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Eine junge Frau übernimmt das Influencer-Leben ihrer verstorbenen Schwester. Als ihre Eltern bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommen, werden die eineiigen Zwillingsschwestern Julie und Chloé Chan als kleine Mädchen adoptiert: Während Julie in ärmlichen Verhältnissen bei ihrer geizigen Tante in einem kanadischen Provinznest aufwächst und als Supermarktkassiererin so gerade über die Runden kommt, wird Chloé von den megareichen Van Huusens in New York aufgezogen und macht eine unfassbare Karriere als Influencerin.

A sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of Chinese American girls growing up in New York City—for readers of Zadie Smith, Helen Oyeyemi, and Junot Díaz A fresh new voice emerges with the arrival of Sour Heart, establishing Jenny Zhang as a...

In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonizing decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In that devastating split second, her seven-year-old daughter, Xiaodeng, is separated from her brother and the mother she loves and trusts. All Xiaodeng remembers of the fateful morning is betrayal.

Cyber security is here to stay. Do you often wonder how cyber security applies to your everyday life, what’s at risk, and how can you specifically lock down your devices and digital trails to ensure you are now “hacked”? Our society has become saturated with internet-connected devices and trackers everywhere. From home routers to your mobile phones, most people are easily hacked if targeted. In this introductory audiobook, we will cover verified steps and tactics on how to increase the level of cyber security in an organization and as an individual.

In the second novel in the Hybrid Chronicles—perfect for fans of Ally Condie, Lauren Oliver, and Scott Westerfeld—Eva and Addie struggle to share their body as they clash over romance and the fight for hybrid freedom. Addie and Eva escaped imprisonment at a horrific psychiatric hospital. Now...

A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place. Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That’s how it’s been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivien...

Learn Conversational Mandarin Chinese While You Sleep breaks down essential phrases into easy, bite-sized lessons. Whether you're a beginner or brushing up, you'll absorb high-frequency words and expressions used by native speakers without overwhelm.

Julie Chan didn’t mean to steal her identical twin’s life. She meant to call the police when she found the body. She meant to dial 911. Except when she unlocked Chloe’s phone to make that call, she also gained access to her estranged sister’s sponsorship deals, her followers, her wealth, her whole life. And Julie’s not prepared to give it back. Not yet. So it's goodbye Julie... Now all Julie has to do is keep her head down and blend in with the beautiful Belladonnas, the tribe of influencers who had welcomed Chloe in to their inner circle before she died.

Fans of Stephenie Meyer's The Host will enjoy What's Left of Me, Kat Zhang's shocking, thought-provoking, and emotionally charged story of two souls sharing one body. What's Left of Me, the first book of the Hybrid Chronicles, is set in an alternate reality where everyone is born with two souls...

When the deliverymen set off in the morning, the children wait for the flicker of pedal and wheel. It's the demae—delivery men—setting off to deliver steaming trays of noodles to hungry customers all over the city. They are acrobats: whizzing past other bicycles, soaring around curves, avoiding the black smoke of motorcycles. When the children see them, they want to be them. And so they practice with bowls of wobbling water stacked on trays. The day passes, and, finally, exhausted, the demae return home, to their families, and, yes, to steaming bowls of noodles.

Forget what you think you know about "shy, innocent" Asian women. You've seen the stereotypes: the demure, submissive good girl or the exotic, hyper-sexualized seductress. But if you are a Western man looking for love (or lust) in China, believing those myths will leave you broke, confused, and possibly with wrist pain. In Chinese Girl Confessions, Angelina Zhang pulls back the curtain on the private lives, bedroom habits, and dating strategies of modern Chinese women. This is a raw, no-holds-barred guide to what really happens behind closed doors. The Myth of Innocence: Why we pretend to ...

This course focuses on key words and phrases in Mandarin for doctors, surgeons, nurses, caregivers, and others who work in the medical and healthcare field. A review of commonly used Mandarin words and phrases is also included as part of the course. The course is broken down into 14 daily sessions, to enable a firm understanding of Mandarin medical terminology in 2 weeks.

Companies that can use technology wisely and well are booming, and companies that make bad or no technology choices collapse and disappear. The cloud, smart devices, and the ability to connect almost any object to the internet are an essential landscape to use but are also fraught with new risks and dangers of a magnitude never seen before. The bad actors are in on this, too, and it creates a real problem right now for every individual and business.

In New York City, an art student finds an unexpected subject when she moves in with a grandmother from Xi’an, and boundaries are put into question. When a newlywed couple moves to Arizona, adapting to unfamiliar customs keeps their marriage from falling apart. A woman grapples with what it means to care for another, and the limits of that care, when her dying husband returns from Beijing years after abandoning her. And during a rainy summer in Texas, a visitor exposes the unspoken but unburiable history that binds two families together.

For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong, lifelong personal engagement with Alcott's novel - what it has meant to them and why it still matters. These four voices come together to form a deep, funny, far-ranging meditation on the power of great literature to shape our lives.

In the final installment in the Hybrid Chronicles—bound to captivate fans of Ally Condie, Lauren Oliver, and Scott Westerfeld—Addie and Eva must come to terms with sharing a body as they fight for lasting change and hybrid freedom. Addie and Eva barely survived the explosion at the Powatt...

Get rich, Chinese style How did Chinese people get all that bling? How did China get rich? And why do Chinese people seem so successful in business even outside Asia? The answers aren't often discussed in an honest and practical way. Chinese people will tell you that they're "smart" or "hardworking" or "lucky," while outsiders will tell you that it must be some kind of Asian mystery. This book is about why Chinese bosses hate hiring Chinese employees, why China's technically competent factories turn out shoddy products, and how it is that poor Chinese immigrants tend to do better in their ...

Daiyu is the orphaned daughter of a once influential, now missing, family. Alone and on the streets, she must rely on her wits to discover what happened to her family. But when Daiyu is kidnapped and smuggled from China to America, she relinquishes the future she imagined. Over the years that...

According to traditional Chinese martial arts custom, instruction in the lethal arts were transmitted under strict secrecy. At the turn of the twentieth century, the martial arts had started to be taught publically with a focus on health. However, many fighting techniques were not shown or taught. As a result, today some systems are more well-known than others. This anthology brings together some of the lesser-known arts in one volume and some aspects of their theory, application, and place historical place in society. The first two chapters by Shannon Phelps give a wonderful presentation ...

Soon after birth, tiger cubs are instinctively drawn to wrestling. Eventually their play transforms into real skills of potentially lethal efficiency. Humans have done the same. In this anthology, you will find unique combative techniques found in some cultures as well as some techniques that are universal. Allen Pittman gives a portrayal of Dr. Tim Geoghegan’s particular blend of Eastern and Western wrestling, and his formidable arsenal for grappling and throwing. In anther chapter, Pittman focuses on the shoulder throw. The technical variations seem endless for this valued movement. ...