Somewhere in the Middle: A journey to the Philippines in search of roots, belonging, and identity
By: Deborah Francisco Douglas
3.87
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to …
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1. A Beautiful Mind
By: Sylvia Nasar
4.13
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Nash was respected but not well liked."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind
2. Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War
By: M. Evelina Galang
5.00
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
During World War II more than one thousand Filipinas were kidnapped by the Imperial Japanese Army. … read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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- nonfiction
"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
4. All You Can Ever Know
By: Nicole Chung
3.77
Format: 300 pages,
All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, Fall 2018) spans Nicole Chung's transracial adoption, her upbringi… read more
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- biography memoir
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5. Miss Burma
By: Charmaine Craig
4.04
Format: None pages,
A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world h… read more
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6. Together Tea
By: Marjan Kamali
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Together Tea, Marjan Kamali's delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the … read more
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7. The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race
By: Anthony Christian Ocampo
4.16
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows t… read more
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8. When the Elephants Dance
By: Tess Uriza Holthe
3.75
Format: 352 pages,
In the waning days of World War II, as the Japanese and U.S. forces battle to possess the Philippin… read more
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9. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
By: Stephanie Land
3.62
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more
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- memoir
10. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
11. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
12. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
13. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
By: Cathy Park Hong
4.21
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the trut… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"The avant-garde genealogy could be tracked through stories of bad-boy white artists who “got away with it,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"the curse of anyone nonwhite is that you are so busy arguing what you're not that you never arrive at what you are."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"Hollywood is still so racist against Asians that when there’s a rare Asian extra in a film, I tense up for the chinky joke and relax when there isn’t one."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
14. Baby X
By: Kira Peikoff
3.87
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest b… read more
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15. Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.67
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexi… read more
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"People said that dogs tended to resemble their owners, and considering that my little wiener dog was a super cute brown girl with stubby legs, great fashion sense, and a tendency toward plumpness, I …"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I decided to let Longganisa ride with us, both to cheer us up and to make up for having her shut in my room all night. We completed the short drive in silence, Joy stroking Longganisa's short fur and…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I set out a loaf of zucchini-pandan bread, the green coloring from the extract adding an interesting tinge to the crumb. The grassy, floral taste complemented the neutral flavor of the zucchini well,…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"So you're the former beauty queen Rob mentioned. Not quite what I was expecting, honey." The spell she'd cast over me lifted a bit at that remark---I didn't need her reminding me I wasn't beauty quee…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
16. Furia
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything … read more
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"Lies have long legs."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"When we played, we were all the same. We were all one."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I was just a girl with strong legs and a stubborn streak."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I’ll rescue myself. No one will ever lock me up in a tower."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
17. Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
By: Geena Rocero
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and In… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Geena, you speak about transgender rights and FIlipino food with equal expertise."-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"That's the thing about trans joy: It can never be fully extinguished. People can try to narrow the possibilities for our lives, even end them, but our spirits will always expand to fill whatever spac…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"I didn't need to come out ot her. I never said those declarative words - and I didn't even know them at the time. Vocabulary like trans would come much later in my life. All I needed was to hear the …"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"Despite the ubiquity of government-organized trans pageants in the Philippines, trans people themselves are not politically recognized. We are culturally visible but legally erased. To this day, tran…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
18. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.06
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping ques… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is impossible to overrate the importance of Homer on the culture and religion of ancient Greece. It is not that the Iliad and the Odyssey were “the Bible"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The problem with material remains is that they are silent: they don't provide their own interpretations. And that means various interpretations are possible."-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The Old Testament says no word about either eternal bliss for the righteous dead or everlasting punishment for the wicked. The poets praise God, instead, for allowing them to stay alive for a while l…"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
"The fear of death in antiquity differed from the terrors of torment or horrors of actual nonexistence experienced by so many in the West today. It was instead the dread of losing out on everything a …"-Bart D. Ehrman, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
19. The Do-Over
By: Sharon M. Peterson
4.10
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
“Look, you’re a nice girl but I don’t think we should see each other anymore.” The voicemail ends a… read more
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20. A Killer in the Family (DCI Jonah Sheens, #5)
By: Gytha Lodge
3.90
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A woman uploads her DNA online, searching for her father--but the man who contacts her is Detective… read more
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21. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
22. Land of Big Numbers: Stories
By: Te-Ping Chen
3.94
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
A debut collection from an extraordinary new talent that vividly gives voice to the men and women o… read more
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"They were fond of each other, and that was more than you could say about most marriages."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"He did not look like a man who could stomach life's indignities, whether it was a closed door or an uncomfortable, vertigo-inducing passage through a birth canal."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"She laughed a lot, and easily. It wasn't until we actually became friends that I realized she was often very sad. America is like that, I must say, free and easy until you know better."-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
"A great wasteland of sorrow was opening up in him, unfolding dozens of tiny shacks, terrible squatters setting up residence, banging their miniature liquor bottles against his chest, a hundred feet t…"-Te-Ping Chen, Land of Big Numbers: Stories
23. Sunshine Nails
By: Mai Nguyen
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more
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24. Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo
By: Jo Koy
4.23
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
A stunning, hilarious memoir from beloved comedian Jo Koy, “far and away one of the funniest people… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
25. Sleeping with Lions: A Year in Tanzania
By: Lee Anne McIlroy
3.92
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Faced with an empty nest, a single mother and linguist from California embraces the opportunity to … read more
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26. You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself
By: Bretman Rock
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."--Chelsea Handler A chaotically j… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"A role could call for an indigenous Aeta woman and they would hire a half white, half Filipina woman and paint her skin Black just so she could play a maid."-Bretman Rock, You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself
27. Somewhere in the Middle: A journey to the Philippines in search of roots, belonging, and identity
By: Deborah Francisco Douglas
3.87
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to … read more
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- travel
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
28. Bibliolepsy
By: Gina Apostol
3.22
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol’s Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy i… read more
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29. The Son of Good Fortune
By: Lysley Tenorio
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. But Excel knows that h… read more
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30. The Nature of Nature: Why We Need the Wild
By: Enric Sala
4.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why prote… read more
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- nonfiction
31. My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience
By: Ashley C. Lanuza
4.02
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, My Heart of Rice moves to empower anyone who may have a difficul… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
