TOPIC

BIPOC Well-Being & aapi well beingbooks

Below are the best books we could find on BIPOC Well-Being and aapi well being.

FindCenter Video Image

The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race

Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what “color” you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the U.S. Census as Asian.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific

An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II—an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption—this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

America Is in the Heart: A Personal History

First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West, and his coming to terms with America.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia

For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding―and distinctly Micronesian―voice.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Women on Waves: A Cultural History of Surfing—From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial Champions

Few subjects in the world of sports and or the outdoors is more timely or compelling than women’s surfing.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Somewhere in the Middle: A Journey to the Philippines in Search of Roots, Belonging, and Identity

Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to know more about her Filipino heritage.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Worlds Apart: My Personal Life Journey through Transcultural Poverty, Privilege, and Passion

Worlds Apart is a deeply personal and beautifully written narrative about being plunged into a new culture as a child – and daring to emerge as a unique presence in an adopted society.

FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions

Way of the Ancient Healer provides an overview of the rich tradition of Filipino healing practices, discussing their origins, world influences, and role in daily life.

FindCenter AddIcon

UP NEXT

Emotional and Mental Health