Download or read book Chinese Cinderella written by Adeline Yen Mah and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940s China. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Includes an Author's Note, a 6-page photo insert, a historical note, and the Chinese text of the original Chinese Cinderella. A PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN ALA-YALSA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.” –The Guardian

Download or read book Harlequin Desire December 2022 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Stacey Kennedy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be transported to the luxurious worlds of American tycoons, ranchers and family dynasties. Get ready for bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: Most Eligible Cowboy Devil’s Bluff By USA TODAY bestselling author Stacey Kennedy Broken-hearted journalist Adaline Harlow is supposed to write an expose on Colter Ward, Texas’s Sexiest Bachelor, not fall into bed with him enthusiastically and repeatedly! If only it’s enough to break their no-love-allowed rule for a second chance at happiness… Work-Love Balance Blackwells of New York By Nicki Night When gorgeous TV producer Jordan Chambers offers Ivy Blackwell the chase of a lifetime, the celebrated heiress and social media influencer wonders if she can handle his tempting offer…and the passion that sizzles between them! Billionaire Makeover The Image Project By USA TODAY bestselling author Katherine Garbera When PR whiz Olive Hayes transforms scruff CEO Dante Russo into the industry’s sexiest bachelor, she realizes she’s equally vulnerable to his charms. But is she falling for her new creation or the man underneath the makeover? For more stories filled with scandal and powerful heroes, look for Harlequin® Desire’s November 2022 Box set 1 of 2.

Download or read book My Quest for a Silver Lining written by Adeline Wiener and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: book of art and essays on the Jewish faith

Download or read book Harlequin Special Edition October 2022 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Stella Bagwell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Special Edition October 2022 - Box Set 1 of 2 by Stella Bagwell\Darby Baham\Joanna Sims released on Sep 27, 2022 is available now for purchase.

Download or read book Yeh Shen written by Ai-Ling Louie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-05-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young’s soft, glowing illustrations. Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shen’s only friend is a fish with golden eyes. When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones. But the bones are filled with a powerful spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball. “Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book Harlequin Desire February 2022 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Jules Bennett and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be transported to the luxurious worlds of American tycoons, ranchers and family dynasties. Get ready for bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: From Feuding to Falling Texas Cattleman’s Club: Fathers and Sons By USA TODAY bestselling Jules Bennett When Carson Wentworth wins the TCC presidency, tensions flare between him and rival Lana Langley. But to end their family feud and secure a fortune for the club, Carson needs her—as his fake fiancé…if they can only ignore the heat between them… Midnight Son Gambling Men By New York Times bestselling Barbara Dunlop Determined to protect his mentor, ruggedly handsome Alaskan businessman Nathaniel Stone is suspicious of the woman claiming to be his boss’ long-lost daughter, Sophie Crush. He agrees to get close to her to uncover her intentions but he cannot ignore their undeniable attraction… The Problem with Playboys Little Black Book of Secrets By Karen Booth Publicist Chloe Burnett is a fixer and sports agent Parker Sullivan needs her to take down a vicious gossip account. She never mixes business with pleasure, but the playboy’s hard to resist. When they find themselves in the account’s crosshairs, can their relationship survive? For more stories filled with scandal and powerful heroes, look for Harlequin® Desire’s February 2022 Box set 1 of 2.

Download or read book In the Time of Ebola written by Jonah Lipton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthropologist Jonah Lipton was in Freetown, Sierra Leone, when the largest Ebola outbreak in history hit. In the Time of Ebola is his account of the epidemic, centering on the residents of a neighborhood swept up in the emergency. Lipton follows the lives of young men and women over a period of seven years, revealing what the epidemic looked like on the ground. He explores its causes, impacts, and legacies in a place where crisis might be considered the norm, not the exception. The emergency was disruptive and challenging, not least due to the short-term international response. Yet for many youths Ebola was a time of unusual clarity on the ambiguities around care, work, and coming of age experienced in a context of vast economic and social inequalities. Lipton shows how residents of this historically cosmopolitan West African city drew on centuries-old frameworks for managing foreign intervention. In the Time of Ebola questions dominant framings of crisis and offers ways of theorizing, researching, and responding to emergencies that make the home, the family, and "ordinary life" their starting point.

Download or read book Alien Nation written by Sandro Bassi and published by Levine Querido. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wordless wonder of a picture book, reminiscent of David Wiesner and Chris Van Allsburg. An unforgettable subway ride in an alien world filled with truths of our own.

Download or read book Arranged Marriage written by Nona_nandin and published by SuperNovel(HK)Co.,Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I will give you everything, money, and luxury goods but with one laden." "What's that?" "Marry me by the contract, and you will get whatever you want!" Adeline, a 21-year-old girl, is a medical student who can't afford her tuition. Smith is a 26-year-old man, CEO of a large company. Their relationship began in a contract marriage which was considered to be beneficial for both of them. As time went by, they seemed to have a tender feeling for each other. But at the same time, more secrets and problems from the past came to the surface, especially the appearance of Smith's ex that shook their relationship. Slowly Adeline started to waver, did she have to endure the cold of their "marriage"?

Download or read book Princess Hyacinth written by Florence Parry Heide and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.

Download or read book Delivery as Dispossession written by Zachary Levenson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping historical and political analysis with detailed ethnographic fieldwork of the politics of everyday life in postcolonial Africa. In post-apartheid South Africa, nearly a fifth of the urban population lives in shacks. Unable to wait any longer for government housing, people occupy land, typically seeking to fly under the state's radar. Yet in most cases, occupiers wind up in dialogue with the state. In Delivery as Dispossession, Zachary Levenson follows this journey from avoidance to incorporation, explaining how the post-apartheid Constitution shifts squatters' struggles onto the judicial register. Providing a comparative ethnographic account of two land occupations in Cape Town and highlighting occupiers' struggles, Levenson further demonstrates why it is that housing officials seek the eviction of all new occupations: they view these unsanctioned settlements as a threat to the order they believe is required for delivery. Yet in evicting occupiers, he argues, they reproduce the problem anew, with subsequent rounds of land occupation as the inevitable consequence. Offering a unique framework for thinking about local states, this book proposes a novel theory of the state that will change the way ethnographers think about politics.

Download or read book One Scandalous Night written by Elizabeth Hoyt and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From three bestselling authors come breathtaking, sensual novellas of first love and second chances for fans of Netflix's Bridgerton! Days of Rakes & Roses Lady Lydia Rothermere has spent the past decade trying to make up for a single, youthful moment of passion. Now the image of propriety, Lydia knows her future rests on never straying outside of society's rigid rules. Yet as she prepares for a marriage that will suit her family, but not her heart, rake and adventurer Simon Metcalf returns to reignite the flames of desire he started all those years ago . . . and Lydia must decide what's more important: propriety or passion? Once Upon a Moonlit Night After escaping a kidnapper only interested in her dowry, Hippolyta Royle is running for her life. So when she throws herself at the mercy of a passing coach, her only hope is that the handsome traveler inside will escort her to safety. But Matthew Mortimer doesn’t turn Hippolyta away, he doesn't believe her story. Only danger still stalks Hippolyta . . . and once they share a breathtaking kiss, Matthew realizes he may not ever be ready to let Hippolyta go. Night of the Scoundrel Ruthless. Dangerous. Known simply as King. No one knows his true name or where he came from. And when he learns that the man who betrayed him has returned to London, King has only one goal: vengeance. But he’ll need the aid of an unlikely ally: Adeline Archambault. She is as mysterious as she is beautiful. Exiled after the French Revolution, she's determined to reclaim her birthright and deliver the justice that is owed her. King's offer is a bargain she can't refuse. But will this deal with a devil lead to a future she never dared hope for?

Download or read book Tomorrow s Steadfast Prayer written by Naomi Rawlings and published by Cedar Lake Press. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one thing she can't do is fall in love... at least not if she wants to save her sister. Alejandra Loyola knows she’s going to die. If having information about her uncle and cousin’s illegal cattle rustling operation isn’t enough to get her killed, then snitching on them to the law will surely mean her death—and she’s snitched more than once. The only question is, will she be able to see her younger sister provided for before she dies? When successful Austin lawyer Harrison Rutherford is called back to his home town of Twin Rivers, Texas, after his father falls ill, he finds himself inundated with the burdens of running a large shipping business. The one surprise waiting for him is Alejandra Loyola. The maid who works for him is quiet and sweet. Now if only she trusted him enough to tell him what leaves shadows under her eyes and a haunted look on her face… But the longer Harrison stays in Twin Rivers, the more something seems amiss. Rustlers have been wreaking havoc on local ranchers for over a year, and Harrison is starting to wonder if the secrets Alejandra is carrying have more to do with his father and the rustlers than he wants to admit. As the rustling ring become more dangerous, will Alejandra trust Harrison enough to tell him what she knows? Or will the rustlers prove powerful enough to destroy not just the ranches surrounding Twin Rivers, but any hope for a future between them? From jagged mountains and green river valleys, to cattle ranches and vivid sunsets, Tomorrow’s Steadfast Prayer offers a powerful story about love, faith, and doing the right no matter the cost.

Download or read book Trials written by Shaya N Basnett and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blessed are no longer children. Amidst the return of the One-God’s Blessed, David, and the unnatural Plague ravaging North Aitrula, they’ve shown the world that the Blessed are vital to humanity’s survival. As the One-God prepares his debut to Maeval Tacnal, the Blessed must see to the demands of their royal blood and protect their people from threats while navigating their own lives and loves. Neilina finds herself unexpectedly caring for her charges, and she will keep them safe even if means breaking something older than the planet itself. Adeline’s father is determined to arrange an engagement for her, despite knowing little about her or her powers, and a bad marriage could signal the end of her days. Aubrey, back in the first home she remembers, captures the attention of the married king of Draylla. Eibhlin’s beauty bewitches those around her, but a fouled romance sparks bitterness in her heart. Mathilde finds the weight of a kingdom on her shoulders, and is determined to do the best she can for her people even if it means betraying her own heart. Niall can only run from his responsibilities for so long before he’ll have to grow up. Selene, disowned and free, is ready to move on with her life and answer to no one. Meanwhile, the One-God sows seeds of temptation among the Blessed, baiting them to abandon their true paths and follow him. They’re faced with an impossible challenge: pass his trials without losing themselves.

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Download or read book Midnight Son written by Barbara Dunlop and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Barbara Dunlop is back with the sizzling tale of a woman who may have been switched at birth…and the man who has to figure out if she’s the real deal… He’s determined to shed light on this mystery woman until he’s dazzled by her charms… Alaskan bush pilot and telecom exec Nathaniel Stone isn’t ready to trust the stunning stranger who insists she’s his employer’s long-lost biological daughter. Was Sophie Crush really switched at birth? Or is the Seattle restaurant manager running a brilliant con to insinuate herself into the wealthy Anchorage family? Nathaniel gets closer to find out—too close. Because when he lets down his guard and gives in to passion, revelations threaten to expose his own deception…and a shattering family secret. From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Gambling Men series: Book 1: The Twin Switch Book 2: The Dating Dare Book 3: Midnight Son Book 4: Husband in Name Only

Download or read book Happy Holidays Julianne written by Jan Gallagher Dunn and published by Jan Gallagher Dunn. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julianne wants an apology from Hollister. Is it possible? When they first met, Hollister Hawthorne made unrequested improvements to her life. She broke up with him. To win her back, he promised to never interfere in her life again. Years later, he can't help himself. Instead of letting her fix her own problem, Hollister jumps in and makes a mess. The big problem—she wants an apology and that is not a word in her husband’s vocabulary. Will they get back together and save the holidays?