Fiction - Cultural Heritage

One of the Best Books of the Year: Newsday, The Times, The Observer, Mail on Sunday This "gorgeous treat of a novel" (The Times, Book of the Month) is a funny, sexy, irreverent, and intensely moving portrait of what unites human beings when their...

Picture sitting at the dining table with a bowl of hot pepperpot soup, beef soup or fish tea, surrounded by family. This fond memory of Saturday Soup, and other Jamaican traditions such as Sunday dinner or Harvest Festival, are succinctly captured in Uncle Zekie...

Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman that combines crime, superstition, and tradition and brings the desert Southwest vividly alive.Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but...

Man and His Surroundings is a collection of novellas that are unconnected by one plot, but which altogether constitute a piercing examination of Soviet and post-Soviet culture. The novellas are hilarious and poignant, satirical and philosophical, and they impart a better intuitive understanding of...

This richly illustrated book is about a life in an "unknown galaxy", a place that exists between two cultures and two languages. In our world of global life and travel, such place may sound very familiar to many immigrants to the American continent and...

Gene is tired and lost. The death of his latest flame, Marilyn has strained and drained him. Ken, Marilyn's son, has now settled in Hawaii with his new love, Leilani.Within days of Marilyn's funeral, several survivors of the Vietnam War appear into Gene's life....

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...

Our nation has lost a president. Our world's stars are realigning. Yet the 'Sweet Lady' at the Mississippi River crescent remains a city averse to change. This is the story of a New Orleans family negotiating life in a changing world. The story is...

Lillie Rebek offers a charming and insightful portrait of life in Tonkin, a region of French Indochina that is now part of Vietnam. Through the eyes of a child named Lolo, readers are transported into a world of beauty, mystery, and adventure, where dragons...

An epic, sweeping historical debut novel "about what it means to be part of a family and lineage, in all its heartbreaking and wondrous complexity" spanning continents and a century, and how one act of survival can reverberate through generations (Rachel Khong, author of...

American Fool's Day is an open invitation to enjoy a timely epic farce. Enter, a quantum perversity of civilization. This novel for the 2020's is set in the 1930's when Duke The Suit is mysteriously warped into a 1939 film noire just as the...

Set in the northern Chinese provincial town of Dismount Fort, these 12 stories offer a fascinating glimpse of the lives of peasants, soldiers, workers, and party officials during the Great Cultural Revolution.Author: Ha JinISBN-10: 1581950063ISBN-13: 9781581950069Publisher: Steerforth PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1998Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.21h...

The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre-World War II-era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and All the Light We Cannot See, centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of...

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help--even if they don't know it yet "Ma's iteration of the young...

Winner, 2023 Governor General's Literary Award Winner, 2023 Writers Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2+ Emerging Writers Shortlisted for the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Genre-blending stories of transformation and belonging that centre women...

Includes an interview featuring Dagmara Dominczyk and Adriana Trigiani A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not-quite-successful adult lives Because of her father's role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and...

Finalist, 2023 Writers' Union of Canada Danuta Gleed Literary Award Finalist, 2024 Alberta Literary Awards Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2023 Moving, insightful, linked stories about the determination of Somali immigrants -- despite duty, discrimination, and an ever-dissolving link to a war-torn...

It is 1980 and the United States has just beaten Russia, winning the Olympic gold medal in hockey. There is no question that people of the world have witnessed a miracle on the ice.Carl White Hawk and Henry White Rock are worlds apart. Although...

In 1927 South Africa, when the Immorality Act is passed, prohibiting sexual intercourse between Europeans (white people) and natives (Black people), married couple Alisa and Abram find their bond in tatters, which leads Alisa to commit a devastating act, one that will reverberate through...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

A lyrical novel of love and betrayal in the aftermath of the fall of Saigon--from the author of Monkey Bridge A singular work of witness, inspiration, and courage, The Lotus and the Storm marks the welcome return of Lan Cao's pitch-perfect voice, telling the...

"Who She Left Behind" is a captivating historical fiction novel that spans multiple generations and delves into the emotional lives of its characters. Set in various time periods, from the declining days of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey in 1915 to the Armenian neighborhoods...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Sand Fish, Maha Gargash's second novel is set in mid-1990s Dubai and Cairo and tells the story of how secrets and betrayals consume three members--an authoritarian father, a rebellious abandoned daughter, and a vulnerable niece--of a...

Shetland in the dying days of the nineteenth century is a community dedicated to crofting and fishing. At Norwik, not far from Lerwick, and in its surrounding area, the people are a microcosm of wider Shetland society. The urbane laird, the newly arrived young...

These vivid and compelling tales, many set in Africa and Asia, are about immigrants and others facing change and dislocation. The science is never pedantic; indeed the language of biology and natural history is used to great lyrical effect. The stories are accomplished and...

Gunel is a young, truly loving, and devoted Azerbaijani woman. As a result of a drastic transformation of life circumstances, Gunel and her family, her husband, and their two little children need to immigrate to the United States. They are being persecuted by the...

It is the summer of 1982, just before the fall. The political campaign ad of It's Morning in America has not yet aired, but the present era of cultural hedonism has already dawned. Against this backdrop, Edward Bennett is the All-American son of a...

The sweeping saga of a young woman uncovering her mysterious past, only to find herself at the epicenter of a power struggle that could shatter a nation.As an orphan who aged out of the system, Adira beat the odds, earning a nursing degree and...

"Ana Castillo is an American treasure. Fearless, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant--she is the writer we need as we navigate the challenges of our ever-changing world."--Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage"Ana Castillo is de primera storyteller."--award-winning author Julia AlvarezLiterary legend Ana Castillo explores the...

At "La LLorona Club," Lisa and her female friend are sitting at a table, in subdued light."Don't look now, he s coming here again." Leo, handsome, bearded, approaches; cocky, sure, with a swag."Dance, baby?" "Not this time." "This is the third time I ask...

"An incredible debut full of rich atmosphere, clever world building, opposing magic, and sizzling romance, The Hurricane Wars is my newest obsession."-- KERRI MANISCALCO, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Throne of the Fallen"I physically could not stop reading! Thea Guanzon's talent is...

All Those Tears We Can't See addresses a lot of topics--immigration, opportunity, spirituality, myth, wisdom, class, customs, poverty, corruption and physical assault in India. It is a story of India and the USA.We can see clearly the differences between beliefs and way of life...

"Divakaruni tells the story of India's independence through the eyes of three sisters, each of whom is uniquely different, with her own desires and flaws. I cheered for them and cried with them as they move through the history of their country that is...

"An incredible debut full of rich atmosphere, clever world building, opposing magic, and sizzling romance, The Hurricane Wars is my newest obsession."-- KERRI MANISCALCO, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Throne of the Fallen"I physically could not stop reading! Thea Guanzon's talent is...

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...

"You sure ask an unhealthy amount of questions."When rival newspaperman Christopher Maxwell files to annex the townsite of Dickens and remove it from the Choctaw Nation, Matthew Teller resolves to stop him.Armed with little more than his gut instinct, Matthew is propelled on a...

"Strong Brown Boy" is a positive affirmation children's book, with coloring pages. The words and the pictures motivate children to have a positive self-image. The first half of the book aids in color recognition, reading comprehension skills and enhancing vocabulary. The second half of...

The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin--the daughter of Chang'e and the mortal archer, Houyi--as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love,...

The story spans 1954 to 1966. During this time, Linda lives in a neighborhood of 100 houses in University City, known as the Gates of Opportunity. She knows the names of all the homeowners. Just about everyone is Jewish. It is easy to feel...

Told through a series of linked short stories and comedic essays, Nobody Can Pronounce My Name presents the challenges of immigrating and the frustrations of culture shock in a way only a teacher with a playful sense of humor could. Whether it is improving...

Lyrical, witty, moving and timely, To Fill a Yellow House is a story of community, friendship and the power of creativity and connection.When Kwasi's family moves abruptly from one side of London to the other, Kwasi is both excited by the change--the new house...

"[E]ach story inventively unfurls a different desire, longing, or frustration" -- Jacinda Townsend, author Saint Monkey In her debut collection of short fiction, Reneilwe Malatji invites us into the intimate lives of South African women--their whispered conversations, their love lives, their triumphs and heartbreaks....

"He'll eat more than his share and leave a mess wherever he goes!" LaDelle Harris, a fiery fifty-one-year-old widow and the head librarian at the Tuskegee Institute, likes things her way-orderly and trouble-free. So, the last thing she wants is to take care of...

See Haiti through the eyes of an orphan. Haiti has been called the "Pearl of the Antilles" for its beauty. It is also known as the land of a million orphans. Orphanage life is all Maneeya has ever known. When her best friend offers...

Finalist, 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction Carla Trujillo brings to life another side of the fabled city of Santa Fe in this rollicking novel set in Dogtown, a dilapidated neighborhood on the outskirts of town. Home to a hardscrabble community of working...

George Eliot's last and most unconventional novel is considered by many to be her greatest. First published in 1876, Daniel Deronda is a richly imagined epic with a mysterious hero at its heart. Daniel Deronda, a high-minded young man searching for his path in...

Perhaps it was divine providence and not chance that Beaufort, South Carolina, was to witness the onset of the Civil War-occupation of the Union Army, and unlike its southern counterparts, spared the kindle torches of Sherman's determination to destroy the Confederacy. As a result,...

Author: David LeeISBN-10: 1499042752ISBN-13: 9781499042757Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2014Pages: 338Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

When Emily returns home to her tribe in Africa after earning a master's degree in anthropology in the US, she finds herself drawn into a high-stakes struggle between the linear, academic world she's adopted and the intuitive, magical expansiveness that is her heritage.Author: Jeanie...

While the Battle of the Little Bighorn is a legendary episode in American history, what happened to Sitting Bull and his followers afterward is less well known. Ruthlessly harried by US troops, roughly twenty-five hundred Sioux Indians sought refuge in Canada. They crossed at...