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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 Soon Meiling, mit der Wilkinson e...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.Berkeley, California 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs. A rich industrialist with enemies ...

Edgar-nominated debut novel from a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, set in California at the time of WW2 . Chinatown meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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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...

A beautifully written, eminently readable and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom' J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly ElegyNever has our society felt more divided. In Political Tribes, Amy Chua diagnoses the cause of our current political discord: tribalism. 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. Time and time...

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...

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...

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...

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Paperback edition of the much discussed parenting guide and memoir which details Chua's Chinese method of bringing up her daughters. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at parenting 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 13 year old. The hardback caused a storm of publicity, and this paperback has new material, including an afte...

Wenn Schwellenländer oder Dritte-Welt-Staaten Demokratie und eine freie Marktwirtschaft einführen, gehen die meisten davon aus, dass dies einen großen Fortschritt für das jeweilige Land darstellt. So schauen auch wir mit Wohlwollen auf die Entwicklungen in Nordafrika und im Nahen Osten. Doch führt die vom Westen immer wieder betonte Formel "Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft für alle" wirklich zu einer gerechteren Welt? Amy Chua, "Tigermutter" und...

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De controversiële bestseller over opvoeding in midprice In dit persoonlijke opvoedingsrelaas laat Amy Chua op indringende en geestige wijze zien wat het betekent om als moeder geen genoegen te nemen met matige schoolresultaten van je kinderen. Het boek is een hot issue onder ouders en andere opvoeders. Nu in midprice, met een nieuw voorwoord van de auteur en een reactie van een van haar dochters.

That certain groups do much better in America than others-as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on-is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged. The irony is that the facts actually debunk racial stereotypes. There are black and Hispanic subgroups in the United States far outperforming many white and Asian subgroups. Moreover, there's a demonstrable arc to group success-in...