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From Knopf Canada's New Face of Fiction program - launching grounds for Yann Martel's Life of Pi and Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees - comes this powerfully evocative novel. At age 18, Seid Quan is the first in the Chan family to emigrate from China to Vancover in 1913. Paving the way for a wife and son, he is profoundly lonely, even as he joins the Chinatown community. Weaving in and out of the past and the present, The End of East pieces together the spellbinding tale of Seid Quan's family.

Filled with catchall research, American Hemp examines what this new domestic crop can be used for, what makes it a superior product, and what made it illegal in the first place; the book also delves into the many health and medical benefits of the plant. Hobbs weighs in on how hemp can improve existing industries, from farming to energy to 3D printing, plus how it can make a serious impact on climate change by removing toxins from the soil and by decreasing our dependence on plastics and fossil fuels.

Things are not looking great for Princess Devin Nile. In the past 24 hours, she and her four best friends have gotten kicked out of school, banished to the Hollow Woods, and declared outlaws. (That's what happens when you accuse the headmistress of Royal Academy of being in league with the villains.) But Devin's not about to go down without a fight. Step one: find the famous Red Riding Hood and her vigilante friends for backup. Step two: come up with a plan to expose the truth about Headmistress Olivina to all of Enchantasia...or risk their homeland falling under villainous rule.

With big-time villains Rumpelstiltskin and Alva still on the loose and the citizens of Enchantasia on high alert, things at Fairy Tale Reform School have been a little...stressed. So when Maxine finds an old lamp that turns out to house an overly enthusiastic genie, she knows exactly what to do: wish for everyone to be happy! But her wish has some unexpected consequences. Suddenly, ex-villains are singing, trolls and ogres are getting along, and the whole school is more focused on putting on a musical than figuring out how to deal with Rumpelstiltskin.

Inspired by and adapted from her breakout book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, 7 Days of Christmas takes Hatmaker's social experiments in seven key areas - food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, stress - and turns them into thoughtful and practical generosity that captures the true spirit of Christmas.

Hiányosan öltözött, titokzatos fiatalember tűnik fel az egzotikus trópusi üdülőparadicsom legelegánsabb szállodájában. Kisvártatva rejtélyes gyilkosság történik, valamint kitör egy "bubópestisjárvány" - a zaklatott hatóságok a hotelt vesztegzárral szigetelik el a külvilágtól. A gyilkosságot többen is magukra vállalják.

Mr. Theo (szül.: Theobald Lincoln), a Pacioci (szül.: Pacific Ocean Trust) dúsgazdag tulajdonosának aranyifjú egyszülötte sürgősen világhírűvé akar válni (szerelemből kifolyólag). E vágyának újsághirdetésben ad hangot. A megoldás egy kalandos hajóút, melyre elképesztő alakok válogatott kompániája kíséri el. Vele tart főúri kedvencünk, Fülig Jimmy is, aki utánozhatatlan stílusban számol be az eseményekről uralkodótársának.

Piszkos Fred a háttérből irányítja az eseményeket, s egyengeti egy hazájába visszatérő ifjú trónörökös, valamint a kikötők jólelkű vagánya, Fülig Jimmy kalandos útját Port Szaidtól Szingapúron át a Boldogság Szigetek fővárosáig.

Pipacs, aki, mint már tudjuk, fenegyerek, a regény másik - jobb sorsra érdemes - hősét veszi szárnya alá. Az illető végül ennek ellenére révbe ér - némi dzsungelharc és nem kevés pofon árán. Az elsikkasztott pénztáros című elbeszélés - hősnek távolról sem alkalmas - főszereplője védtelenül marad húszezer dollár társaságában.

A légióba kényszerülő három jóbarát: Csülök, Senki Alfonz és Tuskó Hopkins, no meg persze a fáradhatatlanul levelező Török Szultán nagyszabású gyarmati szélhámosságot készülnek felderíteni egy ártatlanul elítélt tiszt védelmében.

Dämonen, Götter, Rache und Verrat - gegen all das haben sich Wydrin, Sebastian und Frith zur Wehr gesetzt. Aber noch immer zieht der Drache weiter nach Norden. Als sie endlich wissen, wie sie die Bestie vernichten und die Zerstörung beenden können, drängt sich eine gewaltige Armee zwischen unsere Helden und ihr Ziel. Und die Zeit läuft immer schneller davon. Sie müssen Y'Ruen aufhalten, bevor sie die ganze Welt mit ihren Flammen zu Asche verbrennt.

Unsere drei Helden Wydrin, Sebastian und Frith müssen den Schrecken bekämpfen, den sie auf die Welt gelassen haben. Lord Frith hat eine uralte Magie zum Leben erweckt, die ihrer aller Rettung sein kann. Doch er hat noch nicht gelernt, sie zu beherrschen. Derweil ruft Wydrins unbesonnene Art eine Horde tödlicher Piraten auf den Plan. Und Sebastian versteht nur langsam, dass ein echter Sieg nur mit einem persönlichen Opfer errungen werden kann.

Was denken wir über Geld? Macht es uns glücklich? Oder sind wir ständig pleite? Erfrischend offen und unterhaltsam zeigt Jen Sincero Schritt für Schritt, wie wir unsere Einstellung gegenüber Geld positiv verändern und die Stolpersteine überwinden können, die bisher den finanziellen Erfolg verhindert haben. Dabei verrät sie auch anhand ihrer eigenen Geschichte, wie man es schafft, Schluss zu machen mit der Dauerpleite - und zwar nachhaltig: Heute reist Sincero um die Welt und wohnt in Luxushotels.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, bite-sized inspiration and guidance to keep your transformation on track For anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated while trailblazing towards badassery, You Are a Badass Every Day is the companion to keep you fresh, grateful, mighty, and...

A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band the Brightsiders, Emmy King's life should be perfect. But there's nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she's branded the latest tabloid train wreck. Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life.

Jen Epstein was born a worrier. As a child she worried her uvula would break off and she would swallow it and choke to death. Then she worried high voltage wires would get her. Eventually she was diagnosed with learning disabilities and later, obsessive compulsive disorder. Smart but challenged, Jen navigates two years in Israel as a high school student and squabbling with technical support for her TV. She survives a two-night stay in the hospital, with all its dangers of contamination, and the nursing staff traipsing into her room at all hours of the night wanting her bodily fluids.

Why do we sleep? Do animals dream? Where is the oldest bed in the world? In this compendium of five-minute really true stories, you will travel to ancient Egypt to explore the five beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to discover how astronauts get ready for bed, and plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms. With up-to-the-minute, expert information that is beautifully read by British actress Joanna Lumley, this audiobook is the ultimate brainy bedtime companion for young children.

Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we actually inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and the Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometers in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spins quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas.

Journey back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, the biggest, scariest creatures the world has ever known. Which dinosaurs hunted in packs like wolves? What was the deadliest dinosaur of them all? Which were the very largest species? Not all dinosaurs were bloodthirsty meat-eaters, but all were armed and dangerous. You are advised to keep well clear as we tour the world of the dinosaurs, taking a detailed look at all the most amazing species.

Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.