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The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this “rich, gripping novel that lands squarely as a mirror of our contemporary moral squalor” (Los Angeles Times). “Comically macabre . . . Nguyen [is] a stellar satirist...

In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker - passionate, idealistic, and in love - design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again. Now it is the 1990s. Mary lives in the suburbs with her 15-year-old son, who spends hours immersed in the music of his mother's generation.

Explore the birth and evolution of the United States through its historical documents. Delve into the Articles of Confederation, the nations first constitution, ratified on March 1st, 1781, nearly four years after its creation. Understand its purpose to form a confederation of sovereign states with a minimal central government, and how it paved the way for the United States Constitution. Discover the U.S. Constitution, crafted by delegates of twelve original colonies in Philadelphia in May 1787, which forms the legal structure of the United States, defining the roles and jurisdictions of the ...

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《尚书》又称《书》、《书经》，为一部多体裁文献汇编，是中国现存最早的史书。…… 《尚書》又稱《書》、《書經》，為一部多體裁文獻彙編，是中國現存最早的史書。