The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
By: Karen Cheung
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Hong Kong--from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music s…
Want to Read $ 12.99"People often characterize depression as a lack of hope or vitality, but I associate it more with a restlessness, an inability to feel at peace. You’re on the couch watching Netflix in furry pajamas, clutching a mug of hot tea, and you think, maybe the problem is that you aren’t getting out of the flat enough. You throw on jeans and head down to the bar, but after half a drink you want to run home. You repeat this routine a couple of times before you realize the problem isn’t where you are."-Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
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1. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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2. Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
By: Jenni Nuttall
3.82
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening linguistic journey through a thousand years of feminist language--and what we can l… read more
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3. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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4. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
By: Hawon Jung
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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5. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
By: Shahnaz Habib
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
6. Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
By: Louisa Lim
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The story of Hong Kong has long been obscured by competing myths: to Britain, a ‘barren rock’ with … read more
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7. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
By: Cheuk Kwan
3.57
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
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8. Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future
By: Ian Johnson
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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9. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
By: Ava Chin
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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10. The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
By: Karen Cheung
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Hong Kong--from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music s… read more
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"People often characterize depression as a lack of hope or vitality, but I associate it more with a restlessness, an inability to feel at peace. You’re on the couch watching Netflix in furry pajamas, …"-Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
11. There Are No Accidents
By: Jessie Singer
4.33
Format: None pages, None
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define al… read more
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"It is an act of love to demand accountability for the dead. And it takes rage to prevent the same accidents from happening again."-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
"Blame and the punishment that follows may satisfy the thirst for vengeance. But we cannot punish and learn at the same time. Punishment keeps in place the belief that the system is safe and the human…"-Jessie Singer, There Are No Accidents
12. China Unbound: A New World Disorder
By: Joanna Chiu
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
While the United States stumbles, an award-winning foreign correspondent chronicles China’s dramati… read more
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13. Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy
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4.46
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Through the eyes of two frontline journalists comes a gripping narrative history of the Hong Kong p… read more
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14. Landscapes
By: Christine Lai
3.78
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A darkly absorbing, prismatic debut novel from Christine Lai, set in a near future that is fraught … read more
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15. Ma and Me
By: Putsata Reang
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China
By: Frank Langfitt
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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17. The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters
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Format: 136 pages, Paperback
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18. The Hong Kong Diaries
By: Chris Patten
4.12
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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3.90
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20. Asian American Histories of the United States (ReVisioning History)
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3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any … read more
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21. Other Rivers: A Chinese Education
By: Peter Hessler
4.56
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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