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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor

202 reviews
Bruce Campbell

L.A. Weekly Books, 2002

What a Book!
Campbell, Bruce. "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor". LA Weekly, 2002. What a Book! Amos Lassen Bruce Campbell has written quite a book with "If Chins Could Kill". He writes as if we are having a conversation with him and he gives some very interesting and provocative information. Campbell begins with his childhood in Michigan and how the Raimi brothers transformed ...

Henley: A New York tail

9 reviews

Glitterati, Inc., 2005

Amazing book for children of all ages
This is a must-have book to add to your holiday shopping for children of any age. My 6 year old and 3 year old boys have an extreme love for all sort of dogs and instantly fell in love with Henley. We hope Henley and the author will make more journeys together.

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei : The Gathering, Volume I

9 reviews

Princeton University Press, 1993

Fascinating Plot - Superb Translation
David Tod Roy's translation of the classic 16th century Chin P'ing Mei is awesome and right on the money. The story leaps off the pages - this is how this famous vernacular Chinese novel was meant to be read! Every element of the story is clear and concise in Roy's translation, allowing the reader to enjoy the plot and the fascinating characters. To briefly discuss the storyline, Chin P'ing ...

The Big Aiiieeeee!

16 reviews

Plume, 1991

It's a matter of history.
Since the publication of this book, it has been criticized for it's "machismo, misogynist" morale. Guess who these criticisms are coming from? White feminists (or those who support them). They cannot look beyond history and textual matter, instead they force and assume their principles and try (and unforunately, they succeeded) to make this a battle of Women's rights. I have read Chin's "Come All ...

The Chinese Tao of Business: The Logic of Successful Business Strategy

28 reviews
George T. Haley, Usha C.V. Haley, ...

Wiley, 2004

Very timely book with contrarian perspective
So you are doing business in China and are spinning your wheels. You've read the culture and etiquette books and the ones on market potential. STOP! Read no further until you read the Chinese Tao. This unassuming (though not little) book packs a punch. If you want to make money in China as a private business, everything is conspiring you -- history, culture, laws and managers -- and mastering ...

Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na, 2nd Edition: Instructors Manual for All Martial Styles

29 reviews
Jwing-Ming Yang

YMAA Publication Center, 2004

Perfection in an instuctors guide
I have been an instructor of kung fu for many years and this is one of the most valuable books I think any martial artist can own. It claims that it is an instructors guide, but it is sooo much more than that. All of my students are exposed to this book on a regular basis. The descriptions are flawless.

Feng Shui Revealed: An Aesthetic, Practical Approach to the Ancient Art of Space Alignment

12 reviews
Ron Chin

Clarkson Potter, 1998

I Need another copy!
This is a wonderful book! What I liked best were the tell-tale pictures, and also the simple way the author explains feng shui principles and solutions to problem areas. There's something for everyone in this book. Now I need another copy (I gave mind to my girlfriend when she moved) and wouldn't you know it, they're out of print... I can't believe it! Let's keep out fingers crossed for ...

Taiji Chin Na: The Seizing Art of Taijiquan (Chinese Internal Martial Arts)

7 reviews
Yang Jwing-Ming

YMAA Publication Center, 1995

Unlock the secrets of Taiji Chin Na
This work by Dr Yang is a suberb addition to any Taiji fighters library and from the outset I would recommend this and his other work, Tai Chi Chuan Martial Applications, as a companion work, both of which I have. As with most books on Taijiquan it is recommended as an adjunct to your class work or personal training and it is clear from the outset that much of what applies in these volumes relate ...

Working Toward Enlightenment: The Cultivation of Practice

10 reviews
Nan Huai-Chin

Red Wheel / Weiser, 1993

Speed up your englightment practice by 10X!
I would give 6 stars, instead of just 5. I just finished reading this book for the 3rd times. It is true: Master Nan's book is definitely not for beginner who knows little or nothing about Zen/Chan and its history. I would recommend readers first to have some basic background understanding of Surangama Sutra, Diamond Sutra and Heart Sutra. This book complement my studies of Sutras and my ...

Pop'n Kimchi

6 reviews
Christina Lochmann, Soo-Young Chin

Polychrome Pub Corp, 2000

This book is great!
As a diehard fan of kimchi and rice, I gotta say this book is cool! It's fun and left me wondering why there aren't more books like this. I'm planning to give this book as a Christmas present to all my nieces and nephews. Way to go!

The Inner Teachings of Taoism

5 reviews
Thomas Cleary

Shambhala, 1986

Inner Teachings of Taoism
Cleary did a remarkable translation of this complicated topic giving the reader an opportunity to comprehend the alchemical symbolism of Taoism.

Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age

4 reviews
Paul M Levitt

Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1991

A Masterful Novel in the Traditions of Fitzgerald and Twain
Among the prefatory acknowledgments of contributors to his debut novel, Chin Music, which is flapper slang for gossip, Professor of English and Writing Paul M. Levitt of the University of Colorado includes F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain, without whose works the novel "could not have been scripted." In case the reader misses this hint about the provenance of his work, the author provides ...

This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine

5 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

A wonderful resource and support for women physicians.
Having recently graduated residency with two young children, I couldn't stop reading this book. I want to plaster these essays on the cover of the Wall Street Journal: this is why medical training has to change! I am buying this book for all of my friends.

Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

5 reviews

American Public Health Association, 2000

A "must" have
This is one of the most useful books I have seen. Each chapter of this book summarizes each infectious disease briefly, and comprehensively, including its ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. The main focus is on public health response to the event of one case, for uncommon diseases, or the event of a cluster of cases for those more common infections. It is particularly useful for people working in the ...

Bulletproof Buddhists (Intersections - Asian and Pacific AmericanTranscultural Studies)

5 reviews
Frank Chin

University of Hawaii Press, 1997

Frank Chin combs the landscape of Chinese American culture
There is no question that when it comes to specific, focused cultural criticism, Frank Chin has the task nailed down. I don't know the time frame spanned by these essays, but in terms of content they cover all the bases. Any student of Asian-American history and culture can profit from Chin's sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes frightfully serious analysis of several aspects of the ...

Bite Hard

4 reviews
Justin Chin

Manic D Press, Inc., 1997

Raw, funny, and always sincere
Reading this collection as a first generation immigrant from Malaysia (as is Chin), I was pleasantly surprised by the synergy of our experiences as I paged through the pieces. Chin's style is raw yet sincere; a titillation of all the senses. From the sterile scent of Dettol, the taste of spicy and MCG-saturated Chinese restaurant food, to familiar alliterations of "Manglish/Singlish", ...

The New Silk Road: Secrets of Business Success in China Today

6 reviews
John B. Stuttard

Wiley, 2000

Valuable Case Histories to Build a Better Business in China
Almost everyone who knows little about China is enthralled by the opportunity to sell products to all those people who live there. Those with a little more knowledge also get excited about having products made for export from Mainland China. Those with still more knowledge look forward to outsourcing services to China. Beyond that, some speculate that Mandarin Chinese will even become the ...

Chinese Century:, The: A Photographic History of the Last Hundred Years

4 reviews
UK Endeavor Group, Annping Chin, ...

Random House, 1996

A Very Informative Work!
Overall, I found this book to be very informative and fun to read. Being a UCSD student and taking many classes pertaining to Asia, I read many works by Spence. By far, I have enjoyed reading every one of his works. This particular book in my opinion is the best of Spence's works-- though he cooperated with another author. Spence's works is a testament to his ability to present fact in a dynamic ...

Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World

4 reviews
Cynthia Chin-Lee

Charlesbridge Publishing, 2005

brief portraits of influential, memorable women
There's the familiar, expected, notable women--the flier Amelia Earhart, the black author Zora Neale Hurston, the artist Frida Kahlo, the philanthropist Eleanor Roosevelt. But there's also a number of accomplished lesser-known women and ones who have achieved recognition in recent years who are not yet seen as regulars in the circle of historically significant women. Thus, one finds the architect ...

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