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The breathtaking finale of the Idol Pursuits series opens on a pivotal moment in the history of Heather's indie girl group. Bolstered by momentum, the seven musicians venture into uncharted territory as they skyrocket from one success to another. But all is not sunshine and roses. Behind every hard-earned achievement lies a dark cloud that threatens to inundate their progress with distrust and self-doubt. Spirits sink to a low point when their critically-acclaimed...
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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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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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"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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Pears on a Willow Tree is a multigenerational roadmap of love and hate, distance and closeness, and the lure of roots that both bind and sustain us all.
The Marchewka women are inseparable. They relish the joys of family gatherings; from preparing traditional holiday meals to organizing a wedding in which each of them is given a specific task -- whether it's sewing the bridal gown or preserving pickles as a gift to the newlyweds. Bound together by...
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No past. No future. Only now.
Originally a self-publishing success launched on N. Frank Daniels's MySpace page, the novel Futureproof tells the story of Luke and his friends as they navigate Atlanta's subculture of delinquents. In short order, the seemingly harmless high from his first cigarette sends Luke on a downward spiral that ends only after years of self-abuse. It is an extreme cautionary tale told with sensitivity, ferocity, and grit.
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A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships-from the award-winning writer of Days of Distraction
Compelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting...
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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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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...
11) Code Name: Axel
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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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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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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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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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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...
17) Swallow: Poems
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From the microcosmic wilderness of an overgrown back yard to the cool, glassed-in exhibits in a natural history museum, Swallow swoops and darts, tangling the lines we draw between the wild and the cultivated. In her debut collection, Miranda Field explores a world composed equally of shadow and substance, filled not just with beauty but also with a kind of savage experience. But Swallow is more than a crisscrossing of boundaries. It is an imperative,...
18) Cusp: Poems
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Entre chien et loup - between dog and wolf. This French colloquialism for twilight informs Jennifer Grotz's debut poetry collection, Cusp. A winner of this year's Bakeless Prize for poetry, Grotz explores the peculiar territory of middleness - neither dark nor light, not quite familiar but not fully unknown. It is a place with its own dangers, its own knowledge: road signs in a French tunnel remind drivers of their headlights in the temporary darkness;...
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Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, has been celebrated for his singular vision of the American immigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierce and tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotous evocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiastic audiences among readers of Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac, Slate, The New Yorker, and other publications. His willingness to face down the...
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Filipinos are now the second largest Asian American immigrant group in the United States, with a population larger than Japanese Americans and Korean Americans combined. Surprisingly, there is little published on Filipino Americans and their religion, or the ways in which their religious traditions may influence the broader culture in which they are becoming established.
Filipino American Faith in Action draws on interviews, survey data, and participant...