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Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line between work and religion and transforming the very nature of spiritual experience in modern life.

Satu, Dua and Tiga have spent their entire kittenhood together on Avenue 1 but their mother, Theodora Tuxedo, toughened from an early life on the streets, is anxious for them to each find their own way in the world, worried they've become too pampered as 'house' cats. The siblings have become...

Once upon a time, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories-fantastical yarns of wondrous creatures in faraway places-bewitched children across the world. But times change. Today, Kipling's writing tells us a different tale; of a love of Empire, and the troubling legacy of British colonialism. In Not So...

A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR...

The foremost diverse children's authors--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this powerful collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books. Featuring poems, letters...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the...

When her parents arrange a marriage for her to a poor soldier who has nothing to his name and nothing to offer, she isn't that surprised. A woman's job is to marry and have children, so Lihua doesn't expect much from her betrothed. However, her husband-to-be is possibly destined for greater things, and a single dream is all it takes to rise as the Xuanlong.

“A twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end."—Teen Vogue “[A] riveting read…"—NPR The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important...

Zhulong: Huian is perfect in everything she does. Whether it’s archery, swordsmanship, intellect, beauty - she has mastered it all. One thing she doesn’t have, however, is free will. Betrothed to the heir of the Yao family, she has no choice but to marry the cold, distant, and unfeeling general. Bailong: Vengeance is something Xue Li, the only female general in the Huo empire, yearns for. She lives for the day she can fight the man who killed her family. Her sweet vengeance is just barely in her grasp when a conflicting complication arises.

This program includes a bonus interview with the author and original music composed and performed by Steve Draughn. A thrilling debut about how far we’ll go to protect our families—and our deepest secrets. My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie...

Named One of the Best 2019 Winter Books by PopSugar and Chosen as One of 9 Books to Read (or Gift!) This February by Instyle! From the #1 international bestselling author of The Lost Wife and The Velvet Hours comes an emotionally charged story about a mother’s love, a teacher’s promise, and...

The eighth book in the cultural series Asia's Lost Legends, this is a Malaysian tale of how a young princess becomes the first Peranakan. When Li Po travels from China to Malaysia to marry the Sultan of Malacca, the people are reluctant to welcome her as their Princess. But Li Po embraces all...

We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this lively biography series from New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer. “Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it,” Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to...

When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so suddenly, without goodbyes and without explanation. Instead, she finds a letter addressed to Win, a girl Freya barely knew - or did she? As more letters arrive for more people on the periphery of Freya’s life, Sophie and Win begin to piece together who Freya was and why she left. Sometimes it’s not about who’s gone, but about who they leave behind....

A complex literary fantasy, Nethergeist is a story where the conflict is as much about the characters' inner turmoil as the outward struggle against the maniacal emperor. Featuring intense battles, snappy dialogue, and a world on the edge of ruin, Nethergeist is a fantasy in the vein of Malazan Book of the Fallen and The First Law.

South China Morning Post's (SCMP) reporting team looks back at Hong Kong's most wrenching political crisis since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Anti-extradition bill protests that morphed rapidly into a wider anti-government movement in 2019 left no aspect of the city untouched, from its...

Join Max and his Chinese friend, Ping, as they celebrate the Lunar New Year, the Dragon-Boat or Dumpling Festival and more. Find out the significance of various Chinese customs and practices. Have fun making Chinese red packets and lanterns!...

Dear friends, would you like to have a precious gift from Little Swallow? Let's listen to the story. 小朋友，你也想从小燕子获得一份宝贵的礼物吗？请听听这个故事。 © 2001 by Ye Lin. Published in paper format in Singapore by Pan Asia Publishing, recorded by...

A wolf disguised himself by wearing a piece of sheepskin and stole into the flock unnoticed, but unexpectedly ended up sadly. 狼披着羊皮，混进羊群中，以为可以大饱口福，没想到却落个可悲的下场。 © 2004 by Tu Yunjun. Published in paper format in Singapore by...

神气的公鸡以为早上的太阳是他叫醒的，没有他，全世界将陷入黑暗之中。...