Asian American Village's Bestsellers for APA Heritage Month

Titles that other Villagers bought from Amazon

By AAV Staff

May 1, 2007 - As part of our routine maintenance at the Villages, the editors check in every so often at Amazon.com, where we've maintained -- a bit lazily, perhaps -- an Associates account since the early days of the site, somewhere back in 1998.  As any Associate knows, maintaining an account with Amazon is hardly likely to let a webmaster retire early, and we have never even built a "store" at the Village.  However, the great, truly valuable thing about Amazon from an editorial perspective is its detailed tracking tools, and the insight these provide into the interests and enthusiasms of our site visitors. We can see the kinds of books, toys, appliances, music and more that people enjoy (or, in some cases, don't enjoy and go on to return), and over the years that has given us great ideas for review and article topics.

It was a coincidence that we were doing a spring cleaning in our account this April at the same time we were getting ready for the APA Heritage Month edition.  And perhaps for the first time, we really compiled and analyzed all the traffic, orders and sales reports dating all the way back to 1998, and were able to comes up with the following list of the all-time best-selling titles we've ever linked up to from the Village (or, in a few cases, never linked up to).

We're not sure what else to say about it, except that among thousands and thousands of products purchased, the following is the shortlist of those items that apparently many, many people repeatedly found interesting enough to purchase -- over a span of years -- and not return. Since we are constantly being asked for recommendations for books, educational materials, and the like -- especially around Asian Pacific American Heritage Month -- the editors decided to share the list of what other Villagers liked for this year's APA Month edition.

-- The Editors

All Top-Selling Titles from Amazon on the Village

• Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
• Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America
• Top of the Class : How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers--and How You Can Too
• Yell-Oh Girls! : Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
• Wild Geese and Tea: An Asian-American Wedding Planner
• Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People
• Being Japanese American : A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa . . . and Their Friends
• Dumpling Soup
• The Princess and the Admiral
• East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture
• Sing 'n Learn Chinese: Introduce Chinese with Favorite Children's Songs = Chang Ko Hsueh Chung Wen
• Everything You Need to Know About Asian American History
• Job Offer! A How-To Negotiation Guide
• My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused
• Strangers from a Different Shore : A History of Asian Americans
• Good Luck Life : The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture
• Leaving Deep Water : Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures
• Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes
• Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings (Asian American Experience)
• The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker

 Posters - Number One with a Bullet Since We First Posted them for APA Month

• Great Asian Americans - Maxine Hong Kingston, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - Ellison Onizuka, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - Haing S. Ngor, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - Daniel Inouye, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - Kristi Yamaguchi, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - An Wang, Wall Poster, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - Haing S. Ngor Education Poster Print, 17x22
• Great Asian Americans - I.M. Pei Education Poster Print, 17x22
• Voices of Diversity - David Henry Hwang, Wall Poster, 17x11
• Voices of Diversity - Maxine Hong Kingston Poster, 17" x 11"