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The Power of Why: Why 21 Musicians Created a Program and Why You Should Too

The Power of Why Musicians, #1

by Glory St. Germain, Gillian Erskine, Benny Ng, Heather Revell, Christopher Sutton, Thulane Akinjide-Obonyo, Frances Balodis, Rami Bar-Niv, Susan Niekamp, Edy Panjaitan Asahan, Shirley Wang, Joanne Barker, Shelagh McKibbon-U'Ren, Noreen Wenjen, Sarah Lyngra, Paul Myatt, Christopher Siu, Rebecca Featherstone, Natalie Eastman, Michael Park, M Ruth McCants ...

Series Book 1 - The Power of Why Musicians
Imposter Syndrome, Dyslexia, Anxiety, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a little girl from Rwanda led to color-coded music and why a lonely orphan in Indonesia inspired a breath-taking piano performance.Discover WHY a tear-filled young singer unleashed vocal power to performat the Sydney Opera House and New ... Read more

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Imposter Syndrome, Dyslexia, Anxiety, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a little girl from Rwanda led to color-coded music and why a lonely orphan in Indonesia inspired a breath-taking piano performance.Discover WHY a tear-filled young singer unleashed vocal power to performat the Sydney Opera House and New
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Resilience

A First-Generation Chinese-American Woman's Life Living with Bipolar Disorder

by Shirley Wang ...

"Resilience: A First-Generation Chinese-American Woman's Life Living with Bipolar Disorder" is a breathtaking story about one woman's inspiring life. Shirley Wang's memoir gives readers a glimpse into how life changed in China post-Cultural Revolution. It also shares her story of living with bipolar disorder while maintaining a family and career. Life has not been easy for Shirley, but she is ... Read more

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"Resilience: A First-Generation Chinese-American Woman's Life Living with Bipolar Disorder" is a breathtaking story about one woman's inspiring life. Shirley Wang's memoir gives readers a glimpse into how life changed in China post-Cultural Revolution. It also shares her story of living with bipolar disorder while maintaining a family and career. Life has not been easy for Shirley, but she is
... Read more

The Power of Why: Why 23 Musicians Crafted a Course and Why You Should Too

The Power of Why Musicians, #2

by Glory St. Germain, Caren Jenson, Christopher Norton, Heather Revell, Bradley Sowash, Ivy Leung, Lucinda Mackworth-Young, Joanne Barker, David A. Jones, Benny Ng, Caroline Quinn, Thulane Akinjide-Obonyo, Frances Balodis, Sarah Lyngra, Paul Myatt, Sam Reti, Shelagh McKibbon-U'Ren, Heidi Kay Begay, Wendy Hunt, Alessandra DiCienzo, Marcin Bela, Shauna Hunter, Edy Panjaitan Asahan ...

Series Book 2 - The Power of Why Musicians
Physical Abuse, Confusion, Rehabilitation, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a director from Australia went from head injury to coach and why a frustrated Hong Kong pianist inspired a music development charity.Discover WHY a discouraged musician on the verge of giving up music, successfully pitched a multi ... Read more

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Physical Abuse, Confusion, Rehabilitation, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a director from Australia went from head injury to coach and why a frustrated Hong Kong pianist inspired a music development charity.Discover WHY a discouraged musician on the verge of giving up music, successfully pitched a multi
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The Power Why: Why 25 Musicians Composed a Legacy

The Power of Why Musicians, #3

by Glory St. Germain, Rami Bar-Niv, Bradley Sowash ...

Series Book 3 - The Power of Why Musicians
Loss, Improvisation, Depression, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a lonely girl from the UK won the John Lennon Songwriting Award, and why an Israeli composer, impacted by the holocaust, became a concert pianist.Discover WHY a student from Indonesia composed an award-winning anthem, and why an American ... Read more

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Loss, Improvisation, Depression, and Personal Struggles - every day, musicians from around the world begin their journey of musical expression.Discover WHY a lonely girl from the UK won the John Lennon Songwriting Award, and why an Israeli composer, impacted by the holocaust, became a concert pianist.Discover WHY a student from Indonesia composed an award-winning anthem, and why an American
... Read more
Escape from Camp 14

One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

by Blaine Harden ...

**“If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden’s *Escape from Camp 14." —*Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-LaThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped**North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve ... Read more

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**“If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden’s *Escape from Camp 14." —*Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-LaThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped**North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve
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Wish You Happy Forever

What China's Orphans Taught Me about Moving Mountains

by Jenny Bowen ...

"[Bowen's] remarkable journey transforming Chinese orphanages . . . is a testament to the power of perseverance." —Larry Brilliant, TED Prize-winnerAfter reading an article about the thousands of baby girls languishing in Chinese orphanages, Jenny Bowen and her husband adopted a little girl from China and brought her home to Los Angeles, not out of a need to build a family but rather a commitment ... Read more

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"[Bowen's] remarkable journey transforming Chinese orphanages . . . is a testament to the power of perseverance." —Larry Brilliant, TED Prize-winnerAfter reading an article about the thousands of baby girls languishing in Chinese orphanages, Jenny Bowen and her husband adopted a little girl from China and brought her home to Los Angeles, not out of a need to build a family but rather a commitment
... Read more
The Impossible City

A Hong Kong Memoir

by Karen Cheung ...

A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.“[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes.”—The New York Times Book ReviewONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington PostHong Kong is known as a ... Read more

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A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.“[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes.”—The New York Times Book ReviewONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington PostHong Kong is known as a
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Wuhan Diary

Dispatches from a Quarantined City

by Fang Fang ...

From one of China's most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-nineteen outbreak.On January twenty-five, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, her nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of ... Read more

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From one of China's most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-nineteen outbreak.On January twenty-five, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, her nightly postings gave voice to the fears, frustrations, anger, and hope of
... Read more

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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother

Stories of Loss and Love

by Xinran ...

Following her internationally bestselling book The Good Women of China, Xinran has written one of the most powerful accounts of the lives of Chinese women. Her searing stories of mothers who have been driven to abandon their daughters or give them up for adoption is a masterful and significant work of literary reportage and oral history.Xinran has gained entrance to the most pained, secret ... Read more

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Following her internationally bestselling book The Good Women of China, Xinran has written one of the most powerful accounts of the lives of Chinese women. Her searing stories of mothers who have been driven to abandon their daughters or give them up for adoption is a masterful and significant work of literary reportage and oral history.Xinran has gained entrance to the most pained, secret
... Read more
The Birth of Korean Cool

How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

by Euny Hong ...

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYBy now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangnam Style" is only one tool in South Korea's extraordinarily elaborate and effective strategy to become a ... Read more

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A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYBy now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangnam Style" is only one tool in South Korea's extraordinarily elaborate and effective strategy to become a
... Read more
One Child

The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

by Mei Fong ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers an intimate investigation of China's one-child policy and its consequences for families and the nation at large.For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens. Now, with its economy faltering just as it seemed poised to become the largest in the world, the Chinese government has brought ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers an intimate investigation of China's one-child policy and its consequences for families and the nation at large.For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens. Now, with its economy faltering just as it seemed poised to become the largest in the world, the Chinese government has brought
... Read more

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Flawless

Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital

by Elise Hu ...

**One of Porchlight's Business Books of the Year | One of Vox's Best Books of 2023 | An NPR Book of the Day | Required Reading from New York Post | One of Nylon's 13 May Books to Add to Your Reading List | One of PureWow's 14 Books to Read for AAPI Heritage Month | One of W Magazine's 14 Books to Dive Into This Summer | One of Betches' Best Summer Reads of 2023An audacious journalistic exploration ... Read more

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**One of Porchlight's Business Books of the Year | One of Vox's Best Books of 2023 | An NPR Book of the Day | Required Reading from New York Post | One of Nylon's 13 May Books to Add to Your Reading List | One of PureWow's 14 Books to Read for AAPI Heritage Month | One of W Magazine's 14 Books to Dive Into This Summer | One of Betches' Best Summer Reads of 2023An audacious journalistic exploration
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