Tai-Pan -- James Clavell, Paperback Technology & Industrial Arts and wry sarcasm

and wry sarcasm

an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted

her hometown on the edge of Long Island is inundated with rich Manhattanites who party until dawn and then disappear by September

Sunday dinner at Grannie's can be full indeed -- full of hugs and kisses

Tai-Pan -- James Clavell, Paperback Technology & Industrial Arts and wry sarcasmThe sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell "There can only be one Tai Pan." Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world's largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai Pan Supreme Leader of all Tai Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy.