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Non-Fiction

America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan

First published in 1946, this is a classic in Asian American non-fiction literature. The author tells of his childhood in the Philippines , his trip to America , life in the U.S. working as an itinerant laborer as well as his political development. Through racism, suffering and hardship, Bulosan emerges fighting with the support of a strong Filipino American community. A deeply moving story you won't soon forget. $13.95 PB ($11.85 AARW members)

Asian Americans by Joann Faung Jean Lee

Stories of four generations of immigrants and their families about why they came to America and what it means to be Asian in America today. Thoughts of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian, Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian immigrants wrestle with issues of education, language, and racism and speak about their lives, hopes, triumphs, and disappointments. $9.95 PB ($8.45 AARW members)

Bamboo & Butterflies: From Refugee to Citizen by Joan D. Criddle

A continuation of To Destroy You is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family , Criddle introduces a heart-wrenching account of a Cambodian family's journey from refugee to citizen. With a humorous glimpse into their successes and failures which echo all newcomers who reach for the American Dream. This is a book that educators and students alike continue to call “The Cambodian Diary of Anne Frank.” $12.95 PB ($11.00 AARW members)

Chinese Gold by Sandy Lydon

This first-ever study of the Chinese traces history of the bustling Chinatowns in California from the arrival of the first fishing people in the 1850s to present day leaders in the community. Lydon has documented a saga of struggle, ingenuity, and survival of over 130 years of Chinese experience in the Monterey Bay Region. Exhaustively researched, Chinese Gold is rich in the lore from which legends are made and illustrated with many rare photographs that bring to life the sights and customs of life. $29.95 HC ($25.45 AARW members)

 

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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity by Vijay Prashad

In this landmark work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage the typical racial discussion that matches people of color against each other while institutionalizing the primacy of the white majority. Instead he examines more than five centuries of remarkable historical evidence of cultural and political interaction between Blacks and Asians around the world, in which they have exchanged cultural and religious symbols, appropriated personas and lifestyles, and worked together to achieve political change. $17.00 PB ($14.45 AARW members)

Fat Cats and Running Dogs: The Enron Stage of Capitalism by Vijay Prashad

A brilliant analysis of the American and world economy, Prashad throws a sharp light on capitalism as a system, and its alliance with government. The research is impressive, the style lively, and the subject profoundly important to all who want a more equitable world. – Howard Zinn $16.95 PB ($14.40 AARW members)

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My Country Versus Me by Wen Ho Lee with Helen Zia

A first-hand account of Dr. Wen Ho Lee, who chronicles his experience before, during, and after his imprisonment for being falsely accused of being a spy. This riveting story of prejudice, fear, suspicion, and courage offers a revelatory account of one of the major abuses of the government's power. $23.95 HC ($20.35 AARW members)

South Wind Changing by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh

A powerful saga of an unimaginable life's adventure, filled with courage, perseverance, and vision. Huynh brilliantly captures the suffering, tenacity, and hope of the South Vietnamese people in the face of personal and cultural devastation. $20 HC ($17 AARW members)

Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee

“Helie Lee's first full-length work continues the trend in contemporary Asian American literature of presenting history via autobiographical narrative. But Lee refrains from rehashing the familiar themes of cultural conflict and the desire to assimilate, and chooses not to tell her own story. Instead, inspired by a deeply enlightening journey to the country of her birth, she sets about reconstructing the experiences of her maternal grandmother.” $24 HC ($20.40 AARW members)

Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki

Indispensable book on Asian American history from one of the country's leading Asian American scholars. In a blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and oral testimony, Takaki presents the stories and histories of Asian Americans from the Chinese who worked on the railroads to the Hmong refugees struggling to adjust to American life. Engaging, informative, illuminating. 1989 edition: $14.95 PB ($12.70 AARW members)

Warrior Lessons: An Asian American Woman's Journey Into Power by Phoebe Eng

An interweaving narrative, interview, analysis and confession, Warrior Lessons displays an Asian American woman's journey into power. With clarity and heart, Eng offers validation, hope, and a path for authenticity and action for women. Eng sings out with power of self-knowledge on growing up gifted, female and Asian American. $24 HC ($20.40 AARW members)