Fiction - Cultural Heritage

"Stone Wall Freedom: The Slave," the final book in David Tucker's enthralling historical trilogy, contains unforgettable drama and poignancy and is a beautifully written final piece of the puzzle. It abounds with complex characters and richly evocative images, and Tucker's stunning conclusion is as...

"Mary's prose and storytelling is crystalline and lovely, a kind of geode broth, filled with light and piquancy."--DAVID KRANESNell Walker, an L.A. executive who believed she had everything and learns she had nothing, finds herself boarding a bus rolling away from bitter loss toward...

A House For Eliza 1893-1958 There is a misconception that all the Acadians, who were exiled from Nova Scotia in 1755 and migrated to Louisiana, were poor farmers and trappers. The truth is, a group of these Acadians were plantation owners. This novel is...

How long is the shadow of genocide? How does it affect the offspring of the survivors? And how do survivors and their families retain a belief in justice when atrocities go unpunished? These questions are addressed in Jerry M. Burger's novel, The Shadows of...

The nomadic odyssey of Eduardo Halfon continues as he searches for clues about his identity across Central America and Europe, New York and JerusalemIn Monastery, Eduardo Halfon's eponymous wanderer travels from Guatemalan cities, villages, coffee plantations, and border towns to a private jazz concert...

Set in 1942 on the imagined island of San Carlos, a cultural cocktail of Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, this is the story of Estrella Thompson, a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl who's forced to fend for herself when she's banished from the isolated fishing village where...

When Jean Sousa's uncle, a high-ranking politician on the fictional Caribbean -island of Baobique, is diagnosed with brain cancer, Jean is forced to reconcile difficult family relationships and her place among them.Author: K. E. SilvaISBN-10: 1933354119ISBN-13: 9781933354118Publisher: Akashic BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2006Pages: 205Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize:...

Many people of Portuguese descent take pride in claiming that the word "saudade" is untranslatable. In reality, we come close with a melding of bittersweet nostalgia, bone--deep longing, and an endless yearning for what one can never have again--or indeed may never have had....

Folk wisdom varies from region to region, and the Ozark Mountain variety was, and still is, peculiar and very special to the residents of this grand range. For the most part, early Ozarkers, though scattered, were bound together by common geography, religion, ethnic background,...

The young Wooreddy recognised the omen immediately, accidentally stepping on it while bounding along the beach: something slimy, something eerily cold and not from the earth. Since it had come from the sea, it was an evil omen. Soon after, many people died mysteriously,...

Arthur William Upfield is well known as the creator of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) who features in 29 crime detection novels, most set in the Australian outback. It is not well known that he also wrote about 250 short stories and articles, drawing...

A family holiday creates unexpected drama when Liv, Ellen and H kon's elderly parents announce their decision to divorce. The Norwegian Anne Tyler makes her English debut in a beautiful, insightful and perceptive novel. ***Winner of the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize*** ___________________ 'The most beautiful,...

Our Musseque is a tale of growing up in one of the vibrant shanty towns (musseques) of Luanda during the 1940s and 1950s. Weaving back and forwards through his half-remembered childhood, the narrator draws us into a close-knit world of labourers, shopkeepers, drunks, prostitutes...

Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in...

- Award-winning author: Author Terry Roberts has won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, Sir Walter Raleigh Award, Clark Cox Award for Fiction, and was a James Still Award Finalist. - Regional Expert: Terry Roberts has extensive knowledge of the region he writes,...

Every woman has her breaking point. Has Scarlet reached hers? In this beautifully crafted tale of redemption and renewal, Scarlet must choose between staying in the shadows of weighty family secrets, or stepping out into the light, and thus risking it all. Can she...

Sociopolitical upheavals and natural disasters in a country compel young men to emigrate from their realm. After perilous journeys, they settle in wealthier and more stable countries, but they don't want to be detached from their roots. Therefore, the young men go back home...

Eugenie Grandet by Honore De Balzac Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Classic Books EugAuthor: Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Honore De BalzacISBN-10: 1534798366ISBN-13: 9781534798366Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2016Pages: 140Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.30d

Jane Porter (17 January 1776 - 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Jane Porter was born in Durham as the third of the five children of William Porter and Jane n e Blenkinsop. Tall and beautiful as she...

"Where are you from?" This is a common enough question when people meet and start to get to know one another. And many of us would have no difficulty responding to such a simple query, but for Third Culture Kids the answer is more...

With a father who is chief of a village of almost two hundred Aleut people, Anna Hasson grows up a real Aleut princess. But everything changes when she turns fourteen. A year after Anna is kidnapped outside her seaside home and thrust into the...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic 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: Ameen RihaniISBN-10: 1530899613ISBN-13: 9781530899616Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Illustrated Aladdin' is a collection of exquisite illustrations gathered together in one beautiful book for all to love and treasure. Escape to the world of The Arabian Nights as we cast a new light on this enchanting and enduring fairy tale. The classic...

Joseph's jacobs wonderful collection of original English fairy tales. These stories are some of the most famous and best-loved fairy tales from English folklore, including such stories as 'Tom Tit Tot', 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and others. "English Fairy Tales" is sure to be...

Author: David LeeISBN-10: 1499042760ISBN-13: 9781499042764Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2014Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d

Trees are common archetypes among all cultures around the world. In fact, Sacred Trees are found not only in the Celtic one but also in the Norse, Hindu, and Egyptian, to name a few... Even on Christian traditions we can certainly trace the questionable...

A journey of conquest, tradition building stretching across the ages among various kindred tales.Author: Julien CoallierISBN-10: 1494486970ISBN-13: 9781494486976Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/13/2013Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.13d

This book is dedicated to the present generation of American children whose lives are enriched by the multi-cultural diversity of people coming from all over the world. In particular, this book focuses on the traditions and customs of Filipino culture and how Filipino American...

It is 1880 when the widow Sarah McAllfry is approached by the son of a former slave who asks her to teach him in her all-white schoolhouse. As a cold resolve claims Sarah, she decides that education is a right for every citizen in...

What happens when one's internal profile is not always in harmony with the external world? Satyananda is a square peg in a round hole Born, raised and educated in India, Satyananda fails in his attempts to create an idealistic space for himself in his...

It is the year 1850. Santos Vega, a hard working mayor, is left murdered, hanging on a tree on the eve of All Saints' Day by a sadistic cult leader known as "The Coyote." The Coyote and his evil Witch sister, along with their...

Three men race against time to take possession of a sacred 5,000-year-old Buddhist sculpture: Khalid, a leading Pakistani antiquities dealer, arranges for the illegal importation of the statue from neighbouring Afghanistan. Ghalib, a wealthy art collector with political aspirations, has purchased the statue for...

Following the premature death of her husband in the later winter of 1963, Grace Irwin discovers that she no longer fits in to the world she knew. Always a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, the widow is unmoored by her loneliness, fearing the slightest...

Masterfully evoking the breathtaking beauty of India, Manisha Jolie Amin's lyrical debut novel follows a young boy whose life takes an unexpected turn when he is sent to live with a reclusive but renowned musician. "Kalu picked up the flute by his side and...

'From the rail I looked down at Sashie's upturned face and the brilliant, early tropical sunlight made me think of the lights upon the stage of a theatre long ago . . .' With these thoughts Janet Sandison says goodbye to the West Indian...

'One wants to believe that everything lasts for ever, but it doesn't, ' said Twice. 'One has to move on . . .' Janet and her husband 'Twice' Alexander are on a homeleave visit from St. Jago in the Caribbean. Motoring down from Reachfar...

This collection, Legendary Stories of Wales is written by E. M. Wilkie, and illustrated with the stunning drawings of Honor Appleton. It contains a total of fifty-seven classic Welsh tales, 'told through the ages' - including those inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome, the...

Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an agreement, and...

Sense and Sensibility is a romantic novel and a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. It follows the young ladies to their...

Anton Checkhov's The Wife and Other Stories is one of his many collection of short stories. Inlcuded are: The Wife, Difficult People, The Grasshopper, A Dreary Story, The Privy Councillor, The Man in a Case, Gooseberries, About Love, The Lottery Ticket. Anton was a...

A fictitious novel about the countless tasks that one's mind is constantly engaged in.... and how the mind compliments personal ambitions and character.Author: Raymond H. WhitelockecrawfordISBN-10: 148129136XISBN-13: 9781481291361Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2014Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.19d

Scientist and engineer Lauren Giulio knows she cannot ignore her inner voice anymore. Determined to unravel the mystery surrounding her deceased father's childhood and uncover the events that lured both her father and her down a path contrary to cultural and social attitudes, Lauren...

A Jewish Family's Epic of Hope, Tragedy, and SurvivalEaster Sunday, 1903 ushered in three days of government-sanctioned brutality on the Jews of Kishinev, Russia. In the aftermath of slaughter, rape, and destruction, Meyer and Sadie Raisky escape to New York City with their thirteen-year-old...

In 1875, teenager Lucy Nickerson slips into a haymow dalliance with family farmer Morgan Dinkins, a liaison that brings Rob Nickerson into the world with the unpromising prospects of a woods colt-the child of an unwed maiden of the mountains. But it's the pious...

From the Amazon to America Lais, a native South American girl, has grown up in the fascinating Amazon rainforest, nurtured by her tribal culture, and living in harmony with nature. But the world is changing, and her jungle paradise is suddenly a target for...

A Struggling Writer Finds Inspiration in Family History... Deborah's career is at a dead end. After a splashy debut with her first novel, she's languished as a freelancer, her potential unfulfilled. But the death of an elderly aunt provides unexpected source material, as she...

Pudd'nhead Wilson is a clever lawyer who, due to a misinterpreted remark, is viewed as the village idiot by the Missouri frontier community in which he lives. His story, as told by America's greatest humorist Mark Twain, is a side-splitting social satire as well...

Winner of the 2014 International Book Award for Multicultural Fiction2014 Kindle Book Award Winner Vikram is not your model Indian-American teenager. Growing up in late 1980s Wisconsin, he is rebellious, adrift, and resentful of his Indian roots. But a disastrously drunken weekend becomes a...

Winner of the Icelandic Literature PrizeSingle mother Harpa has always been a misfit. Her physical appearance is unique among Icelanders: so small she self-deprecatingly refers to herself as a dwarf, so dark-skinned she doubts her genetic link to her father, so strange she nearly...

This is volume II of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's 1835 historical romance "The Linwoods; or Sixty Years Since in America". Set during the American Revolution, it uses day-to-day city life to explore the American character, defined by its relationship with Britain and France. The novel...