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"Though she lives in the shadow of her legendary landscape photographer father, and is the mother of a painter whose career is about to take off, Claire has carved out a practical existence as a commercial photographer. Her pictures may not be the stuff of genius, but they've paid for a good life. But when her father dies, Claire loses faith in the work she has devoted her life to, and worse, begins to feel jealous of her daughter's success. Then,...

"A dazzling debut novel about a Russian immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American Dream. In this account of two decades in the life of an immigrant household, the fall of communism and the rise of globalization are artfully reflected in the experience of a single family. Ironies, subtle and glaring, are revealed: the Nasmertovs left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a huge sense of finality,...

"Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Lywll. His aunt thinks Lywll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside-and thinks the company even worse. In fact, Edward has decided to murder his aunt."--

A generations expert and author of When Generations Collide and The M-Factor, teams up with his seventeen-year-old son to introduce the next influential demographic group to join the workforce--Generation Z. At 72.8 million strong, Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2012) is about to make its presence known in the workplace in a major way, and employers need to understand the differences that set them apart. They're radically different than the Millennials,...

A girl and her eccentric grandmother spend a day being silly together.

"In today's world, the acceleration of megatrends - increasing longevity and the explosion of technology among many others - are transforming life as we now know it. In The Perennials, bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation. Guillén argues that outmoded terms like Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have long been used to pigeonhole us into rigid categories...

"After ending a long-term relationship with her fiancé, twenty-nine-year-old Nora Dawson moves to Brentwood, Tennessee in search of a fresh start. She quickly forms an unlikely bond with one of the residents of the nursing home where she works, and he soon begins to open up about his life. Never could Nora have imagined that the story she will hear will alter her perspective and impact her life in such a profound way."--Back cover.

"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...