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Vendor: Tobias Wolff
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive. The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be...- $18.00
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Vendor: Donal Ryan
From a Low and Quiet Sea
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE "Beautiful and affecting" -- David Nicholls, author of One Day A moving novel of three men, each searching for something they have lost, from the award-winning and Man Booker nominated author Donal Ryan. For...- $16.00
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Vendor: R. K. Narayan
Malgudi Days
Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennial Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story."...- $18.00
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Vendor: 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 cultures."Audacious and...- $16.99
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Vendor: Helene Wecker
The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni
"Richly nuanced and beautiful. . . . An immersive and magical tale of loneliness, love, and finding hope." (Buzzfeed)"A layered novel of many complex characters...To keep their worlds safe, Chava and Ahmad must access both their greatest supernatural powers and their deepest human impulses."...- $30.99
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Vendor: L. Somi Roy
And That Is Why . . . Manipuri Myths Retold: (A Full-Colour Book with Manipuri Art)
A collection of endearing and vibrant retellings of Manipuri myths told for the first time ever to the outside world!Dear Reader, do you knowwhy the deer does not eat rice?why man gets wrinkles and a stoop?why the cat buries its poop?why a doll is...- $13.99
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Vendor: Myles Na Gcopaleen
An B饌l Bocht
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century, An B al Bocht is a classic satire in Irish by one of the century's great writers, Myles na gCopaleen/Flann O'Brien/Brian O'Nolan. This extremely funny book, with its rain-sodden peasants of...- $16.99
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Vendor: Louise Erdrich
The Night Watchman Low Price CD
WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWASHINGTON POST, AMAZON, NPR, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, KIRKUS, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BEST BOOK OF 2020Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather who worked as a...- $19.99
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Vendor: Shobha Rao
Girls Burn Brighter
Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best FictionLonglisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize"Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world." --Vogue "A...- $17.99
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Vendor: Madeleine Thien
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
"In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, when he took his own life. I was ten years old."Master storyteller Madeleine Thien takes us inside an extended family in China, showing us the...- $16.95
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Vendor: Han Kang
The White Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE - A "formally daring, emotionally devastating, and deeply political" (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of personal grief through the prism of the color white, from the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian "Stunningly beautiful writing...- $22.00
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Vendor: Zora Neale Hurston
Moses, Man of the Mountain
"A narrative of great power. Warm with friendly personality and pulsating with . . . profound eloquence and religious fervor." --New York TimesIn this novel based on the familiar story of the Exodus, Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with...- $14.99
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Vendor: Zülfü Livaneli
Disquiet
World Literature Today Notable Translation of the Year PopMatters Best Book of the Year From the internationally bestselling author of Serenade for Nadia, a powerful story of love and faith amidst the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi people. Disquiet transports the reader...- $14.99
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Vendor: Frances Mayes
Women in Sunlight
The story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an exceptional year, from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun. Don't miss Frances Mayes in PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special She watches...- $18.00
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Vendor: Francesca Momplaisir
The Garden of Broken Things
A novel about one family wading through the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, from the acclaimed author who has been compared to Toni Morrison "at the height of her power" (Harper's Bazaar)--a haunting and astonishing story of restoration and disaster,...- $28.00
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Vendor: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
The River Between
A 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned....- $16.00
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Vendor: Felicity Hayes-McCoy
The Month of Borrowed Dreams
"P.S. insights, interviews & more..."--Page 4 of jacket.Author: Felicity Hayes-McCoyISBN-10: 0062889524ISBN-13: 9780062889522Publisher: Harper PerennialLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/2021Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.87h x 5.28w x 0.94dReview Citation(s): Booklist 09/15/2021 pg. 19Library Journal 12/03/2021 pg. 1- $19.99
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Vendor: Saadat Hasan Manto
The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
"[Manto's] empathy and narrative economy invite comparisons with Chekhov. These readable, idiomatic translations have all the agile swiftness and understated poignancy that parallel suggests." ---Boyd Tonkin, Wall Street JournalStories from "the undisputed master of the modern Indian short story" encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives...- $24.00
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Vendor: Max Lobe
A Long Way from Douala
Bursting with local color, this hilarious, heartwarming coming-of-age tale follows two friends on a raucous journey across Cameroon as they grapple with grief, sexuality, and dreams of leaving. After their father's sudden death, Jean's older brother Roger decides he's had enough of their abusive...- $15.99
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Vendor: Katy Simpson Smith
The Everlasting
NEW YORK TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF 2020"Only Katy Simpson Smith could have written a novel of such elegance, emotional power, and grace. The Everlasting, a quadruple love story spanning two millennia, is no less than the story of love itself--its frustrations and thrills,...- $19.99
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Vendor: Mario Escobar
Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel
Amid the shadows of war, one family faces an impossible choice that will change their lives forever. From bestseller Mario Escobar comes a 20th-century historical novel of sacrifice and resilience inspired by Spain's famed Children of Morelia and the true events that shaped their...- $16.99
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Vendor: Fidan Bagirova
The Secret of Karabakh
You are not who you think you are. Your future is not what you think it will be.You are in danger...Alana Fulton, the beloved only child of wealthy American parents, is bookish and passionate about the past. In the final stages of a PhD...- $15.99
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Vendor: Monique Truong
The Book of Salt
A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits.Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home,...- $19.99
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Vendor: Edwidge Danticat
Claire of the Sea Light
From the national bestselling author of Brother, I'm Dying and The Dew Breaker a "fiercely beautiful" novel (Los Angeles Times) that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone...- $17.00
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Vendor: Leslie Marmon Silko
Storyteller
"A rich, many-faceted book." -- The New York Times A classic work of Native American literature by the bestselling author of Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko's groundbreaking book Storyteller, first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales...- $26.00
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Vendor: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Devil on the Cross
The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee's novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison--featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the novel The Old DriftOne of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's fame, Devil on the...- $17.00
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Vendor: Suzanne Kamata
The Baseball Widow
When Christine, an idealistic young American teacher, meets and marries Hideki Yamada, an aspiring Japanese high school baseball coach, she believes that their love with be enough to sustain them as they deal with cultural differences. However, Hideki's duties, and the team of fit,...- $15.95
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Vendor: Anne Hillerman
Song of the Lion: 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 Bestseller"Fans of Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito, characters created by the author's father, Tony Hillerman, will savor this multilayered story of suspense,...- $18.99
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Vendor: Oksana Zabuzhko
The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
Spanning sixty tumultuous years of Ukrainian history, this multigenerational saga weaves a dramatic and intricate web of love, sex, friendship, and death. At its center: three women linked by the abandoned secrets of the past--secrets that refuse to remain hidden.While researching a story, journalist...- $14.95
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Vendor: Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
Unbury Our Dead with Song
"Part mystery, part road novel, part philosophical enquiry, [this] is a dazzling journey to discover the meaning of music and its immense power over the human soul." - Aminatta Forna, author of Happiness and The Devil that Danced on the Water "Unbury Our Dead...- $15.95
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Vendor: Guzel Yakhina
Zuleikha: The International Bestseller
WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 READ RUSSIA PRIZE RUNNER-UP FOR THE EBRD LITERATURE PRIZE, 2020 Zuleikha is the model of a dutiful wife. Biddible...- $17.95
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Vendor: Reyna Grande
Across a Hundred Mountains
Winner of the American Book Award, Across a Hundred Mountains is a "timely and riveting" (People) novel about a young girl who leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his family to work in America--a story of migration, loss,...- $17.00
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Vendor: Richard Wagamese
Ragged Company
Four chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a warm movie theatre when a severe Arctic Front descends on the city. During what is supposed to be a one-time event, this temporary refuge transfixes them. They fall in love...- $19.00
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Vendor: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
The 2020 National Book Award-nominated poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic--an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of Homegoing; Sing, Unburied, Sing; and The Water Dancer--that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of...- $32.99
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Vendor: David Biro
This Magnificent Dappled Sea
Two strangers--generations and oceans apart--have a chance to save each other in this moving and suspenseful novel about family secrets and the ineffable connections that lead us to one another.In a small Northern Italian village, nine-year-old Luca Taviano catches a stubborn cold and is...- $14.95
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Vendor: Nalo Hopkinson
Falling in Love with Hominids
An alluring new collection from the author of the New York Times Notable Book, Midnight Robber Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, The Salt Roads, Sister Mine) is an internationally-beloved storyteller. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as having "an imagination that most...- $15.95
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Vendor: Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
#1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International BestsellerSoon to be a Peacock Original SeriesThis beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov--an unforgettable love story in the midst...- $27.99
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Vendor: Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God
"My favorite novel." --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "A magical writer--one of the greatest of the twentieth century." --Margaret Atwood "African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe." --Toni Morrison The second novel in Chinua Achebe's masterful African trilogy, following Things Fall...- $17.00
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Vendor: Betty Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of...- $28.99
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Vendor: Elif Shafak
The Bastard of Istanbul
A "vivid and entertaining" (Chicago Tribune) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick) "Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turkish version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club." --USA...- $19.00
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Vendor: Mohsin Hamid
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." -Alan Cheuse, NPR "Marvelous and moving." -TIME...- $17.00
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Vendor: Edwidge Danticat
The Dew Breaker
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "brilliant book, undoubtedly the best one yet by an enormously talented writer" (The Washington Post Book World), about love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes...- $18.00
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Vendor: Yei Theodora Ozaki
Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past
Be transported to a realm of magical kingdoms, mysterious beings and mythical lands. Japanese Folktales is the most complete collection of Japanese stories in English. It introduces readers to the enchanting world of ghouls, goblins, ogres, sea kings, magical birds, dragons and of course,...- $9.99
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Vendor: Danzy Senna
Caucasia
From the author of New People and Colored Television, the extraordinary national bestseller that launched Danzy Senna's literary career "Superbly illustrates the emotional toll that politics and race take ... Haunting." --The New York Times Book Review Birdie and Cole are the daughters of...- $17.00
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Vendor: Tracey Lange
We Are the Brennans
"Thorndike Press large print basic"--Copyright page.Author: Tracey LangeISBN-10: 1432893858ISBN-13: 9781432893859Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2022Pages: 469Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20dLarge Print- $32.99
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Vendor: Anne Hillerman
Rock with Wings: 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+! Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases in this exciting Southwestern...- $18.99
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Vendor: Edward P. Jones
Lost in the City - 20th Anniversary Edition: Stories
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World "Original and arresting.... Jones's] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers."--Washington Post "These 14 stories of African-American life...affirm humanity as only good literature can." --Los Angeles TimesA magnificent collection of...- $15.99
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Vendor: Elias Lonnrot
Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People
The great epic poem of Northern Europe, born deep in the heart of ancient Karelian forests Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland--the land of heroes--Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of the Finnish people. Born of an ancient tradition of folklore...- $20.00
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Vendor: Helena Maria Viramontes
Under the Feet of Jesus
A moving and powerful novel about the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions as migrant workers in California's fields. "Viramontes depicts this world with sensuous physicality...working firmly in the social-realist vein of Steinbeck's...- $17.00
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Vendor: Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
#1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International BestsellerSoon to be a Peacock Original SeriesThis beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov--an unforgettable love story in the midst...- $27.99
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