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Green Island

A novel

by Shawna Yang Ryan ...

“Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel ... Read more

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“Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel
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Water Ghosts

A Novel

by Shawna Yang Ryan ...

A mesmerizing debut novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt themLocke, California, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women appear out of the mist in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River. Two are unknown to its residents, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling ... Read more

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A mesmerizing debut novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt themLocke, California, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women appear out of the mist in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River. Two are unknown to its residents, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling
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Green Island

A Novel

by Shawna Yang Ryan ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

16 hours 22 min

“Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel ... Read more

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“Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel
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Water Ghosts

A Novel

by Shawna Yang Ryan ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

Locke, California, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women suddenly appear out of the mist one afternoon in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River, and their arrival throws the community into confusion. Two of the women are unknown to the townspeople, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling parlor, who had left her behind in ... Read more

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Locke, California, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women suddenly appear out of the mist one afternoon in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River, and their arrival throws the community into confusion. Two of the women are unknown to the townspeople, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling parlor, who had left her behind in
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Ghost Month

by Ed Lin ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Taipei Night Market Series
Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

August is Ghost Month in Taiwan—a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid unlucky situations, large purchases, and bodies of water. Jing-nan, a young man who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, doesn't consider himself superstitious, but this August is going to haunt him no matter what he does.He is shocked to the core when he learns ... Read more

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August is Ghost Month in Taiwan—a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid unlucky situations, large purchases, and bodies of water. Jing-nan, a young man who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, doesn't consider himself superstitious, but this August is going to haunt him no matter what he does.He is shocked to the core when he learns
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The Other Black Girl

A Novel

by Zakiya Dalila Harris ...

Narrated by Aja Naomi King, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Heather Alicia Simms, Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

13 hours 33 min

**Now a Hulu Original Series“Riveting, fearless, and vividly original” (Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author), this instant New York Times bestseller explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.**Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee ... Read more

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**Now a Hulu Original Series“Riveting, fearless, and vividly original” (Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author), this instant New York Times bestseller explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.**Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee
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Willow

by Julia Hoban ...

**A young girl's world spirals into darkness and despair after a tragic accident claims the lives of her parents in this emotionally charged young adult novel.“Lush and intense, tortured and romantic, this is a compelling story with some irresistible elements.”—BCCB“A credible depiction of a grieving girl’s struggle toward self-forgiveness.”—Publishers Weekly**Seven months ago on a rainy March ... Read more

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**A young girl's world spirals into darkness and despair after a tragic accident claims the lives of her parents in this emotionally charged young adult novel.“Lush and intense, tortured and romantic, this is a compelling story with some irresistible elements.”—BCCB“A credible depiction of a grieving girl’s struggle toward self-forgiveness.”—Publishers Weekly**Seven months ago on a rainy March
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Wild and Sexy

The Stunning Book of Thrilling Sex Positions

by Editors of Amorata Press ...

THE POSITIONS ARE HOT. THE TECHNIQUES ARE EROTIC. THE PHOTOS ARE STUNNING.Wild and Sexy brings it all together so you can spice up your sex life like never before. Open this sexy how-to-do-it guide to any page and you'll discover an exciting new position presented with an evocative photograph and advice on making it extra pleasurable for you and your lover. Offering the best, boldest and bravest, ... Read more

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THE POSITIONS ARE HOT. THE TECHNIQUES ARE EROTIC. THE PHOTOS ARE STUNNING.Wild and Sexy brings it all together so you can spice up your sex life like never before. Open this sexy how-to-do-it guide to any page and you'll discover an exciting new position presented with an evocative photograph and advice on making it extra pleasurable for you and your lover. Offering the best, boldest and bravest,
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The Gatekeeper

A Dark Bratva Romance

by Renee Rose ...

Series Book 9 - Chicago Bratva
She’s my captive.My prisoner.I will make her talk.The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had.There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss.No matter how beautiful she is.How beguiling.How painfully fragile.Hurting a woman, however, is not possible.So I’ll find other ways to tort... ... Read more

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She’s my captive.My prisoner.I will make her talk.The bratva put a gun in my hand at age thirteen. Gave me freedom, a sense of belonging, and the family I never had.There’s no way I’m going to let this slip of a woman harm my boss.No matter how beautiful she is.How beguiling.How painfully fragile.Hurting a woman, however, is not possible.So I’ll find other ways to tort...
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Teeth

by Hannah Moskowitz ...

A gritty, romantic modern fairy tale from the author of Break and Gone, Gone, Gone.Be careful what you believe in.Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s ... Read more

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A gritty, romantic modern fairy tale from the author of Break and Gone, Gone, Gone.Be careful what you believe in.Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s
... Read more
The Mercy of Thin Air

A Novel

by Ronlyn Domingue ...

In 1920s New Orleans, Raziela Nolan's magnificent love affair is interrupted by her untimely and tragic death. Immediately after, she chooses to stay between -- a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it. From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the story of her lost love as well as of the relationship of Amy and Scott, a young couple whose house she haunts seventy ... Read more

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In 1920s New Orleans, Raziela Nolan's magnificent love affair is interrupted by her untimely and tragic death. Immediately after, she chooses to stay between -- a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it. From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the story of her lost love as well as of the relationship of Amy and Scott, a young couple whose house she haunts seventy
... Read more
The Border of Paradise

A Novel

by Esmé Weijun Wang ...

In booming postwar Brooklyn, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story. There is just one problem: the Nowak’s only son, David. A handsome kid and shy like his mother, David struggles with neuroses. If not for his only friend, Marianne, David’s life would be intolerable. When David inherits the piano company at just 18 and Marianne breaks things off, David sells the company and travels ... Read more

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In booming postwar Brooklyn, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story. There is just one problem: the Nowak’s only son, David. A handsome kid and shy like his mother, David struggles with neuroses. If not for his only friend, Marianne, David’s life would be intolerable. When David inherits the piano company at just 18 and Marianne breaks things off, David sells the company and travels
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