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21) Zhai jin qi yuan
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Pub. Date
2019.
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中文(繁體)
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《摘金奇缘》是美籍作家关凯文富豪系列著作第一部。它以一对情侣到新加坡度假为契机,以一对新人的世纪婚礼为线索,以新加坡三大豪门家族为背景,讲述了发生在亚洲富豪间的恩怨情仇,展现出一幕幕光怪陆离、荒唐离奇的故事。 华裔女教授瑞秋随相识多年的男友尼古拉斯去新加坡参加朋友婚礼。期间,她发现男主出身于富豪之家,并认识了许多性格各异的人。在享受梦幻之旅的同时,瑞秋不知不觉陷入到复杂的阴谋网中,关于她身世的秘密也将由此揭开……瑞秋与尼古拉斯的爱情能否经受得住种种考验呢?他们又能找到真正属于自己的幸福么?...
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Stephanie Plum mysteries volume 14
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English
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The latest installment of the Stephanie Plum series comes complete with non-stop action, mayhem, hot sexual tension, plenty of junk food, exploding cars, pot roast with the Plum family, and a viewing at the Burg's premier funeral home.
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
"An expansive, epic...
"An expansive, epic...
24) Shu yu
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Pub. Date
2021.
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中文(繁體)
Description
Simplified Chinese edition of The Overstory
2021年比尔·盖茨夏季推荐书,普利策奖、布克奖、福克纳奖三大文学奖获奖作品. 如果这颗星球上的树能说话,那它会告诉我们什么? 一部人类与自然的史诗,如同《瓦尔登湖》遇见《百年孤独》,几个世纪,不同种族国家的人物命运如同一棵树,地下是家族传统的文化历史,地上是新世纪文明的枝杈,他们相遇,相识,共同为自然与生命而战。...
26) The bluest eye
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English
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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni...
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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Español
Description
"Este ensayo propone un recorrido por la evolución de la novela en Latinoamérica, desde el descubrimiento del continente hasta nuestros días. Quienes emprendan esta ruta hallarán en ella a las grandes figuras de la novela latinoamericana y sus temas constantes: la naturaleza salvaje, los conflictos sociales, el dictador y la barbarie, la épica del desencanto, el mundo mágico de mito y lenguaje, pero sobre todo su vocación de canibalizar y carnavalizar...
28) Divine justice
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Camel Club novels volume 4
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English
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Known by his alias, Oliver Stone, John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price - the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything...
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Hit chang xiao shuo volume 77
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Traditional Chinese edition of Our Souls at Night
愛狄和路易斯住在同一條街上,兩人各自習慣獨居生活,原本毫無交集。 有天愛狄忽然敲了路易斯的門,問他能不能晚上到自己家來一起睡? 兩人只需要肩並肩躺著聊聊天,不需要做其他事。 「你不覺得,夜晚是最難熬的嗎?」 路易斯起初很訝異,但他沒想到自己竟答應了, 他更沒預料到每天深夜床畔的對話,竟為彼此都找到生命的重心。...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Black History Month - Tweens
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"From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler expereinced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction...
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: 'Are you ready to be un-settled?' Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief ranges far and wide and takes many forms; for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai'po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native...
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 606
Pub. Date
1992.
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English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jewish-American fiction, 1917-1987.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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中文(繁體)
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There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will.
世界需要这本书!环球影业同名电影即将上市!崔娃激情推荐!《出版人周刊》全五星评论!让人措手不及的叩问灵魂之作!狂揽16项国际文学大奖!盘踞畅销榜NO.1数十周!扣响“亟需关注年轻人心理成长”的警钟!故事的主人公是住在美国黑人区的15岁黑人男孩威廉,3岁丧父,从小和妈妈、哥哥相依为命。不幸的是,这一天,他19岁的哥哥被人枪杀街头。噩耗传来,母亲痛不欲生,威廉也辗转难眠,在他们的世界里,世世代代都传承着三个规矩:不许哭、不许告密、必须复仇。于是第二天一早,他踏进电梯,准备踏上复仇之路,自此,电梯每下一层,都会“走”上来一个让他既熟悉又陌生的“人”……然而复仇就能化解他胸口的愤怒吗?...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black •...
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"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with...
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[2023]
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English
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"These seventeen essays by celebrated writers of color start a more inclusive conversation about storytelling and encourage readers and writers to re-evaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped their assumptions about how fiction should be written. Edited by Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, and Taymour Soomro, author of Other Names for Love, this anthology features writers from around the world, from a diversity of...
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.
“Every piece is strong and memorable, making this not only likely to be the best...
“Every piece is strong and memorable, making this not only likely to be the best...
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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...
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