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After the Baby's Birth: A Complete Guide for Postpartum... by Robin Lim The first few weeks and months after a baby's birth can be a wonderful and confusing time. While trying to discover the best ways to care for her child, new (and... More about this book »	Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy... by Richard Rhodes What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention... More about this book »
Missio by Tim Hewtson le Roux 'A magical journey that sparkles with wit and shimmers with intelligence', Genevieve Graham, author of 'Under The Same Sky'. Walking the rundown streets of his... More about this book »	Missio by Tim Hewtson le Roux 'A magical journey that sparkles with wit and shimmers with intelligence', Genevieve Graham, author of 'Under The Same Sky'. Walking the rundown streets of his... More about this book »
The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving by Robert Leleux The Living End is a tribute to an unforgettable woman, and a testimony to the way a disease can awaken an urgent desire for love and forgiveness. Told... More about this book »	陆犯焉识 The Criminal Lu Yanshi by Geling Yan In this epic Chinese-language novel, arguably the author's most significant to date, she explores the world of Chinese intellectuals over the past sixty years. Lu... More about this book »
La Novena Viuda by Geling Yan Ocho adolescentes se convierten en viudas tras liberar a ocho guerrilleros comunistas de una muerte segura a manos de los japoneses. La novena viuda, Wang Putao, no... More about this book »	CHINA: Portrait of a People by Tom Carter All eyes are on China. Yet despite constant media coverage, increased tourism and rampant foreign investment, the cultural distance between China and the West... More about this book »
金陵十三钗 The Flowers of War (Simplified Chinese Characters) by Geling Yan The story takes place in December 1937 during the Rape of Nanking. A small group of girls is trapped in a Catholic school, looked after by an American priest and a... More about this book »	Songs for the New Depression by Kergan Edwards-Stout Gabriel Travers knows he's dying; he just can't prove it. Despite his doctor's proclamations to the contrary and rumors of a promising new HIV drug cocktail, all it... More about this book »

Running Book Discussion Groups: A How To Do It Manual by Lauren John This unique manual shows you step-by-step how to build, improve, and maintain successful, engaging book discussion groups. Chapters answer the fundamental questions... More about this book »	The Fiesta of the Tortillas/ La Fiesta de las Tortillas by Jorge Argueta The author remembers the day in which the Spirit of the Corn visited the restaurant that his family owned in El Salvador. The narration is full of suspense and... More about this book »
The Little Hen in the City/ La Gallinita en la Ciudad by Jorge Argueta A small, tired, and ill speckled hen that flies in front of her window on a rainy morning, arouses in Natalia nostalgia for her grandfather, who stayed in El... More about this book »	The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of... by Leslie Berlin Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his... More about this book »
The Author Enablers in BookPage by Sam Barry Advice for Aspiring Writers The Author Enablers are here to answer your questions about writing and publishing. Together, Kathi and Sam have more than 25 years of... More about this book »	The Author Enablers in BookPage, Co-authored by Kathi Kamen Goldmark Advice for Aspiring Writers The Author Enablers are here to answer your questions about writing and publishing. Together, Kathi and Sam have more than 25 years of... More about this book »
Ciphers Of Uncommon Origin: Poems By Ana Elsner, Volume I by Ana Elsner -:- A Selection of Poems by Ana Elsner -:- San Francisco Public Library - Main. SFPL Collection, 3rd Floor. Library Catalog: Elsner, Ana. Call No. 811.54EL77p... More about this book »	Spark Catchers by Beatrice Bowles These classic stories from five different cultures share a common theme: the struggles of a small or young protagonist against mighty opposing forces. In "The... More about this book »
Heaven's a Garden in the Heart by Beatrice Bowles Five ways of viewing Heaven with its internal dramas and eternal enemies including myths from Norse, Chinese, Greek, Native Alaskan and European traditions. In... More about this book »	Luck by Eric B. Martin It's June of 1990, all hell's breaking loose on Hunter Olive's tobacco farm, and his son Mike wants to keep it that way. The farmer's twenty-year-old son has come... More about this book »