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Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) [Bok / Inbunden]

<b>A STUNNING DELUXE EDITION OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard</b><br/><br/><b>A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science, with special features including:</b><br/><br/>Intricately designed stenciled edges <br/><br/>New cover art on a deluxe jacket <br/><br/>Full-color illustrated endpapers <br/><br/>A gorgeous custom-stamped case<br/><br/>HUGO AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: Parade, Newsweek, New York Public Library, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal

<b>This limited deluxe hardcover features gorgeous stenciled edges - available on the first printing only! </b><br/><br/><b>From R.F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shockall set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei.</b><br/><br/>College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with the culture she inherited but never fully understood. But a promising start quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, her roommate is driving her insane, and a reckless trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon has her classmates viciously gossiping. She feels adrift, a foreigner in a country she thought would feel like home.<br/><br/>Then shocking news arrives: Lilys grandfather has passed away. The loss forces her to grapple with now-unanswerable questions about her family history. As Lily grieves, shes drawn into a journey of self-discoverypiecing together memories, stories, and silences over a series of hilarious and devastating attempts at connection.<br/><br/>Taipei Story asks: What if the diaspora fantasy of homecoming never comes true? What if learning a language cant bring you any closer to the people youre trying to reach? What if you search for your familys history, but your family doesnt want to share? What if you wait too long to ask the right questions? As Lily struggles for answers, her summer becomes a poignant search for understandingof herself, her family, and the meaning of home.

Hailed the "Prince of the Impressionists", <strong>Claude Monet </strong>(1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek to render only reality, but <strong>the act of perception itself.</strong> Working "en plein air" with rapid, impetuous brush strokes, he interrogated the play of light on the hues, patterns, and contours and the way in which these visual impressions fall upon the eye.<br/><br/> Monet's interest in this space "between the motif and the artist" encompassed too the <strong>ephemeral nature </strong>of each image we see. In his beloved <strong>water lily series</strong>, as well as in paintings of <strong>poplars, grain stacks, </strong>and the<strong> Rouen cathedral</strong>, he returned to the same motif in different seasons, different weather conditions, and at different times of the day, to explore the constant mutability of our visual environment.<br/><br/> This book offers the essential introduction to an artist whose works simultaneously reflected upon the purpose of a picture and the passage of time, and in so doing transformed irrevocably the story of art.

A hairless, ghostly figure on a bridge. The sky orange-red above him. His hands raised to his ears, his mouth wide in a haunting wail. In painting <em>The Scream</em>, <strong>Edvard Munch</strong> (1863-1944) created <em>Mona Lisa</em> for our times. The shriek of his iconic figure reverberates around the world, its echo resounding in the work of Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Martin Kippenberger, Marlene Dumas, and Tracey Emin.<br/><br/> This introductory book surveys <strong>Munch's staggering capacity for psychodrama </strong>in <em>The Scream</em> and beyond. With rich illustration, it looks at the lurid, dark, and deeply modern visions that made up the artist's response to relationships and emotions. These compelling images, regarded by the artist himself as a means of "free confession," remain as magnetic today as they were on the brink of modernism.

Pride and Prejudice [Bok / Inbunden]

<b>When the hunter is hunted who becomes prey? </b><br/><br/><b>The Emperors Enemy is an addictive true enemies-to-lovers dark romantasy with a heroine who doesnt need saving, an enemy she cant escape, and a war neither of them plans to lose. </b><br/><br/><b>Welcome to the Unsurvivable Love Duet, the all-new series by Jasmine Mas, bestselling author of Blood of Hercules. The limited deluxe edition features beautifully designed sprayed edges, a foil-stamped case, and full-color character art endpapersavailable while supplies last!</b><br/><br/>Zora Ravenal didnt join the Crimson Army to be a hero. She joined to destroy the empire. A skilled hunter hardened by loss with a concerning capacity for stubbornness, Zora claws her way into becoming a Knight Mage: the Commonwealths deadliest defense against the Empires storm magic and her peoples only hope. It almost works. <br/><br/>Now shes stuck in a war she cant walk away from, hiding dangerous secrets, and shoved into very close quarters with the one man she should never be alone with. <br/><br/>Hes a Royal Mage with a body count, a temper, and an unsettling obsession with her. Now theyre partners. Sort of. If partners means being forced to train together, trust each other with their lives, and somehow not kill each other in the process. But the Royal Mage isnt just dangeroushes paying attention. And the longer theyre forced to remain in each others orbit, the more twisted everything becomes. <br/><br/>Whos hunting who?