![]() The tiktok marketing has brainwashed everyone because this book was absolute ass…… Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.īabe, wake up, someone published a twitter thread critiquing capitalism's ongoing effects on young writers convinced they must publish before they're actually ready and it prompted chloe gong to drop a sulky, self-absorbed essay about how we're all really just jealous that we aren't published authors. ![]() As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns-and grudges-aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.īut when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. ![]() ![]() At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang-a network of criminals far above the law. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.Ī blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. ![]()
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Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as a 2016 100 Leading Global Thinker, alongside Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon and Justin Trudeau, Ocean was also named by BuzzFeed Books as one of “32 Essential Asian American Writers” and has been profiled on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” PBS NewsHour, Teen Vogue, VICE, The Fantastic Man, and The New Yorker.īorn in Saigon, Vietnam, he lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at Umass-Amherst. Vuong's writings have been featured in The Atlantic, Harpers, The Nation, New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and American Poetry Review, which awarded him the Stanley Kunitz Prize for Younger Poets. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize. ![]() Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. ![]() ![]() He is also the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016, winner of the T.S. Ocean Vuong is the author of the debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, out from Penguin Press (2019). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nooo, tell him, Matthew! 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She always wanted to be a writer, and was 35 before she finished her first novel. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter. Taylor was born in Chico, California, grew up as a US military kid in Europe and California, and earned her English degree from UC Berkeley. ![]() Laini Taylor (born December 22, 1971) is an American young adult fantasy author and a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature, best known for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Strange the Dreamer, and Muse of Nightmares. ![]() ![]()
![]() Mallory had come across a copy of the Piri Reis Map, a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer, Piri Reis. Hapgood became interested in the study of ancient maps after reading a book on the subject by Captain A.H Mallory, Lost America. It is clear too that they had an instrument of navigation for accurately determining longitudes that was far superior to anything possessed by the peoples of the ancient, medieval, or modern times until the second half of the 18th century. ![]() The evidence, he said, indicated that some ancient people explored Antarctica when its coasts were free of ice. Hapgood began his book, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, by stating, after studying composite maps at least partially derived from ancient sources, that ancient voyagers traveled from pole to pole. ![]() ![]() ![]() May 25 MyAnimeList, Honeyfeed Announce 3rd Web Novel Contest.May 25 Fate/Grand Order Arcade Game No Longer Adding New Servants.May 25 Japan's Self-Defense Force Band Performs Uma Musume Songs at Tokyo Racecourse.May 26 BUNBUN, Mai Yoneyama, Taiki, More Artists Featured at LA's Gallery Nucleus.May 26 Bay Area Rapid Transit Unveils Anime Mascots for FanimeCon Weekend.May 26 Korean Webtoon Accused of Using AI Images, Tracing Mushoku Tensei Anime.Apr 8 Oshi no Ko is a Dark Look at the Entertainment Industry.Apr 10 Anime Boston 2023: What It's Like to Work in Anime (UPDATED).Convention reports chronological archives.May 26 Gundam: Battle Operation 2 Game Launches for Steam on May 31.May 26 Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai Game Launches Worldwide on September 28.May 26 Ys X: Nordics Game's Video Reveals September 28 Launch.May 26 Square Enix Reveals New Dragon Quest Monsters Game for Series' 25th Anniversary.03:40 Kazuya Nakai Joins Cast of Tōsōchū: The Great Mission Anime.04:52 Square Enix, Koei Tecmo's Dragon Quest Champions Smartphone RPG Previewed in 2 New Videos.08:15 Japan's Video Game Rankings, May 15-21.10:15 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, May 15-21.12:15 K MANGA's Launch Lineup Includes 30+ Manga With English Debuts in U.S.14:15 Mita Ori Launches Our Dining Table Sequel Manga. ![]() ![]() Maps and vintage photos are well placed and fully documented."- School Library Journal, "This book presents readers with a fine combination of Navajo history and culture and background information about World War II in the Pacific. Sidebars add interest and details to the text. stresses the fact that the Navajo developed the code themselves rather than just using the language as it is normally spoken. Astounding facts, as well as stirring personal accounts of battle, make for fascinating, educational reading."- Booklist, "This book presents readers with a fine combination of Navajo history and culture and background information about World War II in the Pacific. Maps and vintage photos are well placed and fully documented."- School Library Journal " strong, well-written resource about the Navajo's role in the Allied victory. Astounding facts, as well as stirring personal accounts of battle, make for fascinating, educational reading."-Booklist, "This book presents readers with a fine combination of Navajo history and culture and background information about World War II in the Pacific. " strong, well-written resource about the Navajo's role in the Allied victory. ![]() |