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Little Brother

A Refugee's Odyssey

by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia ...

Translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker ...

“I recommend a book, Little Brother. . . . It makes us understand what the desert crossing is like: the trafficking of migrants, imprisonment, torture, the sea journey" (Pope Francis, quoted in La Civilta Cattolica). This heartbreaking story about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis and is based on the author's own life.Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the ... Read more

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“I recommend a book, Little Brother. . . . It makes us understand what the desert crossing is like: the trafficking of migrants, imprisonment, torture, the sea journey" (Pope Francis, quoted in La Civilta Cattolica). This heartbreaking story about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis and is based on the author's own life.Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the
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Little Brother

by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia, Timberlake Wertenbaker ...

If you look at a map of Africa, you can see how far Libya is from Konakry. But you cannot know all that lies in between.In Guinea, West Africa, Ibrahima works tirelessly to support his family. When he discovers that his little brother has secretly run away from school and is heading to Europe, he drops everything to follow him. Travelling the harsh migrant routes of the Sahara towards the ... Read more

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If you look at a map of Africa, you can see how far Libya is from Konakry. But you cannot know all that lies in between.In Guinea, West Africa, Ibrahima works tirelessly to support his family. When he discovers that his little brother has secretly run away from school and is heading to Europe, he drops everything to follow him. Travelling the harsh migrant routes of the Sahara towards the
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Plowing the Dark

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by Richard Powers ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Playground . " Plowing the Dark is virtual reality composed in a language that will never go obsolete." —Kevin Berger, The San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewIn a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual-reality researchers races to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can bec... ... Read more

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Playground . " Plowing the Dark is virtual reality composed in a language that will never go obsolete." —Kevin Berger, The San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewIn a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual-reality researchers races to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can bec...
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Wild Decembers

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In this "beautiful and lush novel," the renowned Irish author "encapsulates the afflictions of a culture within the afflictions of a particular doomed family." ( The New York Times Book Review ).Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugle—"the warring sons of warring sons"—in the countryside of Western Ireland. With her gift for describing ... Read more

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In this "beautiful and lush novel," the renowned Irish author "encapsulates the afflictions of a culture within the afflictions of a particular doomed family." ( The New York Times Book Review ).Wild Decembers charts the quick and critical demise of relations between Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugle—"the warring sons of warring sons"—in the countryside of Western Ireland. With her gift for describing
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The Unpassing

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A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American Dream through an immigrant family in Alaska.Finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First BookShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggles to make end... ... Read more

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A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American Dream through an immigrant family in Alaska.Finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First BookShortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggles to make end...
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Renia's Diary

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A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody ... Read more

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A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody
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The Bobcat

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by Katherine Forbes Riley ...

**** Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's best debut novel of 2019 **With the hypnotic intensity of Emily Fridlund’s The History of Wolves and Fiona McFarlane’s The Night Guest, Katherine Forbes Riley has created a mesmerizing love story, in lush, gorgeous prose, that examines art, science, and the magic of human chemistry.**"Teeming with lush imagery and mystical settings, and brimming with ... Read more

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**** Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's best debut novel of 2019 **With the hypnotic intensity of Emily Fridlund’s The History of Wolves and Fiona McFarlane’s The Night Guest, Katherine Forbes Riley has created a mesmerizing love story, in lush, gorgeous prose, that examines art, science, and the magic of human chemistry.**"Teeming with lush imagery and mystical settings, and brimming with
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Cassandra at the Wedding

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A young woman returns to California for her sister’s wedding in this “brilliantly told” classic that stands alongside The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding (New York Times).“I stayed up all night reading . . . I can only . . . be overwhelmed by Dorothy Baker’s continuing brilliance.” —Carson McCullersCassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, ... Read more

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A young woman returns to California for her sister’s wedding in this “brilliantly told” classic that stands alongside The Catcher in the Rye and The Member of the Wedding (New York Times).“I stayed up all night reading . . . I can only . . . be overwhelmed by Dorothy Baker’s continuing brilliance.” —Carson McCullersCassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked,
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Happiness

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by Aminatta Forna ...

The prize-winning author of The Memory of Love investigates London's hidden nature and marginalized communities in this fascinating novel.London, 2014. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide—Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a ... Read more

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The prize-winning author of The Memory of Love investigates London's hidden nature and marginalized communities in this fascinating novel.London, 2014. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide—Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a
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The Black Snow

A Novel

by Paul Lynch ...

A family in Ireland struggles to rebuild their lives after a tragedy—and hidden secrets—consumes them in this novel from a Booker Prize–winning author.In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all forty-three of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze. Following the ... Read more

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A family in Ireland struggles to rebuild their lives after a tragedy—and hidden secrets—consumes them in this novel from a Booker Prize–winning author.In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all forty-three of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze. Following the
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Miss Burma

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by Charmaine Craig ...

"Craig wields powerful and vivid prose to illuminate a country and a family trapped not only by war and revolution, but also by desire and loss." —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorMiss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of ... Read more

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"Craig wields powerful and vivid prose to illuminate a country and a family trapped not only by war and revolution, but also by desire and loss." —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorMiss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of
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Saving Grace

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by Jane Green ...

"No one captures the complexities of women's lives with more warmth and honesty than Jane Green." —Sophie KinsellaEvery marriage hides something. Saving Grace is a riveting, true-to-life novel about one woman's journey to save her family—and herself—from New York Times –bestselling author Jane Green.Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfe... ... Read more

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"No one captures the complexities of women's lives with more warmth and honesty than Jane Green." —Sophie KinsellaEvery marriage hides something. Saving Grace is a riveting, true-to-life novel about one woman's journey to save her family—and herself—from New York Times –bestselling author Jane Green.Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfe...
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