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Dear You, Dream Big!
by Baptiste PaulA new classic for Black and Brown children.ANYTHING and EVERYTHING is possible!Perhaps you want to become an artist, or a scientist, or maybe even president. Even when--especially when--the path is hard, Dear YOU: Dream BIG.A personal, poetic, and uplifting affirmation from Caribbean-born author Baptiste Paul encouraging today's Black youth to reject those who wish to silence them, exclude them, and reject their talents with one powerful refrain.A powerful, lyrical anthem of Black pride celebrating Black creativity, leadership, and innovation that's perfect for fans of All Because You Matter, I Am Every Good Thing, and I Am Enough.
Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa
by John Murillo and Nicole SealeyThis carefully and generously curated mosaic of essays, letters, and poems reveals the profound impact that poet Yusef Komunyakaa has had on poets, educators, and readers worldwide. The anthology brings together creative and critical offerings from fellow poets, former students, literary entities, and other admirers. There are emerging and established voices—from previously unpublished writers to Pulitzer Prize winning poets. Together these pieces honor one of the most influential writers of the last half century, one, it turns out, who is as beloved for his teaching as he is celebrated for his creative work. Contributors include Terrance Hayes, Sharon Olds, Carolyn Forché, Toi Derricotte, and Martín Espada, among others. Dear Yusef affirms Komunyakaa's transformative influence, showcasing how his mentoring has ignited creativity, nurtured passion, and fostered a sense of belonging among countless individuals. Through the artistry of these testimonials, we witness the transformative power of poetry and the enduring legacy of a true literary icon.Please note that the hardcover edition is unjacketed.
Dear Yvette (Throwback Diaries #2)
by Ni-Ni SimoneAll sixteen year old Yvette Simmons wanted was to disappear. Problem is: she has too many demons for that. Yvette's life changed forever after a street fight over a boy ended in a second degree murder charge. Forced to start all over again, she's sentenced to live in a group home far from anything or anyone she's ever known. She manages to keep her past hidden, until a local cutie, known as Brooklyn, steps in. Slowly, Yvette lets him into her heart and he gives her the summer of her dreams... But in Yvette's world things are never as they seem. Brooklyn has a few secrets of his own and Yvette's past comes back with a vengeance. Will she face life head-on? Will she return to her old ways? Or will an unexpected letter decide her fate?"Simone's story is reminiscent of Sistah Souljah's groundbreaking The Coldest Winter Ever...a hard hitting tale of the inner city's unforgiving streets." --Library Journal "Simone knows how to tell a story...and she can also bring the drama." --RT Book Reviews
Dear Zealots: Letters from a Divided Land
by Amos OzThe acclaimed author presents &“three passionate lectures about the state of politics in Israel&” in this &“humorous, mournful, enraged, and uplifting&” volume (Kirkus). A National Jewish Book Award Finalist Israeli author Amos Oz has won numerous awards for his novels capturing the cultural and political complexities of his country, including the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award. But these essays on the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, on the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride in Israel, and on the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East and internationally, &“may contain his most urgent message yet.&” (Ruth Eglash, Washington Post). These essays were written, Oz states, &“first and foremost&” for his grandchildren: they are a patient, learned telling of history, religion, and politics, to be thumbed through and studied, clung to even, as we march toward an uncertain future. &“Concise, evocative . . . Dear Zealots is not just a brilliant book of thoughts and ideas—it is a depiction of one man&’s struggle, who for decades has insisted on keeping a sharp, strident and lucid perspective in the face of chaos and at times of madness.&” —David Grossman, winner of the Man Booker International Prize
Dear Zoe
by Philip BeardPhilip Beard's stunning debut novel is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio's letter to her sister, Zoe, lost to a hit-and-run driver on a day when it seemed that nothing mattered but the tragedies playing out in New York and Washington. Dear Zoe is a remarkable study of grief, adolescence, and healing with a pitch-perfect narrator who is at once sharp and naïve, world- worried and self-centered, funny and heartbreakingly honest. Tess begins her letter to Zoe as a means of figuring out her own life, her place in the world, but the result is a novel of rare power and grace that tells us much about ours. BACKCOVER: "Like The Lovely Bones, [Dear Zoe] is a piercing look at how family recovers from a devastating loss. Everything about this moving, powerful debut rings true." --Booklist (starred review) "Beard peels away the layers of his protagonist's anguish simply and sensitively. . . and creates real, multidimensional and affecting characters." --The Washington Post "The whole novel . . . rings with truth." --The Buffalo News
Dear and Glorious Physician
by Taylor CaldwellThe world-famous novel about the triumphant story of St. Luke, Man of science, and Gospel writer. Today St. Luke is known as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament, but two thousand years ago he was Lucanus, a Greek, a man who loved, knew the emptiness of bereavement, and later traveled through the hills and wastes of Judea asking, "What manner of man was my Lord?" And it is of this Lucanus that Taylor Caldwell tells here in one of the most stirring stories ever lived or written. Lucanus grew up in the household of his stepfather, the Roman govenor of Antioch. After studying medicine in Alexandria he became one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world and traveled far and wide through the Mediterranean region healing the sick. As time went on he learned of the life and death of Christ and saw in Him the God he was seeking. To find out all he could about the life and teachings of Jesus, whom he never saw, Lucanus visited all the places where Jesus had been, questioning everyone--including His mother, Mary--who had known Him or heard Him preach. At last, when he had gathered all information possible, he wrote down what we now know as the Gospel according to St. Luke. Taylor Caldwell has chosen the grand, the splendid means to tell of St. Luke. Her own travels through the Holy Land and years of meticulous research made Dear and Glorious Physician a fully developed portrait of a complex and brilliant man and a colorful re-creation of ancient Roman life as it contrasted in its decadence with the new world Christianity was bringing into being. Here is a story to warm, to inspire, to call forth renewal of faith and love lying deep in each reader's heart.
Dear and Glorious Physician: A Novel About Saint Luke
by Taylor CaldwellA bestseller &“alive with the bustle of ancient times&” that &“movingly reconstructs St. Luke&’s search for God&” (The New York Times). Two millennia ago, a Greek man known as Lucanus traveled to Alexandria to study medicine. He would become one of the greatest doctors of his time and heal the sick all throughout the Mediterranean world. But his extraordinary work as a physician is not his greatest legacy. Today he is known around the world as St. Luke—author of the third Gospel of the New Testament. He never laid eyes on Jesus, but he heard about Christ&’s life and death, and saw God in Him. He retraced Jesus&’s steps and sought out those who had known Him—including His mother, Mary. The resulting account is a cornerstone of Christianity and world history. From the celebrated author of Captains and the Kings and Great Lion of God comes this stirring and deeply inspiring story, counted &“among the bestselling religious novels of all time&” (The New York Times Book Review). &“A portrait so moving and so eloquent I doubt it is paralleled elsewhere in literature.&” —Boston Herald &“Magnificent. . . . [Caldwell] has made St. Luke a real and believable man and recreated on a vast canvas the times and people of his day. You see as large as life all the glory and decadence of Rome and all the strife, turmoil and mysticism of Africa. . . . A glowing and passionate statement of belief.&” —The Columbus Citizen
Dear, Come to My Arms: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ru ShouWeiLiangFor two hundred thousand dollars, the stepmother put her in the old man's bed. However, why did the man who didn't save her before the bar had come to find her to settle the score, and even wanted her to compensate him for his body loss?
Dear, Come to My Arms: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ru ShouWeiLiangFor two hundred thousand dollars, the stepmother put her in the old man's bed. However, why did the man who didn't save her before the bar had come to find her to settle the score, and even wanted her to compensate him for his body loss?
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, I Surrender: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Dai DaoDeXiaoTianTianThe first dispute between Mo Xiaofen and Young Master Xi was immediately resolved, "Handsome, are we going to make an appointment?" "Yes!" The second clash between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was like a firewood burning in flames, "Aren't you the one who can't do it?" You seem very satisfied last night! " The third fight between Mo Xiaofei and Young Master Xi was indescribable, "Can you stop pestering me?" "My wife, if you feed me, I won't bother you anymore!" The fourth time … Fifth time...
Dear, Please Take Me: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Si Yue"Mommy, my dad's people are handsome and have a lot of money, so don't waste it."Mu Xiyan had never thought that she would pick up a little bun during a blind date, and even get to pick up one for free.The little one was stubborn, the big one was shameless, and he doted on his wife without any shame."The boss is in trouble. Madam isn't willing to accept the unspoken rule. The defendant is in breach of contract.""Give him ten times the penalty for breaking the contract. The rest is the hospitalization fee.""The boss is in trouble. Madam's predecessor came back to say that he wanted to marry Madam.""Beat him to death!"
Dearborn
by Ghassan ZeineddineWinner of the 2023 Khayrallah Book Prize Finalist for the 2024 CLMP Firecracker Award for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing A Washington Post Best Book of September • Named a Best Book of the Year at Electric Lit, Chicago Public Library, Powell’s, and Kirkus Reviews “Sly, straight-faced, tenderly wicked. . . . A classic American short story collection.”—Michael Chabon A sharp, tender, and uproariously funny portrait of the lives of Arab American community members in Dearborn, Michigan. Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. In Dearborn, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide their cash earnings inside of frozen chickens. Tensions heighten within a close-knit group of couples when a mysterious man begins to frequent the local gym pool, dressed in Speedos printed with nostalgic images of Lebanon. And a failed stage actor attempts to drive a young Lebanese man with ambitions of becoming a Hollywood action hero to LA, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have other plans. By turns wildly funny, incisive, and deeply moving, Dearborn introduces readers to an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction and invites us all to consider what it means to be part of a place and community, and how it is that we help one another survive.
Dearest
by H. Beam Piper"Oh, no; I'm really here," the voice, inaudible but mentally present, assured him. "You can't see me, or touch me, or even really hear me, but I'm not something you just imagined. I'm just as real as ... as Smokeball, there. Only I'm a different kind of reality. Watch."
Dearest
by Jacquie WaltersA new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much darker inside—in this "fast-paced and frightening debut" (Rachel Harrison) about the long shadows cast by family secrets, perfect for readers of Grady Hendrix or Ashley Audrain. Flora is a new mom enamored of her baby girl, Iris, who has arrived a few weeks early. But with her husband still deployed, Flora must navigate the newborn stage alone. As the sleepless nights pass in the loneliness of their half-empty home, the edges of her reality begin to blur. Just as Flora becomes convinced she is losing her mind, a surprising guest shows up to help: Flora&’s own mother, to whom she hasn&’t spoken in years. Can they mend their fraught relationship? Or is there more that Flora&’s mother isn&’t telling her about the events that led to their estrangement? As stranger and scarier events unfold, Flora begins to fear that her mother&’s secrets have allowed something truly evil to enter her home. She must decide: is her hold on reality slipping dangerously away? Or is she, in fact, the only thing standing between a terrifying visitor and her baby?
Dearest (The Woodcutter Sisters #3)
by Alethea Kontis"A fabulous fairy-tale mashup that deserves hordes of avid readers. Absolutely delectable." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review of award-winning series debut Enchanted Readers met the Woodcutter sisters (named after the days of the week) in Enchanted and Hero. In this delightful third book, Alethea Kontis weaves together some fine-feathered fairy tales to focus on Friday Woodcutter, the kind and loving seamstress. When Friday stumbles upon seven sleeping brothers in her sister Sunday's palace, she takes one look at Tristan and knows he's her future. But the brothers are cursed to be swans by day. Can Friday's unique magic somehow break the spell?
Dearest Anne: A Tale of Impossible Love (Jewish Women Writers Ser.)
by Judith KatzirAn Israeli girl&’s coming of age is told through a diary addressed to Anne Frank in this powerful novel—&“a temple of love to the imaginary&” (Time Out Israel). Love is both the question and the answer in this lyrical novel by one of Israel&’s bestselling authors. Returning to her hometown as an adult, Rivi Shenhar discovers a collection of her old diaries—impassioned, plaintive journals she addressed to Anne Frank while growing up in Israel in the 1970s. Reading them takes her back to the isolated, lonely girl she was, living alone with a distant mother, but also to the love affair that changed her life. When her young literature teacher provides an outlet for Rivi&’s frustrations, she never imagines that she will fall in love—or that such a turbulent, forbidden relationship could last so long, or become so intimate and erotically charged. Rivi&’s transformation from awkward child to confident woman—and writer—is deftly handled, in &“metaphoric language that is amazingly sensuous and precise&” (Globes).
Dearest Cousin Jane: A Jane Austen Novel (A\jane Austen Novel Ser. #2)
by Jill PitkeathleyIn Dearest Cousin Jane, an enchanting new novel that draws on historical fact, Jill Pitkeathley paints a luminous portrait of the true-life cousin of a literary legend—from her flirtatious younger years to her profound influence on one of the world's most beloved authors.Free-spirited and seductive—outrageous, precocious, and a well-known flirt—Countess Eliza de Feuillide has an unquenchable thirst for life and a glamorous air that captivates everyone around her. Rumored to have been born of a mad love affair between her mother and the great Warren Hastings of the East India Company, Eliza sees the world as her playground—filled with grand galas, theater, and romance—and she will let nothing hold her down. Even tragedy cannot dim her enthusiasm. Losing her only child at an early age and widowed when her husband—the dashing French count Jean de Feuillide—is claimed by Madame la Guillotine during the dark days of the Reign of Terror, Eliza is determined to remain indomitable, unpredictable, and unfettered. And it is this passionate spirit that she brings to a simple English country parsonage to influence the life, the work, and the world of her unsuspecting cousin . . . a quiet and unassuming young writer named Jane Austen.
Dearest Creature
by Amy GerstlerA surreal new collection from an acclaimed poet Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler’s newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings. Drawing on sources as disparate as Lewis Carroll and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, as well as abnormal psychology, etiquette, and archaeology texts, these darkly imaginative poems probe what it means to be a sentient, temporary, flesh-and-blood beast, to be hopelessly, vividly creaturely. .
Dearest Dacha
by Norman MacLean&“Perhaps the first Gaelic black comedy&” from the renowned Scottish television entertainer, comedian, and writer (John Murray, RTE Radio 1). Norman MacLean is a living legend in the Gaelic world. Based in the Uists in the Outer Hebrides, with side trips to Glasgow, Hamburg and Amsterdam, this dotty adventure embraces frustrated sex, drugs, eightsome reels and a memorable cast of oddball characters: three inept would-be criminals, a demented care-home resident, an ex-communicant of the Free Church of Scotland who moonlights as an enforcer, a pair of Russian weight-lifters who raise ostriches by day and mud-wrestle by night, and a formidable woman lawyer determined to cleanse the island of wrongdoing before HM The Queen arrives on her annual visit. Something akin to a mad Gaelic version of The Sopranos as directed by the Coen brothers, this novella is a masterclass of understatement, pitch-perfect dialogue and confident narration. &“Norman is a 24-carat comedy jewel that just keeps sparkling.&” —Bruce Morton, BBC Radio Scotland &“Norman MacLean is the Billy Connolly of the Gaidhealtachd.&” —Calum MacDonald, Runrig