A biography of world champion figure skater whose goal is to win gold medals in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics.

A biography of the Chinese American computer pioneer and entrepreneur whose electronic calculator and word processor revolutionized the business world.

Explores the life and career of Amy Tan, from her childhood in California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, to her career as a writer.

"Listen to the Squawking Chicken lays bare the playbook of unusual advice, warnings, and unwavering love that has guided Elaine throughout her life. Using the nine principles that her mother used to raise her, Elaine tells us the story of the Squawking Chicken?s life?in which she walked an unusual path to parent with tough love, humor, and, through it all, a mother?s unyielding devotion to her daughter. This is a love letter to mothers everywhere."--Amazon....

Anna May Wong remains one of Hollywood's best-known Chinese American actors. Between 1919 and 1960, Anna May Wong starred in over fifty movies, sharing billing with stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, and Warner Oland. Her life, though, is the prototypical story of an immigrant's difficult path through the prejudices of American culture. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the second daughter of seven...

"Born in the year of the 'anti-rightist campaign' launched by Mao ... and raised during the Cultural Revolution ... the author's upbringing perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the Mao era. During those years, knowledge was considered poison to the soul, and schools were mostly closed. By heeding the highest call of the times, Cheng Wang became an 'educated youth,' sent to a secluded village in Inner Mongolia for three years for 're-education'. Over...

Regresa a casa, hay esperanza Christopher Yuan, un hijo de inmigrantes chinos, descubrió a temprana edad que era diferente. Sentí a atracció n por otros varones. A medida que crecí a hasta la edad adulta, su madre, Angela, tení a la esperanza de poder controlar la situació n. En lugar de esto, encontró que su hijo y su vida estaban fuera de control, y sus propias luchas estaban deterninadas a derrotarla....