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Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
Abandoned Son-in-law: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Lin GongZiFour years ago, Lin Mu Yun had refused the marriage and left the Lin Family. To be mocked and ridiculed, to experience the coldness of human nature.Coincidentally, he became the most despised son-in-law of the Liu Family. Everyone called him a good-for-nothing, and his wife was always being difficult.Four years later, the Lin Clan's situation changed, and everyone came to beg him to return!However, the current Lin Mu Yun had long since stood at the peak of the mountain, looking down on all living beings.
The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters
by Begoña Gómez UrzaizAn incisive collection about motherhood and creative life through the lens of mothers—in history, literature, and pop culture—who have abandoned their children. What kind of mother abandons her child? During the pandemic, trapped at home with young children and struggling to find creative space to write, journalist Begoña Gómez Urzaiz became fixated on artistic women who overcame both society’s condemnation and their own maternal guilt to leave their children—at will or due to economic or other circumstances. The Abandoners is sharp, at times slyly humorous, and always deeply empathetic. Using famous examples such as Ingrid Bergman, Muriel Spark, Doris Lessing, and Maria Montessori as well as fictional ones like Anna Karenina and the many roles of Meryl Streep, and interrogating modern trends like “momfluencers,” Gómez Urzaiz reveals what our judgement of these women tells us about our judgement of all women.
Abandoning the Black Hero: Sympathy and Privacy in the Postwar African American White-Life Novel
by John C. CharlesAbandoning the Black Hero is the first book to examine the postwar African American white-life novel--novels with white protagonists written by African Americans. These fascinating works have been understudied despite having been written by such defining figures in the tradition as Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ann Petry, and Chester Himes, as well as lesser known but formerly best-selling authors Willard Motley and Frank Yerby.John C. Charles argues that these fictions have been overlooked because they deviate from two critical suppositions: that black literature is always about black life and that when it represents whiteness, it must attack white supremacy. The authors are, however, quite sympathetic in the treatment of their white protagonists, which Charles contends should be read not as a failure of racial pride but instead as a strategy for claiming creative freedom, expansive moral authority, and critical agency.In an era when "Negro writers" were expected to protest, their sympathetic treatment of white suffering grants these authors a degree of racial privacy previously unavailable to them. White writers, after all, have the privilege of racial privacy because they are never pressured to write only about white life. Charles reveals that the freedom to abandon the "Negro problem" encouraged these authors to explore a range of new genres and themes, generating a strikingly diverse body of novels that significantly revise our understanding of mid-twentieth-century black writing.
El abanico de seda
by Lisa SeeEsta novela es una ventana a un mundo asombroso, lejano y desconocido, un retrato vivo de la vida de unas mujeres extraordinarias que dejará en el lector una impresión difícil de olvidar. En una remota provincia de China, las mujeres crearon hace siglos un lenguaje secreto para comunicarse libremente entre sí: el nu shu. Aisladas en sus casas y sometidas a la férrea autoridad masculina, el nu shu era su única vía de escape. Mediante sus mensajes, escritos o bordados en telas, abanicos y otros objetos, daban testimonio de un mundo tan sofisticado como implacable. El año 2002, la autora de esta novela viajó a la provincia de Huan, cuna de esta milenaria escritura fonética, para estudiarla en profundidad. Su prolongada estancia le permitió recoger testimonios de mujeres que la conocían, así como de la última hablante de nu shu, la nonagenaria Yang Huanyi. A partir de aquellas investigaciones, Lisa See concibióesta conmovedora historia sobre la amistad entre dos mujeres, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve. Como prueba de su buena estrella, la pequeña Lirio Blanco, hija de una humilde familia de campesinos, será hermanada con Flor de Nieve, de muy diferente ascendencia social. En una ceremonia ancestral, ambas se convierten en laotong -«mi otro yo» o «alma gemela»-, un vínculo que perdurará toda la vida. Así pues, a lo largo de los años, Lirio Blanco y Flor de Nieve se comunicarán gracias a ese lenguaje secreto, compartiendo sus más íntimos pensamientos y emociones, y consolándose de las penalidades del matrimonio y la maternidad. El nu shu las mantendrá unidas, hasta que un error de interpretación amenazará con truncar su profunda amistad.
Abans de desembre
by Joana MarcusUna història d'amor i passió amb un compte enrere. Tot acabarà Abans de desembre. Una de les històries d'amor més adictives de Wattpad. Per a la Jenna Brown, el seu primer any a la Universitat suposava allunyar-se de la seva família i els seus amics i enfrontar-se al món per primera vegada. El seu xicot li havia deixat clares les seves intencions: a partir d'aquell moment, tenien una relació a distància i oberta. Els dos podien fer el que volguessin, perquè sabien que s'estimaven l'un a l'altre. Així que no passava res si no deixava d'acostar-se al millor amic del xicot de la seva companya d'habitació, oi? De totes maneres, quina importància tenia que estigués amb ell mentre no hi era el seu xicot? Tot tornaria a la normalitat al mes de desembre. Canviaria alguna cosa? Tenia fins llavors per descobrir-ho.
Abans no eres així
by Mònica PérezLa popular actriu i còmica catalana ens brinda la seva opera prima. Una novel·la chick lit, de superació i molt emotiva, però escrita en clau d'humor, un gènere amb el qual ha aconseguit grans èxits. De Madrid a Barcelona entre benzineres i boscos, s'inicia un viatge inoblidable per a les quatre protagonistes d'aquesta història. En un BlaBlaCar es coneixen una catalana, una madrilenya, una gallega i una basca -gairebé com l'acudit-. Les quatre han participat en un càsting a Madrid per tenir el paper principal d'una nova sèrie. Durant el trajecte, mentre conversen, recorden fets del passat i viuen més d'una aventura, arriben a la conclusió que el nom de cadascuna influeix en el seu caràcter i, òbviament, en el seu futur. Antipàtica i cínica, però amb coratge, la Valentina és la protagonista d'aquesta història. Com no podia ser d'una altra manera, la Dolors és hipocondríaca; la Tomasa, incrèdula com el sant, «si no lo veo, no lo creo», i la Victòria, una fleuma que prové d'una família de triomfadors. Quan arriben al seu destí, les quatre actrius accepten el repte de canviar-se el nom, evidentment la seva personalitat i fer un gir a la seva vida. Podran la Valentina, la Dolors, la Tomasa i la Victòria convertir-se en la Pietat, la Llum, la Fe o la Violeta? Es pot canviar de veritat? Ho acceptarà bonament la gent que t'envolta, o potser hauràs de sentir aquell retret constant que tan poc t'agrada de: «abans no eres així»? Més tard, les quatre actrius tornaran a viatjar juntes. Serà el mateix trajecte, però no serà el mateix viatge.
Abans no eres així
by Mònica PérezLa popular actriu i còmica catalana ens brinda la seva opera prima. Una novel·la chick lit, de superació i molt emotiva, però escrita en clau d'humor, un gènere amb el qual ha aconseguit grans èxits. De Madrid a Barcelona entre benzineres i boscos, s'inicia un viatge inoblidable per a les quatre protagonistes d'aquesta història. En un BlaBlaCar es coneixen una catalana, una madrilenya, una gallega i una basca -gairebé com l'acudit-. Les quatre han participat en un càsting a Madrid per tenir el paper principal d'una nova sèrie. Durant el trajecte, mentre conversen, recorden fets del passat i viuen més d'una aventura, arriben a la conclusió que el nom de cadascuna influeix en el seu caràcter i, òbviament, en el seu futur. Antipàtica i cínica, però amb coratge, la Valentina és la protagonista d'aquesta història. Com no podia ser d'una altra manera, la Dolors és hipocondríaca; la Tomasa, incrèdula com el sant, «si no lo veo, no lo creo», i la Victòria, una fleuma que prové d'una família de triomfadors. Quan arriben al seu destí, les quatre actrius accepten el repte de canviar-se el nom, evidentment la seva personalitat i fer un gir a la seva vida. Podran la Valentina, la Dolors, la Tomasa i la Victòria convertir-se en la Pietat, la Llum, la Fe o la Violeta? Es pot canviar de veritat? Ho acceptarà bonament la gent que t'envolta, o potser hauràs de sentir aquell retret constant que tan poc t'agrada de: «abans no eres així»? Més tard, les quatre actrius tornaran a viatjar juntes. Serà el mateix trajecte, però no serà el mateix viatge.
Abarat
by Clive BarkerA journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . . It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold.When the answer comes, it's not one she expects.Welcome to the Abarat.
Abarat: Absolute Midnight (Abarat #3)
by Clive BarkerClive Barker, author of The Thief of Always, delivers an epic battle filled with fantasy and adventure that readers won't want to put down!Candy Quackenbush, her allies, and her enemies are back in Abarat: Absolute Midnight, the third book in Clive Barker's New York Times bestselling Abarat series."The waiting is over. Tomorrow there will be no dawn. Only midnight, absolute and eternal." Mater Motley, the Old Mother of Darkness herself—following the events of Abarat and Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War—has crafted a scheme that may destroy the Abarat, a vast archipelago where every hour is an island in one eternal day.When Candy discovers Mater Motley's secret plot, she realizes that only she can bring an end to the destruction. Only she can stop the complete darkness threatening to abolish all hope and happiness from the Abarat.
Abattoir Blues: DCI Banks 22 (DCI Banks #22)
by Peter RobinsonThe twenty second instalment of the grisly bestselling DCI Banks series. Also an award winning TV series starring Stephen Tompkinson. Two missing boys.A stolen bolt gun.One fatal shot.Three ingredients for murder.Misled from the start, DCI Banks and his team are far from enthusiastic when they're called to investigate the theft of a tractor. But this is no trivial case of rural crime. A blood stain is found in an abandoned hangar, two main suspects vanish without a trace, and events take a darkly sinister turn.As each lead does little to unravel the mystery, Banks feels like the case is coming to a dead end. Until a road accident reveals some alarming evidence, which throws the investigation to a frightening new level.Someone is trying to cover their tracks - someone with very deadly intent . . .'Classic Robinson: labyrinthine plot merged with deft characterisation' - The Observer
Abattoir Blues: DCI Banks 22 (DCI Banks #22)
by Peter RobinsonThe twenty-second novel in Number One bestselling author Peter Robinson's critically acclaimed DCI Banks series. When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister.Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - and in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy who holds the key to the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey . . .(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton
Abattoir Blues
by Peter RobinsonCanada's premier, bestselling crime fiction writer, Peter Robinson gets better and better. The twenty-second book in the much-loved Inspector Banks series -- that has sold more than ten million copies worldwide -- will appeal to readers of Ian Rankin and Michael Connelly. The story begins with a stolen tractor, hardly a job for DCI Banks and his Homicide and Major Crimes team, but the new police commissioner has put rural crime high on her agenda. At the same time, an apparent crime scene is discovered in an old hangar at an abandoned World War II airfield. In addition, two local lads are missing. One of them lives in a caravan, which is burned to the ground one night, and the other's girlfriend receives an unwelcome visit from someone impersonating a police officer. Just as Banks and his team are getting a grip on all these incidents, a motor accident in a freak hailstorm turns up a gruesome discovery that spins the investigation into high gear. Soon it seems that not even the investigators themselves are safe during the race against time that follows.
The Abattoir of Dreams
by Mark TilburyA paralyzed amnesiac must solve his girlfriend&’s murder in this psychological thriller from the author of the Ben Whittle Investigations. Michael Tate has not had an easy life. With his father in prison, and his mother dead, Michael was sent to Woodside Children&’s Home.Now an adult, Michael wakes up in hospital from a coma suffering from amnesia and paralysis. Confused and terrified, he is charged with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Becky. He also learns he attempted to end his own life.Detective Inspector John Carver is determined to send Michael to prison.With no way of defending himself, Michael is left in his hospital bed awaiting transfer to remand. But then strange things begin to happen and his childhood comes back to haunt him…. Can Michael ever escape the past? Will he ever discover the truth about Becky&’s murder? And why is DI Carver so eager to make him suffer?
Abbasid Belles-Lettres
by Julia Ashtiany T. M. Johnstone J. D. Latham R. B. Serjeant G. Rex SmithThis volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature covers artistic prose and poetry produced in the heartland and provinces of the 'Abbasid empire during the second great period of Arabic literature, from the mid-eighth to the thirteenth centuries AD. 'Abbasid literature was characterised by the emergence of many new genres and of a scholarly and sophisticated critical consciousness. This volume deals chronologically with the main genres and provides extended studies of major poets, prose-writers and literary theorists. It concludes with a comprehensive survey of the relatively unknown literature of the Yemen to appear in a European language since the manuscript discoveries of recent years. To make the material accessible to non-specialist readers, 'Abbasid authors are quoted in English translation wherever possible, and clear explanations of their literary techniques and conventions are provided. With chapters by leading specialists from the Middle East, Europe and America, the volume represents a wide cross-section of current academic opinion.
Abbe (Kadambari): ಅಬ್ಬೆ (ಕಾದಂಬರಿ)
by Shashidhara Haladyಅಬ್ಬೆ ಎಂದರೆ ವಿಷಕಾರಿ ಜೇಡ. ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ, ಮಾನವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮಾನವ ದುರಾಸೆಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುವ ಈ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದುಹೋದ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಹುಡುಕಾಟವಿದೆ.
Abberton House
by Debbie IoannaA family moves into a farmhouse in a quiet English village—but mysterious events a century earlier haunt their new home . . . In 1916, the Great War is underway and Henry has been called up, leaving his wife and three children in their North Yorkshire farmhouse. They keep in touch via letters—but when he returns to Abberton House, his whole family has disappeared. There are whispers of an affair, but Henry refuses to believe it—and spends the rest of his life searching . . . That long-ago mystery is still talked about in the village a hundred years later when Adam and Catherine move into the house with their five-year-old daughter. As they settle in, strange things begin to happen. Little Bella speaks to imaginary friends. Faces are seen in the windows, and footsteps sound from above. As time goes on, Catherine digs deeper into the history of Abberton House and learns of some chilling truths—or are they just rumours? And will Catherine and Adam have to take drastic action to rid the house of the angry spirits before any more damage is done?