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Discover the amazing true story of P-22, the wild cougar living in Los Angeles, in this inspiring picture book.P-22, the famed ';Hollywood Cougar,' was born in a national park near Los Angeles, Califo

Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Timesand USA TODAYbestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.

The popular rediscovery of Eve Babitz continues with this very special reissue of her novel, originally published in 1979, about a dreamy young girl moving between the planets of Los Angeles and New Y

Following the destruction of the Garden Nation ofJapan, Constable Led Dent returns to his brutal beat, having succumbed to hisinner demons. But as he stalks the streets of the Isles of Los Angeles,enf

“Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”—Los Angeles Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post ‧ Pu

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes.There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There ar

NOMINATED FOR A 2012 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE Dallas, 11/22/63: Three shots ring out. President John F. Kennedy is dead. Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for J

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“Savor the mysterious power of a master’s pentimento.” —Los Angeles Times“It takes a lot of nerve and skill to pull off something as rich as Beautiful MarIa of My Soul, but pull it off Hijuelos does.”

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Since its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday and Business Week

"Something close to magic." The Los Angeles TimesThe astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a ti

John Rechy's new novel is a return to the themes and scenes of his classic, best-selling City of Night and a bittersweet memorial to a lost world -- gay Los Angeles in the moment before AIDS. It is 1

Presents the scripts for two films from the 1970s, one the story of a private detective in Los Angeles, and the other dealing with two Navy Shore Patrols escorting a prisoner

"A delightful marriage of words and pictures." —Los Angeles Times In the napping house is a cozy bed piled high with a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumberin

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《生命如不朽繁星》作者安東尼．馬拉全新力作。懷揣童年不可告人的秘密，Maria與母親逃離墨索里尼時代的義大利，來到好萊塢。二戰之際，Maria工作的水星製片正與她那搖搖欲墜的私生活一樣徘徊在破產邊緣。戰後世界仍一片狼藉，機會卻悄悄降臨，水星製片因流亡藝術家湧入前景光明，強烈野心驅使Maria越爬越高，直到一名不速之客帶來童年的秘密拉住她的腳步。The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's Italy to 1940s Los Angeles-a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaLike many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest.Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her.Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington

★ 詹姆斯比爾德獎得主，年度最佳食譜書之一★ 正宗德州BBQ全解密，75道經典煙燻料理★ 從烤肉技術到靈魂故事，一次完整呈現煙燻的香氣，不只是味道，更是一段關於傳承與人生的故事。凱文．布拉索從洛杉磯康普頓出發，在德州外婆的燒烤攤學會了火與時間的藝術。那些在炙熱烤爐前度過的日子，不只鍛鍊出技藝，也塑造了他對家庭與社區的深刻連結。從街角小攤到跨國餐廳品牌，《Bludso’s BBQ Cookbook》記錄的不只是75道令人垂涎的料理，更是一段關於堅持與回家的旅程。從煙燻羊腿、香辣牛尾到經典配菜與甜點，每一道菜都帶著濃烈的靈魂與記憶。這本書讓你學會的不只是烤肉，而是如何用食物，凝聚人與人之間最真實的情感。JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • This is low and slow Texas BBQ done right: a family affair in smoke and soul, told through 75 recipes and stories from the founder of famous Los Angeles–based Bludso’s BBQ.ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Los Angeles TimesThis is low and slow Texas BBQ done right: a family affair in smoke and soul, told through 75 recipes and stories from the founder of famous Los Angeles-based Bludso's BBQ.Kevin Bludso was born and raised in Compton, California, by a Black Panther-supporting mother and a police officer father. To stay out of trouble, he spent his summers in Corsicana, Texas, where he was schooled on the art of barbecue and

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of act

The Scythians were nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare, who flourished between 900 and 200 BCBarry Cunliffe here marshals this vast array of evidence - both archaeological and textual - in a

With Math for Minecrafters: Adventures in Multiplication & Division, learning time feels more like game time!This kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and concepts to reinfo

Features stories of Russian life that are peopled by outsized characters including serfs, princes, Gypsy girls, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars and garrulous storytellers.

This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. "Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible."--Los Angeles Times"An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the...strengths of Dahl's storytelling."--New York Times Book Review

★ 改編自真實爆紅開球畫面，溫馨又幽默★ MLB四度MVP得主親自參與創作★ 棒球 × 毛孩 × 公益行動，一本滿滿正能量★ 適合親子共讀的熱血開季故事當Los Angeles Dodgers開幕戰來臨，全場目光聚焦在投手丘――但今天的主角，是一隻尾巴搖個不停的狗狗。本書由四度MVP得主Shohei Ohtani攜手作家Michael Blank打造，靈感源自Decoy真實為比賽開球的感人瞬間。故事以快節奏推進，在緊張與歡笑中描繪主人與毛孩之間的深厚情感。除了可愛滿點的插畫與幽默情節，本書更承載公益意義――大谷翔平長期支持動物救援組織，希望透過出版行動，幫助更多狗狗找到溫暖歸宿。AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Los Angeles Dodgers all-star Shohei Ohtani comes a fast-paced and heartwarming fictional story about his real-life dog Decoy’s first pitch on Opening Day of the baseball season.Decoy can’t wait to throw the first pitch on Opening Day of the new baseball season! The stadium has hot dogs, the biggest backyard he’s ever seen, and thousands of his best human friends. It’s going to be the best day ever, but -- oh, no! -- Decoy forgot his lucky baseball at home! Can he get his ball and make it back to the stadium before it’s too late?Shohei Ohtani is the biggest name in baseball and a proud sponsor of animal rescue organizations. Shohei and Decoy hope to use the

Este libro, desde una perspectiva comparativa, explora los campos literarios y culturales de España y Taiwán bajo regímenes autoritarios en el siglo XX, centrándose en la etapa final del franquismo y los inicios de la transición democrática (1960-1979), así como en las dos últimas décadas del régimen de la ley marcial bajo el gobierno de los Chiang en Taiwán (1970-1989). A través del análisis de la situación editorial, los fenómenos culturales en torno a los premios literarios y el ascenso de una nueva generación de novelistas, se revela cómo la literatura, bajo presión política, impulsó una renovación estética y una crítica simbólica. Este libro se estructura en cuatro capítulos que recorren, respectivamente, los marcos históricos y culturales generales, el papel de los editores y editoriales representativos en la publicación de la novela, los premios literarios más destacados y, finalmente, la irrupción de las nuevas generaciones literarias. El estudio señala que, a pesar de la diver

A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the world mourned with a wholehearted ferocity. In perhaps the largest and most intense outpouring of public art the world has ever seen, murals went up on seemingly every available wall in Los Angeles and around the globe. The paintings were both professional and amateur, some public and some private, many of them colossal. All of them expressed love and respect for Kobe and Gianna Bryant as athletes, as a father and daughter, as heroes who will not be forgotten.In Mamba & Mambacita Forever, Vanessa Bryant brings together the images and stories of more than a hundred murals honoring her husband and daughter. Taken together, what emerges is the story of a man who became even more than he himself could have imagined, an avatar of determination, discipline, and competitiveness. He was also a worldwide icon, one of the gre

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of viewNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • A LOS ANGELES TIMES BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE LAST 30 YEARSIn development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg • A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, LA Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, TIME, and more."Genius"—The Atlantic • "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."—Chicago Tribune • "A provocative, enlightening literary work of art."—The Boston Globe • "Everett’s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."—The New York TimesWhen Jim over

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK“Sweeping and epic…An impactful love story, told against the backdrop of historical events…One of the best debut novels of this century.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“Like any tried-and-true epic (think “Pachinko” or “The Joy Luck Club”)… Homeseeking is just a genuine pleasure to read.”—San Francisco ChronicleA single choice can define an entire life.Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.Homeseeking follows the separated lover

This book offers a glimpse into the wide-ranging 50-year career of the internationally renowned Hong Kong photographer/designer through his work in collages and photomontages. From his early album covers when he was an art director/designer for the music industry in New York, Los Angeles and London in the 1970’s, through his diverse international assignments and personal works, to his most recent exhibition in Hong Kong. The story encompasses the long journey from cut-and-paste collages to the computer-composited photomontages of dreamscapes in this Carnival of Dreams.In his introduction titled ‘The Man from Everywhere’, Pico Iyer writes: “For decades now, Basil Pao has been the global eye through which I’ve taken in almost every country, as clearly as the world within… I never know where to place Basil; I can’t get my head around him. Album-designer, loving father, covert Chan master—21st century Renaissance man—Basil is always bringing the many worlds inside him together to create so

Unravel the mysteries of an extraordinary underwater world in this official Minecraft novel! When three kids discover a mystery in an abandoned Minecraft server, they must race against the clock to uncover its secrets. Jake Thomas is always the new kid. His family moves so much for his dad's work that it's easier to keep his head down and not get attached to anyone. He'll be gone in a few months anyway. But when they end up in Los Angeles, Dad promises this will be the last time they move. The Pacific Crest Apartments are home now . . . which means it's time for Jake to finally make friends. Jake isn't sure he should count the two kids he meets at the apartment's community center as friends, though. Tank Vuong is a large and intimidating boy who hangs with a tough crowd, and Emily Quesada is a fashionista who's quick with a sarcastic remark. But when he discovers an old computer lab in a forgotten corner of the community center, with a strange Minecraft server containing cryptic riddle

The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 global phenomenon Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.In the blurry weeks after his mother’s death, Leopold found the seven puffy-boxed VHS tapes of its one, and perhaps only, season in a box of her things headed for the trash.... Sunderworld became a primary escape through some of the bleakest stretches of his childhood. In the midst of grief, he was happy only when immersed in Sunder.Leopold Berry is a teenager living in Los Angeles with his blowhard father. Leopold’s mother died when he was twelve and was the source of her son’s love both for LA and for movie magic. Since her passing, much of his life has been spent avoiding disappointing his father and obsessing over his favorite TV show—a 1990s kids’ fantasy series called Sunderworld. To call Sunderworld a cult favorite is generous. As far as Leopold knows, he and his best friend Emmet are the only people in the

El libro que ha inspirado un episodio en PBS Books Readers Club, dirigido por Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, y David McMahon.El aclamado autor de los best sellers Steve Jobs y Einstein nos vuelve a cautivar con la vida del genio más creativo de la historia en esta fascinante biografía.Basándose en los miles de páginas de los cuadernos manuscritos de Leonardo y nuevos descubrimientos sobre su vida y su obra, Walter Isaacson teje una narración que conecta el arte de Da Vinci con sus investigaciones científicas, y nos muestra cómo el genio del hombre más visionario de la historia nació de habilidades que todos poseemos y podemos estimular, tales como la curiosidad incansable, la observación cuidadosa y la imaginación juguetona. Su creatividad, como la de todo gran innovador, resultó de la intersección entre la tecnología y las humanidades. Despellejó y estudió el rostro de numerosos cadáveres, dibujó los músculos que configuran el movimiento de los labios y pintó la sonrisa más enigmática de la

Esta es la historia de Joe, un muchacho tan valiente como sus superhéroes favoritos. La autora de la aclamada Estrella de mar regresa con otra emotiva novela en verso.Joe vive con su abuela y con su mamá. Ama los cómics, sobre todo los de superhéroes, porque encuentra inspiración en los personajes que son capaces de hacer frente a los momentos más inesperados, a los “y entonces, ¡boom!” de sus historias.Después de que su mamá desaparece una mañana, abandonándolo otra vez, una inimaginable y terrible cadena de “booms” sacudirá el mundo de Joe. Aprenderá qué significa pasar hambre, enfrentará momentos difíciles y se sentirá realmente solo. Pero también descubrirá el súper poder del amor incondicional de su abuela y de sus grandes amigos. Con el próximo “boom”, Joe probará que, a su manera, él también es un superhéroe.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms li

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about family, friendship, and the power of being finally seen.My sister got to grow up with my parents. Me? I grew up with postcards from my parents.When ten-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it’s her first time in America and the first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She’s been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother in Beijing, getting teased by kids at school who called her “left behind girl.” Finally, her parents are ready for her to join their fabulous life in America! Except, it’s not exactly like in the postcards:1. School’s a lot harder than she thought. When she mispronounces some words in English on the first day, she decides she simply won’t talk. Ever again.

Bestseller del New York Times Un dragón sin su jinete es una tragedia. Un jinete sin su dragón está muerto.—Artículo uno, sección uno del Código de jinetes de dragonesViolet Sorrengail creía que a sus veinte años se uniría al Cuadrante de los Escribas para vivir una vida tranquila, estudiando sus amados libros y las historias antiguas que tanto le fascinan. Sin embargo, por órdenes de su madre, la temida comandante general, Violet debe unirse a los miles de candidatos que luchan por formar parte de la élite de Navarre: los jinetes de dragones.Cuando eres más pequeña y frágil que los demás tu vida corre peligro, porque los dragones no se vinculan con humanos débiles; de hecho, los incineran. Sumado a esto, con más jinetes que dragones disponibles, buena parte de los candidatos mataría a Violet con tal de mejorar sus probabilidades de éxito; otros, como el despiadado Xaden Riorson, el líder de ala más poderoso del Cuadrante, la asesinarían simplemente por ser la hija de la comandante gen

This book offers a glimpse into the wide-ranging 50-year career of the internationally renowned Hong Kong photographer/designer through his work in collages and photomontages. From his early album covers when he was an art director/designer for the music industry in New York, Los Angeles and London in the 1970’s, through his diverse international assignments and personal works, to his most recent exhibition in Hong Kong. The story encompasses the long journey from cut-and-paste collages to the computer-composited photomontages of dreamscapes in this Carnival of Dreams.In his introduction titled ‘The Man from Everywhere’, Pico Iyer writes: “For decades now, Basil Pao has been the global eye through which I’ve taken in almost every country, as clearly as the world within… I never know where to place Basil; I can’t get my head around him. Album-designer, loving father, covert Chan master—21st century Renaissance man—Basil is always bringing the many worlds inside him together to create so

DEL CINE AL PAPEL, DE HBO A LOS LIBROS. INCLUYE PLANOS, BOCETOS DE VESTUARIO, COMENTARIOS DEL ELENCO El profesor Albus Dumbledore sabe que el poderoso mago oscuro Gellert Grindelwald est?a punto de tomar el control del mundo m墔ico. Incapaz de detenerlo por s?solo, le encomienda al magizo鏊ogo Newt Scamander que lidere a un intr廧ido equipo de magos, brujas y un valiente panadero muggle en una peligrosa misi鏮, en la que encontrar嫕 criaturas antiguas y nuevas, y cruzar嫕 caminos con la creciente legi鏮 de seguidores de Grindelwald. Cuando las apuestas son tan altas, cu嫕to tiempo podr?mantenerse Dumbledore en los m嫫genes de la lucha? El gui鏮 oficial de la pel獳ula de Animales fant嫳ticos: Los secretos de Dumbledore ree el texto completo de J. K. Rowling y Steve Kloves con el esclarecedor contenido de detr嫳 de c嫥aras, el cual incluye bocetos de vestuario, planos de locaciones, dise隳 gr塻ico, comentarios del elenco principal y de miembros del equipo creativo, y mucho m嫳. Con duelos dram嫢icos y cr

★ 哈佛、普林斯頓經濟學名教授、甘迺迪與詹森總統的經濟顧問──高伯瑞之經典著作！★ 洛杉磯時報（Los Angeles Times）、圖書館期刊（Library Journal） 好評推薦！★ 美國亞馬遜５顆星好評！經濟成為現代人生活話題的重要部份，但許多自認為飽學之土的人都認為，把經濟思想寫得活潑生動、簡單易懂、趣味橫生，就無以彰顯自己的研術涵養。高伯瑞指出，這是那些才疏學淺、文意不通學者慣用的託詞︰他發現，早期的經濟鉅著，幾乎所有有用的理論都可以用清晰、不加粉飾和通俗的文字寫成。你可知道──　◆ 「物競天擇，適者生存」這句話根本不是達爾文說的。　◆ 以《一般理論》改變人類歷史的凱因斯，經濟考不及格。　◆ 只要如願移民美國，馬克思可能一輩子也不會寫出共產黨宣言。　◆ 費雪在經濟學的地位有如愛因斯坦玩股票卻傾家蕩產。了解這些改變人類歷史的著作，以掌握，現代生活的脈動並推測未來，這就是本書重點。好評推薦：「了不起……高伯瑞的聲譽將因《透視經濟學》此書後更上一層樓。」──洛杉磯時報（Los Angeles Times）「高伯瑞又一部經典著作！」──圖書館期刊（Library Journal）「引人入勝！《透視經濟學》對經濟理論和實踐進行了深入淺出的詳細介紹。」──科克斯書評（Kirkus Review）「《透視經濟學》是從亞里士多德到現代的精心製作！」──理查德·帕克，哈佛肯尼迪學院（Richard Parker, Harvard Kennedy School）

A New York Times BestsellerSpanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles, Great Circle tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost.After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of barnstorming pilots passing through town in beat-up biplanes--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fourteen she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy bootlegger who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement that will haunt her for the rest of her life, even as it allows her to fulfill her destiny: circumnavigating the globe by flying over the North and South Poles. A century later, Hadley Baxter is cast to play Marian in a film that centers on Marian's d