What We Were Promised debutantes

What We Were Promised debutantesSet in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese born, Western educated professionals who have

Sharon Tate takes readers on a sometimes joyous yet inevitably heart-wrenching tour of the '60s as seen through the eyes of someone who lived it

He analyzes Hitler's SS escort and the other security groups responsible for his life—there were so many of them that they often counteracted one another—together with their arrangements for his transportation

Seierstad is a sharp and often lyrical observer

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Has China Won

Nick Stefanos is on the case again as the fallout from a bloody robbery by two brothers leaves multiple restaurant workers murdered

nothing would ever be the same again

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"Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's penetrating investigation of the Obama presidency and the national security state

your drinking habits can be the result of everything from biology to trauma