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  • Dreamcatcher: Story of an Immigrant Bride from India by Basu, Dita
    Dita Basu

    Dreamcatcher: Story of an Immigrant Bride from India

    Dreamcatcher is a woman's immigrant journey in America during the nineties-one that opens her to a new world where a larger-than-life call awaits.Shila's stable life in India crumbles the day her husband, Asim, declares he's going to America. She follows Asim to the faraway...
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  • Waves by Woolf, Virginia
    Virginia Woolf

    The Waves

    Arguably her most experimental work, "The Waves" is a 1931 novel by Virginia Woolf that comprises soliloquies by six characters punctuated by third-person descriptions of a coastal scene. Through her characters, Woolf examines the concepts of self, individuality, and community in a poignant and...
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  • When We Were Twins by Hinc, Danuta
    Danuta Hinc

    When We Were Twins

    From their privileged childhood in Egypt, the paths of once-inseparable twins Taher and Aisha diverge early: When the USSR invades Afghanistan, Taher abandons their shared plans to study medicine in Europe, instead joining their cousin, Ahmed, as a medic for the mujahideen fighting the...
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  • Short Stories of Virginia Woolf by Woolf, Virginia
    Virginia Woolf

    The Short Stories of Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf's development and evolution as a writer are highlighted in these 23 exceptional short stories. This collection pores over the intimate details of life in beautiful poetic prose. These brilliant pieces of short fiction incapsulate classic 20th century modernism. Particularly celebrated stories, such...
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  • The Good Neighbours by Heuschkel, L. B.
    L. B. Heuschkel

    The Good Neighbours

    When the Lord cast out Lucifer and the rebellious angels, some of the angels fell to Earth rather than Hell, and their bodies shattered into thousands of tiny pieces. From these angelic shards rose the little people: The trolls, the alderfolk, the river-dwelling n...
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  • My Place Among Them by Stanion, J.
    J. Stanion

    My Place Among Them

    Found alive after the massacre at Wounded Knee, twelve-year-old John Iron Horse is determined not to end up like so many others of his people. Then he learns the motto of the school he's required to attend: "Kill the Indian, save the man."Carter Heath...
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  • Molten Mud Murder by Johnson, Sara E.
    Sara E. Johnson

    Molten Mud Murder

    First book in the Alexa Glock Mystery series! For a normal tourist, finding a body in a geothermal pool in New Zealand might ruin a vacation. Forensic specialist Alexa Glock, however, sees a chance to help local law enforcement with a baffling case. But...
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  • My Place Among Them by Stanion, J.
    J. Stanion

    My Place Among Them

    Found alive after the massacre at Wounded Knee, twelve-year-old John Iron Horse is determined not to end up like so many others of his people. Then he learns the motto of the school he's required to attend: "Kill the Indian, save the man."Carter Heath...
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  • How Green Was My Valley by Llewellyn, Richard
    Richard Llewellyn

    How Green Was My Valley

    The international-bestselling winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by John Ford. Huw Morgan remembers the days when his home valley was prosperous, verdant, and beautiful--before the mines came to town. The youngest son of a...
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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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  • The Sicilian Sorceress by Knight, Mary
    Mary Knight

    The Sicilian Sorceress

    Alexis is living the good life in San Francisco: a prestigious job as an art curator for the San Francisco Museum of Art, a budding romance with a fellow garden lover, and trips to Europe to immerse herself in history. But when Alexis is...
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  • The Ratcatcher by Dyk, Viktor
    Viktor Dyk

    The Ratcatcher

    A stranger with a magical fife promises to rid the rat-infested town of Hamelin of its vermin for the sum of one hundred Rhine ducats. Viktor Dyk's rendition of the medieval Saxon legend of the pied piper masterfully blends lyrical prose with early twentieth...
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  • The Golden Manuscripts: A Novel: A Novel by Journey, Evy
    Evy Journey

    The Golden Manuscripts: A Novel: A Novel

    Clarissa Martinez, an Asian/Caucasian young woman has lived in seven different countries by the time she turns twenty and feels no lasting connection with any place. She thinks it's time to settle somewhere she could eventually call home. But where?She decides to live in...
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  • Beara: Dark Legends by O'Sullivan, Brian a.
    Brian a. O'Sullivan

    Beara: Dark Legends

    A unique Irish detective thriller. A rare insight into Gaelic culture. Nobody knows much about reclusive Irish historian Muiris (Mos) O'S illeabh in except that he doesn't share his secrets freely. Mos, however, has a "sixth sense for history, a unique talent for finding...
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  • Beardstown by Foster, Sam
    Sam Foster

    Beardstown

    When Americans created civilization from wilderness, there were those who followed the rules and those who created their own-an enduring conflict between liberty and virtue that formed a new land.Five years have passed since the death of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. The native peoples...
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  • Savannah Skies: Return to Tybee Island by O'Hara, Melanie
    Melanie O'Hara

    Savannah Skies: Return to Tybee Island

    Be among the first readers to meet New York book editor Savannah Brennan Scott and her colorful Irish family. When Savannah returns home to coastal Georgia for her Cousin Michael's wedding without her husband Derek, she knows tongues will surely wag. The Brennan's are...
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  • The Moonlight Gardening Club by Hannigan, Rosie
    Rosie Hannigan

    The Moonlight Gardening Club

    New friends. New beginnings. Old secrets... 'Sweet and heartwarming' - Bestselling author MARIAN KEYES'The word "uplifting" was invented for this tender and poignant story. It's a beautifully written debut, a must-read' - Bestselling author JUDY LEIGHThough they come from the same small Irish village,...
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  • Hamama by Gradwohl, Ronen
    Ronen Gradwohl

    Hamama

    Hamama is the memoir of a spirited girl fighting to find her place in 1930s Yemen. It traces her arduous journey to the Land of Israel and the many challenges she faces in the struggling new country. When Hamama is a young girl, her...
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  • Thirst by Barron, K. L.
    K. L. Barron

    Thirst

    A stunning betrayal forces a young woman to flee a relationship and forge a new life in one of the most brutal landscapes on earth. Gradually adapting to her new surroundings, she becomes aware of the impending dissolution of an entire culture. A diverse...
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  • New Stories from the Midwest 2013 by Brown, Rosellen
    Rosellen Brown

    New Stories from the Midwest 2013

    The New Stories from the Midwest (2013) anthology seeks to support and spotlight the flourishing crop of Midwestern writers who consistently produce work that is innovative, finely crafted, and strong in voice. The anthology will be released from New American Press every other year,...
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  • Dovlatov and Surroundings: A Philological Novel by Genis, Alexander
    Alexander Genis

    Dovlatov and Surroundings: A Philological Novel

    Dovlatov and Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Dovlatov. Characterized by Genis as an obituary, this book makes plain the significance of Dovlatov to Russian literature and the nuances of...
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  • Not by the Book: The Pencil Pro by Rosenthal, Roni
    Roni Rosenthal

    Not by the Book: The Pencil Pro

    Adam Schwartz is a motivated high school teacher bothered by the lack of his students' creative ideas in their attempt to write essays for their college applications. Together with his best friends, Drew, a twice-divorced attorney; Kenny, a senior trade consultant in a real-estate...
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  • Death by Fire by Reynolds, Anderson
    Anderson Reynolds

    Death by Fire

    Set in the picturesque Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Death by Fire is an epic novel in which natural calamities, historical events, supernatural forces, and betrayed love all combine in deciding the fate of its characters. Felina, a woman with a childhood plagued by...
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  • Dovlatov and Surroundings: A Philological Novel by Genis, Alexander
    Alexander Genis

    Dovlatov and Surroundings: A Philological Novel

    Dovlatov and Surroundings is a literary ode by one of the most consequential late 20th-century Russian writers, Alexander Genis, to another: Sergei Dovlatov. Characterized by Genis as an obituary, this book makes plain the significance of Dovlatov to Russian literature and the nuances of...
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  • The Heart's Desire by Rachlin, Nahid
    Nahid Rachlin

    The Heart's Desire

    Jennifer Sahary, an American artist, and her husband Karim, a professor and Iranian immigrant, make an extended visit to Teheran shortly after the Iran-Iraq War, encountering unforeseen dangers and sexual temptations that change the course of their lives.When their young son is taken by...
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  • The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by Vassanji, M. G.
    M. G. Vassanji

    The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

    Vikram Lall comes of age in 1950s Kenya, at the same time that the colony is struggling towards independence. Against the unsettling backdrop of Mau Mau violence, Vic and his sister Deepa, the grandchildren of an Indian railroad worker, search for their place in...
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  • Married to a Stranger by Rachlin, Nahid
    Nahid Rachlin

    Married to a Stranger

    A woman's struggle for self-realization in contemporary Iran, a novel with "the clarity and spare sensuousness of Persian poetry or miniature painting."--Ruth Prawer JhabvalaWhen Minou Hakini marries a man of her own choosing--an intellectual and a radical--and moves to Abadan, a thriving oil town...
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  • La Kanada Verkaro by Antologio, La Societo Por Kanada
    La Societo Por Kanada Antologio

    La Kanada Verkaro

    La Kanada Verkaro estas antaŭ ĉio antologio de noveloj, rakontoj kaj legendoj el la literaruroj angla, franca, kaj indiĝena de Kanado ek de 1789 ĝis 2007. Jen kelkaj de la aŭtoroj: Francis Brooke, L. Frechette, Jessie Georgina Sime, Stephen Leacock, Morley Callaghan, W.O. Mitchell,...
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  • Great American Desert: Stories by Svoboda, Terese
    Terese Svoboda

    Great American Desert: Stories

    Water, its use and abuse, trickles through Great American Desert, a story collection by Terese Svoboda that spans the misadventures of the prehistoric Clovis people to the wanderings of a forlorn couple around a pink pyramid in a sci-fi prairie. In "Dutch Joe," the...
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  • Poland, a Green Land by Appelfeld, Aharon
    Aharon Appelfeld

    Poland, a Green Land

    A Tel Aviv shopkeeper visits his parents' Polish birthplace in an attempt to come to terms with their complex legacy--and is completely unprepared for what he finds there. Yaakov Fine's practical wife and daughters are baffled by his decision to leave his flourishing dress...
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  • The Tree Bride by Mukherjee, Bharati
    Bharati Mukherjee

    The Tree Bride

    National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Bharati Mukherjee has long been known not only for her elegant, evocative prose but also for her characters--influenced by ancient customs and traditions but also very much rooted in modern times. In The Tree Bride, the narrator, Tara Chatterjee...
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  • Rock-Bound: A Story of the Shetland Isles by Saxby, Jessie M. E.
    Jessie M. E. Saxby

    Rock-Bound: A Story of the Shetland Isles

    Young Inga Henderson has grown up as the daughter of the manse on a northerly Shetland isle named Vaalafiel. She is without a father; he died in a mysterious tragedy on a boat trip to Europe, in which his best friend also died, and...
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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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  • Greek Lessons by Kang, Han
    Han Kang

    Greek Lessons

    An intimate, dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the visionary (New York Times Book Review) author of the International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer...
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  • Insufficiency of Maps by Pierce, Nora
    Nora Pierce

    Insufficiency of Maps

    In this powerful debut novel by award-winning Nora Pierce, a young girl must discover the meaning of self and family as she struggles to find her place between two contrasting realities. On the reservation, Alice lives in a run-down trailer. Both her parents are...
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  • Rootless by Appiah, Krystle Zara
    Krystle Zara Appiah

    Rootless

    WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD - A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted in a home that's on the brink of collapse? "Beautiful, gripping, and tender . . . a powerful and...
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  • Black Tea: The story is about India's bias against darker skin color, particularly pertaining to women. by Madhukar, Madhu S.
    Madhu S. Madhukar

    Black Tea: The story is about India's bias against darker skin color, particularly pertaining to women.

    Black Tea tells the story of a family. Seemingly perfect on the exterior, this Indian family bears burdens that transcend all forms of logic and reasoning. It tells of the conflict between a mother and a daughter, who are torn apart by their acceptance,...
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  • Fish, Blood and Bone by Forbes, Leslie
    Leslie Forbes

    Fish, Blood and Bone

    Three families across two centuries. A shared history of love and murder.And one woman's passion for life and obsession with death. . . Expatriate Claire Fleetwood is a forensic photographer adept at turning the bones of the dead into silvery, telling shadows. When she...
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  • Fire Rush by Crooks, Jacqueline
    Jacqueline Crooks

    Fire Rush

    FINALIST FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 "[A] powerful debut." --The Washington Post "An exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer." --Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other Set amid the Jamaican diaspora in...
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  • Nectar From Sea of Fire by Jayakumar, Prema
    Prema Jayakumar

    Nectar From Sea of Fire

    Nectar from Sea of Fire portrays the untold story of one among the greatest sage poets of India - Tunjath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan. The life and work of this renowned sage, poet and teacher, who lived five conturies ago, is succinctly pieced together and passionately...
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  • Not Where I Started from by Wheeler, Kate
    Kate Wheeler

    Not Where I Started from

    Kate Wheeler's stories feature peripatetic Americans who seek love or enlightenment - or both - in far-flung corners of the globe. A startling mixture of gentle irony, mischievous humor, and unexpected danger marks the paths of all these characters as they follow their circuitous...
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  • The Foreign Student by Labro, Philippe
    Philippe Labro

    The Foreign Student

    A #1 bestseller in France, this is a nostalgic portrait of a French scholarship student's discovery of America during the academic year of 1954-1955. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be American, like any ordinary student, because I figured that was my...
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  • The Sacred Bridge: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Hillerman, Anne
    Anne Hillerman

    The Sacred Bridge: A Mystery 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"A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her late father, Tony."--Booklist An ancient mystery resurfaces with ramifications...
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  • In the Red by Shapiro, Elena Mauli
    Elena Mauli Shapiro

    In the Red

    A darkly erotic novel about a good girl gone bad. When Irina -- Romanian by birth but brought up by American parents who have never understood her-arrives at college she quickly abandons ordinary student life for an affair with an older, mysterious Romanian man...
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  • The Kingdoms of Savannah by Green, George Dawes
    George Dawes Green

    The Kingdoms of Savannah

    Savannah may appear to be "some town out of a fable," with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city's history. But look deeper and you'll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It's the story...
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  • Aerogrammes: And Other Stories by James, Tania
    Tania James

    Aerogrammes: And Other Stories

    From the acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns, a bravura collection of short stories--set, by turns, in London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest--that captures the yearning and dislocation of young people around the world. - "Funny, deeply tender, and each-and-every-one memorable." --Nathan Englander,...
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  • Half Life by Farooki, Roopa
    Roopa Farooki

    Half Life

    From the author of Corner Shop and Bitter Sweets comes a luminous new novel about one woman's journey back home - to a past she once wanted only to forget. It's time to stop fighting, and go home. Those were the words, written by...
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  • The Waiting Room by Kaminsky, Leah
    Leah Kaminsky

    The Waiting Room

    "The Waiting Room is both haunted, and haunting."--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of MarchThe Waiting Room unfolds over the course of a single, life-changing day, but the story it tells spans five decades, three continents, and one family's compelling history of love, war, and...
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  • The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Buoro, Stephen
    Stephen Buoro

    The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

    The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes FinalistLonglisted for the 2024 Aspen Words Literary PrizeNamed a Best of the Year Book by NPRCrackling with energy and intelligence, this debut is the "smart, subversive, funny, heartbreaking" (Kamila Shamsie) story of an exceptional teenager coming of age...
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  • Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer by Hearn, Lafcadio
    Lafcadio Hearn

    Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

    "The Japanese people are more mysterious than I imagined through Hearn's books." --Albert Einstein Lafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the West--a man who traveled to Japan when he was thirty-nine, and never left. Lafcadio Hearn's...
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