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China Men

The author describes the Chinese experience in the U.S. through incidents from her childhood, the history of early Chinese immigrants, and Chinese myths and tales

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9780394424637 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, June 1, 1980, cover price $22.95

Paperback:

9780679723288 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, April 1, 1989), cover price $15.95

9780345344076 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, November 1, 1986), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: The author describes the Chinese experience in the U.

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts the circumstances, conditions, and consequences of growing up in frantic America within a steadfastly tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9780394400679 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1976, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts the circumstances, conditions, and consequences of growing up in frantic America within a steadfastly tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present

Paperback:

9780679721888 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1989), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present

9780330264006 | New edition (Pan Macmillan, March 1, 1981), cover price $15.20

Miscellaneous:

9780307759337 | Vintage Books, September 1, 2010, cover price $13.95

Reinforced:

9780606043786 | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $22.30 | About this edition: A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present

Prebinding:

9780808589761 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $26.90 | About this edition: A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present

Maxine Hong Kingston, Interview

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781556441622 | Amer Audio Prose Library Inc, June 1, 1987, cover price $13.95

The Woman Warrior China Men

A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present in The Woman Warrior and describes the Chinese experience in the U.S. through incidents from her childhood, the history of early Chinese immigrants, and Chinese myths and tales in China Men. 12,500 first printing.

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9781400043842, titled "The Woman Warrior: China Men" | Everymans Library, April 12, 2005, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present in The Woman Warrior and describes the Chinese experience in the U.

The Woman Warrior / China Men

Product Description: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Hereâfor the first time in one volumeâare two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. In both books Maxine Hong Kingston mines her familyâs past and her cultureâs stories, weaving myth and memory to fashion works of enormous revelatory power...read more

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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9781556441615 | Amer Audio Prose Library Inc, June 1, 1987, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Hereâfor the first time in one volumeâare two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America.

Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book

Chinese-American playwright and poet Ah Sing achieves his dream of staging lofty Chinese novels and learns his family's fascinating history and the pleasures and conflicts of a fully lived life

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9780394568317 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Chinese-American playwright and poet Ah Sing achieves his dream of staging lofty classic Chinese novels and learns his family's fascinating history and the pleasures and conflicts of a fully lived life

Paperback:

9780679727897 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, June 1, 1990), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Chinese-American playwright and poet Ah Sing achieves his dream of staging lofty Chinese novels and learns his family's fascinating history and the pleasures and conflicts of a fully lived life

Selected from China Men & the Woman Warrior

The author describes the Chinese experience in the United States through incidents from her childhood, the history of early Chinese immigrants, and Chinese myths and tales.

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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9780929631127, titled "Selected from China Men and the Woman Warrior" | Literacy Volunteers of, April 1, 1990, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: The author describes the Chinese experience in the United States through incidents from her childhood, the history of early Chinese immigrants, and Chinese myths and tales.

Prebinding:

9780833592378 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.85 | About this edition: The author describes the Chinese experience in the United States through incidents from her childhood, the history of early Chinese immigrants, and Chinese myths and tales.

The Woman Warrior

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By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Paperback:

9780072435191, titled "Woman Warrior" | McGraw-Hill College, June 1, 2000, cover price $15.65

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394588834 | Random House, October 1, 1990, cover price $15.95

For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings

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By Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, Stephen Batchelor, Patricia Marx Ellsberg, Joan Halifax, Chan Khong, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jack Kornfield, Annabel Laity, Thich Nhat Hanh (editor), Christopher Reed, Sulak Sivaraksa, Gary Snyder and David Steindl-Rast

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Paperback:

9781888375077 | Rev sub edition (Parallax Pr, January 1, 1998), cover price $16.50

Conversations With Maxine Hong Kingston

Product Description: In 1976 Maxine Hong Kingston burst into American literature with the publication of The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. Since then her subsequent works--China Men (1980) and Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (1989)--have startled readers with their complex projections of Asian-American life as a bi-cultural and bilingual adventure filled with contemporary confusions and ancient legends, inherited values, and new loyalties...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Maxine Hong Kingston, Tera Martin, Paul Skenazy (editor) and Martins Tera (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781578060580 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, August 1, 1998, cover price $46.00 | About this edition: In 1976 Maxine Hong Kingston burst into American literature with the publication of The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.

Conversations With Maxine Hong Kingston

By Maxine Hong Kingston, Tera Martin and Paul Skenazy

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9781578060597 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, August 1, 1998, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: In 1976 Maxine Hong Kingston burst into American literature with the publication of The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.

Hawai'I One Summer

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By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Paperback:

9780824818876 | Reprint edition (Univ of Hawaii Pr, December 1, 1998), cover price $14.99

The Literature of California: Native American Beginnings to 1945

By Jack Hicks (editor), James D. Houston (editor), Maxine Hong Kingston (editor) and Al Young (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780520215245 | Univ of California Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $85.00

Paperback:

9780520222120 | Univ of California Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $34.95

9789990111156 | Univ of California Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $0.02

To Be the Poet

The author of The Woman Warrior presents a first collection of poetry, which is based on her 2000 delivery of the William E. Massey Lectures at Harvard and which explores her quest to become a poet while inviting her muse to assist in her endeavor. (Literature) (view table of contents)

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9780674007918 | Harvard Univ Pr, September 16, 2002, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author of The Woman Warrior presents a first collection of poetry, which is based on her 2000 delivery of the William E.

The Fifth Book of Peace

A memoir by the author of The Woman Warrior and Tripmaster Monkey follows a Chinese-American man and his wife, both California artists, who flee to Hawaii to evade the draft during the Vietnam War only to find themselves working with Vietnam veterans. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Hardcover:

9780679440758 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 2003), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A memoir of the author's losses to fire and her work with Vietnam veterans also includes a novel about a Chinese American man and his wife who flee to Hawaii to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, only to work with Vietnam veterans.

Paperback:

9780679760634 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, September 28, 2004), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A memoir of the author's losses to fire and her work with Vietnam veterans also includes a novel about a Chinese American man and his wife who flee to Hawaii to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, only to work with Vietnam veterans.

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace

Collects poignant and inspirational firsthand accounts of war and its aftermath as provided by veterans, survivors, conscientious objectors, and abuse survivors who endured a range of circumstances, from growing up in a military family or struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder to being rendered homeless or managing substance abuse. Original.

By Maxine Hong Kingston (editor)

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Paperback:

9780977333837 | 1 edition (Koa Books Inc, September 28, 2006), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Collects poignant and inspirational firsthand accounts of war and its aftermath as provided by veterans, survivors, conscientious objectors, and abuse survivors who endured a range of circumstances, from growing up in a military family or struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder to being rendered homeless or managing substance abuse.

A Queen's Journey: An Unfinished Novel About Hawaii's Last Monarch