Images in the Heavens, Patterns on the Earth: The I Ching photographs by Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum, introduction by Jonathan Porter [in AsianWeek]
28 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost
A contemporary presentation of the ancient Chinese classic, filled with stunning black-and-white photographs that complement each of the 64 ideographs.
Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, October 28, 2004
Readers:...
Bombay plays the starring role in this entertaining (at times disturbing) epic memoir by a South Asian American writer who returns to the world’s largest city – now called Mumbai – with his London-raised...
Incredibly enough, a British novelist has written my own family’s story – on both the Hong and Yi sides. Novel though it may be, here’s proof that my ancestors were beyond crazy. The first...
An informative overview that includes history, memoir, and technique by a world-famous Ninja grandmaster. These ain’t no stunts: They’re the real thing!
Review: 
This is definitely not one of those “Dummy” guides. It’s a serious how-to manual/history/philosophy book about the Japanese art of healing using hand pressure, by an internationally renowned master, referred to as...
In today’s fast-paced world, the promise of a quiet space is not only tempting but necessary to recharge our scattered souls. Just looking at the gorgeous photos alone will help calm the...
One part culinary history about one of the best kitchen tools ever invented; two parts personal memoir that includes travels around the world; three parts story-telling about a number of...
In spite of its rather cheesy title, this is actually both an informative and fun read. Part history, part photo album, part cultural document, part memoir, part language lesson, even part cookbook,...
A Yellow 'Country of Origin'
Technically, writer Don Lee is a third-generation Korean American. But he was born in Tokyo where his father was working for the U.S. State Department. Then after moving...
If you don’t feel like dealing with planes, trains, and automobiles this summer, grab a lawn chair and this book instead. Head to far-flung areas around the globe and experience the surreal...
While the tidbits of personal narratives are the most interesting, Louie’s extensively researched treatise explores the ever-changing Chinese American identity. Drawing on the experiences of a group of American-born Chinese (including herself)...
A fictional diary that the young Princess Kokachin might have written in the late-13th century, when she traveled from the court of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan in her native...
As a family finishes a Chinese meal with the expected fortune cookies, the youngest daughter doubts that the fortunes will come true. But the next day … well, seeing is believing.
<a href="http://www.gracelin.com/"...
With one of the best covers I’ve ever seen on an academic text, this diverse collection of essays explores the global phenomenon that was Pokémon (from “pocket monster,” in case you were...
An absolutely stunning, breathtaking collection of photos by a self-described Japanese geographer and geography teacher who, over the past 26 years, has traveled to all of China’s 28 provinces and taken over 10,000 photographs....
The latest novel from the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated My Beautiful Launderette, about an older famous writer who is given the chance to trade his weathered body for something much younger and healthier… but youth can...
A superbly detailed, wordless journey through Spain with the blue-capped guide on horseback from the award-winning creator of Anno's Journey and Anno's U.S.A.
Review: 
An ethnographic study of gay Filipino men in New York City, with stories culled from interviews with 50 men between 1990 and 1995, including a fascinating look at the unique gay Filipino American vernacular...
The much awaited follow-up to the first Charlie Chan Is Dead (now already more than a decade old!), which includes the works of 42 Asian American writers ...
An entertaining coming-of-age novel-of-sorts about 20-year-old Yurika Song who is half-Japanese and half-Korean, who arrives from Japan to work for a summer at her Korean uncle's store in New York...