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"A riveting novel of two heroic people attempting to transcend the prejudices of their time and place." -Ron Rash, author of Serena and One Foot in Eden
"Leung's writing is exquisite, deceptively plain, deeply felt and spiritually high, with dead-on depictions of the world as it is." -San Francisco Chronicle
From Brian Leung, author of Lost Men and World Famous Love Acts (winner of both the Asian American Literary Award and the Mary McCarthy Prize...
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Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity
Winner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
A New York Times Notable Book
"Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end."-Jesmyn Ward
"[A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning."-NPR, Best Books of 2016
"Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with...
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"The Chronicles of Aetheria" is a timeless epic that weaves a tapestry of adventure, bravery, and the enduring strength of unity. Set in the enchanting realm of Aetheria, the story follows the extraordinary journey of Elara and her companions-Kael, Lyra, Seraphina, and Gruff-as they embark on a quest to save their world from the malevolent grasp of the Shadow Sovereign. In a land where ancient magic mingles with the fragrance of blooming flowers and...
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When Kasey Stonestreet's husband walked out on her and their newborn son, her best friend, Eli Rodriguez, was her rock. Eli took them in at his Forever, Texas, ranch without hesitation. As a suddenly single mom with nowhere else to go, Kasey expected to feel out of place. Instead, for the first time in her life, she felt as though she was home.
Eli has secretly loved Kasey since they were kids; he was devastated when she married another man. Now,...
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Nicholas Linnear, hero of New York Times–bestseller The Ninja, returns in an all-new adventure of intrigue, deceit, and death Returning to Tokyo after many years, Nicholas Linnear-the ninja-must make a deal with the devil if he is to maintain control of his newly launched shipping concern. The exiled Russian oligarch Vladimir Orkin is the buyer Linnear needs for his liquid natural gas, but his offer is contingent on the ninja's performance of an...
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In 2219 CE Luoyang, a city patched together after the Great Catastrophe, the half-human, half-fox spirit Yinhe moves through her most recent incarnation. The city is watched over by No. 1, an artificial intelligence housed in a giant brain created by the scientists of Central Government, which entertains and monitors all the inhabitants of the city, both human and chimerical. But No. 1 is starting to behave erratically and the power of the Spirit...
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Crossing is a vividly human re-imagining of the love, sacrifices, and history that laid tracks for the North America of today. Leaving behind ancestral Chinese homelands and their family, brothers Yang and Lee face harrowing challenges as they join countless immigrants seeking a better life in the 1860s. This story follows their remarkable journey across the ocean to San Francisco, then into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they'll labor...
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Raised, and trained by one of the world's most notorious assassin clans, sold off to be an agent and secret weapon for the US. She's out to prove that she's the most lethal killer on this Rock, not only must she take on America's enemies, but she must also battle with inner demons of her own. Demons who are determined to break her... We'll see.
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Montserrat Alexander had it all- beauty, brains, a lucrative leadership position in a global company, and a gorgeous beach house in Hawai'i. The trail of broken hearts she had stepped over in her stilettos belonged to celebrities and pro athletes. None of them mattered to Montserrat more than her career. She was perfectly content with her life of traveling the world for work with her handsome assistant, Kai. Kai Oshiro had it all too- brains, ambition,...
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I always had felt the deep desire to write about my unusual journey from Saigon to Ottawa, which occurred during the first thirty-four years of my existence.
My story is a story of faith as I converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1962 in Belgium.
As a witness of Vietnam history thanks to my family whose many members and friends had been part of that history I had served also the Republic of Vietnam, but my diplomatic position was cut short by...
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This world super-exclusive book continues on the journey of Satya Nadella as Microsoft Chairman and CEO revealing explosive secrets for the first time ever. This book for the first time reveals about the precursor to Nadella's current prime time obsession about AI - Microsoft AI Networks for Education, Agriculture, Healthcare and Skilling – and his Microsoft Digital India team in Hyderabad tasked with using Artificial Intelligence to build solutions...
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En este libro profundizaremos en otras siete claves que nos ayudaran en ideas sobre temáticas y estilos para escritores y en calidad de literatura para los lectores. En el primer libro de esta serie sobre los ganadores del premio Nobel de Literatura, rompimos el paradigma negativo sobre el concepto de la escritura de estos maestros. Comprobamos que tienen poemas que llegan a lo profundo de nuestra alma en un lenguaje sencillo de entender. Cómo lo...
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“Cemetery Boys” meets “Legendborn” in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fantasy debut following a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead.
Cara Tang doesn't want to be haunted.
Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking...
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"Winner of the 2006 Robert G. Athearn Award, Western History Association" Brian Masaru Hayashi is Associate Professor of Human Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, and author of For the Sake of Our Japanese Brethren: Assimilation, Nationalism, and Protestantism among the Japanese of Los Angeles, 1895-1942.
During World War II some 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and detained in concentration camps in several...
16) Super Paramedic!
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Katie's Grandma has tripped on a cracked sidewalk and hurt her ankle, but she's soon rescued by two real life heroes: the paramedics! Katie learns that fixing up ankles is just part of a paramedic's job. They can actually save lives with their speedy and careful work. Super Paramedic to the rescue!
17) Lucky Cat
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Lucky Cat is a story about the immigrant experience, following June and her family as they start a new life in a new country, and follows June's adventures with her new friend, a lucky cat statue that comes to life!
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Excited for spring break, third-graders Marya, Hanna, and Alexa plan their visit to Skye Adventure Park, determined to experience all the park has to offer, but when Marya becomes determined to beat Alexa on the park's obstacle course she loses sight of everything else the park has to offer.
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