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A gorgeous own-voices love story with a twist - now with an additional swoony story set during a trip to California! Seventeen-year-old Sadie Wen is perfect on paper.It’s a reputation she’s fought hard to earn at the highly prestigious Woodvale Academy, and one she’s determined to maintain until graduation. The trick to keeping her model-student-smile plastered on her face at all times?She channels all her petty frustrations into her email drafts.One for the math teacher who refused to round her eighty-nine-point-nine percent up to ninety; one for the girl who blatantly copied her science project and took the credit for it. But most of her vehemently-worded emails are for her smug, infuriating co-captain, Julius Gong, who’s been the sharpest thorn in her side ever since they were kids.Sadie never meant for these emails to get out ... but now her whole life is about to change... From the author of THIS TIME IT'S REAL comes another own-voices love story with a high-concept twist, now wit

【本書特色】在千年古都的日常裡，看見雪月花的美與生命的真實在京都，一年就是一卷雪月花的畫卷春花、夏月、秋紅、冬雪，日日都有獨特的景與情京都，這座千年古都，四時之景如同一幅不斷流轉的畫卷。春花、夏月、秋紅、冬雪，年年循環，日日有新意。本系列第一輯《鴨川畔的雪月花》，以雪、月、花三景為主軸，透過十二個月份的鋪陳，用六十一個主題帶領讀者走入京都的四季節奏。從正月的新年初夢、初詣與白雪覆蓋的神社庭園，到二月的金閣積雪、蠟梅初綻；春日裡百花爭妍、櫻吹雪成川，夏季的薪能、鵜飼與煙火；秋天的滿月與彼岸花，直至冬日銀杏、楓紅與大原雪景──每個時令都有其專屬的風物詩。書中安排：睦月（一月）：新年初詣、雪之庭、紅豆與燈廊，嚴冬中希望在萌生。如月（二月）：蠟梅初綻、雪襯金閣、枝垂梅與椿，冬寒孕育著春的序曲。彌生（三月）：梅花香、桃花開、一本櫻，春花盛景妝點古都的浪漫。卯月（四月）：一目千本、繽紛花筏、牡丹之寺，百花齊放的極致。皋月（五月）：紫燕、青蓮、藤花與滿月，愛情故事與景色交織。水無月（六月）：薪能、甘茶、沙羅樹，夏夜中奇祭與宗教融合。文月（七月）：半夏生、鸕鶿捕魚、千日詣，虔誠信仰燃起夏的熱烈。葉月（八月）：花火、槿花、野豬之眼，炎夏滿是歡騰與自然趣味。長月（九月）：十五夜、名水、彼岸花，秋夜月色下生命輪迴的思索。神無月（十月）：黃金之丘、哲學之道，深秋的靜謐與哲思的深刻。霜月（十一月）：永觀堂、楊谷寺、茶人過新年，紅葉與文化的累積沉澱。師走（十二月）：銀杏、大原、小地藏，入冬後一切莊嚴而純淨。 本書以「雪」、「月」、「花」三景，依自然意向貫串全書，展現京都的詩意與美感。作者運用巧思，按月份鋪陳，在十二個月當中，每月挑選出與「雪」、「月」、「花」三景能結合的歲時記事，不僅有景色描繪，還有美食與市井日常，將自然風物與文化底蘊融合，傳達生活在京都的細膩感受，讓讀者有身歷其境的閱讀體驗。隨書附贈：《鴨川畔雪月花》四季年曆卡 收藏京都一年四季的風光， 讓閱讀成為一場心的旅行，陪著您走進京都日常。 （共四款，隨機出貨）

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne could live with almost anything, so long as they had something to live for. ‘Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you’ ­– Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the SunInspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance.Her beauty hides a deadly purpose . . .Since birth, Xishi’s extraordinary beauty has been seen as a blessing. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighbouring kingdom, improve the lives of her people and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy and seduce their immoral king.What neither Xishi nor Fanli expect is the doomed attractio

★《森林裡的法國食年》作者睽違三年精心之作★老一輩的法式家常甜點食譜，是值得傳承一再品嚐的人情滋味藉著法國人每天在吃的甜點，感受法式的生活態度與哲學法國的甜點名聞遐邇，擺在法式甜點店裡的甜點每一個看起來都精緻可口，但是，不禁要問，這些完美做工精細、像藝術品一樣的甜點，法國人每天都在吃嗎？真實的法國日常，吃的又是哪些甜點呢？旅居北法十餘年的作者，即將透過這部老食譜告訴你，法國人每天吃的甜點是哪些？以及該怎麼做？這些飽含時光智慧的家常食譜，都是法國當地老爺爺老奶奶的傳承，作者日日和這些老爺爺老奶奶相處，一起下廚農作，口耳之間的紀錄，反覆實驗操作的結果，將老人家的料理智慧歸納成一道道可以量化製作的美味甜點。【假日、農暇的甜點吃什麼？緩解工作的辛勞】法國人對甜點的講究，從每個週日的午後可以一窺究竟，他們可能從假日的前一兩天就開始準備，準備在週日的午後犒賞自己一週的辛勞，花心思製作一些比較講究費用的甜點，像是巴黎巴斯特、四方檸檬軟糕、楓丹白露等等。【家庭聚會的甜點吃什麼？和家人同樂的甜蜜片刻】鄉村的法國家庭聚會特別多，一年可能高達5〜6次，家人的生日、村莊的特殊節慶或是其他別具意義的日子，總會家人齊聚一堂，這時候餐桌上的甜點又是哪一些呢？像是冰淇淋蛋糕、莓果帕夫洛娃、聖多娜黑等等。【年末節慶的甜點吃什麼？大吃甜食的幸福時光】聖誕節、跨年、國王節、光明節、油膩星期二這些節日大都發生在年末，法國人當然也不會放過這個可以理所當然大吃甜點的機會，像是厚皮蛋派、炸蘋果甜甜圈、樹輪蛋糕等等。這是一本法國鄉村人家的家常甜點實況，直送到你們的手裡，希望也能成為所有人日子裡的甜蜜，心頭上的美好，因為這些寶貴的老式滋味，覺得值得珍藏永流傳。

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