Books like 'Forbidden City, USA: Chinese American Nightclubs, 1936-1970'
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 90 ratingsIn love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939: In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says good-bye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front...Categorized as:
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The Way of Kings, Part 2 by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAccording to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed ...They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope, the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, known as Shardblades... -
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All The Young Dudes - Volume Three: ‘Til the End by MsKingBean89
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMsKingBean’s “All The Young Dudes” has been divided into three volumes. This third book covers... the end... -
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Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 88 ratingsDanger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMINGA net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute... -
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The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 90 ratingsIn the third volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy the good and evil forces join battle, and we see that the triumph of good is not absolute. The Third Age of Middle-earth ends, and the age of the dominion of Men begins... -
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The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBeloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie... -
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All The Young Dudes - Volume One: Years 1 - 4 by MsKingBean89
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMsKingBean’s “All The Young Dudes” has been divided into three volumes. This first book covers Years 1 - 4... -
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A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 94 ratingsOf the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun... -
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The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Marc Forster Film by David Benioff, Khaled Hosseini
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWith more than 120 photos in full color and the complete screenplay, the story behind the making of the movie based on the beloved bestselling novel directed by Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, and Stranger Than Fiction)... -
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsIt is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down. The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels might actually win. But for Claire Fraser and her family, there are even more tumultuous revolutions that have to be accommodated... -
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A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers, Richard Ferrone
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 60 ratings“The city was silently bloating in the hot sun, rotting like the thousands of bodies that lay where they had fallen in street battles.” With this opening sentence, A Voice in the Wind transports readers back to Jerusalem during the first Jewish-Roman War, some seventy years after the death of Christ...Categorized as:
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The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"2016 Newbery Honor book*Winner of the 2016 Schneider Family Book AwardThis #1 New York Times bestseller is an exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War II. For fans of Counting by 7s and Sarah, Plain and Tall.Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside... -
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The Sea Speaks His Name by Leila S. Chudori
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe tragic yet inspiring story of a group of friends, all young and idealistic political activists who faced the iron fist of power in the waning days of the Suharto regime, in the late 1990s.In the twilight hours of a day in March, Biru Laut was ambushed by four unknown men. Together with his friends, Daniel, Sunu and Alex, he was taken to an unknown location... -
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The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsIn 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her destiny…and it’s a lie that will remain buried until the next century.Since she was nine years old, Alina Dziak knew she would marry her best friend, Tomasz... -
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 103 ratingsAging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere... -
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsBy the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, by the National Cartoonists' Society. The book contains material taken from Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under the Bed is Drooling, and also 12 pages of new material...Categorized as:
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![Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson]()
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAn unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned... -
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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsThe Fellowship of the Ring, part one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, first reached these shores on October 21, 1954, arriving, as C. S. Lewis proclaimed, “like lightning from a clear sky.” Fifty years and nearly one hundred million American readers later comes a beautiful new one-volume collector’s edition befitting the stature of this crown jewel of our list... -
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J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThis four-volume, boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King).In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in Hobbiton by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves...Categorized as:
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Winner of the Stowe Prize Winner of 2022 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist One of GQ’s 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century One of President Obama's Favorite Books of... -
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A Game of Thrones #1 by Daniel Abraham, George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsA New York Times bestselling epic. A blockbuster TV series. And now, George R. R. Martin’s breathtaking fantasy masterpiece makes its powerful graphic novel debut—with all the majesty, intrigue, full-blooded adventure, and sweeping, mythic vision that have made it a landmark work of imaginative literature... -
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Mark of the Lion Trilogy by Francine Rivers
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis best-selling trilogy chronicles a tale of persecution and perseverance of 1st-century Christians in hedonistic Rome.#1 A Voice in the Wind: Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome...Categorized as:
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![It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson]()
It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen cartoonist Bill Watterson announced that his phenomenally popular cartoon strip would be discontinued, Calvin and Hobbes fans throughout the world went into mourning. Fans have learned to survive -- despite the absence of the boy and his tiger in the daily newspaper. It's a Magical World delivers all the satisfaction of visiting its characters once more... -
![Und auf einmal diese Stille: Die Oral History des 11. September (suhrkamp taschenbuch) by Garrett M. Graff]()
Und auf einmal diese Stille: Die Oral History des 11. September (suhrkamp taschenbuch) by Garrett M. Graff
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma... -
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![The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku]()
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHolocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country...Categorized as:
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Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings... -
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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this final book (Volume 8), read the conclusion to this epic historical fantasy about a prince and the mysterious man by his side, in English for the very first time. Also includes bonus stories!White No-Face's mask is off, and the final conflict has begun... -
![The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson]()
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsMany moons ago, the magic of Calvin and Hobbes first appeared on the funny pages and the world was introduced to a wondrous pair of friends -- a boy and his tiger, who brought new life to the comics page...Categorized as:
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![The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson]()
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThey're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes. A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America...Categorized as:
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 43 ratings(An alternate cover edition exists here)Now in a paperback boxed set, the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker)...
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