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• Don't Forget to Scream

  Unspoken Truths About Motherhood

  Levy, Marianne, 1979-

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  Are you planning to have a child? What are the pain and joy of being a mother? Levy's self-reflective true story of motherhood navigates readers into the transformative life choice. Both funny and heartbreaking with powerful and thought-provoking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Going to Hurt

  Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

  Kay, Adam, 1980-

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  The diary-formatted book tells about what a doctor would experience in the journey from making a decision to study medicine to becoming a senior registrar. An insider's perspective tells more than a general career introduction or guide. Recommend to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mala's Cat

  Kacenberg, Mala

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  This is a true story of how a thirteen-year-old girl survived from starving and genocide during World War Two in the shadow of the Holocaust. Readers will be inspired by Mala's courage and resourcefulness and the fidelity of Malach, Mala's feline…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 一把刀, 千个字

  Knife & Words

  Wang, Anyi, 1954-

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  《一把刀，千个字》王安忆著。该书以一位淮扬名厨非同寻常的成长经历为叙述线索，展开了个人、时代、历史相互联结的大叙述。小说的时空横跨东西半球，纵贯半个世纪三代人。小说文笔细腻，情节生动丰富。

• 灰瞳

  Zhao, Chun

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  《灰瞳》赵骏著。刑警宋简深入调查两起相隔多年逐相似案件时，逐渐揭开了一场绵延多年的命运悲剧和跌宕罪恶。作品充满人文关怀。通过嫌犯的经历让读者感受到善念在灰暗的世界的力量。作品涉及犯罪心理、原生家庭、边缘人群的生存状态等热点，颇具现实意义。

• 穴位配对按摩祛百病

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  《学位配对按摩祛百病》王桂茂 、 徐伟娥 等编。图文并茂，分科解析针对各种常见病的穴位按摩。通俗易学。

• Wish You Were Here

  Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

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  Set on a beautiful island, the COVID-19-inspired story is about transformation - how events change us and how we can be resilient. Diana's life has been perfectly on track until she was stranded on an island far away from her well-planned lifepath…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Regretting You

  Hoover, Colleen

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  This page-turner is about the relationship between a mother and a daughter who have warring personalities and conflicting goals. Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara experience issues most mothers and daughters would face. They fall further…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• TikTok Boom

  China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media

  Stokel-Walker, Chris

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  The fictional nonfiction book presents readers with the local emergence and global expansion of TikTok. Stokel-Walker waves the people, culture, technology, and politics into an account for the rising of China's first global platform.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Complete Guide to Chinese Brush Painting

  Ink, Paper, Inspiration : Expert Step-by-step Lessons for Beginners

  Self, Caroline, 1919-

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  This step-by-step guidebook explains to readers the art of Chinese brush painting and how to train the body, arm, and brush to create strokes with power and spontaneity. It is suitable for readers who are interested in brush painting and culture.