Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches especially the high school's basketball team, the Dragons.

Based on the true story of an American POW during the Korean War and a North Korean soldier who become unlikely allies united in their shared faith in God during a daring escape to freedom. When his jet malfunctions, Captain Ward Millar makes a last-second decision to eject over enemy territory in North Korea before his plane explodes. His parachute barely opens before impact, saving his life, but the hard landing snaps both of his ankles. Unable...

Rainbow Revolutionaries brings to life the vibrant histories of fifty pioneering LGBTQ+ people from around the world. Through Sarah Prager's (Queer, There, and Everywhere) short, engaging bios, and Sarah Papworth's bold, dynamic art, readers can delve into the lives of Wen of Han, a Chinese emperor who loved his boyfriend as much as his people, Martine Rothblatt, a trans woman who's helping engineer the robots of tomorrow, and so many more!

A feast of beautiful words by the winner of the 2020 US Presidential National and Social Contribution Award. A timeless chapter event, every moment of daily life is graceful and beautiful scenery. The light in my heart is the unremitting pursuit of the beauty of human nature. Han Xiu Wilde said: "We are all in the gutter, but there are still people who look up at the stars." In the peaceful years without war, we are still disturbed by many troubles...

"For many of us, our possessions and the lifestyle that goes along with them are causing more stress than happiness--otherwise known as "keeping up with the Joneses" or what Alain de Botton calls "status anxiety." But James Wallman argues that we are approaching a tipping point with regard to materialism. People are turning away from the endless drive to consume in favor of a simpler, more streamlined way of living. The shift is already underway:...

Just out of university in 1955 Poland, Kapuscinski told his editor that he'd like to go abroad. Dreaming no farther than Czechoslovakia, the young reporter found himself sent to India. Wide-eyed and captivated, he would discover in those days his life's work--to understand and describe the world in its remotest reaches, in all its multiplicity. From the rituals of sunrise at Persepolis to the incongruity of Louis Armstrong performing before a stone-faced...

A single teacher living in Hong Kong in the 1980's falls in love many times, but never finds Mr. Right. This book tells the love and life of Lin Zhanqiao, a Hong Kong teacher in 1980s. She has a very distinctive personality and regarded herself as frank and indomitable. Her words were sharp and hated all the lies and didn't want to feel sorry for herself. She was in love for many times, but still couldn't find 'Mr. Right'. 亦舒“经典畅销...

As her baby brother's 100-day celebration approaches, Mei struggles to find the perfect gift for him. Includes directions for making traditional red eggs.

David Poyer is a Naval Academy graduate, retired naval officer, and Distinguished Visiting Writer at USNA. His novels have been required reading in the Literature of the Sea course there, along with those of Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville. Poyer has spent thousands of hours researching articles for Shipmate, the U.S. Naval Academy's magazine, of which he is the contributing editor. Extensively footnoted, these extraordinary stories of adventure...

The Departed: Rookie cop Billy Costigan infiltrates the mob to help bring boss Frank Costello down, but Costello has a mole of his own winning everyone's trust within the police department. GoodFellas: one man's life in the Mafia is depicted over a period of three decades. The Aviator: the early life of the eccentric millionaire, movie producer, director, and aviator Howard Hughes is dramatized.