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"Yan Lianke is a renowned writer of novels, short stories, and essays who became prominent in contemporary Chinese literature through works of fiction and literary criticism in the late 1990s. Yan's writing is provocative and nuanced, engaging Chinese history to highlight the reality of life for the people of China and to analyze the country's contributions to a worldwide literary canon. Working against increasing publication restrictions in China,...
3644) Cornelia Funke
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"Presents the biography of children's book author Cornelia Funke while exploring her creative process as a writer and illustrator and the cultural impact of her work"--Provided by publisher.
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun volume 12
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"Love's got us spinning round and round... Yuzuki Seo never gives up! Her past Wakamatsu confession attempts were met with...well, not a positive response...so she just has to keep trying, right?! And she can't expect much help from Kashima and Hori-senpai. After all, they're struggling to deal with the aftermath of Hori's awkward confession during the hypnosis-manga debacle...Meanwhile, on the Nozaki front, Sakura is the model for a new shoujo manga--which...
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Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. Expressing and listening to one's own life story is an ancient mode of healing. How do we learn to listen more to the stories that heal? How do we put together the pieces of our past? How can we rewrite our life story so that pain becomes meaningful and actually promotes growth and transformation?
3654) Ava and Pip collection
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"The Ava and Pip collection is a fun and humorous look into the diary of Ava, an 11-year-old girl who loves writing. These quick, heartwarming stories follow Ava as she learns how to be a good sister and friend, how to be patient, and how to use her words carefully."--
3656) Castration Celebration
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Three high school students in a summer arts program at Yale University collaborate on an "anti-guy musical" with the working title, Castration Celebration.
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"Cata nunca se ha visto a sí misma como una acosadora. ¿Qué problema hay si excluye a alguien de un juego o dice cosas crueles a sus amigos de vez en cuando? Tampoco es como si estuviese pegando a alguien. ¿Cuál es el problema? Pero cuando unos niños le ven metiéndose con una compañera de clase e informan al director, Cata se enfrenta a unas duras consecuencias por sus actos. El diario de Cata contando su transformación de acosadora a antigua...