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  • Sour Grapes by Tamer, Zakaria
    Zakaria Tamer

    Sour Grapes

    Set in the Syrian neighborhood of al-Qaweyq, Sour Grapes is a collection of fifty-nine wry, satirical short stories loosely connected by a cast of rotating characters living at society's margins. Tamer captures their everyday lives, weaving the attendant cruelties and ironies of living under...
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  • The Lion and the Cross: A Novel of Saint Patrick and Ancient Ireland by Hamilton, Joan Lesley
    Joan Lesley Hamilton

    The Lion and the Cross: A Novel of Saint Patrick and Ancient Ireland

    The man who would become Ireland's beloved patron saint confronts his destiny during the tumultuous Dark Ages in this vibrant, enthralling novel In 410 CE, arrogant 16-year-old Magonus Sucatus Patricius denounces Christianity as a religion for cowards when the Roman legions withdraw, leaving Britain...
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  • Redemption Song by Berry, Bertice
    Bertice Berry

    Redemption Song

    Owner of a small African-American bookshop, Miss Cozy has an unique gift: Customers who walk through her door rarely leave without a book that speaks directly to their life. But when Josephine--"Fina"--and Ross arrive in search of an obscure, unpublished manuscript written by a...
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  • Imaginings of Sand by Brink, André
    André Brink

    Imaginings of Sand

    When expatriate Afrikaner Kristien M ller hears of her grandmother's impending death, she ends her self-imposed exile in London and returns to the South Africa she thought she'd escaped. But irrevocable change is sweeping the land, and reality itself seems to be in flux...
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  • What Hell Is Not by D'Avenia, Alessandro
    Alessandro D'Avenia

    What Hell Is Not

    From the bestselling Italian author comes a novel based on the true story of a priest who refused to surrender... The school year is finished, exams are over and summer stretches before seventeen-year-old Federico, full of promise and opportunity. But then he accepts a...
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  • Acadian Melody by Pourbabaee, Karen LeBlanc
    Karen LeBlanc Pourbabaee

    Acadian Melody

    Acadian Melody takes us on a multitude of adventures, from the Acadian homeland in Nova Scotia to the bayous of Louisiana, with a few side excursions to France. The selections are prefaced by historical and cultural sketches that bring these fictional works to life....
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  • When Sorrow Takes Wing by Romo, Kelly
    Kelly Romo

    When Sorrow Takes Wing

    Based on true events of the Cristero War--one of the darkest times in Mexico's history.1927: In the wake of the Revolution, Mexico's Government bans the Catholic Religion. Federal soldiers execute priests in front of their churches and massacre entire villages of people who continue...
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  • Friedrichsburg by Strubberg, Friedrich Armand
    Friedrich Armand Strubberg

    Friedrichsburg

    Summerfield G. Roberts Award for a Work of Creative Writing, Sons of the Texas Republic, 2013 First published in Germany in 1867, this fascinating autobiographical novel of German immigrants on the antebellum Texas frontier provides a trove of revelations about the myriad communities that...
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  • The Man in the Dragon Mask by Roberts, Amanda
    Amanda Roberts

    The Man in the Dragon Mask

    One FaceTwo MenAnd A Secret That Could Destroy An Empire At the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will do anything to ensure the future of his empire. Building the Forbidden City in fulfillment of his father's dreams is only the beginning. But...
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  • Being With... by Laman, Earl
    Earl Laman

    Being With...

    Jackson Albright Hilton, Jack, dragged his heritage around for years, trying to shed it. The drama and trauma of those years provoked escape via a desperate whim. Entanglements and involvements with old and young created a running stream of experiences, which confronted the "too...
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  • Wyrd Of The Wolf: The Unification Of Saxon Southern England by Broughton, John
    John Broughton

    Wyrd Of The Wolf: The Unification Of Saxon Southern England

    Among the political and religious upheaval of seventh century England, nobody is safe.As the old gods are eroded by the new church and and ambitious men vie for power, blood is shed throughout the land. In the south, ealdorman Aelfhere believes that for his...
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  • The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist by Habiby, Emile
    Emile Habiby

    The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist

    This award-winning novel-in-translation is clever tragicomedy that demonstrates the complex life of a Palestinian living in Israel. Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles...
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  • Custom Broken for Good: The Controversial Trust by Awal, Mohammed
    Mohammed Awal

    Custom Broken for Good: The Controversial Trust

    This novel lays bare the customs and conditions most young girls face in traditional African society south of the Sahara, while in transition from adolescence to womanhood. The priority of parents is for marriage, which produces pressure on both mother and daughter. In this...
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  • Youth Everlasting and Other Romanian Fairy Tales by Ispirescu, Petre
    Petre Ispirescu

    Youth Everlasting and Other Romanian Fairy Tales

    Four spellbinding fairy tales from 19th century Romania, translated into English and adapted for a contemporary audience.A baby refuses to come into the world until he is promised youth everlasting. But as the boy grows older and his father cannot keep his promise, the...
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  • Across the Cimarron by Wilson, Jerry
    Jerry Wilson

    Across the Cimarron

    "Like the Cimarron River itself, Jerry Wilson's novel teems with life and beauty and movement. Across the Cimarron bears you along on the currents of Time and Memory, and begs you to ponder one of the most fundamental questions of human existence: How deep...
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  • Barnstorming: A Negro Baseball Story by Carroll, Jonathan
    Jonathan Carroll

    Barnstorming: A Negro Baseball Story

    Davis Sterling, scion of Houston's leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that...
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  • You, Fascinating You by Shames, Germaine W.
    Germaine W. Shames

    You, Fascinating You

    In the final weeks of 1938, in the shadow of Kristallnacht and imminent war, a heartsick Italian maestro wrote a love song called "Tu Solamente Tu." Its lyrics lamented his forced separation from his wife, the Hungarian ballerina Margit Wolf, in the wake of...
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  • Barnstorming: A Negro Baseball Story by Carroll, Jonathan
    Jonathan Carroll

    Barnstorming: A Negro Baseball Story

    Davis Sterling, scion of Houston's leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that...
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  • Imagine Africa: Volume 2 by Couto, Mia
    Mia Couto

    Imagine Africa: Volume 2

    Imagine Africa and its theme of "Revolution" is introduced by Georges Lory who opens the collection with his essay, "Poets to your quills, Africa is taking off". Through a collage of poems, essays, fiction, and visual art, Imagine Africa gives us a glimpse of...
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  • The Gods of Thought and Memory by Gauntlett, Trish
    Trish Gauntlett

    The Gods of Thought and Memory

    A fresh start in Scotland's Orkney Islands is just what artist Caris MacLeod needs. Leaving British Columbia and a broken marriage behind for the wild coast of Orkney, Caris is immediately captivated by Mark Raffin, a mysterious, aloof neighbour who has an affinity for...
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  • Everything There Is by Vassanji, M. G.
    M. G. Vassanji

    Everything There Is

    From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada's finest and most celebrated writers, comes a brilliant new novel that vividly examines the seemingly incongruous worlds of science, religion and desire. Nurul Islam is a world-renowned physicist, professor at Imperial College, London, and...
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  • The Arrangement by Galarneau, T. K.
    T. K. Galarneau

    The Arrangement

    The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to 3, 1863, all but ended General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north. The estimates of total casualties [on both sides] were over 57,000. The battle also ended Quinn's military career. "Son," Colin Duncan inquired, "will you...
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  • Once These Hills by McGinley, Chris
    Chris McGinley

    Once These Hills

    In 1898, life on Black Boar Mountain in eastern Kentucky is quiet for the small settlement of farmers and drovers who work the land around their little cabins. But when ten-year old Lydia King and her father unearth an ancient, preserved body up on...
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  • Silencing the Drums by Shipley, Tom J.
    Tom J. Shipley

    Silencing the Drums

    Filled with as much humor as heartache, Silencing the Drums by Tom Shipley is a stunning example of what historical fiction does when it is done well. Perfectly pitched and perfectly poised, this debut educates readers on life in Southern Virginia after the Second...
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  • The New Indians by Jessup, Joe
    Joe Jessup

    The New Indians

    There is a new war being waged in the New West. In places like Big Scratch, Montana, where everything environmental is seen as a threat to jobs and prosperity, land developers and oil and mining companies chop up big ranches, leaving behind a mountain...
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  • Dreams from Nepal: The Emotional Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Nepali Boy by Koirala, Bikul
    Bikul Koirala

    Dreams from Nepal: The Emotional Story of a Twelve-Year-Old Nepali Boy

    Captivating story of a young boy's unique journey. Twelve-year-old Ram was born and raised in a small village in Nepal. He's destined to be a village farmer like his father, but he dreams of so much more. Then, a mysterious opportunity in the form...
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  • Only in London by Al-Shaykh, Hanan
    Hanan Al-Shaykh

    Only in London

    Four strangers meet on a turbulent flight from Dubai to London: Amira, a canny Moroccan prostitute; Lamis, a 30-year old Iraqi divorcee; Nicholas, an English expert on Islamic art; and Samir, a Lebanese man who is delivering a monkey on a mission he doesn't...
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  • Catch Me When I Fall by Rao, Tony
    Tony Rao

    Catch Me When I Fall

    Peggy Lighterman vows she will never be like her father. His was a life blighted by alcohol addiction and an untimely demise. Hers is one of placid fulfilment in the urban sprawl of South East London. But Peggy's life is turned upside down by...
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  • Hacienda de Sueños: Ranch of Dreams by Barbosa, Rebecca Garcia
    Rebecca Garcia Barbosa

    Hacienda de Sues: Ranch of Dreams

    Within a few hours of birth, Elena, an infant girl, is left at the doorsteps of a Catholic orphanage in Mazatl疣, Mexico, where her childhood passes quickly. Things change the day Elena is sent to a hacienda in Sonora, hired as kitchen help. Her...
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  • Evil Eye by Rum, Etaf
    Etaf Rum

    Evil Eye

    "A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!"--Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last...
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  • Was She Murdered?: Jailed Girl Driver, 13 Hangs Self by Miles, Marion
    Marion Miles

    Was She Murdered?: "Jailed Girl Driver, 13 Hangs Self"

    A Native American woman's struggle to substantiate foul play after being told her daughter (two weeks Into her 13th birthday) has committed suicide In an unmonitored Women's Cell at the County Jail. Experience the treatment given to American Indians when little was done to...
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  • Broken Angels by Liviero, Gemma
    Gemma Liviero

    Broken Angels

    A Nazi doctor. A Jewish rebel. A little girl. Each one will fight for freedom--or die trying.Imprisoned in the Lodz Ghetto, Elsi discovers her mother's desperate attempt to end her pregnancy and comes face-to-face with the impossibility of their situation. Risking her own life,...
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  • Introduction to Inheritance Law: Comparative legal and historical study of inheritance law by Ibdah, Mohammad
    Mohammad Ibdah

    Introduction to Inheritance Law: Comparative legal and historical study of inheritance law

    In this book we will learn The History of Inheritance law, Historical inheritance laws system, Inheritance and Applicable Law, we will go back in the human history, to the ancient people, we will learn about the human values, we will know how the ancient...
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  • Belgian Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot
    William Elliot Griffis

    Belgian Fairy Tales

    William Elliot Griffis was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. Griffis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a sea captain and later a coal trader. Belgian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales penne by Griffis. Contents include: The...
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  • Jay Mountain Gold: A Jay Mountain Healing Novel by Powell, Douglass N.
    Douglass N. Powell

    Jay Mountain Gold: A Jay Mountain Healing Novel

    Demian Listing, facing a financial collapse, is further threatened when a bag of bones is uncovered on Jay Mountain during a construction project. This raises the potential for a protracted court case and may cause his empire to fail completely. With this new obstacle...
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  • Others Were Emeralds by Leav, Lang
    Lang Leav

    Others Were Emeralds

    Internationally acclaimed poet Lang Leav's debut adult novel combines her poetical lyricism and emotional acumen to create an enthralling coming of age narrative set against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment sweeping Australia in the late 90's. A stirring portrayal of guilt, loss, and memory,...
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  • Legends of the Californios: Tata's Stories From The Family Ranchos by Perez, Raquel
    Raquel Perez

    Legends of the Californios: Tata's Stories From The Family Ranchos

    In Legends of the Californios Tata's Stories from the Family Ranchos Perez takes you back to old California's Ranchos where the Hacienda stands tall in the hills as Elena's story becomes legend. When she risks everything for love, lust, and her precious moments spent...
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  • Undiscovered by Wiener, Gabriela
    Gabriela Wiener

    Undiscovered

    "With tremendous intellect and her irreverent wit, Wiener rescues an intimate story from the family archive, a story that is also the infamous history of our continent. Her prose, sober and forward, is a breath of fresh air; her view allows us to be...
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  • My Worth Crowned You by Madonsela, Ketso
    Ketso Madonsela

    My Worth Crowned You

    My Worth Crowned You is a novel that locates the new black middle-class individual in his or her 'belonging' in 2021's society. It is written in first person and follows the journey of Kearabetswe Mohale, the narrator. She is an ordinary young woman who...
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  • Independence by Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Independence

    Author: Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniISBN-10: 0063142392ISBN-13: 9780063142398Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2024Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.65d
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  • The Tomte's Hat by Ruotsala, Birgit
    Birgit Ruotsala

    The Tomte's Hat

    Author and Illustrator Birgit Ruotsala was inspired to write and illustrate books about her love for Scandinavian culture as told by her grandparents. The tomtes that her grandmas taught her about have kept the customs and traditions alive, even when the tomtes are being...
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  • Duppy Conqueror by Dennis, Ferdinand
    Ferdinand Dennis

    Duppy Conqueror

    Marshall Sarjeant is born at the beginning of the 20th century in Paradise, Jamaica. As a young man, he is entrusted with a mythical quest to overcome a curse that has been put on his family. He must do this by returning to Africa...
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  • Woman Behind Home Plate by Thompson, J. Stephen
    J. Stephen Thompson

    Woman Behind Home Plate

    Who is this woman?At every Toronto Blue Jays game, an elderly woman sits behind home plate, her story a mystery. When sports journalist Richard Dixon notices the reclusive woman, he finds himself enthralled, determined to uncover her identity.Marchesa di Mentone was twelve years old...
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  • Close Secrets by Thomas, Jayne-Leigh
    Jayne-Leigh Thomas

    Close Secrets

    "Be warned, for what I have to tell you may in due course prove troubling..."In 1637, Jonet Nimmo discovers a rare necklace and fearing it will be taken from her, she hides it where no one will ever find it.Across the countryside of present...
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  • Forest Dark by Krauss, Nicole
    Nicole Krauss

    Forest Dark

    National Bestseller - A New York Times Notable BookNamed Best Book of the Year by Esquire, Times Literary Supplement, Elle Magazine, LitHub, Publishers Weekly, Financial Times, Guardian, Refinery29, PopSugar, and Globe and Mail"A brilliant novel. I am full of admiration." --Philip Roth"One of America's...
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  • The Invisible Mountain by de Robertis, Carolina
    Carolina de Robertis

    The Invisible Mountain

    On the first day of the year 1900, a small town deep in the Uruguayan countryside gathers to witness a miracle--the mysterious reappearance Pajarita, a lost infant who will grow up to begin a lineage of fiercely independent women. Her daughter, Eva, a stubborn...
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  • Land of the Free... Negroes: A Historical Novel by Dance, Daryl Cumber
    Daryl Cumber Dance

    Land of the Free... Negroes: A Historical Novel

    Daryl Cumber Dance, legendary teacher, celebrated genealogist, applauded literary scholar, and famed folklorist (often dubbed "The Dean of American Folklore"), has achieved renown for her classic studies and collections such as Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans; Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans; Long...
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  • Living History by Purdy, John L.
    John L. Purdy

    Living History

    Living History's protagonists, Mia and Hugh, encounter a space vehicle that crashed in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest in the ninth century C.E. The problem is: they cannot remember this, when they find themselves in 9,000 B.C.E., where their long journey begins. Aimed...
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  • Irish Mist by Rennie, Kris J.
    Kris J. Rennie

    Irish Mist

    As the guests raised their glasses in a toast to Edith's 45th birthday, the house shook from its foundation to the top of its steel roof, the windows rattled in their frames, and a deafening blast came from the direction of the far-back shed."Whoo...
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  • Jacob's Place by Hewitt, H. C.
    H. C. Hewitt

    Jacob's Place

    It was the best time in Jacob Hudson's life. He was about to marry Abigail Rodgers, his best friend and love of his life. Together they would build their dream home and start a family. Jacob's carpentry business was successful and he was closer...
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