“A stunning story of friendship and family, love and belonging . . . I absolutely adored it.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the DarkWhen two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the ol...

“A stunning story of friendship and family, love and belonging . . . I absolutely adored it.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the DarkWhen two young men meet during a tech internship, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege, identity, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised.Jack Chen, the ol...

What are the intimate aspirations and everyday romantic lives of those who sustain China’s ‘world factory’? This book explores how digital dating platforms are reshaping relationships, partner selection and marriage among rural-to-urban migrant workers—a demographic that is often overlooked in studies of digital life.Drawing on 13 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Pearl River Delta factory towns, the study follows 62 migrant workers as they navigate love, desire and social expect...

The breathtaking sequel to the New York Times bestselling Never Ever After, this epic fantasy finds Yining on the run and fighting to save her family and her kingdom.Order now and receive the SPECIAL FIRST EDITION while supplies last—featuring a designed case cover under the jacket and illustrated endpapers, in addition to shiny foil and embossing. This must-have ...

The breathtaking sequel to the New York Times bestselling Never Ever After, this epic fantasy finds Yining on the run and fighting to save her family and her kingdom.Order now and receive the SPECIAL FIRST EDITION while supplies last—featuring a designed case cover under the jacket and illustrated endpapers, in addition to shiny foil and embossing. This must-have ...

Gravity keeps me here. Or love, which is kind of the same thing.A spectacular new illustrated book for readers aged 9-99 about home and belonging from the internationally renowned artist Shaun Tan."When it comes to originality and genius, Tan is in a league of his own." The Irish IndependentA girl lives with her family, friends and neighbours in her hometown. Every so often, she can't help wonderin...

Lectio Divina with the Spiritual Masters invites you to deepen your relationship with God’s Word using the ancient and prayerful method of Lectio Divina. This book guides you step by step, blending the meditative power of Scripture with the timeless wisdom of the Saints and spiritual masters who have gone before us.In this volume, journey with Origen of Alexandria, a 3rd-century Christian philosopher and theologian whose insights offer profound clarity and spiritua...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish’ Stephanie GarberThe stunning conclusion to the Celestial Kingdom DuologyThose forged through fire form the strongest blades.After winning her mother’s freedom from the Emperor, Xingyin lives peacefully at home on the moon. But that fragile peace is threatened by a strange new magic –Xingyin is determined to keep clear of danger, but t...

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Beijing and Washington’s Southeast Asia policy, and moves beyond the superpower dyad to examine how multiple external actors — including the EU, UK, Japan, India, and Australia — are seeking to project power into the region.Vital for scholars and students of international relations, security studies, and Asian politics, it offers a path to understanding one of the world's most strategically important regions in an era of great power ...

A major novel from the internationally bestselling author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’, ‘The Kitchen God’s Wife’ and ‘The Hundred Secret Senses’.LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her daughter Ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of ...

The people of Morring have always said that fairies haunt the Silver Forest wherein they snatch children from their beds, women from their husbands and perform strange and pagan rituals.Tiffanie Arethuse --an aloof yet spirited noblewoman who has managed to avoid marriage due to the unflattering rumours about her -- is forced to question the life she has taken for granted for so long after the shocking murder of her brother. As she searches for answers and allies, she drawn to the ...

The Joy Luck Club was formed of four Chinese women recently moved to San Francisco who meet to eat dim sum, play mah-jong and to share stories. Forty years on they and their daughters tell wise and witty tales of hope, loss, family and history. Spanning pre-Revolutionary China to 1980s San Francisco, the women talk as secrets are spilled, mothers boast and despair and daughters struggle with tangled truths.