Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Asian & Asian American
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Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History
$32.50 Read more“In this immersive, erudite memoir, Margaret Juhae Lee unspools her long- buried family history; centrally, her grandfather’s imprisonment in Japanese- occupied Korea.” – Vanity Fair
“Absorbing…Star- Author: Lee, Margaret Juhae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1685890938
- Language: English
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The Lost Indian
$19.99 Add to cartThis is not an ordinary story, but rather a tale of inspiration, perseverance, and determination. Jimit Kapedia is a businessman, entrepreneur, caretaker, and a fun-loving individual, whose story will… [more below]
- Author: Kapadia, Jimit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: October 11 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218218874
- Language: English
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One Jump at a Time: My Story
$25.99 Add to cartIn this exhilarating memoir, three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist Nathan Chen tells the story of his remarkable journey to success, reflecting on his life as a Chinese American figure s
- Author: Chen, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0063280523
- Language: English
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Unfinished Business: Breaking Down the Great Wall Between Adult Child and Immigrant Parents
$33.95 Add to cartUnfinished Business is now an Amazon Best Seller, having reached the top of the Amazon’s best seller charts.
If you’ve ever yearned for your parents’ approval, felt the weight of their high expectation
- Author: Yip, Amy C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 364
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887970455
- Language: English
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – ONE OF TIME‘S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE – A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly orig… [more below]
- Author: Hong, Cathy Park
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1984820362
- Language: English
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The White Mosque: A Memoir
$17.95 Add to cartLonglisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a- Author: Samatar, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222032
- Language: English
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Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
$26.99 Add to cart“Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink.
I’ve been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I’ve never been called ‘a slant.’“When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock b
- Author: Tam, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1733629106
- Language: English
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Put It on Record: A Memoir-Archive
$21.00 Add to cartCambodian Author and Opera Librettist Releases Memoir.
Groundbreaking memoir by Cambodian author Sokunthary Svay. An unconventional collection of essays and photographs, PUT IT ON RECORD: A MEMOIR-ARCH
- Author: Svay, Sokunthary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988165545
- Language: English
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The Loneliest Americans
$20.00 Add to cartA “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that explores–and reimagines–Asian American identity in a Black and white world
“[Kang’s] exploration of class and- Author: Kang, Jay Caspian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0525576231
- Language: English
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End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood
$27.99 Read moreWhat happens when you land your dream job and everything you’ve been working toward becomes a complete nightmare? This is Patty Lin’s story. She climbed the ladder as an award-winning television write
- Author: Lin, Patty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9798985282887
- Language: English
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Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
$16.99 Add to cart“Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink.
I’ve been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I’ve never been called ‘a slant.’“When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock b
- Author: Tam, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1733629114
- Language: English
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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival
$29.00 Add to cartNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION 2023 Great Group Read This extraordinary memoir shares an insight into the lives of the Uyghurs, a people and cu- Author: Hoja, Gulchehra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 306828847
- Language: English
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Jerome and Rohwer: Memories of Japanese American Internment in World War II Arkansas
$24.95 Add to cartNot long after the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II, the federal government rounded up more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese descent-both immigrants and n… [more below]
- Author: Imahara, Walter M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1682262413
- Language: English
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End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood
$16.99 Read moreWhat happens when you land your dream job and everything you’ve been working toward becomes a complete nightmare? This is Patty Lin’s story. She climbed the ladder as an award-winning television write
- Author: Lin, Patty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1958506060
- Language: English
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Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures
$28.00 Read more“Humorous, endearing, and intimate.” –TIME
“Mother and daughter relationships are always tricky but this peripatetic pair has outdone all of us with this most excellent adventure written by my namesa- Author: Wang, Connie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0593490924
- Language: English
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Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
$29.00 Read moreA searing and unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love.
“A moving account…[and] a reminder of the abun- Author: Maclear, Kyo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 166801260X
- Language: English
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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Liu, Simu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: 2-May-23
- ISBN10: 0063046504
- Language: English
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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
$29.00 Add to cartA haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot’s genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mothe… [more below]
- Author: Nguon, Chantha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: 20-Feb-24
- ISBN10: 1643753495
- Language: English
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Tastes Like War: A Memoir
$17.95 Add to cartA powerful account of a Korean American daughter’s exploration of food and family history to understand her mother’s schizophrenia.
- Author: Cho, Grace M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1952177944
- Language: English
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Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City
$27.95 Read moreIn the late 1980s on the Jersey shore, Jane Wong watches her mother shake ants from an MSG bin behind the family’s Chinese restaurant. She is a hungry daughter frying crab rangoon for lunch, a child s… [more below]
- Author: Wong, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1953534678
- Language: English
