Poets and Murder, a Judge Dee Mystery by Robert van Gulik
Add “Cold Case” to “Law and Order” and “CSI,” throw in a dash of “X Files,” and you have a winning recipe for a multifaceted murder mystery in Poets and Murder. Learn ...
(September 2009)
The Seventh Daughter : My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco by Cecilia Chiang with Lisa Weiss
Delightful and easy-to-follow recipes of mostly Northern Chinese cuisine interweave with a fascinating life’s journey in this beautifully illustrated book by the proprietor of San Francisco’s famed The Mandarin at Ghirardelli Square. ...
(August 2008)
The Red Queen : a Transcultural Tragicomedy by Margaret Drabble
Fascinating and mysterious 18th century Lady Hyegyong, lived as her status required, confined in women’s apartments behind thick palace walls from the time of her marriage at age 10 to a Korean ...
(July 2008)
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
Li Cunxin, born in 1961 to a peasant family in northern China, was selected to attend Madame Mo’s Beijing Dance Academy. Li had never seen a ballet let alone known how to ...
(September 2005)
Epitaph for a Peach : Four Seasons on My Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto (2005 Silicon Valley Reads Selected Book)
You, dear reader, may not have grown up on a farm as I did. Nonetheless, farmer's child or not, we all have to eat. Small farmers like David Masumoto of California's Central ...
(January 2005)
Bound Feet and Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang
Neither "self-esteem" nor "divorce" was a household word in China in 1900 when Yu-i Chang was born. Yet she would grow to experience both of them in epic terms. Self-esteem she earned ...
(March 2004)
Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
In Japan women born under the tragic sign Fire Horse, a ruinous birth date that occurs once every sixty years, were destined to remain untamed by men and were to be avoided ...
(January 2004)
The Moon Pearl by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
A young woman in 1830 China had two career choices, marriage or life in a nunnery. Young women were sent to a Girl's house where they were taught to become daughters-in-laws. At ...
(March 2002)
Middle Heart by Bette Bao Lord
This is the story of 3 childhood friends, and how their lives are affected by the political and social upheavals in China. The time covered is 1932 to 1989, which includes periods ...
(August 2001)
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