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Broadneck Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 AI WEIWEI
1 available
921 AI WEIWEI
1 available
Crofton Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 AI WEIWEI
1 available
921 AI WEIWEI
1 available
Riviera Beach Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 AI WEIWEI
2 available
921 AI WEIWEI
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"In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei--one of the world's most famous artists and activists--tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as 'the most important artist working today' by the Financial Times and as 'an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom' by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir...
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Severna Park Library - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY FICTION (S)
1 available
PLAYAWAY FICTION (S)
1 available
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating portrait of life as a Chinese American woman in the 1930s and ’40s.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant page-turner resonates with resilience and humanity.”—The Washington Post (One of the Best Books of the Year)
San...
“Superb . . . This emotional, informative and brilliant page-turner resonates with resilience and humanity.”—The Washington Post (One of the Best Books of the Year)
San...
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Broadneck Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (R)
1 available
FICTION (R)
1 available
Busch Annapolis Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (R)
1 available
FICTION (R)
1 available
Edgewater Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (R)
1 available
FICTION (R)
1 available
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"Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of an iconic place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the first Opium War. An English merchant arrives in the restricted port of Canton (Guangzhou), seeking to make his fortune trading opium....
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Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that include sizzling potstickers, stir-fries that areunbelievably easy to make, saucy braises, and soups that bring comfort with a sip. These are dishes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" You'll find approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle...
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Linthicum Library - Adult Nonfiction
951.05 Y
1 available
951.05 Y
1 available
Severna Park Library - Adult Nonfiction
951.05 Y
1 available
951.05 Y
1 available
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"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. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the history of contemporary China"--
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Brooklyn Park Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (Z)
1 available
FICTION (Z)
1 available
Edgewater Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (Z)
1 available
FICTION (Z)
1 available
Maryland City at Russett Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (Z)
1 available
FICTION (Z)
1 available
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Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future.
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Busch Annapolis Library - Adult Nonfiction
355.02 S
1 available
355.02 S
1 available
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Adult Nonfiction
355.02 S
1 available
355.02 S
1 available
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Edgewater Library - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY 355.02 S
1 available
PLAYAWAY 355.02 S
1 available
Severna Park Library - Adult Audiobook
PLAYAWAY 355.02 S
1 available
PLAYAWAY 355.02 S
1 available
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"For the first time in any modern language, a female scholar and translator reimagines The Art of War. Sun Tzu's ancient book of strategy and psychology has as much to tell us today as when it was first written 2,500 years ago. In a world forever at odds, his rules for anticipating the motivations and strategies of our competitors never cease to inspire leaders of all kinds. Michael Nylan, in her provocative introduction, sees new and unexpected lessons...
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Busch Annapolis Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (T)
1 available
FICTION (T)
1 available
Crofton Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (T)
1 available
FICTION (T)
1 available
Riviera Beach Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (T)
2 available
FICTION (T)
2 available
Description
In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades. A celebrated novel in the tradition of Alice Adams and Margaret Atwood from the bestselling author of The Kitchen God's Wife.
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Broadneck Library - Adult Nonfiction
495.111 T
1 available
495.111 T
1 available
Maryland City at Russett Library - Adult Nonfiction
495.111 T
1 available
495.111 T
1 available
Riviera Beach Library - Adult Nonfiction
495.111 T
1 available
495.111 T
1 available
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"After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire, with literacy reserved for the elite few. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's greatest and most daunting challenge was a linguistic one. Just as important as China's technological and industrial advances and political maneuvers was the century-long fight to make the Chinese language-with its many dialects...
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Odenton Library - Adult Audiobook
CD FICTION (C)
1 available
CD FICTION (C)
1 available
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"A debut story collection offering a kaleidoscopic portrait of life for contemporary Chinese people, set between China and the United States"--
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Broadneck Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
Crofton Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
Edgewater Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
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Busch Annapolis Library - Large Print
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
Discoveries: the Library at the Mall - Large Print
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
Odenton Library - Large Print
921 QU
1 available
921 QU
1 available
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"As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to teach her a lesson: she is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of acquiescing, Qu alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, an act with consequences that impact the rest of her life. Nearly...
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"An evocative, transporting look into the thousands-year-old cuisine of Shanghai, China's most exciting, bustling city, with 100 recipes and stories"--
13) The night tiger
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A vivacious dance-hall girl in 1930s colonial Malaysia is drawn into unexpected danger by the discovery of a severed finger that is being sought by a young houseboy in order to protect his late master's soul.
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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 navigated their way in a country beset by poverty and often-violent political unrest. As the Kans move from quiet villages to crowded towns...
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 navigated their way in a country beset by poverty and often-violent political unrest. As the Kans move from quiet villages to crowded towns...
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Broadneck Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 CHANG
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921 CHANG
1 available
Severn Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 CHANG
1 available
921 CHANG
1 available
Severna Park Library - Adult Nonfiction
921 CHANG
1 available
921 CHANG
1 available
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The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, now with a new introduction from the author. A record of Mao's impact on China, a window on the female experience in the modern world, and a tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord's concubine; her mother's struggles...
16) Pachinko
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Busch Annapolis Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (L)
1 available
FICTION (L)
1 available
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (L)
2 available
FICTION (L)
2 available
Linthicum Library - Shelving Cart
FICTION (L)
1 available
FICTION (L)
1 available
Checked Out
43 copies, 25 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
43 copies, 25 people are on the wait list.
Description
Profoundly moving and gracefully told, PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life. So begins a sweeping saga of exceptional people in...
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Brooklyn Park Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (V)
1 available
FICTION (V)
1 available
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (V)
2 available
FICTION (V)
2 available
Linthicum Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (V)
1 available
FICTION (V)
1 available
Checked Out
3 copies, 43 people are on the wait list.
Checked Out
3 copies, 43 people are on the wait list.
Description
"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between...
18) My year abroad
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Busch Annapolis Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (L)
1 available
FICTION (L)
1 available
Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (L)
1 available
FICTION (L)
1 available
Glen Burnie Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (L)
1 available
FICTION (L)
1 available
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"From the award-winning author of NATIVE SPEAKER and ON SUCH A FULL SEA, a brilliant, exuberant and entertaining story of a young American whose life is transformed when a Chinese-American businessman suddenly takes him under his wing on a global adventure"--
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Broadneck Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (W)
1 available
FICTION (W)
1 available
Deale Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (W)
1 available
FICTION (W)
1 available
Maryland City at Russett Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (W)
1 available
FICTION (W)
1 available
Checked Out
1 copy, 6 people are on the wait list.
Description
"Joan is a thirtysomething ICU physician at a busy New York City hospital. The daughter of Chinese parents who moved to America to secure the American dream for their children, Joan is intensely devoted to her work, happily solitary, successful. She does look up sometimes and wonder where her true roots lie: at the hospital, where her white coat makes her feel needed, or with her family, who try to shape her life according to their own cultural and...
20) Seoulmates
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Heart and Seoul volume 2
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Edgewater Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (F)
1 available
FICTION (F)
1 available
Severna Park Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION (F)
1 available
FICTION (F)
1 available
Description
"A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. When Hara Wilson lands in Seoul to find her birth mother, she doesn't plan on falling in love with the first man she lays eyes on, but Choi Yujun is irresistible. If his broad shoulders and dimples weren't enough, Choi Yujun is the...