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From the award\-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all\-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons. After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care\-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives—and eventually her own.

World-famous photographer Maude Coffin Pratt has pointed her lens at the beautiful, obscure, and obscene, and at the private places and public parts of the famous, from Gertrude Stein to Graham Greene. When the seventy-year-old Maude rummages through her archives in preparation for a triumphant retrospective, the resurrected images unleash a flood of suppressed memories—of her extraordinary life, her celebrated subjects, and the dark, painful secret at the core of her existence. Theroux's "superbly crafted, elegantly controlled novel" (Washington Post Book Review) "Vibrant and compelling...Paul Theroux at his satirical best." —Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review "Profound and effective, not to mention entertaining.. . . For all the peculiar brilliance of its surface, Picture Palace is a novel whose depths you can drown in.. . . Absolutely brilliant." —Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "Dazzling. . . audacious. . . altogether captivating." —The Philadelphia Inquirer

No Saints by Keana Aguila Labra is a collection of poetry and short fiction discussing coming-of-age and familial kinship through the eyes of a narrator who undergoes and witnesses rampant trials and tribulations throughout their growth into adulthood. Throughout the collection, Labra makes use of references to the Philippines through cultural metaphor and imagery, enriching the collection and intriguing the reader. Labra focuses greatly on familial suffrage and growth through pieces that glide off the page and entrap the reader to confront their own upbringing and family. Usage of juxtaposition between English and Tagalog characterizes this collection and adds to the dual lens it presents. Labra makes use of feminism, particularly in the latter half of the collection, to highlight rampant sexism experienced from the depths of childhood onwards. This collection contrasts generational experience alongside those of the narrator, questioning and reflecting on youthful memories and relationships that still hold resolute. Overall, No Saints speaks to the inner child within, whilst maintaining a delicate balance between adulthood and childlike sentiment, encouraging the reader to unwrap each section until all four are savored and understood as a heart wrenching and strikingly beautiful collection.