Bestsellers
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Strangers in the Land
- Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
- By: Michael Luo
- Narrated by: Eric Yang
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance31
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Story31
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION From New Yorker writer Michael Luo comes a masterful narrative history of the Chinese in America that traces the sorrowful theme of exclusion and documents their more than century-long struggle to belong. ONE OF THE BEST...
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Do not pass this up
- By LeeAnna on 06-08-25
By: Michael Luo
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
- From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
- By: Barbara Demick
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall153
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Performance148
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Story148
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Remarkable . . . Barbara Demick movingly traces this...
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Engrossing Story
- By Lagomorpha on 06-11-25
By: Barbara Demick
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Water Mirror Echo
- Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
- By: Jeff Chang
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Story11
""Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff Chang is blessed with the vision to see things we do not yet see, thinking and writing with a restless, chasm-crossing, almost...
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The Truth about Bruce
- By Terese on 01-16-26
By: Jeff Chang
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall393
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Performance321
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Story319
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...
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But Is It a Crime?
- By Roy on 08-23-09
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Stay True
- A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Hua Hsu
- Narrated by: Hua Hsu
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall611
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Performance525
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Story524
One of the The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award New York Times Bestseller “Quietly wrenching…To say that this book is about grief or coming-of-age doesn’t quite do it justice…This is a...
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At the end, this book is about friendships
- By rosalinda lam on 10-31-22
By: Hua Hsu
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- By: Barbara Demick
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,265
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Performance3,349
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Story3,345
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the unchallenged rise to power of Kim Jong-il....
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The man who wants to be GOD
- By Gohar on 05-08-10
By: Barbara Demick
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Strangers in the Land
- Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
- By: Michael Luo
- Narrated by: Eric Yang
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance31
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Story31
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION From New Yorker writer Michael Luo comes a masterful narrative history of the Chinese in America that traces the sorrowful theme of exclusion and documents their more than century-long struggle to belong. ONE OF THE BEST...
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Do not pass this up
- By LeeAnna on 06-08-25
By: Michael Luo
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove
- From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins
- By: Barbara Demick
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall153
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Performance148
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Story148
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Remarkable . . . Barbara Demick movingly traces this...
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Engrossing Story
- By Lagomorpha on 06-11-25
By: Barbara Demick
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Water Mirror Echo
- Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America
- By: Jeff Chang
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Story11
""Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff Chang is blessed with the vision to see things we do not yet see, thinking and writing with a restless, chasm-crossing, almost...
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The Truth about Bruce
- By Terese on 01-16-26
By: Jeff Chang
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall393
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Performance321
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Story319
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...
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But Is It a Crime?
- By Roy on 08-23-09
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Stay True
- A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: Hua Hsu
- Narrated by: Hua Hsu
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall611
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Performance525
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Story524
One of the The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award New York Times Bestseller “Quietly wrenching…To say that this book is about grief or coming-of-age doesn’t quite do it justice…This is a...
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At the end, this book is about friendships
- By rosalinda lam on 10-31-22
By: Hua Hsu
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Nothing to Envy
- Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- By: Barbara Demick
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,265
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Performance3,349
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Story3,345
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years - a chaotic period that saw the unchallenged rise to power of Kim Jong-il....
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The man who wants to be GOD
- By Gohar on 05-08-10
By: Barbara Demick
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Minor Feelings
- An Asian American Reckoning
- By: Cathy Park Hong
- Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,198
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Performance1,000
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Story996
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness “Brilliant . . . To read this...
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Essential
- By Realness on 03-04-20
By: Cathy Park Hong
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Fetishized
- A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty
- By: Kaila Yu
- Narrated by: Kaila Yu
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women. No one fetishized Kaila Yu...
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this needs to be talked about more.
- By Aknative on 01-18-26
By: Kaila Yu
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A History of Japan
- Revised Edition
- By: R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall298
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Performance265
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Story262
A classic of Japanese history, this audiobook is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume complete history of the nation of Japan....
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Content great - pronunciation not so much
- By A. Weber on 03-08-19
By: R. H. P. Mason, and others
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A Brief History of Korea
- Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People
- By: Michael J. Seth
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall164
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Performance135
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Story135
Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners, and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum....
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Loved the historical context but ..
- By Kathy on 01-06-20
By: Michael J. Seth
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
- By: Amy Chua
- Narrated by: Amy Chua
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,662
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Performance1,264
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Story1,272
At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother ignited a global parenting debate with its story of one mother’s journey in strict parenting. Amy Chua argues that Western parenting tries to respect and nurture children’s individuality, while Chinese parents...
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The Subtitle Should Be "Diary of a Mad Housewife"
- By California mom on 07-24-12
By: Amy Chua
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Korea
- The Impossible Country
- By: Daniel Tudor
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall146
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Performance122
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Story121
South Korea's amazing rise from the ashes: the inside story of an economic, political, and cultural phenomenon....
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Amazing book
- By Antoine on 12-14-18
By: Daniel Tudor
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The Japanese Mind
- Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
- By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance75
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Story75
Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....
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Bad Pronunciation of Japanese terms
- By Joseph O'Donnell on 05-19-20
By: Roger J. Davies, and others
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The Snakehead
- An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Abridged
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Overall51
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Performance43
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Story43
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...
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A Busman's Holiday
- By Amazon Customer on 02-24-20
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The Latehomecomer
- A Hmong Family Memoir
- By: Kao Kalia Yang
- Narrated by: Kao Kalia Yang
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall295
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Performance259
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Story256
In the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United States....
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Great Hmong history, lousy literature
- By Isadore Ducasse on 10-12-18
By: Kao Kalia Yang
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North Korea Confidential
- Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
- By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance100
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Story98
North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms....
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Interesting portrait of North Korea marred by awful pronunciation
- By Amazon Customer on 08-03-21
By: Daniel Tudor, and others
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The Making of Asian America
- A History
- By: Erika Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall184
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Performance159
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Story153
In the past 50 years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States....
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Great content, terrible narration
- By Mrs. Rdz on 10-24-15
By: Erika Lee
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Asian American Histories of the United States
- By: Catherine Ceniza Choy
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story12
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US...
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Great book
- By Ryan Juguan on 03-11-25
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American Sutra
- A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War
- By: Duncan Ryuken Williams
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance13
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Story13
In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryuken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history....
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Fascinating but disturbing read
- By John D. Barnes on 02-26-24
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Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes
- Honor and Shame in Paul's Message and Mission
- By: Brad Vaughn, E. Randolph Richards - foreword
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance19
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Story19
In Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes, Brad demonstrates how paying attention to East Asian culture provides a helpful lens for interpreting Paul's most complex letter. When read this way, we see how honor and shame shape so much of Paul's message and mission....
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Not Good
- By SNM on 06-16-23
By: Brad Vaughn, and others
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Looking Like the Enemy
- My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps
- By: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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Story19
This memoir is told from the heart and mind of a woman now nearly eighty years old who experienced the challenges and wounds of her internment at a crucial point in her development as a young adult....
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Well if you ever needed a cry
- By Gadgets and gizmos a plenty on 09-12-23
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Biting the Hand
- Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
- By: Julia Lee
- Narrated by: Julia Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance43
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Story43
"Lee's narration of her brilliant memoir is penetrating with insight, raw with confessions, radiant with fury. Her meticulous writing is already stupendous, but the unguarded emotions that flow through her candid voice are a remarkable enhancement. Her tears of frustration and gratitude will...
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The best book I didn't know I needed to read!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-02-23
By: Julia Lee
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Permission to Come Home
- Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
- By: Jenny Wang
- Narrated by: Jenny Wang
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance63
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Story63
Strengthen your sense of well-being and embrace empowering new approaches with this invaluable investigation into mental health in the Asian American community. Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural...
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Get this if u have cptsd from racial trauma
- By MaMi on 12-04-23
By: Jenny Wang
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Rice Room
- Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'N' Roll
- By: Ben Fong-Torres
- Narrated by: Ben Fong-Torres
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance25
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Story25
One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone....
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I have never left a review before!
- By Lady Rose Powers on 05-21-22
By: Ben Fong-Torres
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Under Red Skies
- Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China
- By: Karoline Kan
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance97
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Story98
A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it emerges into a modern, cutting-edge superpower. Through the stories of three generations of women in her family, Karoline Kan, a former New York Times reporter based in Beijing, reveals how they...
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An intimate view of real life in China
- By Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. on 08-15-19
By: Karoline Kan
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The White Devil's Daughters
- The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
- By: Julia Flynn Siler
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance43
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Story43
During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler...
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Well researched
- By Qats reads on 08-05-19
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A Superior Man
- By: Paul Yee
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
A harrowing journey into a milestone event of Canadian history: the use of Chinese coolies to help build the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia in hazardous conditions....
By: Paul Yee
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Factory Girls
- From Village to City in a Changing China
- By: Leslie T. Chang
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall426
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Performance271
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Story267
i>Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society....
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Living in Shenzhen - and What A Disappointment
- By Abstraction on 03-01-10
By: Leslie T. Chang
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Superpower Interrupted
- The Chinese History of the World
- By: Michael Schuman
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance92
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Story92
This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to "Make China Great Again." We in the West routinely ask: "What does China want?" The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it...
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Nice overview
- By Matthew G. Towner on 08-12-20
By: Michael Schuman
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Louder than the Lies
- Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love
- By: Ellie Yang Camp
- Narrated by: Carmilla Jo
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
What does it mean to be Asian American? How does our racialization in the United States shape our lives and our worldviews? With candor and care, Ellie Yang Camp, a Taiwanese American educator, offers a set of ideas and frameworks to guide us toward a more nuanced understanding of these questions.
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Colorblindness is real
- By Colorstupid on 03-22-25
By: Ellie Yang Camp