My Inheritance

This is the story of an unusual inheritance and the effect it had on two lives. When Rahla's father left his eccentric sister Leah to her, she came with instructions: take care of her. This legacy was

This is the story of an unusual inheritance and the effect it had on two lives. When Rahla's father left his eccentric sister Leah to her, she came with instructions: take care of her. This legacy was

Here are two acclaimed memoirs in one remarkable volume. In an extraordinarily compelling voice, Dorothy Gallagher tells stories taking us from her parents’ beginnings in the Ukraine to her own childh

A riveting medical mystery about a young woman’s quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder

"I can still recall how cold the pearls felt on my bare neck as Mr Fitzroy secured the clasp and how heavy they were. I also remember that they were far, far too long for me. But, oh how mesmerising I

"This fun book about dog shows teaches the core curriculum topic of inheritance."--

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New Y

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New Y

No Wills-No Discussions-No one can do anything. If you are the youngest in an Islamic family and no one talks about "what happens when my father dies?" "what do I get?" No one decides. It is already w

En estas memorias liricas y absorbentes, el hijo de un africano negro y una estadounidense blanca busca un significado viable a su vida como negro afroamericano. Comienza en Nueva York, donde Barack O

《Martyr!》是一部關於尋找自我與家族真相的小說，主角賽勒斯是伊朗移民的孤兒，剛戒酒，正努力面對過去的創傷與失落。他的母親在波斯灣上空的空難中喪生，父親則在美國從事沉重的工廠工作。賽勒斯透過藝術、信仰與過去的記憶，踏上探索身世的旅程，最終來到布魯克林博物館，遇見一位即將離世的畫家。本書語言獨特，風格鮮明，結合詩意、幽默與生命課題，是一部關於歸屬、創傷與尋找意義的動人小說。NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.“Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite writers. Ever.” —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of There There“The best novel you'll ever read about the joy of language, addiction, displacement, martyrdom, belonging, homesickness.” —Lauren Groff, best-selling author of Matrix and Fates and FuriesCyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over t

A riveting medical mystery about a young woman’s quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin L

Sara Lander was back in town. She had big plans for her inheritance along with her freshly printed business degree and years of experience in some of Seattle’s finest bakeries, she has a rich idea for

A naive Canadian man travels to Belarus to give an inheritance to his father's last remaining relative. While there, he meets his long-lost cousin, a beautiful, young Russian woman, who sets her sigh

When did life first appear on Earth? How did humans evolve? How did giraffe’s necks get longer? Are humans now perfectly designed?My First Book of Evolution answers these and many more questions about evolution and how it works in a fun and entertaining way. Simple concepts such as what is a family tree, what is a species, what is a cell and more complex ideas of natural selection, adaptation, speciation and the inheritance of traits are explained clearly using imaginative and appealing charts, graphics and illustrations accompanied by simple, bite-size nuggets of explanatory text.

A parable for the new age of inequality: part family history, part detective story, part history of a vanishing class, and a vividly compelling exploration of the degree to which an inheritance—