Chinese Family

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 to be “colored”; the school was for whites. This event would lead to the first US Supreme Court case to challenge the constitutionality of racial segregation in Southern public schools, an astonishing thirty years before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.Brown v. Board of Education decision.

The Subtle Art of Folding Space, is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum. This isn't your usual jaunt through quantum physics. Ellie’s universe, and...

From National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Jenny Tinghui Zhang, a novel about a pop idol and his superfan, whose stories shockingly collide Freshman Minnie is adrift at college in Austin, Texas, when she discovers a boy band called HOURglass and the online forums that worship them. She...

How far would you go to secure the best future for your child? Chen Yunxian wants more from life than that of a noodle seller’s daughter. Instead, Chen Yunxian goes to college, marries her ambitious first love, Yang Dingguo, and has a bright young son, Peichen, for whom Chen Yunxian will do anything.

This charming rom-com from an author whose writing is “deeply romantic, real, funny, and heartfelt” (Christina Lauren) is filled with Chinese traditions, second chances, and a luck-changing love story that will appeal to readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams. A STROKE...

The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential businesswomen of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country's powerful elite, including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other top leaders. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country.

Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah's funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself, is a delight complete with mouthwatering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the colorful, lesser known ants in a tree, that will delight foodies everywhere. Mah's tale of clashing cultures, rival siblings, and fine dining is an unforgettable, unexpectedly sensual listening experience.

为什么现在的孩子越来越平庸？为什么孩子找不到自我发展的出路？一昧学习教科书和应试教育到底伤害了谁？……為什麼現在的孩子越來越平庸？為什麼孩子找不到自我發展的出路？一昧學習教科書和應試教育到底傷害了誰？

十月怀胎，孕妈妈和胎宝宝都有哪些变化？如何进行营养胎教？如何进行运动胎教？如何进行按摩胎教？ ……十月懷胎，孕媽媽和胎寶寶都有哪些變化？如何進行營養胎教？如何進行運動胎教？如何進行按摩胎教？

每个人都曾为人子女，每个人大都会为人父母。为了孩子，我们应该重新审视自己：作为父母，我们够格吗？……每個人都曾為人子女，每個人大都會為人父母。為了孩子，我們應該重新審視自己：作為父母，我們夠格嗎？

中国普遍存在父教缺失的现象。“教育孩子是他妈的事，我就管挣钱！”这就是当代中国父教缺失的最好代表。……中國普遍存在父教缺失的現象。「教育孩子是他媽的事，我就管掙錢！」這就是當代中國父教缺失的最好代表。

给孩子自由的空间，让孩子学会自立。身为父母，在要求孩子好好学习时，你为孩子做出好学、爱学的表率了吗？……給孩子自由的空間，讓孩子學會自立。身為父母，在要求孩子好好學習時，你為孩子做出好學、愛學的表率了嗎？

放手，让孩子自主学习；放手，让孩子随性阅读；放手，让孩子尽兴玩耍；放手，让孩子自由交往；放手，让孩子做做家务；放手，让孩子动手制作……放手，讓孩子自主學習；放手，讓孩子隨性閱讀；放手，讓孩子盡興玩耍；放手，讓孩子自由交往；放手，讓孩子做做家務；放手，讓孩子動手製作……

家长只有充分的了解孩子的话语，掌握和孩子正确沟通的方法，真正走进孩子们的世界，才能打破孩子和大人之间无形的那堵墙……家長只有充分的了解孩子的話語，掌握和孩子正確溝通的方法，真正走進孩子們的世界，才能打破孩子和大人之間無形的那堵牆……

From the acclaimed author of Number One Chinese Restaurant comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another. Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian were always told that success is guaranteed by following a...

《曾颖：陪女儿看花开花落——一位父亲的情商教育手记》由七个部分组成，以故事的形式，讲述育儿的体会和感悟。……《曾穎：陪女兒看花開花落——一位父親的情商教育手記》由七個部分組成，以故事的形式，講述育兒的體會和感悟。

妈妈怀胎十月，爸爸也不能闲着。爸爸应该了解孕前、孕期、分娩等阶段不同的相关知识和准备工作……媽媽懷胎十月，爸爸也不能閒著。爸爸應該了解孕前、孕期、分娩等階段不同的相關知識和準備工作……

Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point? When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man.

This is the abridged version of the trilogy The Torrents: Family, Spring, and Autumn, masterpieces of Ba Jin, one of the greatest writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. The abridged version of 30,000 words for each title, approximately 1/10 of each of the original, can be listened to by elementary-level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with sequins and a beehive wig in this sharply funny and achingly tender debut novel about mothers, daughters, and the surprising power of Elvis. Grace Johnson can’t escape the feeling that her life is on autopilot—until her husband announces he’s...