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On September 15, 1924, Martha Lum and her older sister Berda were barred from attending middle school in Rosedale, Mississippi. The girls were Chinese American and considered by the school...
In engaging text and beautiful illustration, this volume explores the five-fold symbols of happiness: luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness, and wealth.
Surround yourself with lucky objects, the Chinese believe, and good fortune will come to you. In Five-Fold Happiness, Vivien Sung takes readers on a delightful and enlightening journey through this age-old concept. Drenched in color and lavishly illustrated from ancient
...Villagers in Indonesia hear a steady stream of stories about the injuries, abuses, and even deaths suffered by those who migrate in search of work. So why do hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers continue to migrate every year? Carol Chan explores this question from the perspective of the...
For its citizens, contemporary Central Asia is a land of great promise and peril. While the end of Soviet rule has opened new opportunities for social mobility and cultural expression, political and economic dynamics have also imposed severe hardships. In this lively volume, contributors from a variety...
For the second edition of this popular textbook, readings have been updated and new essays added. The result is a timely collection that explores key themes in understanding the region, including gender, caste, class, religion, globalization, economic...
A fascinating slice of Chinese life for armchair travelers—with insights into the history of Taoism, Buddhism, and Zen in modern China.
In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and philosophical texts,...
Boy wonder by day. Boy toy by night.
A child TV personality from a prominent Filipino family and the son of an accomplished academic, Jobert Abueva was a high achiever at his all-boys Catholic international school in Tokyo, Japan. Whatever Jobert did, he had to be the best, racking up achievements. He was a favorite among his fellow students, who elected him twice to the Student Council as vice president and president.
...This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien...
“Groundbreaking. . . . There is little doubt [this book] will become foundational reading for any student of Iranian modernity and nationalism.” —Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies
In the aftermath of the seventh-century Islamic conquest of Iran, Zoroastrians departed for India. Known as the Parsis, they slowly lost contact with their ancestral land until the nineteenth
14) In Limbo
A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home story—set between a New Jersey suburb and Seoul, South Korea.
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Korea to the United States, she's felt her otherness.
For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes—especially her eyes—feel wrong.
In
Les Tadjiks – persanophones d'Asie centrale – ont été, pendant plus de mille ans, les principaux gardiens de la culture islamique au cœur de cette région située au carrefour de l'Occident et de l'Orient. Leurs ancêtres, les Sogdiens et les Bactriens, avaient joué un rôle prééminent dans la propagation et la transformation du bouddhisme, du manichéisme et du christianisme le long de la Route de la soie.
Au Xe siècle,
...16) His Harpy
本书着重于在北京的外地人的感受,从京城生活、政治和文化传统等方方面面、多角度横看纵观古老而威严的北京城以及北京人；以幽默诙谐的语言为我们介绍了一个外地人眼中的北京人。（The book focuses on the feelings of strangers in Beijing and comprehensively observes the ancient and majestic city of Beijing and people in Beijing from life, politics, cultural traditions and other
...18) Japan Unexpected
You might know of tea ceremonies, samurai and vending machines, but how about honorific speech, a shrine to carry gods through a neighbourhood, and miso ramen-flavoured ice-cream? Explore some little-known and sometimes surprising elements of one of the most unique countries in the world, as viewed by Carrie, a young Australian teaching in Japanese elementary schools. With in-the-moment detail and light-hearted humour, even those things known about
...Chinese and U.S. writers try to bridge the culture gap in this “splendid little book” from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (The Washington Post Book World).
Winner of the New England Book Show Award
It’s been a pilgrimage for Annie Dillard: from Tinker Creek to the Galapagos Islands, the high Arctic, the Pacific Northwest,
20) Night Blind
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