Asian American Heritage Month

	Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Asian Americans. All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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	Essentials of Asian Cuisine: Fundamentals and Favorite Recipes Corinne Trang (Simon & Schuster, c2003) Shelf Number: 641.595/T7722e In her impressive new cookbook, Trang explores the "continuities" among the centuries-old Chinese culinary tradition and the cuisines of the rest of Asia, from Japan to Vietnam and Thailand to the Philippines.
	Just Americans: how Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad: the Story of the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II Robert Asahina (Gotham Books, c2006) Shelf Number: 940.541273/AS798j This book documents the story of the Japanese-American 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II, a segregated unit of Japanese-American soldiers that became the nation’s most decorated unit. This account traces their pivotal contributions in October and November of 1944.
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	Keiko's Ikebana: A Contemporary Approach to the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging Keiko Kubo (Tuttle Pub., c2006) Shelf Number: 745.92252/K955k Create lovely flower arrangements using this beautifully- illustrated step-by-step manual for 20 simple arrangements.
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	Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children. John Wood (Collins /HarperCollins, c2006) Shelf Number: 370.91734/W8765l An inspiration to any booklover, volunteer, fundraiser, reformed corporate type, or anyone longing to make a difference. Ex-Microsoft bigwig on a vacation in the Himalayas is approached by a native schoolteacher with a simple request, "Perhaps, sir, you will some day come back with books." He quit his job, lost his girlfriend, and founded the nonprofit Room to Read, building 210 schools, 2,500 school libraries, and collecting 1 ½ million books. (www.roomtoread.org)
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	Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China’s Eternal First Lady Laura Tyson Li (Atlantic Monthly Press, c2006) Shelf Number: 951.24905/C5324l/Biography This biography of one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and controversial female political figures traces the life of Soong Mayling, from her youth in one of China’s most powerful families, to her status as wife, adviser, interpreter, and propagandist to Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek, to her role as an international crusader against Communism.
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	Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: the Vietnam War Revisited Andrew Wiest, Edt. (Osprey,c2006) Shelf Number: 959.7043/R754rt It is more than 30 years since the Vietnam War ended. This excellent anthology illustrates that there are enduring disagreements concerning the justification, military planning, and long-term effects of the war. The essays in this book were written by historians, correspondents, and participants from both sides of the conflict, providing readers with a variety of perspectives and opinions.
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