"Chinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved culinary traditions and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of its richness and sophistication--but...

"A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same...

"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...

"Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"--

"Llamamos hogar al lugar al que pertenece nuestro corazón, pero nuestro corazón puede echar raíc es en más de un sitio, por eso este segundo volumen rinde homenaje a personajes que han roto fronteras y han demostrado que no hay límites cuando se trata de seguir un sueño. Llamamos hogar al lugar al que pertenece nuestro corazón, pero nuestro corazón puede echar raíces en más de un sitio, por eso este segundo volumen rinde homenaje a personajes...

"This picture-book biography encourages children to look to the story of Jeremy Lin, the first NBA basketball player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, for inspiration and empowerment"--

"¡Jovita soñaba con usar pantalones! Odiaba las faldas amplias que su abuela la obligaba a usar. ¡Quería trepar al árbol de mezquite más alto de su rancho, montar a caballo y sentir que el viento le enroscaba el rostro en una sonrisa! Cuando su padre y sus hermanos se unieron a la Guerra Cristera para luchar por la libertad religiosa, Jovita también quiso ir. Como se lo prohibieron, desafió a su padre y a la sociedad, y encontró una forma...

It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody.