"Beautiful Country is the real deal. Heartrending, unvarnished, and powerfully courageous, this account of growing up undocumented in America will never leave you."--Gish Jen, author of The Resisters. "Ba Ba told me this and I in turn carried it in my heart: so long as we didn't stake claim to what wasn't ours--the things, our rooms, America, this beautiful country--we would be okay." An incandescent and heartrending memoir about Qian Julie Wang's...

"A narrative account of the relationship between the U.S. and China from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving, and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret, the author of the bestselling Chinese Lessons, takes us deep into these two countries' shared history, and illuminates in vibrant, stunning detail every major event, relationship,...

Arriving in America, the so-called beautiful country, Anna, a young Taiwanese girl, finds it anything but beautiful as she and her family struggle to make a place for themselves in this world and learn the true meaning of home.

Binh has grown up not knowing his parents, an American soldier and a Vietnamese woman. In an effort to find a better life he searches for his mother in Saigon before heading to New York City and later Houston.

Are you a demanding traveler? So... Welcome to Scotland, a beautiful and amazing territory in Great Britain! Do you want to wonder at living history and meet amazing people? Do you love nature and architecture? Scotland is for you! Our Travel eGuide will definitely prove it to you. Discover at your own pace and browse by photos, places or hobbies :-) We have been traveling all around the world since our studenthood and have visited more than 45 countries...

In 1999 Tobias Jones immigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he found a very different country: one besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia. The Dark Heart of Italy is Jones's account of his four-year voyage across the Italian peninsula. Jones writes not just about Italy's art, climate, and cuisine but also about the much livelier and stranger sides of...

"The second-largest country in South America, Argentina is packed with exotic wildlife, natural beauty, and a rich language and culture. Inside this book, you'll explore this amazing country like never before, unveiling the secrets of Argentina's best locations and most exciting places to visit. Covering a brief history of Argentina and what made it the place it is today, you'll learn about the most popular tourist attractions, the best cities to...