nicholas Young, heredero de una de las grandas fortunas asiaticas, Rachel deberia sentirse feliz. Tiene un diamante sin igual, un vestido de novia de ensueno y...
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"Gdy Rachel Chu przyjęła zaproszenie Nicka, by spędzić wakacje w jego rodzinnym Singapurze, cieszyła się, że wreszcie pozna jego bliskich. To przecież normalna kolej rzeczy: kochają się, mieszkają razem w Nowym Jorku, jest im ze sobą dobrze. Kto wie, może za jakiś czas zostanie jego żoną? Nick zapomniał jej jednak powiedzieć o pewnym drobiazgu... a może raczej o kilku. Otóż: jego rodzina mieszka w bajecznym pałacu z ogrodem wielkości...
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"A Hollywood icon and Asian superstar shares the inspiring story of her groundbreaking career. When Nancy Kwan burst onto the scene in the early 1960s, Asian characters in film were portrayed by white actors in makeup playing 'yellowface,' and those minor roles were the stuff of cliché: shopkeepers, maids, prostitutes, servants. When--against all odds--Nancy landed the lead role in the much-anticipated 1960 film The World of Suzie Wong, she became...
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Adult - Rom-Coms
AS - Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
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A native New Yorker, Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick's family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country's wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors.

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