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Lucy and Linh

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 039955050X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Lucy and Linh written by Alice Pung and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author Amy Tan calls “a gem,” this is a witty, highly acclaimed novel that’s “part Mean Girls, part Lord of the Flies” (The Bulletin, Starred review) about navigating life in private school while remaining true to yourself. Lucy is a bit of a pushover, but she’s ambitious and smart, and she has just received the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to a prestigious school, and a ticket out of her broken-down suburb. Though she’s worried she will stick out like badly cut bangs among the razor-straight students, she is soon welcomed into the Cabinet, the supremely popular trio who wield influence over classmates and teachers alike. Linh is blunt, strong-willed, and fearless—everything Lucy once loved about herself. She is also Lucy’s last solid link to her life before private school, but she is growing tired of being eclipsed by the glamour of the Cabinet. As Lucy floats further away from the world she once knew, her connection to Linh—and to her old life—threatens to snap. Sharp and honest, Alice Pung’s novel examines what it means to grow into the person you want to be without leaving yourself behind. An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection A Texas Tayhas Reading List Selection A Bank Street College of Education and Children’s Book Committee Best Children’s Books of the Year with Distinguished Outstanding Merit "A bracing, enthralling gut-punch and an essential read for teens, teachers, and parents alike." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred review "This daring work with an authentic protagonist teaches important lessons about being yourself while navigating through life."—School Library Journal, Starred review "Lucy’s struggle to find her place and sense of self will have a wide appeal for teen readers and is a welcome addition to the prep-school canon."—Booklist, Starred review "Lyrical, enchanting prose from a narrator with perception so acute she cannot help but share it immerses readers into the very heart of every scene. This is highly recommended for classrooms and libraries [and] a superb choice for book discussion groups and world young adult literature survey courses."--VOYA, Starred review "Part Mean Girls, part Lord of the Flies, and part Special Topics in Calamity Physics, this well-observed and unsentimental novel taps into what is primal within privileged adolescent girls."—The Bulletin, Starred review "Lucy’s narration pulls readers alongside her uncertain navigation of two worlds, and we can’t help but cheer in solidarity as Lucy recognizes assimilation masquerading as inclusion, refuses to back down, and instead embraces who she is."—Horn Book Magazine "In a novel filled with strong visual images, Pung draws a sharp contrast between authenticity and deception, integrity and manipulation. Against the vividly painted backdrops of two very different communities, she traces Lucy’s struggle to form a new identity without compromising the values she holds closest to her heart."—Publishers Weekly

Learning about the Garden with Sleeping Beauty

Author : Stepanka Sekaninova
Publisher : Fairytale Encyclopedia
ISBN 13 : 9788000059396
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Learning about the Garden with Sleeping Beauty written by Stepanka Sekaninova and published by Fairytale Encyclopedia. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roses were very dangerous for Sleeping Beauty--that everybody knows. But do you know other flower beauties from her garden as well? This combination of encyclopedia and fairy tale will help you! Far, far away after crossing nine mountains and nine rivers lived a charming princess Sleeping Beauty and her great passion was gardening and taking great care of all plants that surrounded her palace. The princess was cursed when she pricked her finger on a thorn one day. She fell fast asleep, and the entire garden became shrouded in brier roses, hawthorn, and weeds. How will the charming princess save her garden? Discover the princess's story, and find out about the wonderful world of gardening with this richly illustrated book with seven gatefolds on each spread.

Love Like Hate

Author : Linh Dinh
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609801296
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Love Like Hate written by Linh Dinh and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. -- Ed Park, editor of The Believer In Love Like Hate, Linh Dinh weaves a dysfunctional family saga that doubles as a portrait of Vietnam in the last half century. Protagonists Kim Lan and Hoang Long marry in Saigon during the Vietnam War, uniting in a setting that allows Dinh's dark, deadpan humor to flourish. Describing his mushrooming cast of characters in unsentimental and sometimes absurd ways, Dinh embraces contradictions with the surreal exuberance of Matthew Sharpe and the stylistic élan of Italo Calvino.

Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders

Author : Aliette de Bodard
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1625674848
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders written by Aliette de Bodard and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a tale of dragons, and Fallen angels—and also kissing, sarcasm and stabbing. Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhealthy amount of candied fruit. But when dragon prince Thuan brings home his brooding and ruthless husband Asmodeus for the New Year, they find not interminable family gatherings, but a corpse outside their quarters. Asmodeus is thrilled by the murder investigation; Thuan, who gets dragged into the political plotting he’d sworn off when he left, is less enthusiastic. It’ll take all of Asmodeus’s skill with knives, and all of Thuan’s diplomacy, to navigate this one—as well as the troubled waters of their own relationship.... A sparkling standalone book set in a world of dark intrigue. A Note on Chronology Spinning off from the Dominion of the Fallen series, which features political intrigue in Gothic devastated Paris, this book stands alone, but chronologically follows The House of Sundering Flames. It’s High Gothic meets C-drama in a Vietnamese inspired world—perfect for fans of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's Heaven Official's Blessing, KJ Charles, and Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves.

The Reeducation of Cherry Truong

Author : Aimee Phan
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 142996247X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Reeducation of Cherry Truong written by Aimee Phan and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cherry Truong's parents have exiled her wayward older brother from their Southern California home, sending him to Vietnam to live with distant relatives. Determined to bring him back, twenty-one-year-old Cherry travels to their homeland and finds herself on a journey to uncover her family's decades-old secrets—hidden loves, desperate choices, and lives ripped apart by the march of war and currents of history. The Reeducation of Cherry Truong tells the story of two fierce and unforgettable families, the Truongs and the Vos: their harrowing escape from Vietnam after the war, the betrayal that divided them, and the stubborn memories that continue to bind them years later, even as they come to terms with their hidden sacrifices and bitter mistakes. Kim-Ly, Cherry's grandmother, once wealthy and powerful in Vietnam, now struggles to survive in Little Saigon, California without English or a driver's license. Cherry's other grandmother Hoa, whose domineering husband has developed dementia, discovers a cache of letters from a woman she thought had been left behind. As Cherry pieces their stories together, she uncovers the burden of her family's love and the consequences of their choices. Set in Vietnam, France, and the United States, Aimee Phan's sweeping debut novel reveals a family still yearning for reconciliation, redemption, and a place to call home.

Only the Heart

Author : Brian Caswell
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702256641
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Only the Heart written by Brian Caswell and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the chaos and the fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of a new life. Only The Heart is the story of Toan and Linh and a family that endures the nightmare in search of the dream. When logic says the dream is beyond your reach only heart knows the truth …

A Gentleman in Moscow

Author : Amor Towles
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448135508
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman in Moscow written by Amor Towles and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers Soon to be a Showtime/Paramount+ series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov From the number one New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel 'A wonderful book' - Tana French 'This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Don't miss it' - Chris Cleave 'No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year '[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.' - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year 'Charming ... shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism' - The Times, Books of the Year On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval. Can a life without luxury be the richest of all? A BOOK OF THE DECADE, 2010-2020 (INDEPENDENT) THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF BILL GATES'S SUMMER READS OF 2019 NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD

Linh and the Red Envelope

Author : Diane Tran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988453944
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Linh and the Red Envelope written by Diane Tran and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lunar new year is here, and Linh wants to help her mom prepare for the big celebration. There is much to do around the house before the family reunion dinner. Try as she might to help her mom with the traditional customs that bring good luck in the new year, Linh keeps making mistakes. Will she and Pinky the stuffed pig fix their messes in time to get a lucky red envelope?"--Page 4 of cover.

The Come-alive Classroom

Author : Myra B. Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780131524705
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Come-alive Classroom written by Myra B. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

Author : Mona Eltahawy
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807013811
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls written by Mona Eltahawy and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they’ve been trained to avoid. Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the “seven necessary sins” that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, violent, attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful. All the necessary “sins” that women and girls require to erupt. Eltahawy knows that the patriarchy is alive and well, and she is fed the hell up: Sexually assaulted during hajj at the age of fifteen. Groped on the dance floor of a night club in Montreal at fifty. Countless other injustices in the years between. Illuminating her call to action are stories of activists and ordinary women around the world—from South Africa to China, Nigeria to India, Bosnia to Egypt—who are tapping into their inner fury and crossing the lines of race, class, faith, and gender that make it so hard for marginalized women to be heard. Rather than teaching women and girls to survive the poisonous system they have found themselves in, Eltahawy arms them to dismantle it. Brilliant, bold, and energetic, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is a manifesto for all feminists in the fight against patriarchy.

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Author : Shannon Messenger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442445955
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Keeper of the Lost Cities written by Shannon Messenger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal–winning series In this riveting series opener, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first. Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret—at least, that’s what she thinks… But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well…she isn’t. Fitz opens Sophie’s eyes to a shocking truth, and she is forced to leave behind her family for a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known. But Sophie still has secrets, and they’re buried deep in her memory for good reason: The answers are dangerous and in high-demand. What is her true identity, and why was she hidden among humans? The truth could mean life or death—and time is running out.

Murder in Clichy

Author : Cara Black
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 156947723X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Murder in Clichy written by Cara Black and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A botched assignment leaves Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc in possession of a cache of priceless Vietnamese jade. The jade’s history is steeped in colonial bloodshed—and someone is willing to spill even more blood to get it back Private investigator Aimée Leduc has been introduced to the Cao Dai temple in Paris by her partner, René Friant. He urges her to learn to meditate: she could use a more healthful approach to life. The Vietnamese nun Linh has been helping Aimée to attain her goal, so when she asks Aimée for a favor—to go to the Clichy quartier to exchange an envelope for a package—René prompts Aimée to agree. But the intended recipient, Thadée Baret, is shot and dies in Aimée’s arms before the transaction can be completed, leaving Aimée with a wounded arm, a check for 50,000 francs, and a trove of ancient jade artifacts. Whoever killed Baret wants the jade. The RG—the French secret service—a group of veterans of the war in Indochina and some wealthy ex-colonials and international corporations seeking oil rights are all implicated. And the nun, Linh, has disappeared.

The Melody of the Qeej

Author : Mai Kou Xiong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988453951
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Melody of the Qeej written by Mai Kou Xiong and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Phengxue was always too busy with soccer and friends to take an interest in the ancient Hmong qeej, until his two best friends encounter the instrument during a visit. Their curiosity brings them to Grandfather, whose wisdom teaches the three boys the importance of the qeej during Hmong funerals. Not only does this instrument play beautiful melodies, it also guides a loved one's soul back to the land of the ancestors. Phengxue's heart is pulled by its soft music, as if the qeej is speaking to him, nudging him to learn this special instrument. Will he answer its call to become a great qeej player?"--Page 4 of cover.

The Red Dragon

Author : Clifford Gissell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1603131450
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Red Dragon written by Clifford Gissell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian Captain Yuri Zhukov brings more than a famous name when he's assigned as an advisor to a North Vietnamese Army Regiment. A student of medieval military history, he greatly admires the most fearsome commanders of the time—those who fought the Muslim invasion of the Balkan States.United States Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Alexandru Mihnea is assigned to Camp Hoa Binh. Returning once again to fight the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers, he expects another difficult tour in the hottest battle of the Cold War: Vietnam.As the two sides contest for control of the border area, something is becoming disturbingly clear. The enemy is employing fear tactics not seen since the middle ages. Tactics quite familiar to the Special Forces Team Sergeant; tactics last used by his most famous ancestor, Vlad Tepes—better known as Vlad Dracula. A 2009 EPPIE AWARD FINALIST - Best Action / Adventure

The Billboard

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Murder in the Bastille

Author : Cara Black
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569473641
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Murder in the Bastille written by Cara Black and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parisian P.I. Aimée Leduc is attacked and blinded during an investigation. Can she solve her case without her sight—and when her own life is in danger? Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc is all dressed up in her new Chinese silk jacket, supposedly a designer’s “exclusive,” for dinner with a difficult client at an elegant restaurant in the Bastille district. She is chagrined to see that the woman seated at the very next table is wearing an identical jacket. When the woman leaves her cell phone on the table, Aimée follows her to return it and is attacked in the shadowy Passage Boule Blanche. When she regains consciousness, Aimée finds that she is blind. Nevertheless, she is told she is lucky; the woman she was following was found in the next passage, murdered. Aimée is determined to identify her attacker. Was he actually a serial killer targeting showy blondes, as the police insist? Was he really after the other woman? Or was Aimée his intended victim?

Insight Guides Vietnam

Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780055374
Total Pages : 959 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Insight Guides Vietnam written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 959 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically profound yet dynamically modern - Vietnam is a fascinating country, blessed with varied and beautiful scenery, rich biodiversity, vibrant cities and a multi-layered culture. Be inspired to visit by the fully-updated new edition of Insight Guide Vietnam, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this Southeast Asian star. Stunning, specially-commissioned photography brings this intriguing country and its people to life, while the Best of Vietnam highlights the country's top attractions, including the natural and cultural splendors of Unesco World Heritage Sites Halong Bay and Hue. Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole country from the charismatic capital of Hanoi to the lush canals of the Mekong Delta. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip, including our independent selection of the best restaurants. Discover Vietnam with Insight Guides.