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Small Beauty

by jia qing wilson-yang

Published: 2016-05-01

Paperback: 176 pages

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Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women's Studies. SMALL BEAUTY tells the story of Mei, a mixed race trans woman managing the death of her cousin, the ways she contorts to navigate racism and transphobia, and her desire for community as she takes an opportunity to leave the city...

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Ordinary Girls: A Memoir

by Jaquira Díaz

Published: 2019-10-29

Hardcover: 336 pages

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“There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Julia Alvarez Ordinary Girls is a fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaqui...

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Home for Erring and Outcast Girls: A Novel

by Julie Kibler

Published: 2019-07-23

Hardcover: 400 pages

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An emotionally raw and resonant story of love, loss, and the enduring power of friendship, following the lives of two young women connected by a home for “fallen girls,” and inspired by historical events. “Home for Erring and Outcast Girls deftly reimagines the wounded women who ...

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HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (Inalienable Rights)

by Nadine Strossen

Published: 2018-05-01

Hardcover: 232 pages

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HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about "hate speech vs. free speech," showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony. We hear too many incorrect assertions that "hate speech" -- which has no generall...

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Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii

by James L. Haley

Published: 2015-12-08

Paperback: 464 pages

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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The ar...

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Out of the Easy

by Ruta Sepetys

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 384 pages

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“A haunting peek at the life of a teenage girl in 1950s New Orleans.”--Entertainment WeeklyIt’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel...

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Crazy Rich Asians (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)

by Kevin Kwan

Published: 2018-07-17

Paperback: 544 pages

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A hilarious and heartwarming New York Times bestselling novel—now a major motion picture!   “This 48-karat beach read is crazy fun.” —Entertainment WeeklyWhen New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble f...

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The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson

Published: 2010-08-31

Hardcover: 1008 pages

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, Book One of the Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that t...

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Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson

Published: 2015-03-03

Mass Market Paperback: 1328 pages

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command ...

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Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson

Published: 2018-10-30

Paperback: 1264 pages

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The #1 New York Times bestseller, Oathbringer is the third volume of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive fantasy epic where humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.Dalinar Kholin’s Alethi armies won...