In my family, food is our language. Food enables us to communicate the things we find so hard to say." -Pauline Nguyen
Overflowing with sumptuous but simply prepared dishes that have been passed down through generations of the Nguyen family, "Secrets of the Red Lantern" is part Vietnamese cookbo[...]

Lists English definitions for fifty thousand Vietnamese words and phrases, including synonyms and antonyms, examples, and a pronunciation guide highlighting regional differences[...]

Drawn from original sources, "Old Path White Clouds is the beautiful classic recounting of the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha over the course of eighty years. It is retold alternately through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy who provided kusa grass for the Buddha's enlightenment cushion, an[...]

A collection of recipes from successful Vietnamese restaurant Red Lantern, this book is the story of the Nguyen family as told by daughter Pauline - documenting their escape from Vietnam and eventual resettlement in Australia.[...]

Sisters Van and Linny are short. But they couldn't be more different. Van's the overachiever - a high-flying lawyer with a pristine home and husband, until the husband walks out. Linny is fashionable, flighty, works for a catering firm called You Did It Dinners and has just been told by her married [...]

The authentic and compassionate first novel about two sisters from the author of the acclaimed memoir "Stealing Buddha's Dinner"
Called "A writer to watch, a tremendous talent" by the "Chicago Tribune," Bich Minh Nguyen makes her fiction debut with the deeply moving and entertaining story of tw[...]

Academics and practitioners now recognize the importance of a data-driven and microanalytic approach to research on professional communication training. This book is the first to empirically investigate the development of interactional competence by novice professionals using a microanalytic and mul[...]

Vietnam is increasingly opening up to the West, and society is in flux between tradition and modernity, and capitalism and socialism. Americans have distanced themselves from the Vietnam War now, and Culture and Customs of Vietnam fills a need to learn about the country, which has also evolved. Read[...]

Diana Gabaldon's brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in her first-ever graphic novel, Gabaldon gives readers a fresh look at the events of the original Outlander: Jamie Fraser's side of the story, gorgeously rendered by [...]

CD's copyright date 2003, book c1994 reprinted 2003.