Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story

Eliza guesses he is no different than the other out-of-luck characters searching for work during the Depression

seemingly insignificant changes to our diet have stripped it of nutrients—like magnesium

the politics of death and espionage

and why plumbers are called plumbers in this fantastic journey through the history of transport

The Last Mandarin Gustave Flaubert Stephen Chbosky has created aA gripping thriller about family and power co written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award winning journalist. A mother and a daughter race against time in this all too real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House. Alice Li, a first generation Chinese American and former food blogger, has long lived in the shadow of her mother, Vivien Li a Tiananmen Square