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"Clementine Chan believes in the power of the written word. Under the pseudonym Hibiscus, she runs a popular blog reviewing tea shops and discussing larger issues within her Chinatown community. She has a loyal, kind following, save for this one sour grape named BobaBoy888. Danny Mok is allergic to change, and the gentrification seeping into Chinatown breaks his heart. He channels his frustration into his internet alter ego, BobaBoy888, bickering...
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An Autistic Person Plus an Eating Disorder—a “Perfect” Combo.
At just 15 years of age, Livia was tossed out of the Dutch eating disorder treatment system with the message: "You're just going to have to accept the fact that you're never going to get better."
Growing up unknowingly autistic, Livia spent the majority of her young life seeking worth and validation in external achievements. She excelled in her honors classes, competitive sports,...
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Sumud, meaning steadfastness in Arabic, is central to the issues of survival and resistance that are part of daily life for Palestinians. Although much has been written about the politics, leaders, and history of Palestine, less is known about how everyday working-class Palestinians exist day to day, negotiating military occupation and shifting social infrastructure. Wick's powerful ethnography opens a window onto the lives of Palestinians, exploring...
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Dr. Rose Stevens is shy, anxious, and a believer in following the rules. However, when a handsome college student on her excavation crew catches her eye, things change. He is hotter than the Guatemalan heat and makes it hard for her to think. She tries to ignore her blossoming feelings and focus on archaeology...because an attraction like that could ruin her career and Gabriel's future.
Gabriel Cano is a wisecracking former solider who loves to fluster...
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Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture? This first integrated survey of the mystical dimension of Taoism disputes the commonly accepted idea of such a hiatus. Covering the period from the Daode jing to the end of the Tang, Livia Kohn reveals an often misunderstood Chinese mystical tradition that...
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Everyone has a dark secret from their past… hers just forced his way back into her life. Brianna's moment of weakness cost her everything, but she's not giving up. She'll do anything… anything… to convince her husband to give her a second chance. Even if it means facing her demons and finally accepting the darkness which lies within. The only problem is… she's not the only one with a past. It turns out… her husband has secrets of his own....
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Emmeline's life is comfortable. And utterly boring.
She lives in her small hometown, works at her dad's shop, and goes on blind dates set up by her parents. And sex? Well, that's never happened...at all.
Then her good-for-nothing brother disappears across the ocean and everything changes.
Forced by her mother, Emmeline must track her wayward sibling down in Europe. Her only lead comes in the form of a tall stranger with smoldering eyes and the...
8) Xarax
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Celia was born and raised in a scorpion-infested desert town. She's stuck there, not knowing how to leave or where she wants to go in life. Every day is the same - long, hot, and boring.Then one day a mysterious group of men arrive. They are dangerous, confusing, and their leader is the sexiest guy she's ever seen. However, when they reveal that their mission is out of this world - literally - Celia will have to make some big decisions.Is she ready...
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As she builds her own life anew, an Italian journalist embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi—her disappearance from India, her persecution by the Nazis, and her pursuit of freedom at any cost.
On a sweltering summer day in 2007, having just lost her brother to illness, Livia Manera Sambuy finds herself standing before a 1924 photograph of a stunningly elegant Indian princess at...