With an introduction by Xiaolu GuoA classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talking-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen.

Throughout her childhood, Maxine Hong Kingston listened to her mother's mesmerizing tales of a China where girls are worthless, tradition is e...

** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **

'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'

- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'A riveting portrait'

- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times

'A model of how to combine biographical information, analysis and literary criticism into a propulsive narrative' - Daily Telegraph

'Worsley's book excels in bringing a broader historical...

This book is a true story about my friend and me, our story started a little bit differently, it started in a hospital because he was a physical therapist and I was his patient, at that time our friendship started growing more and more. He was such a nice and caring man. We did a lot of fun things together.

It is a truth rarely acknowledged that a middle-aged English man, disinterested and diminished by life on the small island, could do worse than run away and marry an Amsterdam drag queen. There is, of course, much more to the story.

A memoir of kept promises, marriage, identity, thwarted ambition, euthanasia, grief and always show tunes in the face of adversity.

‘A memoir to die for.’

Dorothy DeMoore

'Emilia Olivera, a real and humble woman, a native of the Central American country of Belize, becomes, thanks to Víctor

Manuel Durán’s literary talent, the true embodiment of the Belizean woman, a proud unbreakable spirit, a demanding

mother and a loyal companion, who was able, with grace and determination, to face both joyful events and harsh tragedies

during her long life in Progreso, a village in the Corozal District in the country of Belize.

Emilia, mother of Víctor Manuel Durán an...

The beautiful and innocent girl who lived an uneasy childhood. Mahitra is a girl who lived in the capital of India New Delhi, at a very young age she got kicked out of her parent's house because her family did not like her as a family member, they always favored her sister over her, and they have always thought that Mahitra was not good enough. Her parents treated her badly all the time. Mahitra later goes through a lot of things that will make her life go switch into the worse possible life.

Jesus Is King!

This story is about a boy named Ishaan, who lived in a lot of suffrage. Ishaan's parents died and he had to take care of his younger brother Ishir at a very young age, Ishaan worked so hard to take care of his brother and quit school. After the boys grew up Ishaan did not expect Ishir will change and will hate him so much

Life Is A Beautiful Thang

One Must Seek

And Search In

Decided All Truths.

By Kenneth D. Bolden