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This American Autopsy: Poems

Jose Antonio Rodriguez
Format: Paperback

In this powerful collection of free-verse poetry, immigrant, poet, and memoirist José Antonio Rodríguez encapsulates the experiences of an artist and citizen caught between two worlds. At once deeply personal and thematically expansive, these works offer a bracing look at the darker impulses...
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Los tipos malos en combustible intergaláctico

Aaron Blabey
Format: Paperback

In this hilarious illustrated chapter book series, bad guys are doing good deeds... whether you want them to or not!La mala noticia es que el mundo se va a acabar. ¡La buena es que los Tipos Malos están aquí para salvarlo! Puede ser que tengan que "pedir prestado" un cohete,...
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Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan · Suma
Pages: 552
Format: Paperback

Divertidísima, adictiva y rebosante de opulencia, esta novela es una mirada indiscreta y bastante loca al mundo de los superricos asiáticos. Cuando la neoyorquina Rachel Chu acepta pasar el verano en Singapur con su novio, Nicholas Young, imagina un hogar familiar humilde y tiempo a solas...
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Unbinding The Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic

Gergana Ivanova · Columbia University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An eleventh-century classic, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is frequently paired with The Tale of Genji as one of the most important works in the Japanese canon. Yet it has also been marginalized within Japanese literature for reasons including the gender of its author, the work's...
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Japanese Stories for Language Learners: Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English

McNulty, Anne · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery - especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English language versions appearing on facing...
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Winter/Invierno

Child's Play
Format: Board book

En cualquier parte del mundo en que vivamos, cada estación del año nos brinda algo especial. Acompaña a los niños en este entretenido libro mientras descubren y exploran las peculiaridades del invierno a través de sus juegos al aire libre y dentro de casa. Sensorial, detallada y cautivadora,...
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Why, Why, Why?

Quim Monzo · Open Letter
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback

A man tries to teach a stone to speak through sheer force of will. An engaged couple makes a pact to never lie, and their union dissolves immediately. Over the course of a phone call, a man learns that his girlfriend died months ago, and that he's been unknowingly seeing her twin sister....
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You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

Shane, Janelle · Voracious
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

AI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behavior to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you most want to see. In the coming years, it'll perform medical diagnoses...
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