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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Reveal the secrets behind the remarkable transformations of the "Asian Tiger" countries of South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore from poor countries to high-income economies in the span of 50 years. Starting with their shared features, trace their progression from authoritarian regimes to more democratic governments and compare and contrast their concentrated efforts to shape their economies.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len.
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A ruthlessly honest, emotionall charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian Americn consciousness and the struggle to be human. Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America. She believes that "minor feelings" occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality-- when you believe the lies you're told about your own racial identity. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Interpreter of Maladies: These eight stories take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life.
“Glorious.... Showcases a considerable talent in full bloom.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother...
“Glorious.... Showcases a considerable talent in full bloom.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In the stunning title story, Ruma, a young mother...
8) Three keys
Author
Series
Front desk novel volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic.
9) Big game
Author
Series
Funjungle novel volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Someone is trying to hunt FunJungle's Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, and twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is on the case"--publisher.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old inseparable best friends Jia, Ariel, and Everett navigate first love, grief, racism, and Asian American consciousness during one life-changing summer apart.
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wry, tender portrait of a young woman-finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely-from a captivating new literary voice.
The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why-she doesn't know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley...
13) Asian Insights
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Four experts (Michael Berry, Karl Gerth, Nile Green, and Pankaj Mishra) offer unique insights into different aspects of contemporary Asian society based upon their personal and professional experiences, sharing their perspectives on the similarities and differences between Asia and the West.
14) Thailand
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A book for young readers about the Southeast Asian nation of Thailand.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Following the Opium War of 1842, a range of Chinese seaports were opened to foreign trade and foreign residence. Learn about the colorful history of these ports, how they became enmeshed in a global labor trade, and how they functioned as Euro-Asian hybrid cities. Grasp how the treaty ports were emblematic of a period of economic and political domination by foreigners.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Every day Chinatown resident Willis Wu enters the Golden Palace restaurant as a bit player in a theatrical production, but after stumbling into the spolight he is suddenly launched into a world that shows him the history of China and the legacy of his own family and what it means for his place in America.
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