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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier

Published: 2017-09-05

Paperback: 304 pages

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Swe...

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El Libro de los Baltimore (Spanish Edition)

by Joël Dicker

Published: 2016-05-24

Kindle Edition: 480 pages

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Joël Dicker rescata en El libro de los Baltimore a Marcus Goldman, protagonista de su gran novela La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert. «El Libro de los Baltimore es una novela titánica, nabokoviana, altamente recomendable.»Laura Fernández, El Cultural de El Mundo «Si encontráis ...

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My Brilliant Career (Penguin Classics)

by Miles Franklin

Published: 2007-10-02

Paperback: 288 pages

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The fierce, irreverent novel of aspiration and rebellion that is both a cornerstone of Australian literature and a feminist classic Miles Franklin began the candid, passionate, and contrary My Brilliant Career when she was only sixteen, intending it to be the Australian answer to Jane Eyr...

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The Loved Ones

by Sonya Chung

Published: 2016-10-18

Paperback: 280 pages

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In this masterful novel of inheritance and loss, Sonya Chung (Long for This World) proves herself a worthy heir to Marguerite Duras, Hwang Sun-won, and James Salter. Spanning generations and divergent cultures, The Loved Ones maps the intimate politics of unlikely attractions, illicit love...

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Tiger Pelt

by Annabelle Kim

Published: 2017-01-09

Paperback: 362 pages

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Center for Fiction Finalist for First Novel PrizeNamed to Kirkus Reviews' Best BooksGold Winner Nautilus Book AwardsGripping, suspenseful, and unflinching, Tiger Pelt is a story of rebirth from the rubble of a savage time and a ravaged place: Korea during the Japanese occupation followed ...

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The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption

by Dahr Jamail

Published: 2019-01-15

Hardcover: 272 pages

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As seen in Men’s Journal, Smithsonian.com, and The GuardianThe author who Jeremy Scahill calls the “quintessential unembedded reporter” visits “hot spots” around the world in a global quest to discover how we will cope with our planet’s changing ecosystems After nearly a decade...

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Paddington

by Michael Bond

Published: 2007-06-26

Hardcover: 32 pages

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Nearly fifty years ago, a small bear from Darkest Peru set out on an adventure of a lifetime. With nothing but a suitcase, several jars of marmalade, and a label around his neck that read, "Please Look After This Bear," he stowed away on a ship headed for faraway England. When the little b...

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From the Waitlist...to the Most Wanted...I AM CHOSEN: A Powerful Adoption Story of Identity, Purpose, and Love

by Brittany Neely Jones

Published: 2017-12-20

Paperback: 264 pages

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*The Best Adoption Memoir of 2017!* "From the Wait List...to the Most Wanted...I am CHOSEN" gives an unguarded look at adoption and identity. Through relatable stories with biblical references, Jones discloses how she once existed with no identity, self-esteem, or confidence to now fearlessly progressing...

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Mama

by Terry McMillan

Published: 2005-12-06

Paperback: 352 pages

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The explosive novel that introduced #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan-now in a new trade edition.

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Alice Walker: A Life

by Evelyn C. White

Published: 2005-11-28

Paperback: 496 pages

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"The rich, complex story White tells . . . is never less than fascinating." ?New York Times Book Review Alice Walker's life is remarkable not only because she was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction (the book that won her that award, The Color Purple, has been transl...