MelanieStryderrefusestofadeaway.Theearthhasbeeninvadedbyaspeciesthattakesoverthemindsoftheirhumanhostswhileleavingtheirbodiesintact,andmostofhumanityhassuccumbed. Wanderer,theinvading'soul'whohasbeengivenMelanie'sbody,knewaboutthechallengesoflivinginsideahuman:theoverwhelmingemotions,thetoo-vividmemories.ButtherewasonedifficultyWandererdidn'texpect:theformertenantofherbodyrefusingtorelinquishpossessionofhermind. MelaniefillsWanderer'sthoughtswithvisionsofthemanMelanieloves-Jared,ahumanwhostilllivesinhiding.Unabletoseparateherselffromherbody'sdesires,Wandereryearnsforamanshe'snevermet.AsoutsideforcesmakeWandererandMelanieunwillingallies,theysetofftosearchforthemantheybothlove.

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The author of Damaged tells the story of the Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her. Dawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it. During the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy's baby's cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks—which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match while mumbling it's not my fault in her sleep one night. Cathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past. When Dawn attempts

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Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,earlymorning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? Fornearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberatedthroughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks andshaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, andwitty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yetit is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugelyentertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnantof the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of alandmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkablecharacters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman'sCard Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless reclusewho owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man,woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern bellewho is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariouslyfunny black drag queen; the acerbic and ar

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It’s1988andDexterMayhewandEmmaMorleyhaveonlyjustmet.Butafteronlyonedaytogether,theycannotstopthinkingaboutoneanother.Overtwentyyears,snapshotsofthatrelationshiparerevealedonthesameday—July15th—ofeachyear.DexandEmfacesquabblesandfights,hopesandmissedopportunities,laughterandtears.Andasthetruemeaningofthisonecrucialdayisrevealed,theymustcometogripswiththenatureofloveandlifeitself. 出身平凡的爱玛与俊美自恋的花花公子德克斯特原本像两道平行线，不会有任何交集。大学毕业前夕的一天，两人短暂邂逅，称不上甜蜜，却深深印入彼此心中柔软的部分。此后每年同一天，伦敦、罗马、巴黎、爱丁堡，时空变换，他们焦灼、倾诉、挂念、幻想、安慰、伤害，总是在需要彼此的时刻，一再错过。二十年追逐的尽头，是甘美的琼浆，还是苦涩的酸汁？如果早点懂得，幸福会不会更久一些？

TheriseofBarackObamaisoneofthegreatstoriesofthiscentury:adefiningmomentforAmerica,andonewithtrulyglobalresonance.Thisisthebookofhisphenomenaljourneytoelection.Throughextensiveon-the-recordinterviewswithfriendsandteachers,mentorsanddisparagers,familymembersandObamahimself,DavidRemnickhasputtogetheranuanced,unexpectedandmasterlyportraitofthemanwhowasdeterminedtobecomethefirstAfrican-AmericanPresident.Mostimportantly,"TheBridge"arguesthatObamaimaginedandfashionedanidentityforhimselfagainsttheepicdramaofraceinAmerica.InawaythatObama'sownmemoirscannot,itexaminesboththepersonalandpoliticalelementsofthestory,andgivesshapenotonlytoadecisiveperiodofhistory,butalsotothewayitcruciallyinfluenced,animatedandmotivatedagiftedandcomplexman.'Speakingtohundredsoffriendsandcolleagues,RemmickinvestigatesandcorrectsObama'sownaccoutofhislifewithanassuredandeleganttonethatclarifiesratherthanaccusesorunmasks...600masterlypages'-"DailyTelegraph".'Thepublishingeventoftheyear'-"Observer".

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The award-winning debut novel that “brings to mind theatmosphere and tension of Gabriel García Márquez.”( KatharineWeber, author of The Little Women) Nítido Amán knows he was born in Guatemala, but he doesn’t knowwhy his family left. Raised in the States by his immigrant parents,they never talked about it. When Nítido loses his father toAlzheimer’s disease, his despondent mother grows increasinglysilent and Nítido realizes that his links to the past aredisappearing. Seeking answers, Nítido travels to Guatemala against hismother’s wishes. Upon his arrival in the small town of Río Roto, heis mistaken for the new priest, and decides to play the part. Fromhis parishioners, he catches tantalizing and frightening glimpsesof the buried history he’s aching to know. In a place shrouded insecrets, Nítido is at once determined and frightened to unearth theunnamed horrors it has seen. With her elegant, hypnotic prose, this marks Sellers- García’sarrival a