Read up on China!

Library staff attended Carole Schroeder's "Teaching and Interacting Effectively with Students from China" workshop on February 6th, and created a list of suggested readings based on Albertsons Library's holdings :

• The Search for Modern China, by Jonathan Spence - DS 754 .S65 1990
• Chiang Kai-Shek, China’s Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost, by Jonathan Fenby – DS 778 .C55 F46 2004
• Mao the Unknown Story, by Jun Chang & Jon Halliday – DS 778 .M3 C38 2005b (also an audiobook)
• Dragon Lady, the Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China, by Sterling Seagrave – DS 763.63 .T96 S43 1992
• Oracle Bones : a Journey Between China’s Past and Present, by Peter Hessler – DS 712 .H458 2006
• The Private Life of Chairman Mao, by Dr. Li Zhisui – DS 778 .M3 L5164 1994
• China Wakes : the Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, by Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn – HC 427.92 .K75 1995
• The Devil Soldier : the American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China, by Caleb Carr - (ordered 2/7/2008)
• The Question of Hu, by Jonathan Spence – BX 4668 .H82 S66 1988
• Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee : An Authentic Eighteenth-Century Detective Novel, by Robert Van Gulik (an eAudiobook)
• Snowflower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See – ordered 2/7/2008
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, byDai Sijie – PQ 2664 .A437 B3513 2001 (also on video)

Enjoy!