When Li Yu falls asleep reading a webnovel about a ruthless, mute tyrant falling in love with a dainty male concubine, he doesn't expect to wake up inside the world of the novel--especially not as a fish! Li Yu soon finds himself adopted as Prince Jing's pet carp, tasked by a less-than-helpful Magic System with preventing the prince from becoming a cruel tyrant. If he can accomplish this mission, Li Yu will regain his human form. Yet how can he succeed from inside a fish bowl?!

**An Economist Best Book of 2025A Financial Times Best Book of 2025A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025**"Hu Anyan’s I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, translated by Jack Hargreaves, offers an unvarnished dispatch from the front lines of the gig economy...The Cinderella bit of it is that now he can add a new title: internationally best-selling author." —Leah Greenblatt, The New York Times Book Review

**A witty and humane account of one man, multiple jobs and what it means to liveA Book of the Year in the Guardian, Sunday Times, Economist and the Financial TimesShortlisted for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction**Hu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated. He’s been a convenience store clerk, a bicycle salesman, a security guard and a delivery driver (among many other things). Ever...

When Prince Jing is sent to quell the disturbance at the western border, there's no question that Li Yu will accompany him--as his boyfriend and as his pet fish! Li Yu's mission is to help Prince Jing secure his position as heir to the throne. However, the new couple is in for a surprise when Li Yu makes a much bigger splash in the imperial line of succession: even male fish can lay eggs now!With four bouncing baby fish in tow, Li Yu and Prince Jing must work extra hard to dam the trouble ...

Higher-Order Theories of Functionally Graded Circular Cylindrical Beams and Columns provides a detailed exploration of the mechanical behaviors of functionally graded circular cylindrical beams and columns, including bending, vibration, and stability, and considering factors such as shear deformation, cross-section warping, elastic foundation interaction, non-local effects in nanoscale and piezoelectric and flexoelectric, and more. With a focus on higher-order theories and advanced analyti...

**One of Porchlight's Business Books of the Year | One of Vox's Best Books of 2023 | An NPR Book of the Day | Required Reading from New York Post | One of Nylon's 13 May Books to Add to Your Reading List | One of PureWow's 14 Books to Read for AAPI Heritage Month | One of W Magazine's 14 Books to Dive Into This Summer | One of Betches' Best Summer Reads of 2023An audacious journalistic exploration of the present and future of be...

With their union blessed by the emperor and four baby heirs in tow, Prince Jing is well on his way to clinching the position of crown prince. But Li Yu can't pat himself on the back for a job well done just yet! Prince Jing's crafty brother still lurks in the shadows plotting against him.As Li Yu dives deeper into the sixth prince's schemes, he uncovers a dastardly conspiracy that ripples from Prince Jing's childhood, forming a tsunami poised to plunge the imperial palace (and its allies) ...

When a little girl who loves maps and dreams of one day meeting people from other places finds a message in a bottle thrown by an old man with similar dreams in a foreign land, their communication bridges generational, cultural, and political boundaries to forge a lasting friendship.Based on a true story, Arletis, Abuelo Esteban, and the Message in a Bottle is a lyrically written, lushly illustrated portrait of life in rural Cuba that will enchant children and adults alike.

This book gives us a new understanding of virus.From the biological characteristics of virus, to the methods of human beings against virus, to the entangled and secret relationship between virus and human beings, I will use scientific consensus and broad vision to help you really understand virus.Virus, a strange little companion.In 2020, there seems to be a not-so-wonderful beginning.A sudden COVID-19 epidemic pushed the "virus" in fr...

Technical analysis and fundamental analysis comprise two categories with which to analyze securities and investment decision-making. Technical analysis is an imperative device for investors and traders who want to beat the general market. Technical analysis is focused on market movement, momentum, trending, and potential reversal. To execute technical analysis usually involves complex mathematics and statistics that are the hinges of the scheme of technical indicators. This eBook allows yo...

This book examines the future of the Asia Pacific’s political economy and its security challenges for the next quarter century.Featuring pertinent discussions on topics such as the ongoing Sino-American power transition and hedging behavior by various states in this vital region, it explains that while some important legacies will endure (such as China’s centrality in the region and continuing U.S. military dominance), other ongoing changes (such as the obsolescence of the Yoshida ...

What if there has been an error at the premise of everything we think we know? The Grand DUET begins with a simple but radical possibility: consciousness is not produced by the universe — it is the primary energy from which the universe arises. From this starting point, the book presents a new understanding of creation as involution through evolution and offers a framework for interpreting the accelerating changes unfolding in human experience. This is not a prediction of a distant future....