Lydia Kang

From acclaimed author Lydia Kang comes a funny, moving YA novel following a third-generation Korean American teen who goes to extreme and hilarious lengths to connect more with her Korean heritage, perfect for fans of Maurene Goo and Rachel Lynn Solomon.Jane Choi is a typical Nebraskan teen—a corn-fed lover of Husker football. But lately, she feels like she’s missing something. Her non-Korean classmates—that’s everyone—are immersed in K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty . . . basically, K-everything. But for Jane, kimchi? Not a fan. Bibimbap? What is that? Her mom even named her after the very not-Korean Jane Eyre.Everyone seems to know more about Korean culture than Jane. And she isn’t sure whether she’s more annoyed at them, or herself.With a baby brother on the way, Jane is determined to save her new sibling from enduring the same humiliation. Enter: a totally foolproof plan to become the K-Jane of her dreams. What better way than to start a private social media account about all things Korean so her closest cousins can learn from her?But Korean heritage and identity are more complicated than taste-testing multiple varieties of kimchi in front of a camera. And when online virality crashes into real life, Jane’s plans might just go K-boom in her face.

A softcover collection of Star Wars: The High Republic stories from the pages of Star Wars Insider, written by Lydia Kang and award-winning author Alyssa Wong, with illustrations by Star Wars creature concept designer, Jake Lunt Davies. This collection features 11 short stories set during Phase III of The High Republic, chronicling the ongoing battle against the Nihil centuries prior to the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Following the destruction of Starlight Beacon and the expansion of Marchion Ro's galaxy-splitting Stormwall, the crew of the Aurie, a lone Republic Longbeam, find themselves lost in the Occlusion Zone. Meanwhile, a Jedi Padawan searches for a route through the impenetrable barrier. Also included is an extensive companion to the Phase III books and comics, as well as a chronological readers guide for each phase. There is also a roundtable interview with authors Zoraida C rdova, Tessa Gratton, Lydia Kang, George Mann, Daniel Jos Older, Cavan Scott, Charles Soule and Lucasfilm Publishing Creative Director Michael Siglain, as they discuss the creation and legacy of the ambitious publishing initiative. Lastly, take a peek into creature concept designer Jake Lunt Davies' collection of artwork, which provides insight into his illustrative process.

A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.The Bermuda Triangle. Personality tests. Ghost hunting. Crop circles. Mayan Doomsday. What do all these have in common? None can quite live up the rigor of actual facts or science and yet they all attract passionate supporters anyway.Divided into broad sections covering the easily disproved to the wildly speculative to wishful thinking and of course hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science-it's a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. Did you know, for example, that you can tell a person's future by touching their butt? Rumpology. It's a thing, but not really. Or that Stanley Kubrick made a fake moon landing film for the US government? Except he didn't. Or that spontaneous human combustion is real? It ain't, but it can be explained scientifically.From the authors of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Pseudoscience is a wild mix of history, pop culture, and good old fashioned science--one that not just entertains, but sheds a little light on why we all love to believe in a few things we know aren't true.

Avoimen käden polku kiristää otettaan!Lydia Kangin Järistys jatkaa Jännite-romaanissa alkanutta tarinaa Uljaan tasavallan varhaisista vuosista.Eiramin ja E'ronohin rauhanneuvottelut saavat traagisen käänteen, ja sota uhkaa tempaista planeetat uudelleen hävityksen tielle. Toisensa löytäneet kruununperilliset Phan-tu Zenn ja Xiri A'lbaran koettavat ratkaista kriisin jedien avulla, mutta salaperäinen ja pahantahtoinen Avoimen käden polku tuntuu olevan koko ajan askeleen edellä... Onko vankilaan tuomittu Axel Greylark avain salajuonen pysäyttämiseen?

After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the Jedi race to confront the Path of the Open Hand and end the Forever War.After five years of conflict, the planets Eiram and E'ronoh are on the cusp of real peace. But when news breaks of a disaster at the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of both planets-Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A'lbaran-working alongside the Jedi, have uncovered evidence that the conflict is being orchestrated by outside forces, and all signs point to the mysterious Path of the Open Hand, whom the Jedi also suspect of causing the disaster on Jedha.With time-and answers-in short supply, the Jedi must divide their focus between helping quell the renewed violence on Eiram and E'ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who turns to the one person she believes can unravel the mystery but the last person she wants to trust: Axel Greylark. The chancellor's son, imprisoned for his crimes, has always sought to unburden himself of the weight of his family name. Will he reconcile with the Jedi and aid in their quest for justice and peace, or embrace the Path's promise of true freedom?As all roads lead to Dalna, Gella and her allies prepare to take on a foe unlike any they've ever faced. And it will take all of their trust in the Force, and in one another, to survive.

Pravda li, chto Khristofor Kolumb zavez novuju raznovidnost sifilisa v Evropu? Chto obschego u rebenka suprugov Ljuisov i odinnadtsatogo prezidenta SSHA? Svjazany li tuberkulez i vampiry? Kniga Lidii Kang i Nejta Pedersena - uvlekatelnaja illjustrirovannaja istorija epidemij infektsionnykh zabolevanij: kak oni pojavljajutsja, kak rasprostranjajutsja, chto pozvoljaet ikh diagnostirovat, i kak my speshim unichtozhit ikh, prezhde chem oni unichtozhat nas. Chuma, ospa, prokaza, tif, beshenstvo, kor, sibirskaja jazva, gepatit, likhoradka Ebola, VICh, koronavirus - naskolko uspeshno chelovechestvo spravljaetsja s etimi boleznjami i est li shansy pobedit ikh raz i navsegda?

Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author. The High Republic authors share unmissable short stories that bridge Phases, resolve mysteries, and offer tantalizing hints of what is to come. Rejoin the adventures of the Jedi and Padawans, Pathfinders and Path members, heroes and villains ahead of the launch of Phase III.Authors: Zoraida C rdova, Tessa Gratton, Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Lydia Kang, George Mann, Daniel Jos Older, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule

After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the Jedi race to confront the Path of the Open Hand and end the Forever War. After five years of conflict, the planets Eiram and E'ronoh are on the cusp of real peace. But when news breaks of a disaster at the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of both planets--Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A'lbaran--working alongside the Jedi, have uncovered evidence that the conflict is being orchestrated by outside forces, and all signs point to the mysterious Path of the Open Hand, whom the Jedi also suspect of causing the disaster on Jedha. With time--and answers--in short supply, the Jedi must divide their focus between helping quell the renewed violence on Eiram and E'ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who turns to the one person she believes can unravel the mystery but the last person she wants to trust: Axel Greylark. The chancellor's son, imprisoned for his crimes, has always sought to unburden himself of the weight of his family name. Will he reconcile with the Jedi and aid in their quest for justice and peace, or embrace the Path's promise of true freedom? As all roads lead to Dalna, Gella and her allies prepare to take on a foe unlike any they've ever faced. And it will take all of their trust in the Force, and in one another, to survive.

From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes a spellbinding historical mystery about hidden identities, wartime paranoia, and the tantalizing power of deceit.Brooklyn, 1942. War rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will secretly scouts for the Manhattan Project while grief-stricken Maggie works at the Navy Yard, writing letters to her dead mother between shifts.But the siblings’ quiet lives change when they discover a beautiful woman hiding under their back stairs. This stranger harbors an obsession with poisons, an affection for fine things, and a singular talent for killing small creatures. As she draws Will and Maggie deeper into her mysterious past, they both begin to suspect she’s quite dangerous—all while falling helplessly under her spell.With whispers of spies in dark corners and the world’s first atomic bomb in the works, the visitor’s sudden presence in Maggie’s and Will’s lives raises questions about who she is and what she wants. Is this mysterious woman someone they can trust—or a threat to everything they hold dear?

On aasta 1899 New Yorgis. Noore rikka pärijanna Tillie Pembroke'i õde leitakse surnuna, verest tühjaks jooksnud ja kaelal vampiirihammustust meenutavad torkehaavad. Äsja on trükivalgust näinud Bram Stokeri romaan "Dracula" ja Tillie kujutlusvõime jõuab võimatule järeldusele: mõrvar on vampiir. Aga see pole ometi võimalik - või siiski on? Teadushimuline raamatusõber Tillie ei peatu enne, kui on õe surma süüdlase välja selgitanud. Kahjuks pole tõde ainus asi, mille järele neiu januneb. Hiljutise vigastuse leevenduseks on ta hakanud tarbima aina enam oopiumitinktuuri ... ja mõni lähikondlane kannab rõõmuga hoolt, et see tal otsa ei lõppeks. Fakte austav Tillie ei suuda end kuidagi veenda, et vampiirid on päriselt olemas. Kuid kui sarnasel moel sureb järjest uusi inimesi ja tema pead täidab oopiumium, on tal aina raskem olla kindel, mis on tõde - ja keda lähedastest üldse saab usaldada. Kirjanik ja arst Lydia Kang viib lugejad kullatud ajastu New Yorki, kus tehnoloogia on arenemas, kombestik muutumas ja kasutusel pea uskumatud ravimeetodid. Õudusloo elementidega "Oopium ja absint" on tänapäevalgi tähtsaid teemasid puudutav haarav põnevik.

V 1850 godu na Mankhettene proiskhodit serija zagadochnykh ubijstv, zhertvami kotorykh stanovjatsja ljudi s redkimi fizicheskimi anomalijami - zhelannye eksponaty anatomicheskogo muzeja. Junaja Kora Li vynuzhdena vmeshatsja v rassledovanie, poskolku teper v opasnosti ee sobstvennaja tajna: v grudi u devushki bjutsja dva serdtsa. Za telo Kory naznachena vysokaja tsena, i kto-to javno ne sobiraetsja zhdat, poka ona umret estestvennoj smertju...

From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the authors’ lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus—smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, HIV—that combine “Patient Zero” narratives, or the human stories behind outbreaks, with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more. Learn the tragic stories of Patient Zeros throughout history, such as Mabalo Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the Lewis Baby on London’s Broad Street, the first to catch cholera in an 1854 outbreak that led to a major medical breakthrough. Interspersed are origin stories of a different sort—how a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. Plus the uneasy history of human autopsy, how the HIV virus has been with us for at least a century, and more.

From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes another spellbinding historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and unexpected twists.New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker’s new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie’s imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can’t be—can it?A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won’t rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister’s death. Unfortunately, Tillie’s addicted to more than just truth; to ease the pain from a recent injury, she’s taking more and more laudanum…and some in her immediate circle are happy to keep her well supplied.Tillie can’t bring herself to believe vampires exist. But with the hysteria surrounding her sister’s death, the continued vampiric slayings, and the opium swirling through her body, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for a girl who relies on facts and figures to know what’s real—or whether she can trust those closest to her.

"Istorija sharlatanstva" doktora meditsiny Lidii Kang i zhurnalista Nejta Pedersena - eto istorija khudshikh sposobov lechenija, kotorye praktikovalis vrachami, tseliteljami i moshennikami s drevnosti do nashikh dnej. Segodnja mnogie iz etikh sposobov kazhutsja nam neverojatnymi: predstavte sebe vremena, kogda vrachi propisyvali opium pri mladencheskim plache, rtut pri zheltoj likhoradke i prizhiganie raskalennym zhelezom kak sredstvo ot ljubovnykh muk.Eti rasskazy o strannom i otkrovenno opasnom lechenii, proilljustrirovannye starinnymi gravjurami, fotografijami i reklamnymi listkami, - ne tolko vazhnoe svidetelstvo nepreodolimoj tjagi cheloveka k zhizni, no i vozmozhnost zadumatsja o tom, chto sharlatanstvo ne ogranichivaetsja proshlym. Ved kogda-nibud i pro nashi sovremennye sposoby ostavatsja zdorovymi, krasivymi i molodymi tozhe mozhet vyjasnitsja, chto oni bessmyslenny ili opasny."Obychno, kogda chitaesh knigi pro istoriju meditsiny, ispytyvaesh uzhas i boreshsja s toshnotoj. Eta kniga drugaja: kogda ejo chitaesh, ispytyvaesh uzhas, boreshsja s toshnotoj i mnogo veselishsja. Ne dumala, chto tak bodro i smeshno mozhno napisat o krovopuskanijakh, lechenii (chitaj: otravlenii) rtutju i lobotomii".Darja Sarkisjan,Meditsinskij zhurnalist, redaktor internet-izdanija "Meduza", soosnovatelnitsa telegram-kanala "Namochi mantu""Kniga, kotoruju vy derzhite v rukakh, - eto ne tolko uvlekatelnyj i shokirujuschij rasskaz o sharlatanstve i meditsinskom moshennichestve, pronizyvajuschikh tysjacheletija. Eto istorija o tekh nelepostjakh i zabluzhdenijakh, iz kotorykh vykristallizovyvalsja nauchnyj progress, o tekh oshibkakh, blagodarja kotorym suschestvuet ne tolko sovremennaja meditsina, no i samo chelovechestvo. Eto pravda ob istokakh togo kulturnogo koda, kotoryj est v kazhdom iz nas, vrachej i patsientov".Aleksej Kascheev, vrach-nejrokhirurg, perevodchikPerevodchik: Kascheev AleksejRedaktor: Molchanova Marina Mikhajlovna

Two hearts. Twice as vulnerable.Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only female resurrectionist in New York, she’s carved out a niche procuring bodies afflicted with the strangest of anomalies. Anatomists will pay exorbitant sums for such specimens—dissecting and displaying them for the eager public.Cora’s specialty is not only profitable, it’s a means to keep a finger on the pulse of those searching for her. She’s the girl born with two hearts—a legend among grave robbers and anatomists—sought after as an endangered prize.Now, as a series of murders unfolds closer and closer to Cora, she can no longer trust those she holds dear, including the young medical student she’s fallen for. Because someone has no intention of waiting for Cora to die a natural death.