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A beautifully illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadness—and the transformative power of tears. When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustrated? Maybe from relief or from pride? Was it in public or in private? Did you feel better...

An accessible introduction to Christian philosophical theology Philosophical or analytic theology seeks to employ philosophical tools while studying topics in Christian theology and examining the logical consistency or intelligibility of some of the key doctrines of the Christian faith. In this...

Summer 1984 is a time of nostalgia—pay phones, video games, and pizza. But for Maggie North, it's also a time of mystery and danger. As a misfit member of the Magdala League's Special Operations Section, Maggie is used to solving puzzles and riddles, but when her friend and mentor, Mary Wright, is attacked, she knows this is no ordinary mystery.

Thirteen-year-old Bran Joseph Lee has spent half his life building the Vale, an immersive, AI-generated, virtual-reality environment using technology created by his inventor parents. It's a lush fantasy world complete with a Blue Forest, a Castle, and adventures with his mushroom-obsessed Elf named Gnomly—a much better place to spend his days compared to his real life, where his parents have suffered through the failed launches of one invention after another.

A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant and “perceptive” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration. Will is the only round kid in a school full of thin ones. So he hides…in baggy jeans and...

Nel commissariato di Torpignattara, quartiere della periferia romana, c’è un nuovo vicequestore, Luca Wu, il primo poliziotto di origini cinesi in forza in questo distretto. Quando due rapinatori uccidono un commerciante cinese e sua figlia, Luca comincia ad indagare trovandosi presto avviluppato nelle trame criminali che si snodano nel sottobosco capitolino. Un giallo dal ritmo serrato, ambientato nella Chinatown romana, che immerge gli ascoltatori in un mondo parallelo fatto di lotte tra clan rivali e spietate guerre commerciali.

This audio course focuses on the Chinese dialect of Xiang, sometimes called Hsian or Hunanese, as spoken in the Central Southeastern region of China in Huanan and portions of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hubei provinces. Xiang was the language spoken by Mao Zedong. Variations of Xiang are currently spoken by approximately 40 million people. This course offers a basic introduction to key words and phrases in this important Chinese language. Topics covered include the words and phrases that are likely to be most useful to young language speakers.

Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States. When Kalia becomes unhappy about having to do without and decides she wants braces to improve her smile, it is her grandmother - a woman who has just one tooth in her mouth - who helps her see that true beauty is found with those we love most.

A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy world. As the seasons change, so too does a young Hmong girl's world. She moves into a new home with her family and encounters both birth and death. As this curious girl explores life inside her house and beyond, she collects bits of the natural world. But who are her treasures for?

Shares a series of simple, practical, and profound conscious breathing, movement, and meditation exercises that help you bypass the ego-centered mind, open your heart, and live in the present moment Developed through the author’s decades of work with cancer patients Through decades of...

Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.

In today's fast-changing, hyper-competitive market, developing your ability to creatively solve problems is mission critical. Creativity fuels growth, serves clients, and contributes to mission-based pursuits. Across every industry, organizations have an insatiable appetite to find creative problem-solvers, who can crack the code to unlock innovative outcomes and drive measurable results.

The End of the Golden Gate is a penetrating journey that illuminates both what makes San Francisco so magnetizing and how it has changed vastly over time. With essays chronicling the impact of the tech-industry invasion and the evolution, gentrification, and radical cost of living that has transformed San Francisco's most beloved neighborhoods, these prescient essayists capture the lasting imprint of the 1960s counterculture movement, as well as the fight to preserve the art, music, and other creative movements that make this forever the city of love.

When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese people - who were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China.

Unit 731 was established during the Sino-Japanese War in Harbin as a covert biological warfare research and development section of the Imperial Japanese Army. Besides human experimentation, they developed lethal biological weapons as an efficient way to win the war against the world. In about a decade of existence, they produced a massive amount of germs enough to kill the world three times.

Presenting a collection of adventure stories from BookBox.

Greater Than a Tourist - Hualien Taiwan by Yasmine Davis offers the inside scoop on Hualien. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay.

Greater Than a Tourist: Colorado Springs Colorado USA by Anita M. Pariseau offers the inside scoop on Colorado Springs. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

传说中的无上天，是所有生命最后的庇护所。在西藏的茫茫雪山中，是否隐藏着人类的最后一处圣地？……傳說中的無上天，是所有生命最後的庇護所。在西藏的茫茫雪山中，是否隱藏著人類的最後一處聖地？

仙幻时代豪门情事纠葛，九州八荒浪漫凄美童话。 凡间女子扶菲在偷东西时遇到清弘和朱雀……仙幻時代豪門情事糾葛，九州八荒浪漫淒美童話。 凡間女子扶菲在偷東西時遇到清弘和朱雀……