"An absolutely gorgeous historical novel . . . set against the backdrop of a tribe in the Andamans struggling with British rule . . . Just magnificent." —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of YouOne of Booklist 's Top Ten Historical Fiction Books of 2020Glorious Boy is a tale of war and devotion, longing and loss, and the power of love to prevail. Set in India's remote Andaman Islands b...

The quest for true love appeals to us all — and yet the real thing is painfully elusive. According to Dr. Stan Katz, men and women today don't really know what to look for in a mate, or even how to love once we find one. No one teaches us. What's more, the images of love we absorb from society, the media, and popular culture are superficial and misleading. The result is false love — relationships based on illusions of what we think love should be rather than an appreciation of what it is.

In Success Trap, Dr. Stan Katz, an eminent Beverly Hills psychologist, shows you how to create a personal philosophy of success, one based not on the expectations of society, which so often distort our perceptions of what we want, but on a careful examination of your real character and needs. If your idea of success is presiding over a shareholders' meeting, flashing your smile on the cover of a national magazine, or showing off your perfect family, you might be trapped by your ambitions. ...

Autobiographical novel, showing "Lao Can" (Liu E), discoverer of Oracle Bones, in his profession of physician, his interest in the Yellow River and his attitude towards officialdom in general. Also a fabulous intro, written under Party supervision, by acclaimed scholar Yiangsi Yang.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.He wasn’t always a monster. But through an unfortunate series of mental, emotional, and physical insults during his formative years, he became one.Jurgen was abandoned at birth and shuffled from one abusive foster home to another. Stealing his childhood innocence and any hope he had for love and acceptance. Even the best efforts of his adoptive parents couldn’t reverse the damage. Nor prevent the development of ...

This atlas provides a practically applicable didatic case-based guide to the use of cardiac imaging in patient care during and after cancer therapy. It features detailed information on a variety of imaging modalities, including transesophageal echocardiography, magnetic resonance angiography and positron emission tomography. A range of actual patient presentations are included covering both diagnosis and management during curative and palliative surgery, as well as cancer pharmacotherapy w...

Four friends. One night. A secret that changed everything.They grew up believing their friendship would last forever.They were wrong.One choice fractured everything, leaving wounds none of them could name.Twenty years later, they are drawn back into one another’s lives.Old loyalties resurface. Buried truths come to light.And this time, the past refuses to stay quiet.As they confront what was lost, and what was never s...

From the author of the National Book Award–winning An American Requiem and the classic bestseller Constantine’s Sword comes the story of Colman Brady, an Irish farmer who involves himself in the Irish rebellion of the early 1920s and later escapes to Boston where he rises to and falls from political power and seeks a second chance through the life of his son.Richly imagined scenes, a complex plot, and masterful writing combine fact and fiction; characters like May...

★Pulpwood Queens & Timber Guys International Book Club Official Selection★★Oklahoma Book Awards Best Fiction Finalist★A bittersweet story of friendship and overcoming grief from a critically acclaimed author.Olivia Montag is a professor who doesn't have all the answers. The devastating loss of a child ended her marriage, and she's been overlooked for a job promotion one time too many. Not sure what comes next, she l...

Gracie is a serious, sensitive, aspiring writer; Jannie, her autistic younger sister, is passionate about birds. As children, they were taken by their mother on a senseless trip through Europe that ended in their mother’s suicide. Now, in Berkeley, their father works tirelessly to find ways to engage Jannie, while Gracie—unwilling to reveal the truth about her mother’s suicide or her sister’s autism to anyone outside her family—weaves a web of lies around herself that isolate her even as J...

**2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Literary Fiction2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Contemporary Novel2023 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist Winner2023 NIEA Winner in Literary Fiction2023 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Winner2022 CIBA Somerset Book Awards First Place Winner“...superb descriptions of Spain, its cities and museums, and seventeenth century art—as well as the often cut-throat world of graduate school. The ensuing intr...

In the wake of the 1900 Galveston hurricane, three lives converge despite persecution from the Ku Klux Klan, a bare-knuckle boxing match gone wrong, and the recovery efforts of the American Red Cross.Based on a true storyThe hurricane of 1900, America’s worst natural disaster, left the island city of Galveston in ruins. Thousands perished, including all ninety-three children at the Sisters of the Incarnate Word orphanage—except six-year-old Hester, who mira...