New York: Riverhead Books, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by the award-winning author of "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears" - a story of two generations in an Ethiopian immigrant family. SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 9781594487705.

London: Headline (Hodder), (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in a series of unusual police procedurals set in Istanbul,Turkey - a series which brings the melting pot that is Istanbul to life. In this book, the body of a young Albanian is found dumped on the banks of the Bosphorus. SIGNED on the title page. The dust jacket refers to Nadel as 'the Donna Leon of Istanbul' and that is an apt comparison. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-747269149.

London: Headline (Hodder), (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in a series of unusual police procedurals by this award-winning writer, set in Istanbul,Turkey - and featuring Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman. A serial killer is stalking the streets of the city . SIGNED on the title page. Historical notes, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-755321322.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Iranian-born author's second novel, an epic tale which follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the Jewish ghetto in Tehran, through the worlds of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and then to modern day Los Angeles. INSCRIBED on the title page ("To --- with best wishes") and dated March 1999, in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-15-1003882.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Iranian-born author's second novel, an epic tale which follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the Jewish ghetto in Tehran, through the worlds of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and then to modern day Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated April 1999, in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-15-1003882.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Agripping historical novel and thriller - "In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds of refugees, some optimistic, many more are desperate. Among them are a maid with a devastating secret, the bankrupt Lord Merridith and his wife and children, and a killer is stalking the decks." Sources. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-151009082.

New York: Bloomsbury, (1999). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book by this young Australian writer - the story of a very unconventional family of Indian emigrants in Australia as told by 6 year old Mina - a story of madness and despair gradually overtaking the family, but also of love and humor. ISBN: 1-58234-0609.

New York: Bloomsbury, (1999). dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this young Australian writer - the story of a very unconventional family of Indian emigrants in Australia as told by 6 year old Mina - a story of madness and despair gradually overtaking the family, but also of love and humor. Ribbon marker bound in. 259 pp. ISBN: 1-58234-0609.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "It's almost time for Christmas, and Maria is travelling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico for La Posada sin Fonteras. For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brother plan to exchange stories and Christmas presents with the grandmother they haven't seen in years. But when Juan's present iis too big to fit through the slats in the fence, Maria has a brilliant idea. She makes it into a kite that soars over the top of the iron bars." SIGNED on the title page by Mitali Perkins. Illustrated by Sara Palacios. Author's note. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0374303730.

New York: Rayo - Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los Angeles' author's first novel (although he has published poetry, non-fiction, a children's book and a collection of short stories) , an epic story spanning 3 generations and 60 years in the life of a family of Mexican immigrants and their children and grandchilden, set in the industrial boom of post-World War II Southern California "For the Salcidos - especially for Procopio's idealistic son Johnny and his young family, the hard knocks of life often resound louder than their own sense of hope." Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-060560762.

New York: Viking, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, many dealing with the intersection and conflict of Mexican and United States culture in California. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813966.

New York: Viking, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, many dealing with the intersection and conflict of Mexican and United States culture in California. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-670-813966.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First edition - Very uncommon proof of the first English appearance of this classic novel of a group of Norwegian pioneers and their struggles to build a home in the desolate prairie-land of the American Midwest. Originally published in Norwegian as two books in 1924 and 1925 and translated by Lincoln Colcord and the author. Includes a foreword by Rolvaag, introduction by Lincoln Colcord. xxii, 465 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2014). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1917 and in 1965 in the town at the confluence of the Hudson and the Mohawk Rivers in upstate New York - a town which earned the nickname of Electric City when Thomas Edison moved his machine works there in 1892. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1619023468.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery by this award-winning author set in New York City's Chinatown, featuring American born Chinese private investigator Lydia Chin and her sometimes partner Bill Smith and involving smuggled aliens, dope,and an attempt to organize the restaurant workers. INSCRIBED by Rozan on the title page with calligraphic stamp below her signature. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192592.

London: Abelard, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which takes a sympathetic look at the problems confronting new immigrants in England, in this story of an 11 year old Asian girl from Uganda whose family had to leave Uganda in a hurry. Illustrated with drawings by Jo Worth. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-200724754.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a sequel to her award-winning first book "Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility," this is the story of a young woman's struggles to find her place in her family and the world, as a first generation Mexican American, and to understand the ghosts in life - her mother (who has recently died), her father (who has sold their home), and her seemingly idyllic childhood. 287 pp. ISBN: 97-0826344090.

New York: Celadon Books / Macmillan, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book by this NPR journalist, a memoir, a coming of age story and "a love letter" from a modern woman to her old-world father. "The Shahanis came to Queens -from India, by way of Casablanca -in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't." This is the story of the mistakes that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak. SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 978-1250204752.

Palm Beach, FL: Medallion Press, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which opens in Ireland in 1846 where the potato blight has returned and the people are dying and continuing in America through 1905. "Ireland is dying. And Margaret cannot keen for an entire country. Leaving her decimated family, she flees with her husband, now a wanted man, to America. In Troy, New York, where pig iron, starched collars, and union banners herald the success of Irish immigrants, Margaret discovers something even more precious than a new life and modest prosperity. She finds the heart and soul of Ireland. And she finds it in the voice of the Keeners." INSCRIBED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 1-932815155.

New York: Doubleday, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, the stories of four Japanese women, each from a different generation, who live together in a large house in San Francisco. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385-476787.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - Memoir by this Nobel prize winning author of his days as a young man in Poland in the 30s dreaming of getting to America, the sometimes perilous trip there, and the community he found in New York City, including his older brother, the author I. J. Singer. Illustrated with both full color paintings and black and white drawings by Raphael Soyer. A handsome production, printed on coated glossy stock, illustrated endpapers. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385157568.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 3rd book (2nd novel) by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist, son of Guatemalan immigrants, set in Los Angeles, in the world of gated communities and Mexican help. SIGNED on the title page. Selected as one of the best 100 books of 2011 by the NY Times, winner of the California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction. 422 pp. ISBN: 9780374108991.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 3rd book (2nd novel) by this Pulitzer prize winning journalist, son of Guatemalan immigrants, set in Los Angeles, in the world of gated communities and Mexican help. SIGNED on the title page. Selected as one of the best 100 books of 2011 by the NY Times, winner of the California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction. 422 pp. ISBN: 9780374108991.

San Francisco: East Bay Filipino American National Historical Society, 2002. First edition - "An anthology of memoirs by Filipino Americans. The stories are culled from memories of growing up in different regions of the United States: from the urban jungle of Manhattan to the dusty farmlands of California. Contributing writers represent different generations, ranging from survivors of the Great Depression era in the 1930s to immigrants from the 1980s, escapees of an ancestral homeland in economic and political turmoil." Introductions by Toribio and James Sobredo. Includes 3-page glossary and 9-page Filipino American Timeline and notes on contributors. . xvii, 243 pp. ISBN: 1-887764569.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1999). A novel covering the years from 1917 through 1943, this is a testament to the strength of the immigrants who came to America in hopes of a better life. Young Hana Omiya arrives in San Francisco, California, in 1917, one of several hundred Japanese "picture brides." Her story is intertwined with others: her husband, Taro Takeda, an Oakland shopkeeper; Kiku and her husband Henry, who reject demeaning city work to become farmers .. . all are caught up in the cruel turmoil of World War II, when West Coast Japanese Americans are uprooted from their homes and imprisoned in desert detention camps." 216 pp. ISBN: 0-295976160.