asian american women

"Stories of amazing Asian American women who broke barriers in science--for kids ages 8 to 12"--Provided by publisher.

"An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by publisher.

"Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society--she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how"--Provided by publisher.

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong confronts the Asian American condition, blending memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America.

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong confronts the Asian American condition, blending memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America.

Presents a graphic memoir of artist and immigrant Shing Yin Khor and her trip with her dog Bug's to travel America's famous Route 66 to find out what it really means to "be American.".

"Ali Wong . . . shares the wisdom she's learned from a life in comedy and reveals stories from her life off stage, including the brutal singles life in New York, . . . reconnecting with her roots . . . in Vietnam, tales of being a wild child growing up in San Francisco, and parenting war stories"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of U.S. congresswoman Patsy Mink.

"An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by the publisher.

A gripping story of transformation, courage and enlightenment. Four women survive enormous odds under the restrictions of their culture until Irene dares move into the present to catch her breath of freedom.