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Roaming through New York City at three AM, twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, 安迪, 用它做一个视频, 安迪上传到YouTube上的视频. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that t在这里 are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, 作为他们的第一个纪录片导演, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.

Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, 她的安全, 以及她自己的身份. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.

Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public — she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, 慈善家, 还有副总统的前妻. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, 在半夜, with the man who was the head of that school? Who shot them both, point blank, and why? The shocking double homicide is blazed across the internet, TV, newspapers — and across Alex Cross’ mind. 恺曾经是他的病人. 甚至更多.

Alex Cross and FBI Special Agent Ned Mahoney travel to 阿拉巴马州 to investigate Kay’s early years. 在那里，他们发现了一个充满麻烦的世界, 腐败, 和秘密, all of them closed to outsiders like Cross and Mahoney. Kay had many enemies, but all of them seemed to need her alive. 调查人员越努力, the more resistance they find when they leave behind the polite law offices and doctors’ quarters of the state capital. Alex Cross will need to use all his skills as a doctor, 一个侦探, and a family man to prevent that resistance from turning lethal…again. 

An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, 蒙哥马利的一家非营利性律师事务所, 阿拉巴马州, 致力于保护穷人, 被监禁的, 被错误定罪的人.

《外围博彩平台》讲述了EJI的故事, from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice.

One of EJI’s first clients was Walter McMillian, a young Black man who was sentenced to die for the murder of a young white woman that he didn’t commit. The case exemplifies how the death penalty in America is a direct descendant of lynching — a system that treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent.

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, 对神不敬的, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family? In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived for God and family--and challenges us all to redefine our ideas of what it means to succeed. Includes a foreword by Denzel Washington and a 16-page color photo insert.

潦草的标志, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures the desperation sweeping the country in 1931. It’s an era of breadlines, bank runs, and impossible choices.

为苦苦挣扎的记者埃利斯·里德, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when the image leads to his big break, the consequences are devastating in ways he never imagined.

被自己的秘密所困扰, secretary Lillian Palmer sees more in the picture than a good story and is soon drawn into the fray. 在一起, the two set out to right a wrongdoing and mend a fractured family, 冒着失去他们珍视的一切的风险.

Inspired by an actual newspaper photo that stunned readers across the nation, this touching novel explores the tale within the frame and behind the lens—a journey of ambition, 爱, and the far-reaching effects of our actions.

莫莉·格雷和其他人不一样. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.

自从奶奶几个月前去世后, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. 她独特的性格, along with her obsessive 爱 of cleaning and proper etiquette, 让她成为这份工作的理想人选. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. 布莱克自己死在床上. 在她知道发生了什么之前, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. 莫莉很幸运, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A 线索-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, 女服务员 explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.

Pulga, 奇科, and Pequeña have no false illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Though their families--both biological and found--create a warm community for them, 威胁潜伏在每个角落. And when those threats become all too real, the three teens know they have no choice but to run: for the 边境, 为了自由的希望, 为了他们的生命.

Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico with their eyes on the U.S. 边境, 他们沿着拉贝斯蒂亚的路线走, a system of trains that promise the hope of freedom--if they are lucky enough to survive the harrowing journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and the desperation that courses through their very veins, Pulga, 奇科, and Pequeña know that t在这里's no turning back, dangerous though the road ahead might be.

In this story inspired by real--and current--events, the plight at our southern 边境 is brought to life. 

Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, 在城里上大学, 在日本度过一个夏天. 但是山姆死了. 一切都变了.

心碎的, 朱莉没有参加他的葬礼, 扔掉他的东西, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail.

山姆拿起电话.

In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. 连接是暂时的. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. 然而, keeping her otherworldly calls with Sam a secret isn’t easy, especially when Julie witnesses the suffering Sam’s family is going through. Unable to stand by the sidelines and watch their shared 爱d ones in pain, Julie is torn between spilling the truth about her calls with Sam and risking their connection and losing him forever. 

莫莉·格雷和其他人不一样. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by.

自从奶奶几个月前去世后, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. 她独特的性格, along with her obsessive 爱 of cleaning and proper etiquette, 让她成为这份工作的理想人选. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection.

But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. 布莱克自己死在床上. 在她知道发生了什么之前, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. 莫莉很幸运, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late?

A 线索-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, 女服务员 explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.