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  • Hidden View by Stanciu, Brett Ann
    Brett Ann Stanciu

    Hidden View

    Hidden View is a short novel set in the Vermont agrarian landscape, a story of Fern Hartshorn, unworldly, and unexpectedly pregnant at nineteen. Marrying an older man she barely knows, Fern begins her adult life on an isolated and hardscrabble farm named Hidden View....
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  • The Gondola Maker by Morelli, Laura
    Laura Morelli

    The Gondola Maker

    From the author of MADE IN ITALY comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance Venice. When Luca Vianello, the heir to a renowned gondola-making enterprise, experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard,...
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  • The Moon Daughter by Ghahremani, Zohreh K.
    Zohreh K. Ghahremani

    The Moon Daughter

    Rana is certain that her third child will be a boy. She has two daughters, yet a husband who demands a son. When she gives birth to another girl, Yalda, the impact on her marriage is immediate. In 1970s Iran, living within a culture...
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  • The Red Bekisar by Tohari, Ahmad
    Ahmad Tohari

    The Red Bekisar

    Half-Japanese and half-Javanese Lasi flees from the constraints of her small village to find herself enmeshed in the political corruption of Jakarta. *** The bekisar is a fine crossbreed between jungle fowl and domestic chicken that adorns the houses of the wealthy. Lasi, whose...
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  • The Color of My Soul by Hatter, Melanie S.
    Melanie S. Hatter

    The Color of My Soul

    Kira Franklin, a black newspaper reporter in Southwest Virginia in 1993, begins to question her own culture when she pursues a story on a local Cherokee community raising money to reclaim ancestral lands. The Harper family is part of a long line of Cherokee...
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  • Necessary Lies by Stachniak, Eva
    Eva Stachniak

    Necessary Lies

    When Anna is offered the opportunity to move to Montreal, she jumps at the chance to leave her life in Poland behind. But when tragedy strikes 10 years later, Anna decides to return to a dramatically changed Europe. Probing the depths of betrayal and...
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  • Phantoms by Kiefer, Christian
    Christian Kiefer

    Phantoms

    Ray Takahashi's return from the battlefields of World War II should have been triumphant, but the fragrant, budding orchards of his rural Northern California home hide a secret that has destroyed everything he holds dear. With his hair now trimmed short and his newly...
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  • Sweet Medicine by Seals, David
    David Seals

    Sweet Medicine

    This sequel to Seals's acclaimed novel The Powwow Highway recounts the further adventures of Philbert Bono, Buddy Red Bird, and Bonnie Red Bird in a soul-searching vision quest for self-discovery that is by turns exhilarating, hilarious, profane, and achingly beautiful.Author: David SealsISBN-10: 0826354912ISBN-13: 9780826354914Publisher:...
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  • Rennie's Way by Slone, Verna Mae
    Verna Mae Slone

    Rennie's Way

    "This first work of fiction by Verna Mae Slone, firmly grounded in her own background, is set in the 1920s and 1930s in a closeknit community in eastern Kentucky, where family roots run deep. At its center stands as strong and resilient a heroine...
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  • Deep River by Endo, Shusaku
    Shusaku Endo

    Deep River

    The river is the Ganges, where a group of Japanese tourists converge: Isobe, grieving the death of the wife he ignored in life; Kiguchi, haunted by war-time memories of the Highway of Death in Burma; Numada, recovering from a critical illness; Mitsuko, a cynical...
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  • Shilappadikaram: (The Ankle Bracelet) by Adigal, Prince Ilangô
    Prince Ilangô Adigal

    Shilappadikaram: (The Ankle Bracelet)

    The peerless young Kôvalan leaves his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Mâdhavi, and though he returns to her, he still meets his death because of her ill-omened ankle bracelet. The Shilappadikaram has been called an epic and even a novel, but it is...
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  • Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Lee, Min Jin
    Min Jin Lee

    Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

    A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an extraordinary epic of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK...
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  • Cries At Sundown by Janes, Stephen S.
    Stephen S. Janes

    Cries At Sundown

    The "Discovery" of America... Long before Ferdinand and Isabella financed Columbus' voyage across the sea, and tens of thousands of years before greedy Europe fought over the immense potential and wealth of a seemingly untouched continent, millions of indigenous people lived in diverse tribes...
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  • Hend and the Soldiers by Albeshr, Badriah
    Badriah Albeshr

    Hend and the Soldiers

    Hend is a young Saudi Arabian woman struggling to challenge her conservative society, which is represented by various soldiers, real and metaphorical, in her life. After a failed arranged marriage to an army officer, she is determined to establish herself as a writer and...
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  • Beauty and the Beast - And Other Tales of Love in Unexpected Places (Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the World): Origins of Fairy Tales from Around by Carruthers, Amelia
    Amelia Carruthers

    Beauty and the Beast - And Other Tales of Love in Unexpected Places (Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the World)

    Discover an enchanting collection of seven adaptations of the classic romantic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, collated from around the world. A tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast, is the perfect example of the magic of boundless love. Adored for...
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  • The House of Broken Angels by Urrea, Luis Alberto
    Luis Alberto Urrea

    The House of Broken Angels

    In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a...
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  • In the Convent of Little Flowers by Sundaresan, Indu
    Indu Sundaresan

    In the Convent of Little Flowers

    Now in paperback, internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan presents a poignant collection of contemporary short stories about the challenges and consequences faced by women in Indian life today. Like Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, Indu Sundaresan's In the Convent of Little Flowers gives readers...
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  • The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction by Johnson-Davies, Denys
    Denys Johnson-Davies

    The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction

    This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south.Edited by Denys Johnson-Davies, called by Edward Said "the leading...
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  • The Tattoo by McKinney, Chris
    Chris McKinney

    The Tattoo

    "A book about 'the sins of the fathers.' . . . A gritty, troubling book."--The Honolulu Advertiser "The other Hawai'i, the one tourists never get to see."--Ian MacMillan Ken Hideyoshi is the new guy in Halawa Correctional Institute. He's tough looking, a hard case,...
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  • White Earth by McGahan
    McGahan

    White Earth

    "The saga of the McIvors is nothing less than a grim and supremely entertaining take on colonialism in Australia and the tortured, stained hearts of all its New World cousins. A-."--Entertainment Weekly After his father's death, young William is cast upon the charity of...
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  • Wasabi for Breakfast by Kometani, Foumiko
    Foumiko Kometani

    Wasabi for Breakfast

    "Wasabi for Breakfast" reintroduces best-selling Japanese author Foumiko Kometani's uniquely humorous voice to American readers. Kometani is rare among Japanese writers and cultural commentators in that she has lived in the United States for most of her adult life, bringing an outsider's--and woman's--perspective to...
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  • 37 Temptitle for Title Removal by Varnes, Paul
    Paul Varnes

    37 Temptitle for Title Removal

    Through the story of one family, we learn how white settlers moved into the Florida territory, taking it from the natives with false treaties and finally all-out war. The natives in Florida had arrived there not long before, coming to fill the area left...
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  • Paper Fish by De Rosa, Tina
    Tina De Rosa

    Paper Fish

    New edition of "an extraordinary novel by the Zora Neale Hurston of Italian American Culture."--LA TimesAuthor: Tina De RosaISBN-10: 1558614397ISBN-13: 9781558614390Publisher: Feminist PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2003Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.62w x 0.52d
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  • Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China by Nieh, Hualing
    Hualing Nieh

    Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China

    A brilliantly crafted picaresque novel--sensual, harrowing, comic--of an Asian-American woman's exile.Author: Hualing NiehISBN-10: 1558611827ISBN-13: 9781558611825Publisher: Feminist PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1997Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
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  • Trail of Miracles by Herzfeld, Smadar
    Smadar Herzfeld

    Trail of Miracles

    Inspired by the evocative and intimate true story of Gittel, a remarkable woman whose faith led her to make an unthinkable sacrifice.The daughter of a Torah scholar in eighteenth-century Ukraine, Gittel has always accepted her place in a family steeped in religion. Married at...
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  • Such Good Work by Lichtman, Johannes
    Johannes Lichtman

    Such Good Work

    From Johannes Lichtman comes a wisely comic debut novel about a teacher whose efforts to stay sober land him in Sweden, but the refugee crisis forces a very different kind of reckoning.You don't have to be perfect to do good... Jonas Anderson wants a...
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  • The Dream of the Red Chamber: A Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
    H. Bencraft Joly

    The Dream of the Red Chamber: A Chinese Novel in Two Books

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: H. Bencraft Joly, Cao XueqinISBN-10: 1500803375ISBN-13:...
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  • Under the Hawthorn Tree by Mi, Ai
    Ai Mi

    Under the Hawthorn Tree

    A bestseller in China with more than 1 million copies sold. Yichang municipality, Hubei province, China, early 1970s. High-school student Jingqiu is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be re-educated under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Jing's father is...
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  • The Wizard of Odd: A Vermont Tale of Community Devotion by Meffe, Gary
    Gary Meffe

    The Wizard of Odd: A Vermont Tale of Community Devotion

    Welcome to Oddertown, Vermont, population 700, more or less. Tucked into the remote Northeast Kingdom, and filled with a collection of quirky characters, "Odd" epitomizes the traditional and independent ways of a small New England village. Experience the rich tapestry of life and characters...
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  • Night and Day by Cho'lpon
    Cho'lpon

    Night and Day

    Night and Day, an unfinished dilogy by Uzbek author Cho'lpon, follows the terrible fate of a young Uzbek girl condemned to marry a sexual glutton. The novel raises questions about the nature of Russian colonialism, resistance to it, and the intentions of the author,...
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  • Highwire Moon by Straight, Susan
    Susan Straight

    Highwire Moon

    A young Mexican mother struggles to reconnect with her child in America--a "heartrending, take-no-prisoners" novel (Publishers Weekly) and National Book Award finalist. A vital and unsparing vision of America from National Book Award finalist Susan Straight. At three years Elvia was placed in foster...
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  • Between Clay and Dust by Ali Farooqi, Musharraf
    Musharraf Ali Farooqi

    Between Clay and Dust

    A Finalist for the Man Asian Literary Prize, a moving and beautifully told story set in a the tumultuous days after the Partition of India and Pakistan, about a wrestling champion and a courtesan struggling to hold onto the world they knew amidst the...
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  • Dance of the Jakaranda by Kimani, Peter
    Peter Kimani

    Dance of the Jakaranda

    "This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country's colonial past and its legacy through the stories of three men involved with the building of a railroad linking Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean --...
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  • Girl in Translation by Kwok, Jean
    Jean Kwok

    Girl in Translation

    When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life-like the staggering degree of her poverty,...
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  • The File on H. by Kadare, Ismail
    Ismail Kadare

    The File on H.

    In the mid-1930s, two Irish Americans travel to the Albanian highlands with an early model of a marvelous invention, the tape recorder. Their mission? To discover how Homer could have composed works as brilliant and as long as The Iliad and The Odyssey without...
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  • Chronicle in Stone by Kadare, Ismail
    Ismail Kadare

    Chronicle in Stone

    Masterful in its simplicity, Chronicle in Stone is a touching coming-of-age story and a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit. Surrounded by the magic of beautiful women and literature, a boy must endure the deprivations of war as he suffers the hardships...
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  • Return to the Dark Valley by Gamboa, Santiago
    Santiago Gamboa

    Return to the Dark Valley

    "Fans of Roberto Bola o will feel right at home in this globetrotting tale of misfit poets and ultraviolent drug lords . . . A page turner" (Miami Rail). Manuela is a woman haunted by a troubled childhood that she tries to escape through...
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  • Panic in a Suitcase by Akhtiorskaya, Yelena
    Yelena Akhtiorskaya

    Panic in a Suitcase

    "A virtuosic debut and] a wry look at immigrant life in the global age." --Vogue Having left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a sense of finality, the Nasmertov family has discovered that the divide between the old world and the new is not...
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  • In Paradise by Matthiessen, Peter
    Peter Matthiessen

    In Paradise

    The bestselling final novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement, a three-time winner of the National Book Award. Peter Matthiessen was a literary legend, the author of more than thirty acclaimed books. In this, his final novel, he confronts the legacy...
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  • The Silence and the Roar by Sirees, Nihad
    Nihad Sirees

    The Silence and the Roar

    Available in English for the first time, The Silence and the Roar is a funny, sexy, dystopian novel about the struggle of an individual over tyranny. The Silence and the Roar follows a day in the life of Fathi Sheen, an author banned from...
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  • The Violins of Saint-Jacques by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
    Patrick Leigh Fermor

    The Violins of Saint-Jacques

    "Mr. Fermor's elegant rococo fantasy about a volcanic eruption on an imaginary Caribbean island is just close enough to reality to raise a genuine shiver--possibly even a genuine tear. In truth, it is a small timeless masterpiece." --Phoebe Lou Adams, The Atlantic An NYRB...
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  • The Sad Passions by Gonzalez Pena, Veronica
    Veronica Gonzalez Pena

    The Sad Passions

    The lyrical story of a Mexican family torn apart by the fragility and madness of one of its members.Told by six women in one family, Veronica Gonzalez Pena's The Sad Passions captures the alertness, beauty, and terror of childhood lived in proximity to madness....
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  • The Tainted by Madhavan, Cauvery
    Cauvery Madhavan

    The Tainted

    It's spring 1920 in the small military town of Nandagiri in south-east India. Colonel Aylmer, commander of the Royal Irish Kildare Rangers, is in charge. A distance away, decently hidden from view, lies the native part of Nandagiri with its heaving bazaar, reeking streets...
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  • Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Cheats, and Devices: The Earliest Version of the Classic Legend by Siegel, Charles
    Charles Siegel

    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Cheats, and Devices: The Earliest Version of the Classic Legend

    This book contains the earliest surviving English version of tales about Till Eulenspiegel, published in the mid-1500s and translated from a German text published in the 1510s, which was the first written version of oral tales that circulated in the 1400s.In the nineteenth century,...
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  • The Butcher of Casablanca: A Detective Hanash Crime Novel by Hamdouchi, Abdelilah
    Abdelilah Hamdouchi

    The Butcher of Casablanca: A Detective Hanash Crime Novel

    A serial killer taunts Casablanca's most famous detective, Hanash, in this nail-biting Moroccan noir, a follow-up to Bled Dry A series of gruesome murders shakes the city of Casablanca. The killer knows exactly how the police will pursue him and how to obliterate evidence...
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  • My Caribbean Grandma by Srinath, Anura
    Anura Srinath

    My Caribbean Grandma

    What do you remember about your grandma? Let My Caribbean Grandma transport you on a delightful journey through the life of people in rural Jamaica. Let's take a trip down memory lane as this book jogs your memory and helps you relive the special...
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  • The Wayward Daughter: A Kathmandu Story by Ghale, Shradha
    Shradha Ghale

    The Wayward Daughter: A Kathmandu Story

    Set against the backdrop of approaching civil war, the story of a young girl's coming of age by one of Nepal's newest, strongest voices writing in English Sumnima Tamule is in a crisis. Her friends at Rhododendron High School--all girls from semi-royal and other...
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  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Morris, Heather
    Heather Morris

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz

    The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews, who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival-literally...
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  • The Heritage: A Jewish Historical Fiction Novel by Michonik, Jack
    Jack Michonik

    The Heritage: A Jewish Historical Fiction Novel

    All they wanted was a better life...In the period between the two World Wars, thousands of Jews leave Europe in pursuit of a New World.Leib and Haim, two ambitious young men, decide to settle in destitute South America.Despite the rising poverty, thanks to ambition...
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  • King Coal (Heathen Edition) by Sinclair, Upton
    Upton Sinclair

    King Coal (Heathen Edition)

    Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), a self-described socialist propagandist, was a prolific American author and trailblazing social crusader who sought to uncloak the "wage slavery" of workers by pioneering investigative journalism known as "muckraking." His 1906 exposé The Jungle blew the whistle on deplorable sanitary and...
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