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- C. L.'s family is still a powerhouse in the African American community, and they are enthusiastic about promoting this book, as is his daughter Aretha.- Salvatore won the Bancroft Prize for Eugene V

《懼裂/The Substance》的血腥逆齡，遇上《黃色臉孔/Yellowface》的身份竊取：Kelly Yang 寫下好萊塢最殘酷的換血遊戲。在本書《The Take》中，Kelly Yang 以冷冽而犀利的筆調，展開一場關於青春、權力與掠奪的心理角力。落魄的亞裔美籍作家 Maggie Wang，收到一筆難以拒絕的提議：過氣的好萊塢製片 Ingrid Parker 願意支付三百萬美元，換取十次實驗性「逆齡」療程，由 Maggie 作為輸血夥伴。對 Ingrid 而言，這是挽救事業與青春的機會；對 Maggie 而言，則是翻身與實現寫作夢想的門票。交易很快超出金錢層面，成為一場互相利用、彼此試探的心理博弈。隨著權力天平傾斜，兩人都開始質疑：成功的代價是什麼？又該由誰來承擔？本書被形容為「The Substance meets Yellowface」，兼具話題性與娛樂性，直指年齡焦慮與族裔權力結構。Addictive, timely, and hugely entertaining, The Take is a novel about how far you'd go to have it all - and who you might sacrifice to get it. Perfect for fans of Yellowface and The Other Black Girl.'The Substance meets Yellowface' PEOPLE'A juicy, twisty take on aging, success, and race . . . sure to be one of the hottest books of spring' MARIE CLAIRE----------------THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET AHEAD IN THIS WORLD - YOU EITHER MAKE SOMETHING OR TAKE SOMETHING.Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her c

獲英國童書界最高榮譽「卡內基文學獎」（Carnegie Medal for Writing）提名當六年級的校園生活突然碰上好萊塢的電影大製作，一場雞飛狗跳的巨星大對調就此上演！轉學生拉法（Rafa）和他的死黨們在一次意外中，不小心闖入了某部好萊塢科幻動作大片的祕密拍攝現場。原本只是看熱鬧的他們，萬萬沒料到自己居然會陰錯陽差地被捲入這場真正的電影風暴中。原來，拉法竟然長得和好萊塢最炙手可熱的超級童星「BB」一模一樣！這張超強明星臉讓拉法瞬間獲得了全區通行的 VIP 待遇，甚至還能無限享用拍片劇組的頂級甜甜圈自助餐。然而，這不單單只是一場好玩的冒險，拉法的哥哥西利安（Cillian）最近離家失蹤了，只留下一條關於他所在位置的神祕線索——但哥哥怎麼可能真的出現在遠在天邊的好萊塢拍片現場呢？為了尋找失蹤的哥哥並找到回家的路，拉法必須頂著巨星的光環，假扮成 movie star 繼續演下去！Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for WritingYear 6 goes to Hollywood!Head to Tinseltown in this hilarious and heart-warming adventure by the UK Children's Laureate 2024-2026 and bestselling, award-winner Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The Blockbusters! is fabulously illustrated in black and white throughout by Steven Lenton. When new boy Rafa and his friends accidentally stray onto the set of a Hollywood blockbuster, the last thing they expect is to become part of the action.Rafa's likeness to the famous movie star, BB, gives him VIP access all areas, including the banquet of catering doughnuts!But Rafa is

Learn to read with this exciting Step into Reading based on the hit A Minecraft Movie!Based on the bestselling video game of all time, A Minecraft Movie brings the action to life as stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, and Emma Myers are transported inside the world of Minecraft, where they will have to avoid exploding creepers, battle savage piglins, and learn the arts of building, crafting, and creating to survive. Meet all your favorite characters and creatures from A Minecraft Movie, including Steve, the creeper, a tamed wolf named Dennis, and even those sweet honey-making bees in this full-color leveled reader.Step Into Reading Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. They are ideal for children who are ready to read on their own.Series Overview: The movie program will include a digest junior novel, a Step Into Reading, a Litttle Golden Book, and a full-color C&A.Please note that we have several evergreen Minecraft C&As, Chapter Bo

Celebrate the enduring legacy of Marvel Comics and more than 80 years of history in this collection of vintage stickers. Revel in classic comics artwork with stickers of all your favorite characters, including iconic heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow and Captain America and villains such as Red Skull and Vulture. Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage artwork of characters that entertains, delights, and brings back precious memories. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than 600 stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, and enjoy this exquisite anniversary antiquarian book as a celebratory Marvel Comics keepsake. (c) 2023 MARVEL

The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representativ

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From a bright yellow sun to a juicy red strawberry, the high-contrast pictures in this board book will captivate babies. The alternating black and white backgrounds allow babies to focus on both the c

What would happen if an emu came to stay? How would you look after it? Where would it sleep? What would it eat and how would you play with it? Wild Things! gives young readers a first introduction to

Hamza Yassin takes us on a fact and puzzle packed journey through the seasons in this glorious round the year activity bookHamza's Nature Year is the perfect gift for nature fans!Join nature enthusiast and wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin as he journeys through the seasons, teaching you about the incredible plants, animals and habitats in the UK. Packed full of activities and activities and illustrated with black and white line illustrations and photos.Hamza will show you how to:*Spot snowdrops and the start of the year* Listen out for birdsong* Help bees through a maze* Complete a spring babies crossword* Colour by numbers* Crack a code to reveal the names of migrating birds* Do a minibeast picture sudoku* A rockpool wordsearch,* Work out who did which poo. . . and that's just for starters!

Ms. Marvel and Ghost-Spider team up in this sixth original Marvel chapter book with black-and-white illustrations throughout and holographic foil on the cover! Gwen Stacy is taking a creative writing class at the Stark Center, and she's got total writer's block. Luckily Kamala Khan offers to help her, but before the two friends can get to work, Super Skrull breaks into the Stark Center and steals one of the Infinity Stones! Ghost-Spider and Ms. Marvel quickly swing into action, but are they powerful enough to stop Super Skrull, a villain who has all the abilities of the Fantastic Four? Adventure awaits in this chapter book perfect for Marvel fans beginning to read on their own or for reading aloud! (c) 2026 MARVEL

In this showstopping masterpiece from author-artist Pam Fong, a young girl finds unexpected beauty in a rainy day, demonstrating the power of giving thanks and giving back. Wordless and illustrated in striking black-and-white artwork with pops of rainbow color, this is for fans of Wolf in the Snow, Journey, and Home in a Lunchbox.When Claire's mother takes her to the cathedral to pass the time on a rainy day, poor Claire could not be more bored. Soaring architecture, beautiful sculptures, historical significance--blah! Then a momentary ray of light shines through the famed Rose Window and brings color back into Claire's world. Soon she realizes there are rainbows all around her, if she looks closely. This wordless picture book celebrates the power of observation, gratitude, optimism, generosity, and the arts. Pam Fong makes a splash with her astonishing, intricately detailed black-and-white illustrations--light and music are the only elements shown in full-color glory. Claire and the C

Taking inspiration from everything from cat fleas to cloud gazing, FRESH is a lively collection of poems for primary school children, exploring starting over, nature, expressing your feelings, and kindness. As well as the 'fun stuff', poems also touch on subjects such as shifting friendships, sadness, loss, coping with worry, and being left out.As well as the 'fun stuff', many of the poems in FRESH touch on mental health and wellbeing, covering subjects such as shifting friendships, sadness, loss, coping with worry, and being left out.Complete with stunning black and white illustrations from former UK Children's Laureate Chris Riddell.

From the elegance of the Black-Scholes equation to the complexity of multi-factor interest rate models and hybrid derivatives, this book is your comprehensive guide to quantitative finance, complete with 15+ advanced C++ projects using QuantLib and Boost.You'll move seamlessly from mathematical foundations to real-world implementation, building a professional-grade toolkit for pricing, risk analysis, and calibration. Inside, you will learn core option pricing methods, master single-and multi-factor interest rate models, and construct and calibrate trees and lattices for advanced derivatives. You will also explore cutting edge products: exotic multi-asset options, hybrid derivatives, credit instruments, and cross-currency swaps.Packed with practical source code, step-by-step calibrations, and performance-tuned Boost integration, this book bridges the gap between academic finance and production-grade quant development. Whether you're a quant developer, financial engineer, or an advanced

A 2026 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor BookA 2026 Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) Children & Youth Literary Award (Debut Honor Category)A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Book Riot, The Bitter Southerner, Evanston Public Library, BookPage, Kirkus, Children's Book ReviewA lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family. On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable. Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love. Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while play