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  • Velvet by Habayeb, Huzama
    Huzama Habayeb

    Velvet

    Winner of The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Winner of the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation A novel of enormous power and great beauty, in which a Palestinian woman raised in a refugee camp learns to sew which helps her...
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  • A City Happens in Love (Ishq Mein Shahar Hona) by Kumar, Ravish
    Ravish Kumar

    A City Happens in Love (Ishq Mein Shahar Hona)

    Sparkling stories of love, longing and heartbreak in the city by Ravish Kumar, journalist, TV anchor and bestselling author of The Free VoiceA boy from Bihar living in Lajpat Nagar likes a momo-seller from the Northeast; she likes him too, but when he gifts...
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  • Voyage to Xaragua by Saxton de Perez, Nathalie "tali"
    Nathalie "tali" Saxton de Perez

    Voyage to Xaragua

    VOYAGE TO XARAGU /VIAJE A XARAGU . Kayab is excited to be joining male members of his family on a trading voyage to the far-away Land of the Maya. First, however, they have to build a piragua (like a canoe, but much larger), which...
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  • This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels by Misra, Subimal
    Subimal Misra

    This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels

    Subimal Misra--anarchist, activist, anti-establishment, experimental anti-writer--is one of India's greatest living writers. This collection of two "anti-novels" is the first of his works to appear in the U.S. "This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale" is a novella about trying to write a novella...
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  • The Life to Come by de Kretser, Michelle
    Michelle de Kretser

    The Life to Come

    Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted for the Stella PrizeLonglisted for the International Dublin Literary Award "For a novel concerned with dislocation, there's a lot of grounding humor in The Life to Come. Most of it comes at the expense of Pippa and...
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  • The New Witch by Gibson, Nancy Smith
    Nancy Smith Gibson

    The New Witch

    A WOMAN LEARNS DEEPLY HIDDEN FAMILY SECRETS WHEN SHE INHERITS BROUSSARD COURT APARTMENTS IN NEW ORLEANS FROM A GREAT-AUNT SHE DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. Madame's extraordinary powers, helping those in need as well as punishing evil doers, are held in awe throughout her neighborhood and...
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  • Motorbikes and Camels by Al-Yagout, Nejoud
    Nejoud Al-Yagout

    Motorbikes and Camels

    Diverse characters. Diverse tales. Sometimes intertwining. There is Salma, facing a spiritual crisis in a country steeped in dogma; Hussam - a billionaire's son who tries but fails to conceal his gay relationship; Mohammed, a bigamist, grasping tightly to antiquated patriarchal ideals at the...
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  • Banthology: Stories from Banned Nations by Cleave, Sarah
    Sarah Cleave

    Banthology: Stories from Banned Nations

    In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - from entering the United States, effectively slamming the door on refugees seeking safety and tearing families apart. Mass protests...
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  • The Anarchist Who Shared My Name by Martín Sánchez, Pablo
    Pablo Mart匤 S疣chez

    The Anarchist Who Shared My Name

    When Pablo Mart匤 S疣chez discovers that he shares his name with a Spanish anarchist who was executed in 1924 for the attempted overthrow of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, he sets out to reconstruct his life story. Through references to key events in Europe's history,...
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  • Rituals of Restlessness by Yadali, Yaghoub
    Yaghoub Yadali

    Rituals of Restlessness

    Engineer Kamran Khosravi wants to die in a car accident. Or he at least wants it to look that way. His professional life in the Iranian hinterlands is full of bureaucratic drudgery -- protecting dams, for example, from looters. His wife Fariba can no...
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  • Edisto by Powell, Padgett
    Padgett Powell

    Edisto

    Padgett Powell's National Book Award-nominated first novel (1984) about coming of age on Edisto, an undeveloped strip of coast between Savannah and Charleston, is ""a startling book, full of new sights, sounds, and ways of feeling. . . .The book is subtle, daring, and...
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  • Gripped By Drought by Upfield, Arthur W.
    Arthur W. Upfield

    Gripped By Drought

    A powerful story of Australia's great sheep farms.Gripped By Drought is a powerful story of a man's battle not only with the elements of nature which threatened the ruin of his huge Australian sheep-farm, but also with a loveless and unhappy marriage. For Frank...
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  • The Sweet Hills of Florence by Wallace Dickson, Jan
    Jan Wallace Dickson

    The Sweet Hills of Florence

    All Souls' Day - the Day of the Dead, 1941. Florence, city of strife. It is Hitler's state visit to Florence and the last of the good times for Mussolini. From now on, he and his lover Clara will cling more closely together, ever...
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  • Brother in Ice by Kopf, Alicia
    Alicia Kopf

    Brother in Ice

    Longlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for the 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation She thought that it was precisely when things get uncomfortable or can't be shown that something interesting comes to light. That is the point of no...
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  • Khatyn by Adamovich, Ales
    Ales Adamovich

    Khatyn

    It is a quiet place, with lush green grass covering the location of the former Belarusian village. A village that was burned to the ground with its inhabitants in 1943. Anyone familiar with this small corner of Eastern Europe is chilled to the bone...
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  • Jeanne Dugas of Acadia, a Novel by Cohoon, Cassie Deveaux
    Cassie Deveaux Cohoon

    Jeanne Dugas of Acadia, a Novel

    In many ways, the story of Jeanne Dugas and her family is the story of the Acadians. Born of Acadian parents at Louisbourg, Jeanne Dugas (1731-1817) and her husband Pierre Bois were among the founding families of the Acadian village of Ch ticamp in...
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  • The Aviator: From the Award-Winning Author of Laurus by Vodolazkin, Eugene
    Eugene Vodolazkin

    The Aviator: From the Award-Winning Author of Laurus

    'THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER' New Yorker MY HEAD SPINS. I'M LYING IN A BED. WHERE AM I? WHO AM I? A man wakes up in hospital. He has no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The doctor...
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  • The House Behind the Cedars by Chestnutt, Charles W.
    Charles W. Chestnutt

    The House Behind the Cedars

    The House Behind the Cedars (1900) is African-American writer Charles Chesnutt's debut novel. Inspired by his own experience as a Black man capable of passing for white--which Chesnutt consciously chose not to do--as well as by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, The House Behind the Cedars...
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  • Antelope Woman by Erdrich, Louise
    Louise Erdrich

    Antelope Woman

    This updated edition of National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich s 1998 novel now features fascinating new content, a new title, and a new foreword by the author a riveting story that explores tensions between Native American and white...
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  • Sandalwood Tree by Newmark, Elle
    Elle Newmark

    Sandalwood Tree

    Now in paperback, The Sandalwood Tree is an unforgettable tale of love and betrayal during the height of political unrest in India. Nationally bestselling author Elle Newmark's rich, sweeping novel brings to life two love stories, ninety years apart, set against the backdrop of...
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  • Stand a Little Out of My Sun by Voss, Angelyn Christy
    Angelyn Christy Voss

    Stand a Little Out of My Sun

    Stand a Little Out of My Sun - "An elegant . . . compelling multigenerational drama . . . the text is entertaining and vibrant, rich with details of Greek American culture, '50s and '60s Chicago." Kirkus Reviews Featured in the June, 2021 edition...
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  • Cold is the Dawn: A Novel of Irish Exile and the Great Irish Famine by Egan, Charles
    Charles Egan

    Cold is the Dawn: A Novel of Irish Exile and the Great Irish Famine

    Hunger deepened in Ireland in 1848 as the potato crop failed again.In London, the government, alarmed by austerity in England and revolution in Europe, refused to re-open the soup kitchens in Ireland. But, worse still, they refused to halt food exports from the starving...
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  • The Legend of Himal and Nagrai: Greatest Kashmiri Folk Tales by Drabu, Onaiza
    Onaiza Drabu

    The Legend of Himal and Nagrai: Greatest Kashmiri Folk Tales

    Filled with serpent kings, long lost lovers, magical birds and seductive witches, The Legend of Himal and Nagrai is an enchanting collection of folk tales from a land as beautiful as it is misunderstood--Kashmir. In the title story, the serpent king Nagrai takes on...
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  • 30 Things I Love about Myself by Sanghani, Radhika
    Radhika Sanghani

    30 Things I Love about Myself

    When Nina Mistry's life hits rock bottom, she decides to change her stars by falling in love...with herself--a hilarious, heartfelt story from outrageously funny novelist Radhika Sanghani. Nina didn't plan to spend her thirtieth birthday in jail, yet here she is in her pajamas,...
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  • The Last White Man by Hamid, Mohsin
    Mohsin Hamid

    The Last White Man

    As people across the land awaken in new incarnations, Anders, whose skin turns dark, confides only in Oona, an old friend turned new lover, deciding to use this as chance at a kind of rebirth, in this novel of transcendence over bigotry, fear, and...
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  • One Day, One Day, Congotay by Hodge, Merle
    Merle Hodge

    One Day, One Day, Congotay

    This is the story of one woman's life; that of Gwyneth Cuffie, a seemingly ordinary woman: teacher, lover of children and music, and pillar of her community. Beautifully written and deeply compassionate, the novel follows Gwynneth's life as she charts her own path through...
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  • The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Hubbard, Ladee
    Ladee Hubbard

    The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories

    The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of interlocking short stories including the title story written exclusively for this volume, that explore relationships between friends, family and strangers in a Black neighborhood over fifteen yearsThe twelve gripping...
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  • Give My Love to the Savages: Stories by Stuck, Chris
    Chris Stuck

    Give My Love to the Savages: Stories

    "A harrowing portrait of race relations in America, as beautiful as it is urgent."--Entertainment Weekly"Black satire with bite, like Zora Neale Hurston used to do, with a smile and a sharp elbow. A touch of Paul Beatty, a dose of Dolemite, and a serving...
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  • The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Zeldis, Kitty
    Kitty Zeldis

    The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights

    "A haunting meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters. Zeldis offers a fascinating look into historic New York City and New Orleans, and her skill as a storyteller is matched by her compassion for her characters. What a beautiful read."--Fiona Davis, New York...
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  • Romola by Eliot, George
    George Eliot

    Romola

    Romola is a brilliant young woman who unknowingly falls in love with a handsome stranger whose true nature is fueled by greed, status and ego. Over the course of the novel, she uncovers his many transgressions and secret dealings. A handsome stranger called Tito...
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  • Babingo: The Noble Rebel by Mazou, Moussibahou
    Moussibahou Mazou

    Babingo: The Noble Rebel

    In Pointe-Noire of the 1950's lived Paul Makouta, a "civilized" and westernized native who was very proud of communicating exclusively in French with Madeleine Mamatouka, his wife, Alex his only son, and the other children of his household. Under no circumstance did Makouta allow...
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  • How the Hedgehog Married: And Other Croatian Fairy Tales by Nisula, Dasha C.
    Dasha C. Nisula

    How the Hedgehog Married: And Other Croatian Fairy Tales

    Fairy tales occur both in oral and in literary form. The focus in this book has been on preserving the elemental structure of oral tradition without embellishment. But, this is a distinctive literary collection, one that gathers a dozen fairy tales which come from...
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  • Cut From The Earth by Dos Santos, Stephanie Renee
    Stephanie Renee Dos Santos

    Cut From The Earth

    In 1755, the famous Portuguese tile maker Pêro Manuel Pires is empathetic to a fault. He is dedicated to freeing slaves with the proceeds of his art and hiring the freed to work in his tile factory, triggering rage and repercussions from a competitor.Pêro...
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  • Shades: Detroit Love Stories by Cintrón, Esperanza M.
    Esperanza M. Cintr

    Shades: Detroit Love Stories

    Interconnected stories exploring life, love, and passion in an ever-changing community. Esperanza Cintr's Shades: Detroit Love Stories is a short story collection that is distinctly Detroit. By touching on a number of romantic and sexual encounters that span the historical and temporal spaces of...
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  • Zoli by McCann, Colum
    Colum McCann

    Zoli

    From the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, this haunting novel is an examination of intimacy and betrayal in a community rarely captured so vibrantly in contemporary literature. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON...
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  • How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Stanisic, Sasa
    Sasa Stanisic

    How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone

    The hardcover publication of How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone launched Stanisic as an exciting and important new voice in literary fiction and earned exuberant praise from readers and critics alike. Now in paperback, Stanisic's debut about a boy who experiences the Bosnian War...
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  • The Four Books by Lianke, Yan
    Yan Lianke

    The Four Books

    In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling reeducation compound, freethinking artists and academics are detained to strengthen and affirm their loyalty to Communist ideologies. Here, in this isolated part of Henan province, the Musician and her lover, the Scholar--along with the Author and the...
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  • Irish Stew! (Special) by Greeley, Andrew M.
    Andrew M. Greeley

    Irish Stew! (Special)

    Nuala Anne McGrail, the enthralling heroine of 'Irish Love', returns, along with her devoted husband Dermot, to lend her second sight and irrepressible personality to another savoury concoction made up of equal parts of love, humour and intrigue.Author: Andrew M. GreeleyISBN-10: 0765388529ISBN-13: 9780765388520Publisher: St....
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  • Behold the Dreamers by Mbue, Imbolo
    Imbolo Mbue

    Behold the Dreamers

    A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream--the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award...
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  • We That Are Young by Taneja, Preti
    Preti Taneja

    We That Are Young

    When a billionaire hotelier and political operator attempts to pit his three daughters against one another, a brutal struggle for primacy begins in this modern-day take on Shakespeare's King Lear. Set in contemporary India, where rich men are gods while farmers starve and water...
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  • The Mammy by O'Carroll, Brendan
    Brendan O'Carroll

    The Mammy

    "Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne--a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with...
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  • Grown-Up Pose by Lalli, Sonya
    Sonya Lalli

    Grown-Up Pose

    A delightfully modern look at what happens for a young woman when tradition, dating, and independence collide, from acclaimed author Sonya Lalli. Adulting shouldn't be this hard. Especially in your thirties. Having been pressured by her tight-knit community to get married at a young...
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  • The Last Time I Saw Mother by Chai, Arlene J.
    Arlene J. Chai

    The Last Time I Saw Mother

    "AN OFTEN LYRICAL AND ALWAYS TOUGH-MINDED DEBUT . . . Provides rare insight into the three cultures--Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino--that coexist in the Philippines."--The New York Times Book Review Caridad's mother never writes. So when a letter arrives for her in Sydney from Manila,...
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  • Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by Maraire, J. Nozipo
    J. Nozipo Maraire

    Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter

    Written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard, J. Nozipo Maraire evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons life has taught her and bring the two closer than...
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  • Mãn by Thúy, Kim
    Kim Th偰

    M縅

    A triumph of poetic beauty and a moving meditation on how love and food are inextricably entwined, M縅 is a seductive and luminous work of literature from Kim Th偰, whose first book, Ru, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, received a Governor General's...
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  • The Road Home by Tremain, Rose
    Rose Tremain

    The Road Home

    In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and his little daughter. After a spell of homelessness, he finds a job in the kitchen of...
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  • The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Hillerman, Anne
    Anne Hillerman

    The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel

    Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLegendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne...
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  • The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Jaswal, Balli Kaur
    Balli Kaur Jaswal

    The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

    The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows her acclaimed America debut with this life-affirming, witty family drama--an Indian This Is Where I Leave You--about three Punjabi sisters embarking on a pilgrimage to their homeland to lay...
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  • What I Lived for by Oates, Joyce Carol
    Joyce Carol Oates

    What I Lived for

    The stunning, classic portrait of a powerful man's downward spiral to moral ruinJerome "Corky" Corcorn. A money-juggling wheeler dealer, rising politico, popular man's man, and successful womanizer. It is a Memorial Day weekend, and we are about to live with him, breathe with him,...
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  • The Sworn Virgin by Dukes, Kristopher
    Kristopher Dukes

    The Sworn Virgin

    A 2017 RT Reviewer's Choice Nominee for Best Historical Fiction Novel Featured on Elle.comDukes's gripping historical novel tells the tale of a desperate Albanian woman who will do whatever it takes to keep her independence and seize control of her future...even if it means...
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