Don't be fooled by books which promise you that learning Chinese is "easy", "easier", "simple", or "instant". Learning Chinese is a pain in the pìgu!AIEEYAAA! is the first book since China invented paper which offers Chinese language learners some well-deserved laughs amidst the suffering.Featuring 150 topical cartoons about life, love and culture clash in China, this hilarious satirical dictionary sends up many of the ironies, delights, and cultur...

Welcome to Wang Tong, a little village on an island in the South China Sea. No signs point there. Even the police can't find it. A place with no cars, but water buffalo traffic jams. A place where nothing seems to happen, yet which once might have been the capital of the known world.Meet Ah-Po, the kindly old farmer and her toy animal execution ground. Meet Uncle Six the cat man, and Mr. Lam, who escaped a horrifying event on the beach during the war. Meet a variety of other villag...

Classic tales and legends told the Hong Kong way!Why settle for original fairy tales when you can get these cheap Hong Kong knock-offs? Enhance your bedtime reading with:The Three Little Capitalist PigsThe Tale of Ah-LaddinThe Wizard of WAH’sJack and the Soy Bean StalkLittle Red Guard Riding HoodThe Mon(k)ey KingA Hong Kong Christmas CarolNew edition with 50 extra pages ...

Her father traded away her youth.Sea bandits stole her freedom.She has one way to get them back:Become the most powerful pirate in the world.South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, 26-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader.Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandi...

Her father traded away her youth. Sea bandits stole her freedom. She has one way to get them back: Become the most powerful pirate in the world.South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader.Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself ...

Inspired by an incredible true story, this is an unforgettable novel about love, loss and one impossible choice‘I loved this… Wonderful… Really tugged at my heart strings… My favourite… Had everything I love’ Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘OMG… Excellent. Chefs kiss… I love this… Heart-wrenching… Uplifting… I highly recommend this’ Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Heart-breaking but so uplifting – Kerry really is a hugely ...

Charlaine’s life changed in an instant.(And yes—the entire 8-book Power Ascending series is complete and ready to binge.)Forced to leave everything she knew behind, she finds herself starting over as a Temple Knight in a distant realm. But even here, far from home, the past refuses to stay buried.Hoping to build a new life, she instead finds her reputation in ruins the moment her past catches up with her. Branded a troublemaker, Charlaine s...

Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Award FinalistLocus Award FinalistA Dragon Award Finalist**Otherwise Award Finalist“I loved it.”—The New York Times**"Magnificent in every way."—Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree"A ...

Peaky Blinders meets Ocean’s 8 in The Forty Elephants, an epic novel set in Roaring Twenties London, based on the real-life, all-female gang of the same name who specialized in crime as high art, targeting posh department stores and elites.London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice Diamond scrambling to survive in The Mint, the gritty neighbo...

The war taught her to fight. The children taught her to hope...Inspired by real acts of bravery and resistance, The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of one woman's courage and sacrifice during World War II, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Piece of Nancy Moon.This exquisitely beautiful novel is perfect for...

*** INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER *"This novel delivers sweet, smart escapism."** —People"Fans of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society… A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal." —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Gir...

Called “top-notch historical fiction” by Publishers Weekly, this meticulously researched, bestselling novel of Coco Chanel is as elegant as the woman who inspired it.Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style—the iconic little black dress—and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new...