1247 results for '"Aihong, Li'

Best-selling author Frances Itani's second novel is a beautifully written, moving tale of the staying power of family through time and memory, and the extent to which individual lives can influence...

Soon to be a major Broadway stage production. Coming July 2022!The #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over.“A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how...

When Terence O'Donnell, an American who lived in Iran for fifteen years in the 1960s and 1970s, was asked what he was doing there, he replied, "The conviction of all Iranians, of most of my...

A lush debut novel in the vein of Kathleen Tessaro’s international bestseller, Elegance, about a beautiful woman working as a model for Christian Dior in postwar Paris, who discovers astonishing...

The “revelatory” (The New York Review of Books) story of an ordinary man, his century, and his home.Jamaica Kincaid’s first obsession, the island of Antigua, comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of...

A rigorous analysis of systemic misogyny in the law and a thoughtful exploration of the tools needed to transcend it through constitutional change beyond litigation in the courts.   Just as racism is...

In this new edition of George Seferis's poems, the acclaimed translations by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard are revised and presented in a compact, English-only volume. The revision covers all the...

A groundbreaking exploration of gender and desire from the Pulitzer Prize–winning essayist and critic​​With a New Afterword by the AuthorABA IndieBound Bestseller“Everyone is female, and everyone...

In this collection of short meditations on various topics, Hans Blumenberg eschews academic ponderousness and writes in a genre evocative of Montaigne's Essais, Walter Benjamin's Denkbilder, or...

Ask her, boy. Ask her what she begged the stars for and what lives now. Ask her what she ripped from the very heavens. And then ask her if she cares. The old blood runs through her veins.Nismera and...

A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city“It's a rare person who won't find something of interest in The Works, whether it's an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or...

From the balletic intensity of Bruce Lee to the gravity-defying swordplay of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Chinese martial arts film has captured audiences' imaginations around the world while...

A thought-provoking and surprising book that explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals.The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In "one of Morrison's most haunting works" (New York Times) the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart, like Beloved, it...

From British thriller master Mark Billingham, a recent finalist for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library, Die of Shame is a chilling story of addiction, subterfuge, and murder. Every...

Henry A. Giroux argues that education holds a crucial role in shaping politics at a time when ignorance, lies and fake news have empowered right-wing groups and created deep divisions in society...

How do we know that a cat is a cat? Why do we agree on calling the beast a cat? Interesting questions, but an even more intriguing question lies at the heart of all modern philosophy-how much of our...

One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All TimeThe book that inspired a legend—the first novel in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga.Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice...

A New York Times Notable Book.The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern...

A spacetastic new edition beaming with incredible pictures and the latest facts about the universe.From the origin of the universe to the future of space rockets, this book about space for kids has...