Char thought she had a perfect life. She was married to a successful surgeon who was kind, committed, and willing to provide Char with anything that made her happy. What made her happy, besides her perfect marriage, was her dressage horse, Mystic, (never mind the cost). And now that a new trainer was moving to Blue Ribbon from Hamburg, Germany, she would have the ability to take her dressage riding to the highest level possible. With everything going so perfectly, Char shouldn’t have had a...

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Top writers in today's sexual underground present tales of futuristic fiction. These lush stories (eleven in all) transform the modern sexual fetishes of BDSM, S/M, D/s, bondage, and eroticized power exchange into the templates for new worlds. From the near future of BDSM in cyberspace to a future police state where the real power lies in manipulating authority, these takes are the cutting edge in both sexual fiction and science fiction."The 11 tales in Tan's new anthology deal with...

12 midnight at Metro Manila. Try to remain calm as you walk down the dimly lit streets. If you are suddenly surrounded by a pack of dogs that appear from nowhere these might be segben tracking down their prey. Avoid the butcher’s shop that’s open at this hour. It might be a front for a gang of vampiric aswang. Yet, there’s an even deadlier threat to the city tonight. An ancient being that thrives on violence and thirsts for blood has found new disciples in this modern-day city. Sacrifice h...

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The Joy Luck Club was formed of four Chinese women recently moved to San Francisco who meet to eat dim sum, play mah-jong and to share stories. Forty years on they and their daughters tell wise and witty tales of hope, loss, family and history. Spanning pre-Revolutionary China to 1980s San Francisco, the women talk as secrets are spilled, mothers boast and despair and daughters struggle with tangled truths.

Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street?Or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass?Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night?Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, stranded sea mammals, tiny exchange students and secret rooms filled with darkness and delight.

Years after her Chinese half-sister assails her with ghost stories set in the mysterious world of Yin, Olivia—a young woman from San Francisco—finds herself in China. Looking for a way to reconcile her past with dreams for her future, Olivia's American assumptions are shaken by Chinese ghosts, but she also finds reasons to hope.Read by author Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses unfolds a series of family secrets that question the connections between fate and chance, belief ...

Ever dreamt of gaining admission to a prestigious university like Oxford or Cambridge?In this captivating book, I share my personal journey from being a small-town dreamer in the suburbs of Malaysia to becoming a scholar at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Through a series of engaging chapters, I delve into the invaluable lessons I learned along the way, intertwining them with heartfelt anecdotes and personal stories that breathe life into these lessons. Moreover, I p...

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction.By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childh...

Prepare delicious and authentic dishes with this easy-to-follow Singapore cookbook.An abiding Singaporean passion, food is a central part of life on this multicultural island quite simply because there's so much of it that's so good! Singapore Cooking, featuring a foreword by James Beard Award-Winner David Thompson, is a fabulous collection of beloved local classics, including the most extraordinary Chicken Rice and Chili Crab you will have ever eaten, as ...