Сью Линн Тань4.1 Синъинь — дочь богини, приговоренной Небесным императором к вечному заточению на Луне. Само существование Синъинь должно оставаться тайной, и когда магия девушки вызывает изменения в ауре Луны, она вынуждена бежать из дома, пообещав однажды освободить и мать.
Она попадает в Небесную империю, где изучает боевые искусства вместе с наследным принцем, столь непохожим на своего отца. В надежде заслужить милость императора для Лунной богини, Синъинь отправляется в путешествие по земле и небу, сталкиваясь с легендарными монстрами и древними драконами. Но когда запретная магия погружает империю в хаос, дочь Лунной богини заключает опасную сделку, рискуя потерять все, что ей дорого.
Софи Ирвин4.2 Англия, начало девятнадцатого века. Двадцатилетней Китти Тэлбот, на попечении которой находятся четыре младшие сестры, нужно за короткий срок найти огромную сумму, чтобы выплатить кредиторам родительские долги. Иначе можно остаться без крыши над головой. И пусть эта крыша протекает, а комнаты обставлены довольно скудно, — чтобы сохранить дом, в котором прошло детство, все средства хороши! Китти решается на отчаянный шаг — добиться предложения руки и сердца от какого-нибудь состоятельного джентльмена из высшего общества. Ведь кто не играет, тот не выигрывает, а риск — всего лишь часть игры. Чего не ожидает Китти, так это встречи с одним очень проницательным господином — лордом Рэдклиффом, старшим братом восхитительно богатого Арчибальда де Лейси. Лорд, безошибочно угадавший в Китти охотницу за деньгами, полон решимости разрушить ее планы любой ценой... Английские традиции, английские манеры, английский юмор от «современной Джейн Остин»!
Ребекка Куанг3.8 Вавилон — престижный Королевский институт переводов Оксфордского университета — является мировым центром не только переводов, но и магии. Именно здесь зачаровывают серебряные слитки, позволяющие открыть потерянные при переводе смыслы. Такая уникальная сила наделила Британскую империю невиданной властью, а исследование Вавилона в области переводов и иностранных языков позволила развивать масштабную внешнюю политику.
Робин Свифт потратил многие годы на изучение языков, чтобы поступить в Королевский институт. Учеба в Оксфорде для него — это утопия, наполненная знаниями. Однако познакомившись с тайным обществом «Гермес» и поняв, какой властью обладают эти знания, Робин приходит к выводу, что служение Вавилону означает служение Империи. Теперь он стоит перед выбором…
Но можно ли изменить могущественные институты изнутри без насилия, или революция всегда требует жертв?
Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something…anything…related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns getting the dream job won’t be as easy as he thought. Proofreading? Journalism? Copywriting? Not enough experience. It turns out he doesn’t even have enough experience to be a garbage collector! But when Ben stumbles upon a “Now Hiring—No Experience Necessary” sign outside a restaurant, he jumps at the chance to land his first job. Plus, he can keep looking for a writing job in the meantime. He’s actually not so bad in the kitchen, but he will have to pass a series of cooking tests to prove he’s got the culinary skills to stay on full-time. But it’s only temporary…right?
When Ben begins developing a crush on Liam, one of the other super dreamy chefs at the restaurant, and when he starts ditching his old college friends and his old writing job plans, his career path starts to become much less clear.
Jennette McCurdy4.5 A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.
In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.
Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.
Хавьер Замора4.5 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir hailed as the mythic journey of our era (Sandra Cisneros)
Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--"one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure."
Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a coyote hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks.
At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, living under the same roof again. He does not see the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
A memoir by an acclaimed poet that reads like a novel, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.
James Spooner0.0 A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man’s immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.
Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert.
Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining—new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders—skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country.
A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town...
Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY and punk scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist.
John Scalzi4.2 The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble.
It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society whose found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
Сара Нович4.3 Ученики школы для глухих Ривер-Вэлли хотят жить обычной жизнью подростков, дружить, влюбляться, учиться и сдавать экзамены, а еще они хотят, чтобы политики, врачи, родители перестали объяснять, что им делать со своими телами. Среди героев книги девочка Чарли, которая никогда прежде не общалась с другими глухими людьми, мальчик Остин, выросший в семье, где глухота передается из поколения в поколение, и директор школы Фебруари, дочь глухих родителей, которая делает все возможное, чтобы Ривер-Вэлли не закрыли. Но и в стране, и в жизни каждого героя происходят драматические события, и нужно либо смириться с переменами, либо отстаивать право самим решать, как им жить дальше.
Джамила Роузер, Робин Смит0.0 From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair.
Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends—Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie—through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx.
The book takes its title from the wash day experience shared by Black women everywhere of setting aside all plans and responsibilities for a full day of washing, conditioning, and nourishing their hair. Each short story uses hair routines as a window into these four characters' everyday lives and how they care for each other.
Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith originally kickstarted their critically acclaimed, award-winning slice of life mini comic, Wash Day, inspired by Rowser's own wash day ritual and their shared desire to see more comics featuring the daily lived experiences of young Black women. Wash Day Diaries includes an updated, full color version of this original comic—which follows Kim, a 26-year-old woman living in the Bronx—as the book's first chapter and expands into a graphic novel with short stories about these vibrant and relatable new characters.
In expanding the story of Kim and her friends, the authors pay tribute to Black sisterhood through portraits of shared, yet deeply personal experiences of Black hair care. From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story.
At times touching, quiet, triumphant, and laugh out loud funny, the stories of Wash Day Diaries pay a loving tribute to Black joy and the resilience of Black women.
