General Books


Saving Fish from DrowningSaving Fish from Drowning
Best Price: $175.00
I am really surprised at the reviews I have seen thus far. Although this book is a change of...
In Broken WigwagIn Broken Wigwag
Best Price: $4.61
Wigwag is the type of English adopted by young Japanese who flee to NYC to avoid the pressures...
Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival (Best Holiday Books)Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival (Best Holiday Books)
Best Price: $12.98
Describes the history, customs, significance, and traditions of Japanese Children's Day and the...
The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
Best Price: $24.99
Arthur Waldron's "The Great Wall of China: from History to Myth" is a well-researched...
Saying GoodbyeSaying Goodbye
Best Price: $3.83
the book is very enjoyable, its about a korean girl, ellen, her freshman yr at harvard...


John Saul: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)John Saul: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
Best Price: $0.92
John Saul has been one of my favorite authors since I was a child. His spine tinglers are set...
Literature and Society: Advanced Reader of Modern ChineseLiterature and Society: Advanced Reader of Modern Chinese
Best Price: $49.50
Literature and Society , a textbook designed for upper-level students, usually in their fourth...
Amy Tan: A Literary Companion (Mcfarland Literary Companions)Amy Tan: A Literary Companion (Mcfarland Literary Companions)
Best Price: $29.99
In the mid-1980s, Amy Tan was a successful but unhappy corporate speechwriter. By the end of the...
Chinese American Writers (Literary Topics Series)Chinese American Writers (Literary Topics Series)Zero GravityZero Gravity
Best Price: $7.14
Why do I have this gnawing suspicion that the five-starred reviews for this book are written by...


The Orient of Style: Modernist Allegories of ConversionThe Orient of Style: Modernist Allegories of Conversion
Best Price: $5.52
In this study of modernist aesthetics, Beryl Schlossman reveals how for such writers as Marcel...
The Foreigner: A NovelThe Foreigner: A Novel
Best Price: $6.09
I read this book was because my friend gave it to me as a gift and as a Taiwanese. I thought it...
The Heart of HyacinthThe Heart of Hyacinth
Best Price: $5.15
"The Heart of Hyacinth", originally published in 1903, tells the coming-of-age story...
A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in ArtA Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art
In 1944, when Song Nan Zhang was not yet three, he saw a baby tiger outside the hut in the...
The Bonesetter's DaughterThe Bonesetter's Daughter
Best Price: $3.50

Burning Heart: A Portrait of the PhilippinesBurning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines
Best Price: $17.00
I recently visited the country and although I did witness the harshness and depression, that is...
Black Lightning: Poetry-In-Progress (Asian American Writers Worksh)Black Lightning: Poetry-In-Progress (Asian American Writers Worksh)
Best Price: $19.95
Library Journal Review of Black Lightning by Kitty Chen Dean of Nassau College: Here 14 Asian...
Bulletproof Buddhists (Intersections - Asian and Pacific AmericanTranscultural Studies)Bulletproof Buddhists (Intersections - Asian and Pacific AmericanTranscultural Studies)
Best Price: $4.48
Frank Chin's collection of essays is magnificent. The book is a course in itself on the...
What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural LiteratureWhat Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature
Best Price: $100.00
Women's Issues in Amy Tan's the Joy Luck Club (Social Issues in Literature)Women's Issues in Amy Tan's the Joy Luck Club (Social Issues in Literature)
Best Price: $22.53

Rhapsody in Plain Yellow: PoemsRhapsody in Plain Yellow: Poems
Best Price: $8.30
Unfortunately when I received the book I opened it and the pages fell out. I notified the...
Spark Notes The Joy Luck ClubSpark Notes The Joy Luck Club
Best Price: $1.49
This book is wonderful. It is the best book I've ever read. It is about a relationship with a...
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston (Literary Conversations Series)Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston (Literary Conversations Series)
Best Price: $11.04
I first read Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior when I was in 10th grade and I fell in love...
Outside the FoldOutside the Fold
Best Price: $22.98
Dr. Viswanathan has examined conversion with an eye to the subjective experience and...
Re-Placing America: Conversations and Contestations (Literary StudiesRe-Placing America: Conversations and Contestations (Literary Studies
Best Price: $19.90
This collection of essays and poems examines various recent literary texts and cultural arenas...

The Literary Voices of Winnifred Eaton: Redefining Ethnicity and AuthenticityThe Literary Voices of Winnifred Eaton: Redefining Ethnicity and Authenticity
Best Price: $0.86
Winnifred Eaton, better known under her Japanese pseudonym, Onoto Watanna, was of English and...
Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era, 1900-65Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era, 1900-65
Best Price: $22.00
After trying to secure this book through Barnes and Nobles, I was told that there would be a...
Filipinos In AmericaFilipinos In America
Best Price: $19.95
Tails of Devotion: A Look at the Bond Between People and Their PetsTails of Devotion: A Look at the Bond Between People and Their Pets
Best Price: $2.99
It's a fun book to have - a coffeetable book. I purchased it as a holiday present. I may end of...
In Full BloomIn Full Bloom
Best Price: $0.47
For a first novel, this was a great book. To me it reads like a Bridget Jones type of book,...

FOB and Other PlaysFOB and Other Plays
Best Price: $16.05
Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire : Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire : Anti-Imperialist Writings on the Philippine-American War (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Why is this book not in print!!!! Just a note to let people know that this long out-of-print...
Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American ImagesScreaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images
Best Price: $13.40
Screaming Monkeys enacts one of the most challenging, yet culturally rewarding, subversions of...
Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Asian American WritersAiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Asian American Writers
the above reviewer (m.chan) should probably bother doing a bit of research on the text before...
Filipinos In AmericaFilipinos In America
Best Price: $19.95

Show and Tell (Classic Munsch)Show and Tell (Classic Munsch)
Best Price: $3.68
Benjamin picks his baby sister up out of her crib, puts her in his knapsack and takes her to...
I Dream of MicrowavesI Dream of Microwaves
Best Price: $4.00
"I dream of Microwaves" is like sitting in your favorite couch and flipping through...
The Colors of Desire: PoemsThe Colors of Desire: Poems
Best Price: $8.10
A collection of poems by the author of Turning Japanese , exploring race and sexuality, history...
Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American FictionCharlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction
Best Price: $10.15
Jack, just because somebody doesn't happen to agree with your personal perspective doesn't make...
Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian DiasporaOur Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Diaspora
Best Price: $8.95
As an Indian-American woman, this book filled a void that I faced while developing in the United...

The Literature of California, Volume 1:  Native American Beginnings to 1945The Literature of California, Volume 1: Native American Beginnings to 1945
Best Price: $10.85
I'm taking a class from one of the guys who compiled the book, and for starters let me say...
On a Bed of RiceOn a Bed of Rice
Best Price: $2.75
How much longer are the intellectual elite going to keep harping on the West with words like...
Contours Of The Heart: South Asians Map North America (Asian American Writers Worksh)Contours Of The Heart: South Asians Map North America (Asian American Writers Worksh)
Best Price: $23.34
Winner of the 1997 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. This anthology...
Invisible GardensInvisible Gardens
Best Price: $2.23
I read this book as a member of a reading group and after taking a look at Amazon's website to...
Mid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an AttitudeMid-life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude
Best Price: $29.93
For the 1992 American Booksellers Association (ABA) in Anaheim, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, a San...

American War Library - Weapons of War: The Persian Gulf (American War Library)American War Library - Weapons of War: The Persian Gulf (American War Library)
Best Price: $14.30
This series takes aspects of the Persian Gulf War and divides them into separate books. Each...
Glencoe Asian American LiteratureGlencoe Asian American Literature
Best Price: $3.99
Introduce Your Students to a Rich Literary Heritage Glencoe's new collection of ethnic...
The Bonesetter's DaughterThe Bonesetter's Daughter
Best Price: $7.45
A major novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen...
The Guru of Love: A NovelThe Guru of Love: A Novel
Best Price: $3.42
I think the real "guru" of love is Goma (wife of the main actor), not Ramchandra (the...
Buddha BabyBuddha Baby
Best Price: $0.41
This is a half way decent book but not as good as her Dim Sum of All Things.

The Queens of K TownThe Queens of K Town
Best Price: $4.89
Hur, with disciplined finesse, catalogs the messiness of relationships, made messier by love,...
Hawai'i One Summer (Latitude 20 Book)Hawai'i One Summer (Latitude 20 Book)
Best Price: $7.80
Hawai'i One Summer is a slim collection of luminous essays reflecting diversal topics ranging...
Asian American Literary Studies (Introducing Ethnic Studies)Asian American Literary Studies (Introducing Ethnic Studies)
Best Price: $29.99
This volume presents global perspectives on Asian American literature by accomplished scholars...
Double Agency: Acts of Impersonation in Asian American Literature and Culture (Asian America)Double Agency: Acts of Impersonation in Asian American Literature and Culture (Asian America)
Best Price: $18.94
In Double Agency , Tina Chen proposes impersonation as a paradigm for teasing out the...
American War Library - Life of an American Soldier in the Persian Gulf (American War Library)American War Library - Life of an American Soldier in the Persian Gulf (American War Library)
Best Price: $26.90
From the ingenuity and boredom of camp life to the sheer terror of battle, Life of an American...

A Child in Prison CampA Child in Prison Camp
Best Price: $3.00
I had to read this book for school when we studied Japanese internment. And I can't say I loved...
Imagine Otherwise: On Asian Americanist CritiqueImagine Otherwise: On Asian Americanist Critique
Best Price: $17.95
Imagine Otherwise is an incisive critique of the field of Asian American studies. Recognizing...
   
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