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Monkey Wrench (Were Menagerie)
by Xara X. XanakasA Were Menagerie StoryTwenty-year-old virgin Aaron Thorne has a lot of irons in the fire. He's on a career-making case investigating a new party drug that induces shifts in werecreatures, and his friend is the prime suspect. Outside of work, a literal silver fox has captured his attention. And just when life start going smoothly for Aaron, a tall, dark, scowly bobcat shifter named Iggy appears and sweeps him off his feet. After being attacked in the course of his investigation, Aaron starts to feel like he has something to prove. It's a good thing he's got all the energy of his shifter animal, the spider monkey. He's going to need it to solve the case, sort out his love life, and decide what kind of man he wants to be.
These Letters End in Tears: A Novel
by Musih Tedji XaviereSet in a country where being gay is punishable by law, These Letters End in Tears is the heart-wrenching forbidden love story of a Christian girl with a rebellious heart and a Muslim girl leading a double lifeBessem notices Fatima for the first time on the soccer field—muscular and focused, she&’s the only woman playing and seems completely at ease. When Fatima chases a rogue ball in her direction, Bessem freezes, mesmerized by the athlete&’s charm and beauty. One playful wink from Fatima, and Bessem knows her life will never be the same.In Cameroon, a country where same-sex relationships are punishable by law, the odds are stacked against Bessem and Fatima from the start. And when Fatima&’s older brother, a staunch Muslim, finds out about their affair, he intervenes by physically assaulting them, an incident that precedes a police raid at the only gay bar in town. After spending days in jail, Fatima goes missing without a trace, and Bessem is left with only rumors of her whereabouts. Has Fatima been sentenced to an unknown prison? Has she been banished from her community, or married off, as some have suggested? Or something even more sinister?Thirteen years later, Bessem is now a university professor leading a relatively quiet life, occasionally and secretly dating other women. However, she has never forgotten Fatima. After spotting a mutual friend for the first time in years—the last person who may have seen Fatima—Bessem embarks on a winding search for her lost love.
How the Top Pursues the Bottom: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Shi XiIf there was a new breed of flower, it would grow roots and bear fruit every day with their blood carefully watering it. When the flower was ripe and tender, the baby would come out of its shell. Forcefully attacking and rooting away Yi Shengli was not like luring him away with weakness. It would lead him astray and give him tenderness. It would give him sincerity, wait for the two of them to share their feelings before turning the tables.
How the Top Pursues the Bottom: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Shi XiIf there was a new breed of flower, it would grow roots and bear fruit every day with their blood carefully watering it. When the flower was ripe and tender, the baby would come out of its shell. Forcefully attacking and rooting away Yi Shengli was not like luring him away with weakness. It would lead him astray and give him tenderness. It would give him sincerity, wait for the two of them to share their feelings before turning the tables.
Contract Couple's Sweet Life: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xiao XiaoMeiChu Yang liked Wei Qing for a long time. Wei Qing, on the other hand, didn't like the first rays of the sun. Honestly speaking, he didn't like anyone, only himself. But being forced by his father, he had no choice but to marry Chu Yang. After Wei Qing and Chu Yang's interview, he found out that the other party was very suitable in every aspect. He decisively signed a contract with Chu Yang to let him be the fake marriage partner. The first rays of the sun 'married' to Wei Qing as he wished. Initially, he thought that life after marriage would be as cold as ice. Unexpectedly, life after marriage would be as sweet as honey. Couples sow dog food together.
Contract Couple's Sweet Life: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xiao XiaoMeiChu Yang liked Wei Qing for a long time. Wei Qing, on the other hand, didn't like the first rays of the sun. Honestly speaking, he didn't like anyone, only himself. But being forced by his father, he had no choice but to marry Chu Yang. After Wei Qing and Chu Yang's interview, he found out that the other party was very suitable in every aspect. He decisively signed a contract with Chu Yang to let him be the fake marriage partner. The first rays of the sun 'married' to Wei Qing as he wished. Initially, he thought that life after marriage would be as cold as ice. Unexpectedly, life after marriage would be as sweet as honey. Couples sow dog food together.
Male Consort Upgrade System: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Lian XiNingMou"What!?" Waiting for the male contestants? "What a scam!Being a male concubine was a technical job, and the most important thing was to tightly hug the big legs. (_) *[Small amount of palace fights, levelling up, establishment, and strength]"I would like to request a recommendation vote, and also request for a collection of 'The Transmigration of Men' for my eyes."
Male Consort Upgrade System: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Lian XiNingMou"What!?" Waiting for the male contestants? "What a scam!Being a male concubine was a technical job, and the most important thing was to tightly hug the big legs. (_) *[Small amount of palace fights, levelling up, establishment, and strength]"I would like to request a recommendation vote, and also request for a collection of 'The Transmigration of Men' for my eyes."
Transmigration: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Lian XiNingMouAs soon as Qin Feng opened his eyes, he was horrified to find himself lying in a drafty thatched hut. The problem was that he was still in his villa! What was even more horrifying was that there was another man lying under the blanket next to his legs!"You, you, who are you?"The man quietly sat up, exposing his upper body. He looked at him fixedly for a moment, then took a broken bowl from the table by the bed. He said in a muffled voice, "Wife, drink this water."Qin Feng rolled his eyes and fainted. Without permission, it is forbidden to reproduce or adapt it. Violators must be investigated.]
Transmigration: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Lian XiNingMouAs soon as Qin Feng opened his eyes, he was horrified to find himself lying in a drafty thatched hut. The problem was that he was still in his villa! What was even more horrifying was that there was another man lying under the blanket next to his legs!"You, you, who are you?"The man quietly sat up, exposing his upper body. He looked at him fixedly for a moment, then took a broken bowl from the table by the bed. He said in a muffled voice, "Wife, drink this water."Qin Feng rolled his eyes and fainted. Without permission, it is forbidden to reproduce or adapt it. Violators must be investigated.]
Devil King's Cheap Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Feng Ya"Did you ever think that I would buy you for a hundred silver taels?" Han Xiu asked.Murong Qing shook her head, "I never thought you would be so poor that you couldn't even afford a steamed bun.""Actually, it's very cheap. It's only the money for a wild boar and a hare.""I'll catch a wild boar and hare and give them to you." Murong Qing gritted his teeth."No need, just be a good wife to me.""No!" "You can't get married without a betrothal gift!""That wild boar and hare are are betrothal gifts.""I'm that cheap!""Yes, my cheap lady!" Han Xiu said proudly.
Devil King's Cheap Wife: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Feng Ya"Did you ever think that I would buy you for a hundred silver taels?" Han Xiu asked.Murong Qing shook her head, "I never thought you would be so poor that you couldn't even afford a steamed bun.""Actually, it's very cheap. It's only the money for a wild boar and a hare.""I'll catch a wild boar and hare and give them to you." Murong Qing gritted his teeth."No need, just be a good wife to me.""No!" "You can't get married without a betrothal gift!""That wild boar and hare are are betrothal gifts.""I'm that cheap!""Yes, my cheap lady!" Han Xiu said proudly.
Devil King's Cheap Wife: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Feng Ya"Did you ever think that I would buy you for a hundred silver taels?" Han Xiu asked.Murong Qing shook her head, "I never thought you would be so poor that you couldn't even afford a steamed bun.""Actually, it's very cheap. It's only the money for a wild boar and a hare.""I'll catch a wild boar and hare and give them to you." Murong Qing gritted his teeth."No need, just be a good wife to me.""No!" "You can't get married without a betrothal gift!""That wild boar and hare are are betrothal gifts.""I'm that cheap!""Yes, my cheap lady!" Han Xiu said proudly.
Devil King's Cheap Wife: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Feng Ya"Did you ever think that I would buy you for a hundred silver taels?" Han Xiu asked.Murong Qing shook her head, "I never thought you would be so poor that you couldn't even afford a steamed bun.""Actually, it's very cheap. It's only the money for a wild boar and a hare.""I'll catch a wild boar and hare and give them to you." Murong Qing gritted his teeth."No need, just be a good wife to me.""No!" "You can't get married without a betrothal gift!""That wild boar and hare are are betrothal gifts.""I'm that cheap!""Yes, my cheap lady!" Han Xiu said proudly.
Actually, I also Have Plug-ins: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Yin Ya[Savage Melting VS Magical False Benevolence]Ezra Continent was a world where magic and martial arts prevailed. After death, they accidentally witnessed the murder scene and were forced to bind to the Child of Fate.Who said that the heart of the child of destiny must be filled with money? The one he met was a black bag, he thought he had found a thick leg, but who knew that this person was not only black-hearted, even the leg he hugged was black, and his conscience was also a passerby.
Actually, I also Have Plug-ins: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Yin Ya[Savage Melting VS Magical False Benevolence]Ezra Continent was a world where magic and martial arts prevailed. After death, they accidentally witnessed the murder scene and were forced to bind to the Child of Fate.Who said that the heart of the child of destiny must be filled with money? The one he met was a black bag, he thought he had found a thick leg, but who knew that this person was not only black-hearted, even the leg he hugged was black, and his conscience was also a passerby.
Actually, I also Have Plug-ins: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Yin Ya[Savage Melting VS Magical False Benevolence]Ezra Continent was a world where magic and martial arts prevailed. After death, they accidentally witnessed the murder scene and were forced to bind to the Child of Fate.Who said that the heart of the child of destiny must be filled with money? The one he met was a black bag, he thought he had found a thick leg, but who knew that this person was not only black-hearted, even the leg he hugged was black, and his conscience was also a passerby.
Actually, I also Have Plug-ins: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Yin Ya[Savage Melting VS Magical False Benevolence]Ezra Continent was a world where magic and martial arts prevailed. After death, they accidentally witnessed the murder scene and were forced to bind to the Child of Fate.Who said that the heart of the child of destiny must be filled with money? The one he met was a black bag, he thought he had found a thick leg, but who knew that this person was not only black-hearted, even the leg he hugged was black, and his conscience was also a passerby.
Hammajang Luck: Ocean’s 8 meets sci-fi in this devilishly funny and romantic heist adventure debut
by Makana YamamotoHAMMAJANG | adjective. Definition: In a disorderly or chaotic state; messed up. Chiefly in predicative use, esp. in all hammajang. Etymology: A borrowing from Hawaiian Pidgin. Source: Oxford English Dictionary.Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person - costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.And it's all Angel's fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station - of home - to spend the best part of a decade alone.But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting - and she has an offer.One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There's just one thing Edie needs to do - trust Angel again - which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?Ocean's 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai'i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one - unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.
Hammajang Luck: A Novel
by Makana YamamotoOcean’s 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai’i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one—unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.And it’s all Angel’s fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station—of home—to spend the best part of a decade alone.But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting—and she has an offer.One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again—which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do. What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?
Al paraíso: La nueva novela de la aclamada autora de «Tan poca vida»
by Hanya Yanagihara2.500.000 DE LECTORES VOLVERÁN A EMOCIONARSE NÚMERO UNO EN VENTAS EN THE NEW YORK TIMES Tras Tan poca vida —«un fenómeno digno de estudio» (La Razón), Mejor Libro del Año según más de 15 medios—, la nueva novela de una autora «con una capacidad deslumbrante para atrapar desde las tripas en una lectura febril» (El Mundo) UNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DEL AÑO SEGÚN THE GUARDIAN, THE TIMES, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE TELEGRAPH, THE DAILY MAIL, FINANTIAL TIMES Y THE IRISH TIMES «Al paraíso es tan buena como Guerra y paz».Edmund White En una versión alternativa de la América de 1893, Nueva York forma parte de los Estados Libres, donde el matrimonio homosexual está permitido. Un muchacho de familia distinguida se debate entre casarse con un pretendiente elegido por su abuelo o escoger a un profesor de música con pocos recursos de quien está enamorado. En un Manhattan de 1993 asediado por «la enfermedad», un joven hawaiano vive con su pareja, cuya edad e ingresos superan con creces los suyos, y le oculta su infancia problemática y el destino de su padre. Y en 2093, en un mundo asolado por plagas y gobernado por un estado totalitario, un poderoso científico y su familia intentan encontrar las estrategias necesarias para sobrevivir sin perderse unos a otros por el camino.Como en una sinfonía fascinante e ingeniosa, estas tres partes conforman una novela monumental, histórica y distópica en la que el amor parece imposible y, sin embargo, los protagonistas, con sus limitaciones y secretos, se obstinan en buscarlo como único modo de llegar al paraíso. La crítica ha dicho:«La gran nueva novela de Hanya Yanagihara reescribe la historia. ¿Puede una mujer asiática americana escribir una gran novela americana? ¿Debería una gran novela americana ir de Nueva York a Hawái saltándose el Medio Oeste? ¿Puede pasar de realismo a distopía? Y, tal vez lo más importante, ¿puede centrarse en los hombres homosexuales? Es todo un mérito que Al paraíso plantee estas cuestiones, [...] ponga sobre la mesa lo que preocupa a Estados Unidos y lo resuelva de manera original y fascinante. Yanagihara es magnífica en la descripción de las grandes emociones, pero es en los momentos y emociones pequeñas donde demuestra su grandeza.»Gish Jen, The New York Times «Impresionante y reveladora».Alex Clark, The Guardian «No puedes perdértela».César Suárez, Telva ("22 libros muy recomendables que llegan en 2022") «Una novela trascendente y visionaria, de extraordinario alcance y profundidad, con tantas capas, tan rica y llena de las alegrías y los temores que conforman la vida humana —su puro misterio— que no solo es única: es revolucionaria».Michael Cunningham «Es diferente a cualquier cosa que hayas leído. [...] Gigantesca, extraña, exquisita, aterradora y repleta de misterio».Kirkus Reviews «Prepárense para un buen debate: [...] llega la esperadísima nueva novela de Yanagihara tras uno de los libros más controvertidos del siglo. [...] Personalmente, ¡estoy emocionada!».Literary Hub Sobre Tan poca vida:«Un libro extraordinario. Daría lo que fuera por escribir una novela tan potente como Tan poca vida».James Rhodes
Bad Idea
by Erica YangRiva Corley needs a girlfriend. Not because she wants one, but because her boyfriend, Benton, is pushing her to kiss a girl in front of him. Afraid of losing Benton, Riva agrees to try, but she never expects to find a girl she actually likes and wants to kiss for her own reasons.Daisy Mejia has stayed closeted for all of high school so far -- it seems pointless to come out for a kiss that's destined to go nowhere. Daisy also has no desire to put on a show for Riva's boyfriend. But she's had a crush on Riva Corley forever, and Daisy can't pass up this chance.Before long, what starts out as a bad idea begins to look more like a relationship. Soon, Daisy must decide how much trouble she'll put up with, and Riva has to figure out what it means when she's falling for another girl.
Better Than Her
by Erica YangSydney Shieh is pitching at top form for the Central High Seabirds, but isn’t good enough. No matter how hard Sydney works, Rebecca Howard, star pitcher for the Seacrest High Jaguars, does better and looks effortless in the process. Sydney swears to take Rebecca down or learn her secrets.Rebecca plays softball for fun, not competition. She doesn't believe in obsessive practice or softball camps or worrying too much about what other people think of her. But she keeps rising to Sydney's challenges.Rebecca and Sydney can't leave each other alone, and their friends keep asking when they're going to admit what they really want. Even if their friends are right, how can they be together when they're out to defeat each other every step of the way?
Wholehearted
by Erica YangWhen the college health clinic discovers Bonnie Deluca was born with a hole in the wall of her heart, she finds herself suddenly facing surgery -- and the family she's been estranged from since leaving home. They don't accept her girlfriend, don't respect her needs, and aren't the people she wants making her medical decisions if anything goes wrong. A friendly nurse points out that a new option has become available in their state: thanks to marriage equality, Bonnie can make Tina her next of kin.Tina Harper never thought she'd be getting married at nineteen. In spite of her fear, she wants to be there for Bonnie as best she can. Tina agrees to marry Bonnie so she can protect her.As she faces off with Bonnie's family, Tina can only hope Bonnie will come out of surgery wholehearted and ready to live with the decision they've made.
Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
by Larry Yang Jan Willis Sylvia Boorstein“Awakening Together combines the intimately personal, the Buddhist and universal into a loving, courageous, important work that will benefit all who read it. For anyone who longs to collaborate and create a just and inclusive community, Larry provides a brilliant guidebook.” —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With HeartHow can we connect our personal spiritual journeys with the larger course of our shared human experience? How do we compassionately and wisely navigate belonging and exclusion in our own hearts? And how can we embrace diverse identities and experiences within our spiritual communities, building sanghas that make good on the promise of liberation for everyone? If you aren’t sure how to start this work, Awakening Together is for you. If you’ve begun but aren’t sure what the next steps are, this book is for you. If you’re already engaged in this work, this book will remind you none of us do this work alone. Whether you find yourself at the center or at the margins of your community, whether you’re a community member or a community leader, this book is for you.