Asian Heritage Month: A Booklist

Happy Heritage Month to all Asians and Friends! I celebrate today with a list of Asian-related books I have enjoyed, gleaned from my Library Thing catalogue.

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	Title	Author	Date	Tags	Rating	Comments
	Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life	Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat	1992	activism, Asia, meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam		My all time favourite; I owe this book a debt of gratitude.
	The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation	Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat	1996	activism, Asia, meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam		I use these teachings every day. Wow.
	The Bone Collector's Son	Paul Yee Yee, Paul	2005	Asia, bone collectors, China, Chinatown, ghosts, historical fiction, Vancouver, YA		Great YA: ghosts, culture, history, dad-son conflict, open graves--the lot!
	Learning True Love: How I Learned & Practiced Social Change in Vietnam	Sister Chan Khong Khong, Sister Chan	1993	activism, Asia, Buddhism, engaged Buddhism, Maxine Hong Kingston, mindfulness, mindfulness, peace, peace work, social change, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam, war		I fell in love with Sister Khong.
	Interbeing: Commentaries on the Tiep Hien Precepts	Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat	1987	activism, Asia, Buddhism, engaged Buddhism, interbeing, mindfulness, peace, social change, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam		Brilliant work by the nuns and monks who developed these excellent guidelines for engaged compassionate living. Many thanks.
	Land : a novel	Kyong-ni Pak Pak, Kyong-ni	1996	Asia, change, fiction, folk, Japan, Korea, Korean history
	Native Speaker	Chang-rae Lee Lee, Chang-rae	1995	Asia, fiction, Korea, Korean American
	Confessions of a Mask (New Directions Paperbook)	Yukio Mishima Mishima, Yukio	1958	Asia, Japan
	Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha	Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat	1991	Asia, biography, Buddha, Buddhism, spirituality
	Bodhisattva of compassion : the mystical tradition of Kuan Yin	John Blofeld Blofeld, John	1977	Asia, Bodhisattva, Buddhism, China, compassion, Kuan Yin, religion, Taoism
	The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts	Maxine Hong Kingston Kingston, Maxine Hong	1977	Asia, China, Chinatown, girls, women
	Disappearing Moon Cafe	Sky Lee Lee, Sky	1991	Asia, China, Chinatown, Chinese Canadian historical fiction, women
	My Masters Robe: Memories Of A Novice Monk	Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat	2003	Asia, autobiography, Buddhism, child autobiography, mindfulness, monks, religious instruction, religious life, Vietnam		Wonderful insight into the life of a young monk.
	A Joyful Path: Community, Transformation and Peace	Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh	1995	Asia, Buddhism, community, engaged Buddhism, peace, spirituality, Thich Nhat Hanh
	Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh: Engaged Spirituality in an Age of Globalization	Robert H. King King, Robert H.	2001	Asia, Buddhism, engaged, engaged Buddhism, spirituality, spirituality, Thich Nhat Hanh, THomas Merton, Vietnam
	Curses of the Third Uncle	Paul Yee Yee, Paul	1986	Asia, Canada, China, Chinatown, supernatural, Vancouver, YA
	The jade peony : a novel	Wayson Choy Choy, Wayson	1995	Asia, Canada, China, Chinatown, Vancouver
	Fan shen. = Fanshen : [a documentary of revolution in a Chinese village]	William. [from old catalog] Hinton Hinton, William. [from old catalog]	1974	Asia, China, Communism, revolution
	The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan Tan, Amy	1989	Asia, China, Chinatown, Chinese American, women
	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry (Midland Book)	Wu-Chi Liu Liu, Wu-Chi	1990	Asia, China, poetry
	The I Ching or Book of Changes	C.F. Baynes Baynes, C.F.	1967	Asia, Book of Changes, China, fortune telling, I Ching