Jul 05 2011
Amazon.com is purchasing the Book Depository, a UK online bookstore that ships for free around the world and, in some parts of the world has become a significant competitor to Amazon. The U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading will determine whether the purchase will lead to "a substantial lessening of competition" in markets in the U.K.
The Funeral Cryer by Wenyan Lu
Debut novelist Wenyan Lu brings us this witty yet profound story about one woman's midlife reawakening in contemporary rural China.
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