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From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s. There were many reasons...

In a court ruled by the dangerous whims of King Augustus the Strong, two lives—separated by decades—are drawn into the grip of a monarch obsessed with beauty, power, and porcelain. Young sculptor Johann Kändler has one chance to rise above his modest origins: create a lifelike porcelain menagerie for the king’s growing collection. But meeting the king’s impossible standards comes at a cost. As Johann navigates the court’s shifting alliances, he finds unlikely support in a former royal mistress, Maria, and her daughter, Katharina. His talent could secure his future—or destroy it.

A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before. In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was...

WILL SHE NEVER SET HIM FREE? That day I set out on my bike for a week of cycling around the borders I did not believe in ghosts. Maybe if I am being honest, I did not even believe in people anymore. For six days I charged headlong into relationships, friendships, and trouble. It was not just what was in front of me that made the journey so memorable. No matter who I met or where I ended up, she was always following in my shadow. At the time I had no idea who she was or what I had done to deserve the porcelain lady hunting me down. I know now of course, but it is too late to save me. Guilt ...

My life fell apart when another woman answered my fiancé's phone. "Leave my boyfriend alone," she said. Just like that, my perfect future was shattered into a million pieces. So when I locked eyes with a devastatingly handsome stranger, I decided to do something reckless for once in my life. One night. No names. No strings attached. Just scorching chemistry and skilled hands that made me forget my broken heart. By morning, he was gone. Good riddance. Time to rebuild my life. Until my brother calls, terrified and desperate. "I stole from the wrong people," he whispers.

Germany, 1929. At a festive gathering of young bohemians in Weimar, two young artists, Max, a skilled Jewish architect, and Bettina, a celebrated avant-garde painter, are drawn to each other and begin a whirlwind romance. Their respective talents transport them to the dazzling lights of Berlin, but this bright beginning is quickly dimmed by the rising threat of Nazism. Max is arrested and sent to the concentration camp at Dachau where only his talent at making exquisite porcelain figures stands between him and seemingly certain death.

I woke up pregnant in a stranger's mansion. He says he's the father. I don't remember him at all. My reflection in the mirror is a stranger, too. The doctors call it temporary amnesia. The Bratva boss calls it a complication. I call it terrifying. My body responds to his touch even when my mind doesn't. But how do you trust a dangerous man who claims you belong to him? Something isn't adding up. Locked doors I'm not supposed to notice. Whispered conversations that stop when I enter a room. Guards watching me with suspicion, not protection.

Demons—the most dangerous creatures, and Angels—the purest of all beings. For Ashton Lure, a renowned neurosurgeon, these beings only existed in mythological stories. Or so she thought. And, when she found herself in the Demon Realm, she could only wonder, can I truly be free from him? The demons weren't all bad, and the angels weren’t all pure, and somehow, they became a family—something Ashton had missed all her life. But just when she thought she could live without her painful nightmares, the dark past she tried to hide got in the way.

From the critically acclaimed author of The Library of Legends comes a vividly rendered novel set in WWI France about two young women—one Chinese, one French—whose lives intersect with unexpected, potentially dangerous consequences. “East meets West in World War I France. In The Porcelain...

Francas e sem remorsos, as memórias descritas em Porcelain cobrem dez anos da carreira de Moby, da fita demo que o colocou no comando das pickups do porão da recém-inaugurada Mars ao auge retumbante do sucesso. Com uma voz que ressoa honestidade e uma paixão inabalável por sua música, o que Moby faz é tanto uma crônica sobre uma cidade e uma época quanto uma exploração profundamente íntima da busca pelo sucesso. Mais que uma autobiografia, Porcelain é o retrato de um jovem imerso em uma cena cultural extremamente instigante, narrado com o ritmo e a fluidez de um romance da melhor qualidade.

What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's extraordinary life story is a journey into the dark heart of fame and the demons that lurk just beneath the bling and bluster of the celebrity lifestyle. In summer 1999, Moby released the album that defined the millennium, PLAY. Like generation-defining albums before it, PLAY was ubiquitous, and catapulted Moby to superstardom.

When a storm reveals a mysterious cave behind a waterfall, the young mystic’s apprentice and her wolf investigate. Inside, she discovers a secret place containing a pile of human bones and the young girl makes what could be a fatal mistake. In this Legends of the First Empire prequel, we witness the events that helped shape the woman who would one day become Suri the Mystic, the first Rhune Artist, and a hero to a generation

Detective Zane Vrexon and former professor of magic Alyssa Benedictus return to the ashy, smoggy streets of Alviun to investigate a doctor whose prosthetic limbs seem to move like magic. Possibly illegal magic. So when a friend's grandmother gets involved with the doctor, Zane and Alyssa must uncover the doctor's secret. But doing so will requie help from Zane's every-present Shadow, a troubled entity who knows more about what's powering the limbs than he lets on.

The tremendous temples, captivating churches, magnificent mosques, and palatial places of worship around the world come in all shapes and sizes, and pay tribute to an array of gods and deities, but they all share one thing in common. These glorious structures, the pride and joy of a religion, are sacred spaces for prayer, meditation, and the veneration of one's god or gods. As such, they are designed and adorned with the most divine and irreplaceable hallmarks to honor their holy fathers and mothers.

As they say, truth is stranger than fiction. This collection of quick-read short stories is about real people in extraordinary circumstances. Each story in this collection can be read during a short sitting, wherever that might be. They were found during hundreds of hours perusing newspaper articles from the past which reported on the developing stories as they were happening. These unusual selections are about murders, suicides, love affairs, robberies, monsters, and more

Porcelain - das Lebensgefühl eines Jahrzehnts. Aus einfachen Verhältnissen kommend zieht Moby in den 80ern vom Land nach New York und versucht in der von Crack und der Aids-Epidemie gebeutelten Stadt seine ersten selbst gemixten Kassetten an den Mann zu bringen. Nach seinem ersten großen Erfolg 1991 mit dem Track "Go" wird er von Musikern und Fans gleichermaßen verehrt und gefeiert.

Following on from 'Our Blue Orange', 'The Girl with the Porcelain Lips' continues the story. The developing Artificial Intelligence, ascends to a new level in the colony, threatening the very structure of their society. Three years had passed since demise of the President. The Grand Council unable to cope, buckled under the pressure from the populous. The ‘Firm’ were appointed to take control and maintain order. Out of the turmoil a corporation arose, perfecting a new android skeleton in which to re-house the ever-evolving AI from the aging android fleet. The Mainframe was spreading its...

A woman murders her husband for sexually abusing their daughter and goes to prison for twelve years. The daughter plunges into despair. An investigative reporter attempts to right perceived wrongs.

Eighteen-year-old Emma Harper misses her brother. Two years ago, the bad news - MIA - killed a piece of her heart. Her father ignoring her dreams of building spaceships and demanding she become an accountant killed another. Lost and rudderless, Emma drifts through a life she doesn't want with friends who pretend to care. When a bizarre event sends her sailing across the universe, she'll have to decide what matters most to her. Life or death, the universe doesn't care. But does Emma?

In today’s beauty-conscious society, one of the first things that people will notice about you is your smile. When it comes to business, dating, and building your social network, your smile can be your greatest asset. Yet according to recent study reported by the New York Post, 61% of Americans have insecurities about their teeth that they wish they could change with the color being on the top of the list followed by: crookedness and spaces between the teeth. The popularity of porcelain veneers has exploded in the last decade because they can quickly give you straight white teeth without ...