Best Selling Books by Amy Chua

A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it''s like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I''ve done it... Amy Chua''s daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu) were polite, interesting and helpful, they were two years ahead of their classmates in maths and had exceptional musical abilities. But Sophia and Lulu were never allowed to attend a sleepover, be in a school play, choose their own extracurricular activities, get any grade less than an A, and not be the #1 student in every subject (except gym and drama). And they had to practice their instruments for hours every day, as well as in school breaks and on family holidays. The Chinese-parenting model certainly seemed to produce results. But what happens when you do not tolerate disobedience and are confronted by a screaming child who would sooner freeze outside in the cold than be forced to play the piano? In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua relates her experiences raising her children the ''Chinese way'', and how dutiful, patient Sophia flourished under the regime and how tenacious, hot-tempered Lulu rebelled. It is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It''s also about Mozart and Mendelssohn, the piano and the violin, and how they made it to Carnegie Hall. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it''s about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.

Why do Jews win so many Nobel Prizes and Pulitzer Prizes? Why are Mormons running the business and finance sectors? Why do the children of even impoverished and poorly educated Chinese immigrants excel so remarkably at school? It may be taboo to say it, but some cultural groups starkly outperform others. The bestselling husband and wife team Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and Jed Rubenfeld, author of The Interpretation of Murder, reveal the three essential components of success – its hidden spurs, inner dynamics and its potentially damaging costs – showing how, ultimately, when properly understood and harnessed, the Triple Package can put anyone on their chosen path to success.

In this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires—or hyperpowers—rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history—from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise. Chua''s analysis uncovers a fascinating historical pattern: while policies of tolerance and assimilation toward conquered peoples are essential for an empire to succeed, the multicultural society that results introduces new tensions and instabilities, threatening to pull the empire apart from within. What this means for the United States'' uncertain future is the subject of Chua''s provocative and surprising conclusion.

The bestselling author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua offers a bold new prescription for reversing our foreign policy failures and overcoming our destructive political tribalism at home Humans are tribal. We need to belong to groups. In many parts of the world, the group identities that matter most – the ones that people will kill and die for – are ethnic, religious, sectarian, or clan-based. But because America tends to see the world in terms of nation-states engaged in great ideological battles – Capitalism vs. Communism, Democracy vs. Authoritarianism, the “Free World” vs. the “Axis of Evil” – we are often spectacularly blind to the power of tribal politics. Time and again this blindness has undermined American foreign policy. In the Vietnam War, viewing the conflict through Cold War blinders, we never saw that most of Vietnam’s “capitalists” were members of the hated Chinese minority. Every pro-free-market move we made helped turn the Vietnamese people against us. In Iraq, we were stunningly dismissive of the hatred between that country’s Sunnis and Shias. If we want to get our foreign policy right – so as to not be perpetually caught off guard and fighting unwinnable wars – the United States has to come to grips with political tribalism abroad. Just as Washington’s foreign policy establishment has been blind to the power of tribal politics outside the country, so too have American political elites been oblivious to the group identities that matter most to ordinary Americans – and that are tearing the United States apart. As the stunning rise of Donald Trump laid bare, identity politics have seized both the American left and right in an especially dangerous, racially inflected way. In America today, every group feels threatened: whites and blacks, Latinos and Asians, men and women, liberals and conservatives, and so on. There is a pervasive sense of collective persecution and discrimination. On the left, this has given rise to increasingly radical and exclusionary rhetoric of privilege and cultural appropriation. On the right, it has fueled a disturbing rise in xenophobia and white nationalism. In characteristically persuasive style, Amy Chua argues that America must rediscover a national identity that transcends our political tribes. Enough false slogans of unity, which are just another form of divisiveness. It is time for a more difficult unity that acknowledges the reality of group differences and fights the deep inequities that divide us.

Amy Chua''s debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs. A rich industrialist with enemies among the anarchist factions on the far left, Walter Wilkinson could have been targeted by any number of groups. But strangely, Sullivan’s investigation brings up the specter of another tragedy at the Claremont, ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the Bainbridge family, one of the wealthiest in all of San Francisco. Some say she haunts the Claremont still. The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining Bainbridge heiresses, now adults: Iris’s sister, Isabella, and her cousins Cassie and Nicole. Determined not to let anything distract him from the truth—not the powerful influence of Bainbridges’ grandmother, or the political aspirations of Berkeley’s district attorney, or the interest of China''s First Lady Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in his findings—Sullivan follows his investigation to its devastating conclusion. Chua’s page-turning debut brings to life a historical era rife with turbulent social forces and groundbreaking forensic advances, when race and class defined the very essence of power, sex, and justice, and introduces a fascinating character in Detective Sullivan, a mixed race former Army officer who is still reckoning with his own history.

Aquesta és una història sobre una mare, dues filles i dos gossos. També sobre Mozart i Mendelssohn, el piano i el violí, i com vam triomfar al Carnegie Hall. Se suposava que havia de ser una història sobre com els pares xinesos són millors educant els infants que els pares occidentals. Però en lloc daixò, tracta dun xoc aferrissat entre cultures, duna experiència passatgera de la glòria i de com vaig esdevenir humil als trenta anys. Els pares xinesos requereixen la perfecció als seus fills perquè saben que la poden assolir, Amy Chua a La Vanguardia Aquesta manera de fer dels pares pot servir per fer del fill un triomfador? Si ens fixem en els èxits acadèmics i musicals, la resposta és sí. Però hi ha un anvers de tot això: sovint el que impulsa aquests nens cap a lèxit és una enorme inseguretat, Verna Yu, al diari Ara, sobre Mare tigre.

Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? The ninth edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of six can''t-miss novels--either standalone or first in series--publishing Fall 2023 for free for easy sampling. Standalone: With over three million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrin Jakobsdottir, the Prime Minister of Iceland, brings us a gripping and chilling new thriller: Reykjavík: A Crime Story. Standalone: Amy Chua''s debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. First in Series: From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Parisian Orphan series: A Traitor in Whitehall. First in Series: Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie meets Bringing Down the Duke in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, this dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era cozy series with a feminist spin. First in Series: In Perfect Shot, a former Army sniper must fall back on her Special Ops skills when a friend’s death uncovers a global nuclear threat, in this electrifying new series featuring Special Agent Alexandra Martel. First in Series: The Curse of Penryth Hall is an atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Armstrong introduces heroine Ruby Vaughn in her Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut.

Tigermammans stridsrop är den sanna berättelsen om en mamma och två döttrar, om Mozart och Mendelssohn och om piano och fiol. Om att uppfostra på kinesiskt vis i ett västerländskt samhälle. Amy Chua är från första dag som förälder fast besluten att hennes barn ska bli framgångsrika. Hon ställer höga krav och låter inte sina döttrar titta på teve, sova över eller ens leka med kompisar eller välja fritidsaktiviteter. Genom att kräva högsta betyg i skolan och förvänta sig total lydnad anser hon att man visar kärlek och vördnad för sina barn. Hon stöttar och driver på med fast hand och stark vilja. Boken har givit upphov till debatt. Många ställer sig frågan om man verkligen får göra så här mot sina barn. Och hur kan man göra det? Andra menar att det kanske inte är helt fel att ställa krav och att dagens curlingföräldrar gör fel.

Warum sind Einwanderer aus China und dem Iran Gewinnertypen und die aus anderen Nationen oft nicht? »Tigermutter« Amy Chua und ihr Mann Jed Rubenfeld haben eine überraschende Antwort. Erfolg hat, wer drei Dinge mit auf den Weg bekommt: das Gefühl kollektiver Überlegenheit, gepaart mit einer tiefen Unsicherheit gegenüber der neuen Gesellschaft und nicht zuletzt einer guten Portion Selbstdisziplin. Das Gute: Das Erfolgsprinzip ist kulturell geprägt, aber dennoch übertragbar und kann uns auch hierzulande eine Lehre sein. Vorausgesetzt, wir haben den nötigen Biss!

Grito de guerra da mãe-tigre é a história incontestavelmente honesta, muitas vezes engraçada e sempre instigante de uma mãe radical. Por se opor de maneira drástica à indulgência dos pais ocidentais, Amy Chua tomou a decisão de criar as filhas, Sophia e Lulu, à moda chinesa. As mães-tigres veem a infância como um período de treinamento. Para Sophia e Lulu, isso significa aulas de mandarim, exercícios de rapidez de raciocínio em matemática e duas ou três horas diárias de estudo de seus instrumentos musicais (sem folga nas férias, e com sessões duplas nos fins de semana). Grito de guerra da mãe-tigre expõe o choque das visões de mundo oriental e ocidental no que diz respeito à criação dos filhos. Mas é basicamente a história das expectativas de uma mãe em relação às duas filhas e os riscos que está disposta a enfrentar para investir no futuro de ambas.

Traditional Chinese edition of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School. The headline "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" in the January 8, 2011 Wall Street Journal about the book, an instant bestseller (ranked #4 on Amazon as of 1/2011), has raised the debate on the merits of parenting Chinese or Western style to an unprecedented level, in America as well as in Chinese reading communities. Other bestselling titles on the subject of parenting mentioned in a related Wall Street Journal article: "In China, Turning Away From Tough Love," also published January 8, 2011, are available on www.BooksWindow.com as well: A Good Mom is Better Than a Good Teacher by Yin Jianli (Simplified Chinese edition 9787506345040); My Kid is a Medium-Ranking Student by Fang Gang (Simplified Chinese edition 9787807335344); Catching Childrens Sensitive Periods by Sun Ruixue (Simplified Chinese edition 9787802038257); Children are from Heaven by John Gray (traditional Chinese edition 9789861772158); and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (simplified Chinese edition 9787802115279, Vietnamese edition 8932000115120). Simplified Chinese edition (9787508626116) is also available. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Hinter der glänzenden Fassade der feinen Gesellschaft lauern die dunkelsten Geheimnisse ... Berkeley 1944: Detective Al Sullivan hat nach einer Verabredung kaum das glamouröse Claremont Hotel verlassen, als er dorthin zurückgerufen wird. Der Präsidentschaftskandidat Walter Wilkinson wurde in seinem Zimmer erschossen. Unter den Hotelgästen stößt Al auf zahlreiche Verdächtige: Steckt die chinesische Schönheit Chiang Kai-shek, mit der Wilkinson eine Affäre hatte, hinter dem Mord? Fiel Wilkinson einem politisch motivierten Attentat zum Opfer? Und was verschweigen die mysteriösen Bainbridge-Töchter, Erbinnen einer der reichsten Familien ganz San Franciscos, die in der Nähe des Tatorts gesehen wurden? Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit gerät Al in ein Netz aus dunklen Geheimnissen, Intrigen und Schuld ... »Klug, geistreich und absolut spannend.« Chris Whitaker »Ein sensationell fesselnder Krimi ...« Booklist »Ein grandioses Lesevergnügen.« Kirkus Reviews

En un momento de creciente preocupación por el futuro de nuestros hijos, Amy Chua siembra la polémica con este sorprendente testimonio que cuestiona la permisividad y la escasa exigencia del modelo educativo occidental y defiende en su lugar la estricta educación del método chino, que a lo largo de generaciones ha producido talentos excepcionales en diversos campos como la música o las ciencias. Madre tigre, hijos leones es el relato íntimo, ingenioso y provocador de esta madre tigre que decide educar a sus hijas en la excelencia y la disciplina siguiendo el inflexible método chino, frente a las miradas de incomprensión de su entorno occidental. No dormir fuera de casa, sacar siempre sobresalientes en la escuela o ensayar al menos dos horas diarias de piano o violín serán algunas de las normas que Sophia y Lulu —las hijas de la autora— deberán seguir para alcanzar el éxito y la perfección a toda costa; pero también se convertirán en el detonante de encarnizados enfrentamientos con su madre que pondrán al descubierto un profundo choque entre culturas. Una controvertida confesión que revela, en el fondo, el amor de una madre por sus hijas y su determinación por sacar lo mejor de ellas a cualquier precio, a la vez que su esfuerzo por mantener vivo un legado cultural cuyos resultados nos invitan a replantearnos nuestro actual modelo pedagógico

Een confronterend opvoedingsverhaal dat leest als een roman In dit persoonlijke opvoedingsrelaas beschrijft Amy Chua, een tweede-generatie Chinees-Amerikaanse die getrouwd is met een Joodse Amerikaan, haar strijd om haar dochters in de Verenigde Staten op Chinese wijze op te voeden. Door een extreem zwaar schema van huiswerk en muzieklessen voor ze te creëren en daarbij geen genoegen te nemen met matige resultaten, hoopt Chua haar dochters discipline bij te brengen, vertrouwen te geven en succesvol te maken. Hoewel haar oudste dochter bloeit onder dit regime, rebelleert de jongste uiteindelijk tegen de strikte opvoedingstechnieken van haar moeder. In Strijdlied van een tijgermoeder laat Chua op indringende, vaak geestige wijze zien wat het verschil is tussen een Chinese en een westerse moeder en op welke manieren ouders en kinderen iets van elkaar kunnen leren. Hoewel ze begon te schrijven met de intentie te bewijzen dat Chinese ouders hun kinderen beter opvoeden dan westerse ouders, is het boek uiteindelijk een memoir geworden over het verschil tussen twee culturen.

The authors named Amy Chua (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) and Rubenfeld (The Interpretation of Murder)Yale Law professors and spousesshow why certain groups in the U.S. perform better than others. According to the authors, three traits breed success: a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control. Only when this Triple Package'' comes together does it generate drive, grit, and systematic disproportionate group success.'' In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

"Voici l''histoire d''un violent conflit culturel entre l''Est et l''Ouest. Pour Amy Chua, fille d''immigrés chinois aux Etats-Unis, il n''y a pas de doute : hors de question de suivre le modèle occidental d''éducation des enfants, qu''elle considère comme trop permissif, individualiste et voué à l''échec. Elle suivra le modèle de ses parents en éduquant ses enfants à la chinoise, et entonnera ainsi son hymne de bataille de la mère Tigre. Concrètement, ses filles, Sophia et Lulu, doivent obtenir les meilleures notes à l''école, apprendre le mandarin et devenir des musiciennes talentueuses dès le plus jeune âge. Le prix à payer de l''excellence ? Pour les filles : pas de jeux avec les copines, pas de télévision, pas le droit de choisir leurs activités. Pour la mère : batailles, disputes et cris jusqu''à en perdre la voix, pour les faire travailler, réviser, répéter, et prendre le risque de... se faire détester. Dans ces Mémoires, Amy Chua raconte avec franchise, mais aussi avec humour et autodérision, comment elle a livré son combat quotidien en tant que mère Tigre - à l''abri des regards pour ne pas s''attirer l''opprobre de la société américaine - jusqu''au moment où elle essuiera un sérieux revers" - Juliette Bourdin.