Browse Items (76 total)

  • Collection: CALA Best Book Award Collection

曹冲称象

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"This is a juvenile literature book of retelling of a traditional Chinese story to English-speaking kids and excellent illustration with accurate period details for costume, architecture, etc. Also a wonderful tie-in with STEM curriculum with…

Position: 62 (573 views)

尋找塵封的記憶: 抗戰時期民國空軍赴美培訓歷史及空難探秘

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“二戰時期,根據中美兩國政府達成的協議,一批批中華民國空軍飛行員先後被送到美國,參加培訓. 大部分學員學成歸國,投身於抗擊日本侵略者的戰鬥,許多人為此付出了年輕的生命. 還有一部分學員則在培訓期間逝於飛行事故. 由於戰亂和中國接連不斷的政治運動,他們的家人大多未能得知他們死難的具體情形,更不瞭解葬在何處. 而這些出師未捷身先死的年輕人,如同被遺忘的孤兒,七十年來遠離祖國與親人,在異國他鄉,一抔黃土,掩埋了他們殺敵報國的雄心.
本書作者李安的二叔李嘉禾便是如此.…

Position: 640 (317 views)

作家之梦: 融融小说自选集

Memories of a Foreign Student. Ron Ron is a renowned Chinese author of seven books and hundreds of articles published in China and the US. I sent an Email on April 1st to meet the nominating deadline and I did not have access to this form until…

Position: 1043 (75 views)

一粟浮沉

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"It is valuable as a literature reading with proficient narrative skills. The good plot of story with well described historical background reflects the suffering of people during different historical periods and their humanities." This book has won…

Position: 59 (575 views)

Your Place in the Universe

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"Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt.…

Position: 262 (464 views)

Writer as Migrant

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This book has won the 2009 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).

Position: 434 (412 views)

Western Literature in China and the Translation of a Nation

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This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).

Position: 346 (440 views)

Two Sons of China

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"Two Sons of China is a sweeping epic of the Second World War in China—a theater of that conflict that many consider 'forgotten'. The story centers on an unlikely friendship that forms between two soldiers, one an American, the other a Chinese…

Position: 248 (470 views)

The Year of the Fortune Cookie

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"The third chapter book sequel to The Year of the Book and The Year of the Baby, eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage."
"This book focuses on the life on a Chinese family living in America…

Position: 149 (511 views)