Top selling book on Amazon. “This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how I was humbled by a thirteen-year-old".
Amy L. Chua is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Prior to starting her teaching career, she was a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. She specializes in the study of international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization and the law.
Anyone who has dealt with pet loss, and especially a child's pet loss, knows the helpless feeling that can result. Yolan's short children's book presents the life-to-death cycle in a sensitive, positive style through the story of Tiger Rose, an older cat who is weary of her earthly life and ready for more peaceful times. One morning Tiger Rose says goodbye to her family, her home, the critters she chased, curls up under a rosebush and envisions "gathering for one last jump.."
'As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...' Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.
Donna Leon opens doors to the hidden Venice like no one else, showing readers what tourists never see. With her latest novel, Through a Glass, Darkly, Leon takes us inside the secretive island of Murano, home of the world-famous glass factories.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 9233.73 | Fiction literature | 2 February 2012
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The Eleventh Commandment
Connor Fitzgerald is the professional's professional. Holder of the Medal of Honor. Devoted family man. Servant of his country. The CIA's most deadly weapon. But for the past twenty-eight years, Fitzgerald has been leading a double life. And only days from his retirement from the Agency, he comes across an enemy even he cannot handle. The enemy is his own boss, the Director of the CIA. And she has only one purpose: to destroy him.
