Fearing for her life, an outcast princess joins the rebellion against her kingdom and family... but when playing with fire, someone always gets burned.Teia Carthan abandoned her morals long ago. Now, there's nothing she won't do to stay alive. So far, she has survived her parents' deaths, the ire of the Council, and innumerable attempts on her life orchestrated by Jura, her half-brother and soon-to-be king of Erisia. Teia's rare control over two elements marks her ...

The competition is over, but their trials have only begun…Quinn and her friends may have survived the deadly Ethodine and stopped the Sylph queen’s tyrannical schemes—but that victory was just the start. Now they must hold together a fragile alliance of rival clans who barely trust one another—let alone their new fire-wielding queen.With goblin attacks on the rise and the moonrain drought tightening its grip on the land, tensions heighten. And as...

Wang Wei was one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907). An influential painter and practitioner of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, many of his poems contain concise and evocative descriptions of nature whose elegant minimalism offers subtle expression of a transcendence from everyday life. While this purity of poetic expression is what Wang Wei's reputation is built upon, he lived a courtly life of highs and lows in a tumultuous era, suffering demotions and exile, imprisonmen...

The queen has won her crown. Now, she must prove she's worthy to wear it.Six months ago, Teia Carthan seized the throne against all odds. She sacrificed everything—her morals, her friends, even the spark of love—to hear the whisper of her new title: Highness.Now, Teia sets sail across the Dark Sea to warn her cousin, the Shaylani emperor, of a threat that could doom the Five Kingdoms: Cornelius Lehm lives, and he's planning to raise the Serkawr. But as she ...

God,this is insane.I—a 21st-century Chinese kid—have been reincarnated into the Kingdom of France under the Bourbon dynasty.But here’s the realkicker:I’m the Crown Prince of France.The catch?The king right now is Louis XVI…and in just a few years,he’ll be guillotined.Surrounded by 18th-century French nobles who speak a language I barely grasp,dressed in silk and powdered wigs while my mind races with 2025 tech,memes,and modern ideals…I’m like an alien dropped into their cou...

'A globe-trotting, whirlwind, tragi-comic family saga... A joy' ANDREW SEAN GREER.Meet Stanley Huang: Father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable temper, aficionado of bargain luxury goods. He's just been diagnosed with cancer, and his family are dealing with the fall-out.Meet Stanley's family: Son Fred, a banker who never has enough money; daughter Kate, juggling a difficult boss and her two small children; ex-wife Linda, suspicious o...

In his groundbreaking leadership book, John Wang, a top empowerment coach to Asian American professionals across Fortune 500 companies, offers research-backed guidance for Asian Americans to embody their most confident selves in business, relationships, and their everyday lives.Asians today are smashing box office records, winning Oscars, dominating global music charts, and reaching the office of vice president of the United States. Yet studies show Asian American ...

Turn Poison into Medicine: 100 Prayers from the Heart of Nichiren Buddhism for Those Facing Illness and SufferingWhen illness arrives, faith is tested in its most intimate form. Turn Poison into Medicine offers 100 original prayers rooted in Nichiren Buddhist practice — written not around suffering, but straight into it.Drawing on the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin and the transformative power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, each prayer speaks to...

The New York Times bestseller, Financial Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the YearThe book we need to understand China today: a riveting, first-hand account of its seismic progress from an indispensable expert voiceFor close to a decade, Dan Wang has been observing China’s tumultuous and astounding gr...

The Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties: A History of China, PART TWO, takes you through three centuries of chaos, courage, and ambition — when China was torn apart yet never stopped searching for unity. As the author, I wanted to write this not as a list of kings and battles, but as a living story of people — men and women who risked everything to build or break empires. From the fall of the Jin to the rise of the Sui, every page is alive with power struggles, revenge, an...

A runaway thrall. A clever thief. Together, two orphans will defy destiny or fall trying.In the aftermath of a rebellion against William the Conqueror, northern England lies in ruins, its people scattered and starved.Aelfric, a 14-year-old thrall, flees from his master and stumbles upon a cache of stolen laundry. The thief? Aliwyn, a girl around his age ostracized for being "cursed." In her care is a lost toddler she has rescued from the clutch of ...

The Liao Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, plunges you into the lives of the people who built — and eventually lost — one of China's most remarkable empires. I wrote this book to breathe life back into their world: the Khitan steppe warriors who rode the open grasslands, the cunning ministers who navigated palace intrigue, the powerful empresses whose wills shaped policy — all the characters who turned the Liao from a frontier confederation into a dynasty that could s...