Asian Themed Books to Buy for the Holiday Season
December 1, 2009
ASIAN FACES
Finally a book written specifically for Asian women and their beauty concerns. Celebrity makeup expert Taylor Chang-Babaian shares her highly sought after beauty tips and techniques that can apply to specific Asian American women’s concerns. Her book, ASIAN FACES, has more than 100 photographs and illustrations featuring Asian beauties such as Yunjin Kim (Lost) and Margaret Cho. Taylor is one of the country’s top Asian artists with her work spanning celebrity, fashion, advertising, music, film and television industries. She has appeared on several shows including Dr. Phil, Extra and FOX News. As Taylor said in her book, “No two Asian women are alike and no two Asian faces are alike. We have so many variations in skin tone, eye shape and bone structure. That’s why it is so important to learn the basics of makeup, and remember that it is our diversity that makes us beautiful. I am proud to be Asian and it has been a lifelong dream of mine to have this opportunity to help all Asian women look and feel their absolute best.” wwww.asianfacesthebook.com
BEATIFUL AS YESTERDAY
Fan Wu’s BEAUTIFUL AS YESTERDAY is a great-read novel of three Chinese women from the same family that stretches from mid-century China to both coasts of the United States today. The book delves into the interworking of families, and the impact of history and memories on one’s life. When their China factory worker retired mother visits them in America, she awkwardly reunites the family and stirs up those buried family tensions and secrets that so many Asian American readers may be able to identify with. Fan Fu grew up in a state-run farm in southern China where her parents were exiled during the Cultural Revolution, She holds an M.A. from Stanford and currently lives in Santa Clara.
www.fanwuwrites.com.
CHINESE IN MARYSVILLE, MENDOCINO COUNTY, SAN JOSE AND SANTA CLARA
Arcadia Publishing Company books about Chinese American history gives reader a pictorial glimpse into the communities that grew up as Chinese pioneers emigrated from China to settle in Gold Mountain, their supposedly American dreamland. Among the books on Chinese in Arcadia’s Images of America series, Brian Tom, founder of the Marysville Chinese Historical Museum is the author of CHINESE IN MARYSVILLE book. Lorraine Hee-Chorley’s CHINESE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY tells of the Chinese who were instrumental in the county’s development in the 1800s where little to this time has been written documenting their contributions to local history. Lillian Gong-Guy and I co-wrote the CHINESE IN SAN JOSE AND SANTA CLARA VALLEY, where we tried to display through photos the many Chinatowns that once stood in San Jose, and the difficulties faced in the late 1800s and early 1900s to establish a Chinese community for the many farm laborers who had immigrated to this area. Our book also tells of the history and contributions of those Chinese Americans who have since moved to the area to establish their own churches, community organizations, businesses, schools and political power as they assimilate into the Silicon Valley communities. Bill Wong’s book CHINESE IN OAKLAND also tells the story of the Chinese settlements in this east bay community that thrived in 1906 when San Francisco Chinatown citizens escaped the Earthquake turmoil when its buildings were destroyed and damaged and they were forced to evacuate. Judy Yung also wrote about San Francisco’s Chinatown history, thanks to Arcadia’s dedication to bringing Chinese American history to readers around the world.
FENG SHUI DOs and TABOOS
Angi Ma Wong continues to bring out books about Feng Shui, and I particularly enjoy her FENG SHUI DOS AND TABOOS . Her book is a virtual gold mind of nuggets that can be applied to make simple and effective changes in your lives. On another theme, Angi has written about our president, Barack Obama, Historymaker for children which tells the story of this first African American man to become the president of the United States. Other children’s books she has written were Reggie: the L.A.l Gator and Night of the Red Moon.
CALIFORNIA’S CHINESE HERITAGE: A LEGACY OF PLACES
Want to know more about your Chinese American heritage? Thomas McDannold’s book CALIFORNIA’S CHINESE HERITAGE: A LEGACY OF PLACES tells you places to visit that will give you a feeling of the contributions Chinese have made to the history of California.
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