By: Alice Poon
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Green Phoenix comes a riveting tale of female friendship, honor, and sacrifi…
Want to Read $ 6.99"Happiness is like a slippery eel. It is hard enough to catch and even harder to hold onto."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Happiness is like a slippery eel. It is hard enough to catch and even harder to hold onto."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Time rushes forward and never back, oblivious of human joy or pain. We cannot but be driven by the tide of life."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Time rushes forward and never back, oblivious of human joy or pain. We cannot but be driven by the tide of life."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
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By: David Mitchell
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old li… read more
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"The Future,"-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Books’ll be back,"-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Guys are all sperm-guns."-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
"Don’t mess with the fairies."-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
By: Orlagh Cassidy , Sarah Blake
Format: 11 pages, Audio CD
CDs, 9 CDs, 11 hours What would happen if someone did the unthinkable-and didn't deliver a lette… read more
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"We can't change what is coming. Something is always coming."-Orlagh Cassidy, The Postmistress
"Most people he knew, his wife included, wouldn't make it through an hour on the promise of four sentences. But Frankie Bard was like a camel. She could hold her words for days--as long as she could w…"-Orlagh Cassidy, The Postmistress
"She imagined she could pull Time like taffy, stretching it longer and longer between her hands until the finest point had been reached, the point just before breaking, and she could live there. A poi…"-Orlagh Cassidy, The Postmistress
"It is the story that lies around the edges of the photographs, or at the end of newspaper account. It's about the lies we tell others to protect them, and about the lies we tell ourselves in order no…"-Orlagh Cassidy, The Postmistress
By: Fannie Flagg
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-c… read more
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"Quienes más sufren son quienes menos lo dicen."-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
"Face it girls. I'm older and I have more insurance."-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
"By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave?"-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
"Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?"-Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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By: Edward Rutherfurd
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps th… read more
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By: Edward Rutherfurd
Format: 88 pages,
Here is Edward Rutherfurd's classic novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning two thousand years… read more
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By: Lisa See
Format: None pages,
In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and… read more
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By: Truman Capote
Format: None pages, Audio CD
First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's ru… read more
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By: Indu Sundaresan
Format: None pages, Paperback
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the c… read more
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By: Hiromi Kawakami
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school… read more
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By: Jenni Keer
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
London, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique ti… read more
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By: Lynda Cohen Loigman
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, c… read more
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"A drop of love sometimes brings an ocean of tears."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
"If you can’t decide what you want to fight for, love is as good a cause as any."-Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift
By: Alice Poon
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Green Phoenix comes a riveting tale of female friendship, honor, and sacrifi… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in Alice Poon's Tales of Ming Courtesans book and Alice Poon's Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Happiness is like a slippery eel. It is hard enough to catch and even harder to hold onto."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Time rushes forward and never back, oblivious of human joy or pain. We cannot but be driven by the tide of life."-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans
"Look at the flowing water. Water is humble. It always heads to a low point. Water is soft, formless and flexible. It slides meekly and wittily around rocks, and it nurtures the plants on the sides. T…"-Alice Poon, Tales of Ming Courtesans