Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Chinese and English) (Paperback) by Unknown $28.96
Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Mariner Books $15.95
“An eye-opening account of life in China’s orphanages. Kay Bratt vividly details the conditions and realities faced by Chinese orphans in an easy-to-read manner that draws the reader in to the heart-wrenching moments she has experienced in her work to bring hope to these children.”—Dan Cruver, cofounder and director of Together for AdoptionWhen her family relocated to rural China in 2003,...
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Penguin Press HC, The $25.95
An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards-and the costs-of raising her children the Chinese way. All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. What Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals is that the Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Western parents try to...
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family by Vintage $15.95
Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.
The Travels of Marco Polo - Complete [Illustrated] by Henry Yule $1.99
Chronicling the 13th-century world from Venice, Marco Polo's birthplace, to the far reaches of Asia, Marco Polo tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse, and boat through places including Persia, Tibet, India, and, finally, China.
The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun by Monarch Books $15.99
A dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. (20040603)
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Vintage $14.00
A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Chinese Fairy Book by World Library Classics $11.95
The fairy tales and legends of olden China have in common with the "Thousand and One Nights" an oriental glow and glitter of precious stones and gold and multicolored silks, an oriental wealth of fantastic and supernatural action. And yet they strike an exotic note distinct in itself. The seventy-three stories here presented after original sources, embracing "Nursery Fairy Tales," "Legends of the...
Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Broadway $14.95
Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. Determined to survive through...
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Laurel Leaf $6.99
A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her...