en-US Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:14:51 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 10117779 The Price of Salt is story of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose salvation arrives one day in the form of Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce. They fall in love and set out across the United States, pursued by a private investigator who eventually blackmails Carol into a choice between her daughter and her lover. With this reissue, The Price of Salt may finally be recognized as a major twentieth-century American novel.]]> 320 Claire Morgan 1408808978 Michela 0 to-read 4.00 1952
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]]> 22554852
Comprendere e mettere a frutto le proprie capacitĂ 
Scoprire il proprio potenziale e realizzarlo
Instaurare rapporti ottimali
Capire e sfruttare i meccanismi universali che realizzano positivamente le azioni
Prendere coscienza della propria perfezione



A questi argomenti Joe Vitale abbina questioni e interrogativi del mondo d'oggi, fornendo le istruzioni per trovare una risposta:

Come fronteggiare una malattia e risolverla?
Come raggiungere i tuoi obiettivi economici e professionali?
Come gestire efficacemente il tuo tempo?
Come affrontare un contrasto e porvi fine?



Istruzioni mancanti sulla vita è un manuale preziosissimo, traboccante di indicazioni pratiche che vorresti ti avessero dato molto prima, perché grazie a questi spunti la tua esistenza compirà un salto di qualità. Ti accorgerai che, mettendo in atto i passi descritti, riuscirai a riprendere in mano le redini della tua vita, a superare qualunque ostacolo e a trovare l'appagamento che cerchi. Mettere in pratica ogni giorno anche solo una delle lezioni di Joe Vitale trasformerà la tua vita!]]> 215 Joe Vitale 8880938665 Michela 0 currently-reading, 2024 2.82 2006
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]]> 34531752 $2.99! Utilize these 27 powerful habits to rewire your mind for success, achieve true happiness, and create the life of your dreams “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.� � Aristotle This quote is indeed very Our habits define us and shape our lives. If we excel at what we do, live harmoniously, and are at peace, we can thank the healthy and positive habits we have built over the course of our life. If, however, we are unproductive, addicted to unhealthy practices, and surrounded by chaos, then for that too, we can thank our habits. What if... What if you could transform yourself from head to toe?What if you could achieve success within every single aspect of your relationships, family, business, health?What if you could reach all of your goals, and achieve true and profound happiness?What if you could create ideas that could change the world?What if you could become completely financially free and prosperous?What if you could become the absolute best possible version of yourself? Good News... The choice is yours. You may not have always made the best decisions in your life (like the majority of us), but by reading this book I can guarantee that you have made at least one. In this quick read, you will discover 27 powerful habits that can and will completely alter your life for the better. After reading this book, you will see yourself in a new light with outstanding self-confidence, you will find happiness and opportunities in every corner of your life, and you will achieve true financial freedom and but only if you implement what it teaches into every aspect of your life. Like i said, the choice is yours. This book can be your mentor to success. Allow it to be so, and you will experience a life beyond worth living. In this book you will learn� How to utilize the life-changing power of habit to your complete advantageHow to construct a success driven mentalityHow to become genuinely happy in all aspects of yourself and your lifeHow to create powerful and unique ideas that can change the worldHow to curate and nurture a "Millionaire's Mindset"How to achieve and create financial success and abundanceAnd lastly, but most importantly, how to become the best possible version of yourself Limited time Take action today and get this Kindle eBook for only $2.99]]> 238 Stellan Moreira Michela 0 currently-reading, 2024 3.82
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]]> 200787961 relazione col denaro è complicata?
Hai sempre avuto problemi a riguardo?

Parti per un viaggio di trasformazione verso la prosperitĂ  con gli "8 Segreti del Denaro" di Joe Vitale, il coach e autore che con The Secret, Le 5 chiavi, Zero Limits e innumerevoli altri bestseller ha cambiato la vita di centinaia di migliaia di persone.
Dopo essere passato da senzatetto a milionario, attraverso una combinazione di saggezza finanziaria e illuminazione spirituale, l'autore svela 8 potenti principi che cambieranno per sempre la tua relazione con il denaro.
Ti mostrerĂ  inoltre le principali credenze limitanti che bloccano il tuo percorso verso il raggiungimento dei tuoi obiettivi e come eliminarle.
Con consigli pratici e esempi coinvolgenti, questo libro offre una mappa per liberare il tuo potenziale finanziario e raggiungere un livello che forse non hai mai immaginato possibile.
Preparati a svelare gli enigmi nascosti dietro l’energia del denaro!

Contiene le 10 principali CREDENZE LIMITANTI e come eliminarle.

Postfazione di Ivan Nossa]]> 162 Joe Vitale Michela 0 2024 0.0
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]]> 3400712 Il romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1844. Edmondo Dantès, marinaio, prigioniero, misteriosamente ricco, mette a soqquadro l'alta società parigina. Imprigionato a Marsiglia nel 1815, il giorno delle nozze, con la falsa accusa di bonapartismo, rimane rinchiuso per 14 anni nel castello di If, vittima della rivalità in amore di Fernando e in affari di Danglars, odiato anche dal magistrato Villefort. Questi i tre nemici su cui, dopo l'evasione, cadrà la terribile vendetta di Dantès. Il romanzo associa, senza la preoccupazione di una trama logica e ragionata, le più incredibili avventure con l'aiuto anche di uno stile agile e incalzante]]> 938 Alexandre Dumas 8817009679 Michela 0 currently-reading 4.67 1846
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]]> 43167591 Now adapted for young readers, Senator Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.

As the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris has blazed trails on her path to the national stage. But how did she achieve her goals? What values and influences guided and inspired her along the way?

In this young readers edition of Senator Harris's memoir, we learn about the impact that Kamala's family and community had on her life, and see what led Senator Harris to discover her own sense of self and purpose. The Truths We Hold is a biographical ode to the values she holds most dear--those of community, equality, and justice--all of which helped shape her choices on her path to the Senate. An inspiring and empowering read, this book challenges readers to use their own values to guide their decisions and become leaders in their own lives.]]> 304 Ruby Shamir 0593113160 Michela 0 to-read 4.16 2019
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]]> 10443266 189 Nikolai Gogol 881158034X Michela 0 currently-reading 4.06 1842
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]]> 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 Michela 4 4.28 1813
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]]> 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]> 372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 Michela 5 4.31 1967
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]]> 9637893 Clicca qui per l'edizione "Storie senza tempo".

Edizione con copertina alternativa qui.

Rilanciato dal successo del film con Michelle Pfeiffer e Daniel Day Lewis, L'età dell'innocenza è un mirabile affresco della borghesia newyorkese di quasi fine Ottocento, contro il cui ottuso moralismo Edith Wharton si scaglia coraggisamente difendendo l'autenticità di un amore sincero. La storia sentimentale tra Newland Archer, brillante avvocato dell'aristocrazia cittadina, e la contessa Ellen Olenska, cui inflessibili convenzioni impediscono di divorziare dal marito, è lo specchio di una società che l'autrice conosce e contesta profondamente. Una società ipocrita e perbenista, in cui pregiudizi atavici, tradizionalismi ormai svuotati di significato, princìpi ingiusti e falsamente morali impongono precise regole comportamentali, che cozzano contro il desiderio di affermazione del singolo. Contro tutto questo lotta con ammirevole tenacia la protagonista del romanzo, che tenta di difendere fino alla fine il suo amore e la sua libertà di scelta, cui si oppone la consapevolezza, che porterà Archer alla rinuncia finale, dei suoi doveri sociali.]]> 263 Edith Wharton 888183233X Michela 4 3.88 1920
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]]> 3996058 177 Virginia Woolf 8807820668 Michela 2 3.70 1925
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]]> 67201 Gli indifferenti è il primo romanzo scritto da Moravia appena diciottenne e pubblicato nel 1929. Tema principale del libro è la rappresentazione della borghesia nel momento della decadenza nel passaggio da un'epoca all'altra, con tutti i suoi più grandi difetti: la superficialità, le ipocrisie e il suo clima di costante menzogna. Chi vive in questa società, come i protagonisti del romanzo, sono perciò "indifferenti" di fronte alla vita, sono degli inetti incapaci di agire ma solo in grado di subire passivamente ciò che gli accade, dei deboli e degli impotenti che non sanno provare delle passioni vere (per questo accostabili ai personaggi di Svevo e Pirandello). La struttura del romanzo richiama quella di una pièce teatrale; le vicende si svolgono in due soli giorni e sempre in interni borghesi che si alternano, descritti in modo preciso per rispecchiare la vita di chi li occupa, poiché la priorità di Moravia è la rappresentazione psicologica dei protagonisti. Il linguaggio è semplice ed essenziale volto a rendere in maniera realistica i pensieri dei personaggi e gli ambienti in cui si muovono]]> 289 Alberto Moravia 8845246248 Michela 4 3.76 1929
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]]> 528589 362 Alberto Moravia 884523018X Michela 4 3.90 1960
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]]> 11103987 Al Di qua dal Paradiso è l'esordio letterario di Francis Scott Fitzgerald e il romanzo che rivelò al mondo il suo talento narrativo. Opera in gran parte autobiografica, ha conosciuto un enorme successo sin dalla sua prima uscita, nel 1920, e da allora è entrata nel canone della letteratura del Novecento. Nel personaggio di Amory Blaine, affascinante e irrequieto studente di Princeton, vediamo riflesse le aspirazioni di un'intera generazione, quella dei giovani americani negli anni del primo conflitto mondiale: una generazione combattuta fra l'idealismo e l'edonismo, fra i sogni di trasformazione sociale e la ricerca del successo personale, e infine rassegnatasi a un doloroso passaggio all'età adulta.]]> 223 F. Scott Fitzgerald 8881832003 Michela 2 2024 3.30 1920
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]]> 23754479
Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother � her only family � is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother chose to live as a recluse with an invented name, or how she'll ever have a normal life.

Enter the Germans. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with The Sunlight Project, an organization that traffics in all the secrets of the world � including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. TSP is the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now on the lam in Bolivia, Andreas is drawn to Pip for reasons she doesn't understand, and the intensity of her response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and wrong.

Purity is a grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity, and murder. The author of The Corrections and Freedom has imagined a world of vividly original characters � Californians and East Germans, good parents and bad parents, journalists and leakers � and he follows their intertwining paths through landscapes as contemporary as the omnipresent Internet and as ancient as the war between the sexes. Purity is the most daring and penetrating book yet by one of the major writers of our time.]]> 563 Jonathan Franzen 0374239215 Michela 3 3.62 2015
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]]> 22029926 296 Alba de CĂ©spedes Michela 3 2020 3.97 1938
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]]> 39333452 Eliminate your accent for complete confidence in spoken EnglishAccent reduction coach Susan Cameron has developed Perfecting Your English Pronunciation as a complete program to ensure that you minimize your native accent. Her proven method � a course book that explains exactly how to form the difficult sounds of English and teaches you correct tongue placement. Exercises make this more comfortable and natural for you.� videos that features actual students executing correct mouth sounds. Through Cameron’s innovative use of hand movements to demonstrate tongue position, you too will be able to find the precise pronunciation.� audio recordings that feature exercises and correct pronunciation for ear training. The difficult sounds of English consonants and vowels are spoken first in individual words, then phrases, and finally in complete sentences.The second edition of Perfecting Your English Pronunciation makes all videos and almost 12 hours of audio conveniently available through streaming via the McGraw-Hill Language Lab mobile app and online at mhlanguagelab.com. This allows easy access to hundreds of model pronunciations for study and practice.With this unique and proven program, you’ll learn to speak and present in English with confidence and fluency so that your ideas and talent � and not your accent � are in the spotlight.]]> 288 Susan Cameron 1260117030 Michela 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 19008370 Furore è un romanzo mitico, pubblicato negli Stati Uniti nel 1939 e coraggiosamente proposto in Italia da Valentino Bompiani l’anno seguente. Il libro fu perseguitato dalla censura fascista e solo ora, dopo più di 70 anni, vede la luce la prima edizione integrale, nella nuova traduzione di Sergio Claudio Perroni. Una versione basata sul testo inglese della Centennial Edition dell’opera di Steinbeck, che restituisce finalmente ai lettori la forza e la modernità della scrittura del Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 1962. Nell’odissea della famiglia Joad sfrattata dalla sua casa e dalla sua terra, in penosa marcia verso la California, lungo la Route 66 come migliaia e migliaia di americani, rivive la trasformazione di un’intera nazione. L’impatto amaro con la terra promessa dove la manodopera è sfruttata e mal pagata, dove ciascuno porta con sé la propria miseria “come un marchio d’infamia�. Al tempo stesso romanzo di viaggio e ritratto epico della lotta dell’uomo contro l’ingiustizia, Furore è forse il più americano dei classici americani, da leggere oggi per la prima volta in tutta la sua bellezza.]]> 637 John Steinbeck 8845274055 Michela 0 4.59 1939
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]]> 2972204 «Quel che mi piace, nei libri, sono i personaggi. I personaggi di cui ti ricorderai per tutta la vita. Sugar, la giovane prostituta che ci accompagna nel voluttuoso romanzo di Michel Faber, è un personaggio di cui mi sono innamorata a prima vista. Quando i libri sono grossi è bene che siano belli. E questo lo è senza alcun dubbio. Tuffatevi dentro alle sue pagine. Buon divertimento!» Alice Sebold

Vent’anni di ricerche, dieci di scrittura, una vita schiva e appartata: cosí Michel Faber è arrivato a un capolavoro tradotto in 26 paesi e acclamato in tutto il mondo, per tre mesi in testa alle classifique dei libri più venduti in America.
Nella Londra del 1875, Sugar, una prostituta di diciannove anni, la piú desiderata in città, cerca la via per sottrarre il proprio corpo e l’anima al fango delle strade. Dai vicoli luridi e malfamati Michel Faber ci guida, seguendo la scalata di Sugar, fino allo splendore delle classi alte della società vittoriana, dove violiamo l’intimità di personaggi terribili e fragili, comunque indimenticabili. Come Rackham, il giovane erede di una grande fortuna che diverrà l’amante di Sugar, e sua moglie, l’angelica e infelice Agnes. Il lettore è costantemente dietro la spalla di Sugar e degli altri protagonisti, catturato da una scrittura che ha la magia di ricreare in ogni dettaglio strade, camere, vestiti, cibi, odori, sapori.

]]> 985 Michel Faber 8806174169 Michela 0 3.90 2002
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]]> 30186948 233 Napoleon Hill Michela 0 4.19 1937
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]]> 9696516 589 Henry James 8806146254 Michela 3 3.86 1881
author: Henry James
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]]> 1084704 Povestea lui d'Artagnan se continu� în alte dou� romane ale lui Dumas, Dup� dou�zeci de ani şi Vicontele de Bragelonne.]]> 448 Alexandre Dumas 2070365263 Michela 0 to-read 4.24 1844
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> 9679087 Qualcuno con cui correre è il ritratto di due adolescenti che si cercano, che forse si amano, che soffrono ma combattono con generosità per qualcosa che è dentro di loro.]]> 362 David Grossman 8804582510 Michela 0 3.99 2000
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]]> 15718128 320 Geert Mak 9045016079 Michela 0 to-read 4.37
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]]> 7767 120 Amy Tan 0194230899 Michela 0 to-read 4.41 1989
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]]> 2175 329 Gustave Flaubert 0192840398 Michela 4 3.70 1856
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]]> 58733693 Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.]]> 368 Shelby Van Pelt 0063204150 Michela 0 to-read 4.35 2022
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]]> 59808037
Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz’s most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.]]> 195 Angie Cruz 1250208459 Michela 0 to-read 3.87 2022
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]]> 57773248
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. He hoped it wouldn’t end like this, not for him.

Through a kaleidoscope of women—a mother, a sister, a homicide detective—we learn the story of Ansel’s life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the homicide detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.

Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.]]> 306 Danya Kukafka 0063052733 Michela 0 to-read 4.04 2022
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]]> 58395049 TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk

True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the headmistress, who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another's—and changed forever.

This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.]]> 386 Sara Nović 0593241509 Michela 0 to-read 4.06 2022
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]]> 58537371
One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.]]> 277 Leila Mottley 0593318935 Michela 0 to-read 3.95 2022
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]]> 57693262 For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.

Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.]]> 368 Coco Mellors 1635576814 Michela 0 to-read 3.70 2022
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]]> 60194162 "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.]]> 560 Barbara Kingsolver 0063251922 Michela 0 to-read 4.46 2022
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]]> 57693171
Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own...until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets...

Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife and the very notion of the American dream--all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.]]> 369 Xóchitl González 1250786177 Michela 0 to-read 3.95 2022
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]]> 59227941 Ěý
Filled with the emotional tension and multiple points of view that characterize Elin's books (The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added touch of historical reality, Hotel Nantucket offers something for everyone in this summer drama for the ages.Ěý]]> 416 Elin Hilderbrand 0316258679 Michela 0 to-read 4.01 2022
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]]> 59807954 An enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go.

Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways.

Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits—a stunning old cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe, and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy.

When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at the Dellawisp she meets her quirky and secretive neighbors, including a young woman with a past, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and a lonely chef, and three ghosts. The sudden death of one of Zoey's new neighbors sets off a search that leads to the island's famous author and to a long-estranged relative of the sisters.
Each of them has a story, and each story has an ending which hasn't yet been written.]]> 290 Sarah Addison Allen 1250019869 Michela 0 to-read 4.00 2022
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]]> 59912428 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind.

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business.

Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.]]> 464 Jodi Picoult 1984818384 Michela 0 to-read 4.05 2022
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]]> 60209470
As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after a long time away. Someone will be laid to rest. Someone will fall in love, someone will try to fix their marriage, and someone will do anything to save their children. Someone will submit to hate, someone will fight, and someone will grab a gun and walk towards the ice rink.

So what are the residents of Beartown willing to sacrifice for their home?

Everything.

The long-awaited conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling and “engrossing� (People) Beartown series—which inspired an HBO series of the same name—follows the small hockey town’s residents as they grapple with change, pain, hope, and redemption.]]> 673 Fredrik Backman 1982112794 Michela 0 to-read 4.42 2022
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]]> 58784475 In this exhilarating novel, two friends—often in love, but never lovers—come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.

On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.]]> 401 Gabrielle Zevin 0735243344 Michela 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 60422248 124 Tove Ditlevsen 8893258684 Michela 0 to-read 3.77 1967
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]]> 17612173 Butcher’s Crossing è considerato tra i romanzi cardine sul far west, una storia che abbatte il sogno della frontiera americana e che si pone prima di Cormac McCarthy, indicando la strada a quest’ultimo grande maestro.]]> 359 John Williams 8864112812 Michela 0 to-read 3.92 1960
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]]> 60416456 336 Amia Srinivasan 8817160628 Michela 0 to-read 4.15 2021
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]]> 59137625 223 Camila Sosa Villada 8869982815 Michela 0 to-read 4.13 2019
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]]> 60761547
L’idea che la bellezza sia qualcosa di oggettivo e naturale è una superstizione moderna. Infatti non è mai esistita un’epoca in cui non convivessero estetiche e sensibilità diverse. Il culto della bellezza è diventato una prigione solo di recente: quando le coercizioni materiali verso le donne hanno iniziato ad allentarsi, il canone estetico nei confronti del loro aspetto è diventato rigido e asfissiante, spingendole alla ricerca di una perfezione irraggiungibile. Qui sta il punto: l’idea di bellezza ha subito con la società borghese uno spostamento di significato, da enigma a modello standardizzato che colonizza il tempo e i pensieri delle donne, facendole spesso sentire inadeguate. Il risultato è che viviamo in un tempo in cui le persone potrebbero essere finalmente libere, ma in cui, al contrario, ha valore e dignità solo ciò che risponde a determinati parametri. Ripensare la bellezza al di là dell’indottrinamento e del consumo significa coglierla come percorso di fioritura personale, lontano da qualunque tipo di condizionamento esterno. In questo libro Maura Gancitano racconta la storia di un mito antico quanto il mondo e ci fa vedere come le scoperte della filosofia, dell’antropologia, della psicologia sociale e della scienza dei dati possano distruggere un’illusione che ci impedisce ancora di ascoltare e seguire i nostri autentici desideri e di vivere liberamente i nostri corpi.]]> 184 Maura Gancitano 8806251147 Michela 0 to-read 4.13 2022
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]]> 52459864
When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.�

To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia�. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.]]> 394 Xiran Jay Zhao 0735269939 Michela 0 to-read 4.03 2021
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]]> 61160520 336 Lidia Yuknavitch 8874529589 Michela 0 to-read 3.95 2011
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]]> 9714817 396 W. Somerset Maugham 8845919684 Michela 0 to-read 4.09 1944
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]]> 71169 Le voci della sera e Lessico famigliare, non risulta ridimensionato dall'accostamento con le due opere piĂą celebri della scrittice.
Le piccole virtĂą presenta abbozzi, riflessioni e constatazioni della realtĂ  che circondava la Ginzburg: l'ambiente londinese dove viveva, il suo rapporto con il secondo marito, tra passione e incomprensione, episodi rievocati di un'infanzia e una giovinezza trascorsa da tempo ma mai dimenticate.
Il titolo della raccolta, di carattere antifrastico, chiarifica che, per l'autrice, le piccole virtù, che consistono soprattutto in un'ostentato perbenismo e in una bonomia di maniera, sconsiderata e semplicistica, sono le principali cause di incomprensione, semplicioneria, stupidità, dolori e sofferenze. Il tutto ci viene presentato nel consueto stile diretto, immediato ma sapientemente evocativo, con cui la Ginzburg manifestava una dote di ingenuità che riesce ad arrivare al nocciolo delle vicende e dei problemi. Questo stile è capace, con pochi tratteggi, di rievocare atmosfere e ambienti, non solo fisici, ma soprattutto mentali, e questa ingenuo candore misto a acuta ponderatezza riescono a dare a quest'opera il tocco di maestria che tramuta una raccolta di saggi in un grande lavoro artistico.]]> 139 Natalia Ginzburg 8806150405 Michela 0 to-read 4.16 1962
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]]> 58714905 368 Elif Shafak 8817158925 Michela 0 to-read 4.17 2021
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]]> 9699579 [Trovi un'edizione con copertina alternativa per questo ISBN qui]

La "Lison", palpitante creatura ferroviaria che respira, soffi a, sbuffa e con voracità ingurgita grandi quantità di carbone; Jacques Lantier, macchinista della linea Parigi-Le Havre, che in lei ritrova la dolcezza e la docilità di una moglie. Sono i protagonisti del diciassettesimo romanzo del ciclo dei Rougon-Macquart che Zola concepì come terreno sperimentale per le teorie deterministiche. La locomotiva diventa scena di un tremendo delitto, di cupe passioni di amore e vendetta che faranno emergere in Lantier quella malvagità cui lo predestinano le tare ereditarie. Ed è sullo sfondo di questa fatalità del sangue che si staglia l'epopea dei due veri protagonisti: la locomotiva, mostro figlio di modernità e progresso, e l'eroe romantico, combattuto tra bene e male, volontà e fato.]]> 368 Émile Zola 8817120820 Michela 0 to-read 3.98 1890
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]]> 62084267
Probabilmente vorremmo avere un'economia in grande crescita e la piena un paese in cui chiunque voglia lavorare possa farlo. Vorremmo avere le migliori università del pianeta e bellezze naturali adeguatamente valorizzate, prodotti culturali dall'influenza globale e la possibilità di definire «made in Italy» non solo un paio di scarpe ma anche un'app capace di costruire il futuro e un'idea che sappia cambiare il mondo. Vorremmo essere il posto ideale per chiunque voglia realizzare i propri sogni, per chiunque abbia un progetto e cerchi le condizioni ideali per trasformarlo in realtà, e magari anche avere una classe dirigente progressista, sensibile, accogliente. Insomma, vorremmo essere un po' più come la California, che infatti da secoli è considerata la «fine del mondo»: un paradiso di tolleranza, prosperità e paesaggi spettacolari, la terra promessa, la più pura incarnazione del sogno americano.

Eppure, in California qualcosa si è inceppato, tanto che da anni le persone che la lasciano sono più di quelle che vi arrivano, e dall'ultimo censimento la sua popolazione risulta per la prima volta diminuita.

Niente di tutto questo dovrebbe accadere, in teoria. Salvo in caso di guerre e catastrofi naturali, nella nostra epoca i movimenti migratori seguono direzioni segnate dall'economia e dall' le persone vanno via dai posti che offrono meno opportunitĂ  per raggiungere posti che ne offrono di piĂą.

Quella della California è una crisi unica al mondo, ma l'acuta analisi di Francesco Costa ci mostra che le sue ragioni non sono esclusivamente cominciamo a riscontrarle anche dalle nostre parti.

Le città come unici possibili centri propulsivi della crescita economica. La qualità della vita distrutta dai prezzi delle case. Un radicalismo politico infantile. La divaricazione del mercato del lavoro fra chi possiede un'istruzione di alto livello e chi no. Le discriminazioni razziali. La catastrofe climatica. L'attivismo performativo. Le crescenti diseguaglianze fra generazioni. La crisi della California ci costringe a interrogarci sulla realtà che ci circonda e ci invita a stare attenti a ciò che desideriamo, perché potremmo ottenerlo.]]> 204 Francesco Costa 8835720362 Michela 0 to-read 4.12 2022
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]]> 61800357 432 Mohamed Mbougar Sarr 8833575071 Michela 0 to-read 4.18 2021
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]]> 54276674
Ma le sorprese non sono sempre buone.

Perché essere una contadina del Sud dalla pelle scura non è una cosa facile alla Sinegard. Presa subito di mira dai compagni, tutti provenienti dalle famiglie più in vista del Paese, Rin scopre di avere un dono letale: l’antica e semileggendaria arte sciamanica.

Man mano che indaga le proprie facoltà, grazie a un insegnante apparentemente folle e all’uso dei papaveri da oppio, Rin si rende conto che le divinità credute defunte da tempo sono invece più vive che mai, e che imparare a dominare il suo potere può significare molto più che non sopravvivere a scuola: è forse l’unico modo per salvare la sua gente, minacciata dalla Federazione di Mugen, che la sta spingendo verso il baratro di una Terza guerra dei papaveri.

Il prezzo da pagare, però, potrebbe essere davvero troppo alto.]]> 508 R.F. Kuang 8804729740 Michela 0 to-read 4.16 2018
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]]> 37903695 666 Daniel Kahneman 8804671955 Michela 0 to-read 4.20 2011
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]]> 41817486 A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”]]> 240 Anthony Burgess 0393341763 Michela 0 to-read 4.04 1962
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]]> 6514 294 Sylvia Plath 0571268862 Michela 0 to-read 4.05 1963
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]]> 343 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder.

In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs. But Grenouille's genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the "ultimate perfume"—the scent of a beautiful young virgin. Told with dazzling narrative brilliance, Perfume is a hauntingly powerful tale of murder and sensual depravity.]]> 263 Patrick Süskind Michela 0 to-read 4.05 1985
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]]> 59705961 From Amina Akhtar comes a viciously funny thriller about wellness—the smoothies, the secrets, and the deliciously deadly impulses.

Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not an “aim high, dream big� person—until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.

Marley isn’t just a visionary; she’s a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the desert mountains of Sedona, Arizona.

Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleanses…Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine. But is it, really? Or is this whole self-care business a little sour?

When the glam gurus around town start turning up gruesomely murdered, Ronnie has her answer: all is not well in wellness town. As Marley’s blind ambition veers into madness, Ronnie fears for her life.]]> 0 Amina Akhtar 1713663449 Michela 0 to-read 3.06 2022
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]]> 59387726 The Sellout meets Interior Chinatown in this satirical debut about a German Indian student whose world is upended when she discovers that her beloved professor who passed for Indian is, in fact, white.

Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known blogger and doctoral student, is in awe of her supervisor—superstar postcolonial and race studies professor Saraswati. But her life and sense of self are turned upside down when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Nivedita's praise of Saraswati during a radio interview just hours before the news breaks—and before she learns the truth—calls into question her own reputation as a young activist.

Following the uproar, Nivedita is forced to reflect on the key moments in her life, when she doubted her identity and her place in the world. As debates on the scandal rage on social media, blogs, and among her closest friends, Nivedita's assumptions are called into question as she reconsiders the lessons she learned from her adored professor.

In her thought-provoking, genre-bending debut, Mithu Sanyal enlisted the contributions and commentary of real life public intellectuals as if Saraswati were a real person. A darkly comedic tour de force, Identitti showcases the outsized power of social media in the current debates about identity politics and the power of claiming your own voice.]]> 384 Mithu M. Sanyal 1662601298 Michela 0 to-read 3.76 2021
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]]> 60548866
Paris, 1929: Die junge Simone will studieren � und schreiben. Dann begegnet sie Jean-Paul Sartre, Enfant terrible, Genie und bald ihr Geliebter. Sie schließen einen Pakt, der ihre Liebe und dabei sexuelle Freiheit sichern soll. Gemeinsam formulieren sie die Philosophie des Existenzialismus, sind der Mittelpunkt der Pariser Bohème. Doch ihren Traum vom Schreiben kann Simone nicht verwirklichen � die Verlage lehnen ihre Texte als »unpassend« ab. Und auch um die Beziehung zu Sartre muss sie kämpfen. Denn: Wie lässt sich eine große Liebe mit dem Streben nach Freiheit vereinbaren?

Die neue Caroline Bernard � nach dem Bestseller »Frida Kahlo und die Farben des Lebens« der große Roman über Simone de Beauvoir, eine so mutige wie leidenschaftliche Frau und ihre Lust am Denken

Caroline Bernard ist das Pseudonym von Tania Schlie. Die Literaturwissenschaftlerin arbeitet seit zwanzig Jahren als freie Autorin. Sie liebt es, sich Geschichten über starke Frauen auszudenken. Neben "Die Muse von Wien" und "Rendezvous im Café de Flore" erschien von ihr zuletzt im Aufbau Taschenbuch der Bestseller "Frida Kahlo und die Farben des Lebens", der monatelang die Bestsellerlisten anführte und in zahlreichen Ländern erscheinen wird.]]> 371 Caroline Bernard Michela 0 to-read 3.52
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]]> 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X Michela 0 2022 4.06 2012
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]]> 1963638 The Untethered Soul offers simple yet profound answers to these questions.

Whether this is your first exploration of inner space, or you’ve devoted your life to the inward journey, this book will transform your relationship with yourself and the world around you. You’ll discover what you can do to put an end to the habitual thoughts and emotions that limit your consciousness. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, author and spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.

Copublished with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) The Untethered Soul begins by walking you through your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, helping you uncover the source and fluctuations of your inner energy. It then delves into what you can do to free yourself from the habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness. Finally, with perfect clarity, this book opens the door to a life lived in the freedom of your innermost being.]]> 183 Michael A. Singer Michela 0 to-read 4.19 2007
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]]> 67863
Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world.

Animal Speak shows you how to:

Identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals
Discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles
Call upon the protective powers of your animal totem
Create and use five magical animal rites, including shapeshifting and sacred dance
This beloved, bestselling guide has become a classic reference for anyone wishing to forge a spiritual connection with the majesty and mystery of the animal world.]]> 400 Ted Andrews 0875420281 Michela 0 to-read 4.24 1996
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]]> 40383078 The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying] is an inestimable gift.�
�San Francisco Chronicle

A newly revised and updated edition of the internationally bestselling spiritual classic, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written by Sogyal Rinpoche, is the ultimate introduction to Tibetan Buddhist wisdom. An enlightening, inspiring, and comforting manual for life and death that the New York Times calls, “The Tibetan equivalent of [Dante’s] The Divine Comedy,� this is the essential work that moved Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions, to proclaim, “I have encountered no book on the interplay of life and death that is more comprehensive, practical, and wise.�
]]> 425 Sogyal Rinpoche Michela 0 to-read 4.20 1992
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]]> 6389355
More than a collection of witty and charming drawings, the marriage of Patrick McDonnell's art and Eckhart Tolle's words conveys a profound love of nature, of animals, of humans, of all life-forms. celebrates and reminds us of not only the oneness of all life but also the wonder and joy to be found in the present moment, amid the beauty we sometimes forget to notice all around us.]]> 128 Eckhart Tolle 1577316711 Michela 0 to-read 4.40 2009
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]]> 687278
� Using painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage
� Communicating so as to encourage others to open up rather than shut down
� Practices for reversing habitual patterns
� Methods for working with chaotic situations
� Ways for creating effective social action]]> 148 Pema Chödrön 1570623449 Michela 0 to-read 4.27 1996
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]]> 161906 384 David A. Leeming 0517168936 Michela 0 to-read 4.30 1994
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]]> 402843
So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it’s all about. An instant teaching on the first page. And that’s just the beginning.

In the forty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind has become one of the great modern Zen classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics—from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality—in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page. It’s a book to come back to time and time again as an inspiration to practice, and it is now available to a new generation of seekers in this fortieth anniversary edition, with a new afterword by Shunryu Suzuki’s biographer, David Chadwick.
]]> 138 Shunryu Suzuki 0834800799 Michela 0 to-read 4.21 1970
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]]> 67896 A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket Library edition.

Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or -The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue, - is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature.

Traditionally attributed to the legendary -Old Master, - Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual.

Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embody humility, spontaneity, and generosity.

John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. A jurist and scholar, Dr. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry.

This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts.

The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.]]> 107 Lao Tzu 0679724346 Michela 0 to-read 4.29 -350
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]]> 14572
World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to “mindfulness”—the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.

Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the “mindless� into the mindFUL.]]> 134 Thich Nhat Hanh 0553351397 Michela 0 to-read 4.32 1992
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]]> 4989 The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society.]]> 324 Anita Diamant 0312353766 Michela 0 to-read 4.21 1997
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]]> 58543750
� Finally win the Golden Ivy student film competition,
� Get into her dream school across the country,
� Leave New York City behind once and for all,

Mina's ticket to winning the competition falls into her lap when indie film star—and known heartbreaker—Emmitt Ramos enrolls in her high school under a secret identity to research his next role. When Mina sets out to persuade Emmitt to join her cause, he offers her a deal instead: he'll be in her short film� if she acts as a tour guide to help him with a photography contest.

As Mina ventures across the five boroughs with Emmitt by her side, the city she grew up in starts to look different and more like home than it ever has before. With the competition deadline looming, Mina's dreams—which once seemed impenetrable—begin to crumble, and she’s forced to ask herself: Is winning worth losing everything?]]> 416 Tashie Bhuiyan 1335424563 Michela 0 to-read 3.89 2022
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]]> 58784485 384 Amy Lea 0593336577 Michela 0 to-read 3.56 2022
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]]> 60138097
Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country.

Code name: Fortune.

But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind’s mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind’s new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed.

To reduce suspicion, however, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong, and though Rosalind finds Orion’s cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.]]> 528 Chloe Gong 1665905581 Michela 0 to-read 4.18 2022
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]]> 58484019
At Brookings, Anna wants to keep up her stellar academic performance and to investigate the unsolved campus murder of her childhood babysitter. While there she also finds a familiar face � her middle-school rival, Chris Lu. The Lus also happen to be the Xu family's business rivals since they opened Sunny's, a trendy new bakery on Sweetea's block. Chris is cute but still someone to be wary of � until a vandal hits Sunny's and Anna matches the racist tag with a clue from her investigation.

Anna grew up in this town, but more and more she feels like maybe she isn't fully at home here -- or maybe it's that there are people here who think she doesn't belong. When a very specific threat is made to Anna, she seeks out help from the only person she can. Anna and Chris team up to find out who is stalking her and take on a dangerous search into the hate crimes happening around campus. Can they root out the ugly history and take on the current threat?

The Lies We Tell is a social activism/we all belong here anthem crossed with a thriller and with a rivals-to-romance relationship set on a college campus.]]> 352 Katie Zhao 1547603992 Michela 0 to-read 3.39 2022
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]]> 57365743
But when number four on Ellie’s list goes horribly wrong—revenge on Jack Yasuda—she’s certain her summer has gone from charmed to cursed. Instead of a road trip with Lia, Ellie finds herself stuck in a car with Jack driving to a magical convention. But as Ellie and Jack travel down the coast of California, number thirteen on her list—fall in love—may be happening without her realizing it.

In The Charmed List, Julie Abe sweeps readers away to a secret magical world, complete with cupcakes and tea with added sparks of joy, and an enchanted cottage where you can dance under the stars.]]> 304 Julie Abe 1250830095 Michela 0 to-read 3.58 2022
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]]> 43785625 The first rule of watching K-dramas: Never fall in love with the second lead.

As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star boyfriend who might be falling in love with her. After all, she promised the producers a contract romance, and that’sĚýall they’re going to get from her.

But when showrunners bring on a new girl to challenge Hana’s roleĚýas main love interest—and worse, it’s someone Hana knows all too well—can ĚýHana fight for her position on the show while falling for her on-screenĚýrival in real life?

-K-drama lovers will fall for all the fan-favorite tropes that make for a hit show.
-Romance is everywhere in this swoony, joy-filled novel, with fake dating, a secret relationship, and a classic love triangle!
-Visit South Korea as Hana takes readers through popular spots and hidden gems.]]> 296 Lyla Lee 006293693X Michela 0 to-read 3.57 2022
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]]> 58724745
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories.

But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.]]> 298 Sunyi Dean 1250810183 Michela 0 to-read 3.60 2022
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]]> 59801802
The power of the deathless waters flows through Priya’s blood. Now a thrice born priestess and an Elder of Ahiranya, she dreams of seeing her country rid of the rot that plagues it: both Parijatdvipa's poisonous rule, and the blooming sickness that is spreading through all living things. But she doesn’t yet understand the truth of the magic she carries.

Their chosen paths once pulled them apart. But Malini and Priya's souls remain as entwined as their destinies. And saving their kingdom from those who would rather see it burn will come at a terrible price.]]> 489 Tasha Suri 0316538566 Michela 0 to-read 4.37 2022
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]]> 59366258 After a long-buried, harrowing incident, a woman whose promising film career was derailed has an opportunity for revenge in this visceral and timely thriller about power, privilege, and justice.

A Hollywood has-been, Sarah Lai’s dreams of success behind the camera have been put to the wayside. Now a lecturer at an obscure college, this former producer wants nothing more than to forget those youthful ambitions and push aside any feelings of regret…or guilt.

But when a journalist reaches out to her to discuss her own experience working with the celebrated film producer Hugo North, Sarah can no longer keep silent. This is her last chance to tell her side of the story and maybe even exact belated vengeance.

As Sarah recounts the industry’s dark and sordid secrets, however, she begins to realize that she has a few sins of her own to confess. Now she must confront her choices and ask herself, just who was complicit?]]> 416 Winnie M. Li 1982190825 Michela 0 to-read 3.69 2022
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]]> 60099660 actually invisible.
Ěý
When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.
Ěý
But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.

In this genre-bending YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates� most scandalous secrets.]]> 346 Ann Liang 1335915842 Michela 0 to-read 4.01 2022
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]]> 59900654
Tang Yitian has been living in America for almost a decade when he receives an urgent phone call from his his father has disappeared from the family’s rural village in China. Though they have been estranged for years, Yitian promises to come home.
Ěý
When Yitian attempts to piece together what may have happened, he struggles to navigate China’s impenetrable bureaucracy as an outsider, and his mother’s evasiveness only deepens the mystery. So he seeks out a childhood friend who may be in a position to Tian Hanwen, the only other person who shared Yitian’s desire to pursue a life of knowledge. As a teenager, Hanwen was “sent down� from Shanghai to Yitian’s village as part of the country’s rustication campaign. Young and in love, they dreamed of attending university in the city together. But when their plans resulted in a terrible tragedy, their paths diverged, and while Yitian ended up a professor in America, Hanwen was left behind, resigned to life as a midlevel bureaucrat’s wealthy housewife.
Ěý
Reuniting for the first time as adults, Yitian and Hanwen embark on the search for Yitian’s father, all the while grappling with the past—who Yitian’s father really was, and what might have been. Spanning the late 1970s to 1990s and moving effortlessly between rural provinces and big cities, A Map for the Missing is a deeply felt examination of family and forgiveness, and the meaning of home.]]> 400 Belinda Huijuan Tang 0593300661 Michela 0 to-read 3.97 2022
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]]> 58950949
Permission to Come Home takes Asian Americans on a journey toward reclaiming their mental health. Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American together with her insights as a clinician and evidence-based tools, Dr. Jenny T. Wang explores a range of life areas that call for attention, offering readers the permission to question, feel, rage, say no, take up space, choose, play, fail, and grieve. Above all, she offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom.]]> 288 Jenny Wang 1538708000 Michela 0 to-read 4.46 2022
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]]> 59441873
There are 23 million people, representing more than 20 countries, each with unique languages, histories, and cultures, clumped under "Asian American." Though their experiences are individual, certain commonalities appear.

-The pressure to perform and the weight of the model minority myth.
-The proximity to whiteness (for many) and the resulting privileges.
-The desexualizing, exoticizing, and fetishizing of their bodies.
-The microaggressions.
-The erasure and overt racism.

Through a series of essays, poems, and comics, 30 creators give voice to moments that defined them and shed light on the immense diversity and complexity of the Asian American identity. Edited by CAPE and with an introduction by renowned journalist SuChin Pak, My Life: Growing Up Asian in America is a celebration of community, a call to action, and a road map for a brighter future.

Featuring contributions from bestselling authors Melissa de la Cruz, Marie Lu, and TanaĂŻs; journalists Amna Nawaz, Edmund Lee, and Aisha Sultan; TV and film writers Teresa Hsiao, Heather Jeng Bladt, and Nathan Ramos-Park; and industry leaders Ellen K. Pao and Aneesh Raman, among many more.]]> 256 1982195355 Michela 0 to-read 4.27 2022
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]]> 54019924 A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by critically acclaimed author Roselle Lim.

Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud--she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a chance on an inexperienced and unaccredited matchmaker, and soon Sophie becomes an outcast.

In dire search of clients, Sophie stumbles upon a secret club within her condo the Old Ducks, seven septuagenarian Chinese bachelors who never found love. Somehow, she convinces them to hire her, but her matchmaking skills are put to the test as she learns the depths of loneliness, heartbreak, and love by attempting to make the hardest matches of her life.]]> 336 Roselle Lim 0593335635 Michela 0 to-read 3.76 2022
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]]> 60097417 What could be worse than your ex-boyfriend marrying your childhood best friend? Getting accused of her murder�

From the author of My Sweet Girl comes a dangerously addictive new thriller about a lavish Sri Lankan wedding celebration that not everyone will survive.

When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, she is surprised and a little hurt to hear from her former best friend after so many years of radio silence. But when Amaya learns that the groom is her very own ex-boyfriend, she is consumed by a single thought: She must stop the wedding from happening, no matter the cost.

But as the weeklong wedding celebrations begin and rumors about Amaya’s past begin to swirl, she can’t help but feel like she also has a target on her back. When Kaavi goes missing and is presumed dead, all evidence points to Amaya.

However, nothing is as it seems as Jayatissa expertly unravels that each wedding guest has their own dark secret and agenda, and Amaya may not be the only one with a plan to keep the bride from getting her happily ever after…]]> 384 Amanda Jayatissa 0593335120 Michela 0 to-read 3.50 2022
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]]> 59366241
Shantanu Das is living in the shadows of his past. In his fifties, he finds himself isolated from his traditional Bengali community after a devastating divorce from his wife, Chaitali; he hasn’t spoken to his eldest daughter Mitali in months; and most painfully, he lives each day with the regret that he didn’t accept his teenaged daughter Keya after she came out as gay. As the anniversary of Keya’s death approaches, Shantanu wakes up one morning utterly alone in his suburban New Jersey home and realizes it’s finally time to move on.

This is when Shantanu discovers a tucked-away box in the attic that could change everything. He calls Mitali and pleads with her to come home. She does so out of pity, not realizing that her life is about to shift.

Inside the box is an unfinished manuscript that Keya and her girlfriend were writing. It’s a surprising discovery that brings Keya to life briefly. But Neesh Desai, a new love interest for Mitali with regrets of his own, comes up with a wild idea, one that would give Keya more what if they are to stage the play? It could be an homage to Keya’s memory, and a way to make amends. But first, the Dases need to convince Pamela Moore, Keya’s girlfriend, to give her blessing. And they have to overcome ghosts from the past they haven’t met yet.

A story of redemption and righting the wrongs of the past, Keya Das’s Second Act is a warmly drawn homage to family, creativity, and second chances. Set in the vibrant world of Bengalis in the New Jersey suburbs, this debut novel is both poignant and, at times, a surprising hilarious testament to the unexpected ways we build family and find love, old and new.]]> 288 Sopan Deb 1982185473 Michela 0 to-read 3.80 2022
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What does the future hold for those born in the years of the Dragon, Tiger, and Goat?

In present day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, formerĚýbeauty queen turned refugeeĚýafter the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining her daughters' fates through their Vietnamese zodiac signs. But Trac, Nhi and Trieu diverge completely from their immigrant parents' expectations. Successful lawyer Trac hides her sexuality from her family; Nhi competes as the only woman of color on aĚýBachelor-esque reality TV show; and Trieu, a budding writer,Ěýis determined to learn more about her familial and cultural past.

As the three sisters begin to encounter strange glimpses of long-buried secrets from the ancestors they never knew, the story of the Trung women unfurls to reveal the dramatic events that brought them to America. Moving backwards in time,ĚýE.M. Tran takes us into the high school classroomsĚýof New Orleans, to Saigon beauty pageants,Ěýto twentieth century rubber plantations, traversing a century as the Trungs are both estranged and united by the ghosts of their tumultuous history.

A “haunted story of resilience and survivalâ€� (Meng Jin,ĚýLittle Gods),ĚýDaughters of the New Year isĚýan addictive, high-wire act of storytelling that illuminates an entire lineage of extraordinary women fighting to reclaim the power they’ve been stripped of for centuries.

Ěý]]> 320 E.M. Tran 1335429239 Michela 0 to-read 3.46 2022
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As the wedding day draws near, misunderstandings, infidelities, and long-held secrets upend both Yasmin’s relationship and that of her parents, a “love marriage,� according to the family lore that Yasmin has believed all her life.

A gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores, and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a riveting social comedy and a moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families, and two people trying to understand one another.]]> 432 Monica Ali 1982181478 Michela 0 to-read 3.78 2022
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]]> 56921877 Time's Best YA books of all time, gives Titanic an Ocean’s 8 makeover in a heist for a treasure aboard the infamous ship that sank in the Atlantic many years ago.

A thief. An artist. A acrobat. An actress. While Josefa, Emilie, Hinnah, and Violet seemingly don’t have anything in common, they’re united in one goal: stealing the Rubaiyat, a jewel-encrusted book aboard the RMS Titanic that just might be the golden ticket to solving their problems.

But careless mistakes, old grudges, and new romance threaten to jeopardize everything they’ve worked for and put them in incredible danger when tragedy strikes. While the odds of pulling off the heist are slim, the odds of survival are even slimmer . . .

Perfect for fans of Stalking Jack the Ripper and Girl in the Blue Coat, this high-seas heist from the author of The Henna Wars is an immersive story that makes readers forget one important detail� the ship sinks.]]> 367 Adiba Jaigirdar 0062916378 Michela 0 to-read 3.42 2022
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]]> 59679782 A journey to the place where trends are born--Seoul, Korea--where Melody Lee unwillingly moves with her family and must start a new life, a new school...and maybe a new romance.

Melody always wanted to get to know the Korean side of her Korean American heritage better, but not quite like this. Thanks to a tiny transgression after school one day, she's shocked to discover that her parents have decided to move her and her mom out of New York City to join her father in Seoul--immediately! Barely having the chance to say goodbye to her best friend before she's on a plane, Melody is resentful, angry, and homesick.

But she soon finds herself settling into their super luxe home, meeting cool friends at school, and discovering the alluring aspects of living in Korea--trendsetting fashion, delectable food, her dad's black card, and a cute boy to hang out with. Life in Seoul is amazing...until cracks begin to form on its shiny surface. Troubling family secrets, broken friendships, and a lost passion are the prices Melody has to pay for her new life, but is it worth it?]]> 416 Claire Ahn 0593403193 Michela 0 to-read 3.72 2022
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]]> 59440716 A dazzling new fantasy from New York Times and indie bestselling author Joan He, Strike the Zither is a powerful, inventive, and sweeping fantasy that reimagines the Chinese classic tale of the Three Kingdoms.

The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves.

But Zephyr knows it's no contest.

Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren's honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed. When Zephyr is forced to infiltrate an enemy camp to keep Ren's followers from being slaughtered, she encounters the enigmatic Crow, an opposing strategist who is finally her match. But there are more enemies than one—and not all of them are human.]]> 368 Joan He 1250258588 Michela 0 to-read 3.70 2022
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]]> 59900658 From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed anthology Disability Visibility, a genre-bending memoir in essays offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability rights.

In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its beauty and ferocity and symbolizes power, bravery, and protection. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong.

Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique voice and talent to share a raw and multifaceted impressionistic collage of her life as an Asian American disability rights activist, community builder, and media maker. From her love of good food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to speaking out against the often complex and overlooked ways inequities and injustices play out in an ableist society, Alice tells her story and creates a space to hear from other disability activists through enriching conversations. From a world-class activist and storyteller, Alice's Year of the Tiger offers humor and wisdom, and encourages us to do better.]]> 376 Alice Wong 0593315391 Michela 0 to-read 4.23 2022
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]]> 56226859 To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is.

Katyani’s role in the kingdom of Chandela has always been clear: becoming an advisor and protector of the crown prince, Ayan, when he ascends to the throne. Bound to the Queen of Chandela through a forbidden soul bond that saved her when she was a child, Katyani has grown up in the royal family and become the best guardswoman the Garuda has ever seen. But when a series of assassination attempts threatens the royals, Katyani is shipped off to the gurukul of the famous Acharya Mahavir as an escort to Ayan and his cousin, Bhairav, to protect them as they hone the skills needed to be the next leaders of the kingdom. Nothing could annoy Katyani more than being stuck in a monastic school in the middle of a forest, except her run-ins with Daksh, the Acharya’s son, who can’t stop going on about the rules and whose gaze makes her feel like he can see into her soul.

But when Katyani and the princes are hurriedly summoned back to Chandela before their training is complete, tragedy strikes and Katyani is torn from the only life she has ever known. Alone and betrayed in a land infested by monsters, Katyani must find answers from her past to save all she loves and forge her own destiny. Bonds can be broken, but debts must be repaid.]]> 341 Rati Mehrotra 1250823684 Michela 0 to-read 3.84 2022
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]]> 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . .

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 Michela 0 to-read 4.17 2022
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]]> 59894742 Everyone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed.

It started with their ancestor Oanh who dared to leave her marriage for true love—so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons.�

Oanh’s current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. She’s divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she’s estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and the mediator) and Khuyen Lam (the youngest who swears she just runs humble coffee shops and nail salons, not Little Saigon’s underground). Though Mai’s three adult daughters, Priscilla, Thuy, and Thao, are successful in their careers (one of them is John Cho’s dermatologist!), the same can’t be said for their love life. Mai is convinced they might drive her to an early grave.

Desperate for guidance, she consults Auntie Hua, her trusted psychic in Hawaii, who delivers an unexpected prediction: this year, her family will witness a marriage, a funeral, and the birth of a son. This prophecy will reunite estranged mothers, daughters, aunts, and cousins—for better or for worse.

A multi-narrative novel brimming with levity and candor, The Fortunes of Jaded Women is about mourning, meddling, celebrating, and healing together as a family. It shows how Vietnamese women emerge victorious, even if the world is against them.]]> 272 Carolyn Huynh 1982188731 Michela 0 to-read 3.62 2022
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]]> 60149573 A novel about a mother’s unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve “American culture� in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird’s mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old.

Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn’t know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn’t wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.]]> 335 Celeste Ng 0593492544 Michela 0 to-read 3.74 2022
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]]> 59348307
As Washington’s former poet laureate, that’s how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt her. Fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help.

Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in China serving with the Flying Tigers; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app; and Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America.

As painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn’t the only thing she’s inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who’s loved her through all of her genetic memories. Dorothy endeavors to break the cycle of pain and abandonment, to finally find peace for her daughter, and gain the love that has long been waiting, knowing she may pay the ultimate price.]]> 362 Jamie Ford 1982158212 Michela 0 to-read 3.84 2022
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]]> 59089915 An ambitious career woman signs up for a co-parenting website only to find a match she never expected, in this unflinchingly funny and honest novel from the author of Last Tang Standing.

Management consultant Lucie Yi is done waiting for Mr. Right. After a harrowing breakup foiled her plans for children—and drove her to a meltdown in a Tribeca baby store—she’s ready to take matters into her own hands. She signs up for an elective co-parenting website to find a suitable partner with whom to procreate—as platonic as family planning can be.

Collin Read checks all of Lucie’s boxes; he shares a similar cultural background, he’s honest, and most important, he’s ready to become a father. When they match, it doesn’t take long for Lucie to take a leap of faith for her future. So what if her conservative family might not approve? When Lucie becomes pregnant, the pair return to Singapore and, sure enough, her parents refuse to look on the bright side. Even more complicated, Lucie’s ex-fiancé reappears, sparking unresolved feelings and compounding work pressures and the baffling ways her body is changing. Suddenly her straightforward arrangement is falling apart before her very eyes, and Lucie will have to decide how to juggle the demands of the people she loves while pursuing the life she really wants.]]> 416 Lauren Ho 0593422260 Michela 0 to-read 3.34 2022
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]]> 59513138 not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he’s crowned at the end of the summer—unless Violet does something about it.

But when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom—all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that’s growing between her and Cyrus.

Violet’s wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t change her fate. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom—or doom them all.

A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies—perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove.]]> 368 Gina Chen 059342753X Michela 0 to-read 3.63 2022
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