From the author of Secret of a Thousand Beauties and Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a beautifully written novel of self-discovery and intrigue.Chinese-American assistant professor Eileen Chen specializes in folk religion at her San Francisco college. Though her grandmother made her living as a shamaness, Eileen publicly dismisses witchcraft as mere superstition. Yet privately, the subject intrigues her.When a research project takes her to the Canary...

Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence.Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom dies before a wedding can take place, seventeen-year-old Spring Swallow is ordered to become a ghost bride to appease his spirit. Under her in-laws' protection, she will be little more than a servant, unable to know real love or bear children....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today • As a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story like no other. What began as the chronicle of an imminent and early death became something much more—a powerful exhortation to the living.“An exquisitely moving portrait of the daily stuff of life.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

""A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." --Baltimore Books ExaminerIn this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang.When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized crime leader Master Lung, she almost lost everything. Hiding out in Hon...

The gripping story of a Chinese woman's journey through a criminal underworld of intrigue and opulence from the author of Peach Blossom Pavilion.Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as “skeleton women”—the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom . . .When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and brought to live in luxury, it seems like a stroke of luck. But as Ca...

Unfinished Business is now an Amazon Best Seller, having reached the top of the Amazon's best seller charts.If you've ever yearned for your parents' approval, felt the weight of their high expectations, or experienced the burden of unspoken obligations to care for them as they age, you're not alone.Too often, we hesitate to ask our parents about their lives, held back by mistaken beliefs or past conflicts. With warmth, wit, and vul...

Do you love non-fiction books? Do you discuss the latest self-development and personal growth books with your friends and coworkers? Do you spend every spare moment you have reading on your smartphone, Kindle or physical book? Do you love it when other people recommend books to you that can change your life?In Essential Habits, blogger, self-published author, former management consultant and teacher extraordinaire, Wang Yip, shares his favourite nuggets from hundreds of bo...

Are your meetings lacklustre or boring? Do guests ever come in to meetings and then leave without ever thinking about joining? Are you having problems retaining valued members of your club?In 50 awesome ideas for table topics, self-published author, teacher, blogger and Distinguished Toastmaster Wang Yip shares 50 of his best ideas for table topics that will challenge you, entertain you and get members and guests out of their comfort zone. You will learn things that you ne...

In "Animal Spirits" H C Yip presents a satirical portrayal of office politics through the use of animal characters in a bank setting. The book dives deep into the intense competition and self-centeredness that fuels the cut-throat banking industry. The story centers around the power-hungry Wolf, who stops at nothing to enrich himself, sexually and financially, at the expense of others. Bitch, the female antagonist, uses emotional manipulation and seduction to climb the ranks, ultimately le...

Through poetry people can express their deepest emotions. Through devotion believers aim to draw closer to their LORD. This book is a collection of poems with accompanying devotions to help you explore what it means to glorify God. It is Christ-centered and in step with the Holy Spirit. Each week, it covers a different-yet-overlapping concept: worship, time, repentance, offering, trust, growth, and obedience. It is structured seven by seven, ending with the fiftieth poem to parallel the ye...

A young boy named Alex explores a bright, inviting bookshop filled with grammar-themed books and displays. As he moves through the shop—walking, hopping, spinning, and pausing in wonder—he discovers parts of speech and tenses one by one: nouns, pronouns, present tense, past tense, future tense, adjectives, verbs, and conjunctions. His excitement grows as each shelf reveals a new idea. The shop's cozy lights, clocks, storybooks, and reading corners guide his learning. The journey ends with ...

Throughout a sunny day in the family kitchen, Alex explores and helps with chores while naturally practicing counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using apples, eggs, utensils, plates, cups, biscuits, and fruit. He arranges items into rows, pairs, groups, and shared portions, stirs sugar, washes dishes, shares food with his parents, celebrates his small accomplishments, skips joyfully through the kitchen, and ends the day in quiet reflection.