Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.

Manufacturer: Vintage
Written By: Lisa See

Manufacturer: Triangel
Written By: Stephen Pavuk, Pamela Pavuk

Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

A warm, accessible, step-by-step guide to creating precious personal histories from the memories of older people, by the best-selling author of Hang Time and his sister, journalist D. G. Fulford.

Manufacturer: Doubleday
Written By: Bob Greene, D. G. Fulford

Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources. It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed by the intriguing answer: Because all sources are not created equal. As a citation guide, Evidence Explained is built on this simple question and answer. According to the author, ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co
Written By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams ...

Manufacturer: National Geographic
Written By: Spencer Wells

Comprehensive book of 12,000+ names, including their meanings, origins, and spiritual significance with supporting Scripture.

Manufacturer: Bethany House
Written By: Dorothy Astoria

Could our sense of who we are really turn on a sliver of DNA? In our multiethnic world, questions of individual identity are becoming increasingly unclear. Now in ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN bestselling author Jon Entine vividly brings to life the profound human implications of the Age of Genetics while illuminating one of today's most controversial topics: the connection between genetics and who we are, ...

Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Written By: Jon Entine

The Moore Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Moore name. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: Ancestry.com

Every time Inventing the Truth appears in a new edition, editor William Zinsser can't help but add to it. The first edition (1987) evolved from a series of New York Public Library talks, for which the mandate was not to lecture about the genre of the memoir but to explain how a specific memoir came to be written. In the book's 1995 edition, Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, and ...

Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Written By: William Zinsser