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261) Murder in Copper
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A copper theft investigation puts Arizona and the Apache Tribal Police on the trail of a deadly conspiracy in this borderland mystery thriller.
Sgt. Bren Allred has seen all manner of criminality in beautiful Graham County, Arizona. He has managed to keep the worst of it from his wife, Monica, who is having a troubled pregnancy. But it will be difficult to keep the devils at bay as a new kind of trouble erupts across the region . . . When deputies...
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A New York native looks back on his Lower East Side youth in a trilogy from the New York Times–bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright. After making a splash with his first novel, I Can Get It for You Wholesale-published in 1937 and praised by the likes of Hemingway and Fitzgerald-Jerome Weidman had a long and prolific career as a fiction writer and playwright. In the 1970s he published three wise, funny, and nostalgic novels...
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Meet one of the most unscrupulous businessmen in American literature-from a New York Times–bestselling novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright. Set in Manhattan's garment district, Jerome Weidman's debut novel, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, was a scathing satire of capitalist greed as personified by the shameless scoundrel Harry Bogen. As relevant today as when they were first published in the 1930s, both novels are now available in a...
264) Trail of Secrets
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Can love overcome the secrets of vengeful hearts?With the murder of her stepfather and the subsequent theft of her cattle, Anna Sanchez's dreams of running her family's Texas ranch have gone up in smoke. Her only hope lies in convincing an ex-soldier to help retrieve her herd from deep within Comanche Territory.Paul Daniels has seen enough fighting to last a lifetime and has his own problems to resolve. The last thing he wants is to get involved in...
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"This is an amazing novel. The writing is piercing and clear, and the humanity of the author and her characters will inhabit my thoughts for years to come."
-Anne Roiphe, National Book Award-winning author of Fruitful
An astonishing tale of grief and anger, memory and survival, Displaced Persons marks the arrival of a supremely gifted new literary talent, Ghita Schwarz. Schwarz's powerful story of a group of Holocaust survivors-"displaced persons"-struggling...
266) Dangerous Hearts
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Life in the village isn't as safe as Adelita thought it would be. With a new family ready to take her in, Adelita still isn't quite sure she belongs, bringing danger ever nearer to her one safe place. Though she's beginning to fall into a rhythm with the three warriors, their protection has some serious setbacks whenever she questions the formidable Cruz. The Kalku haven't stopped hunting her down. They are determined to steal her strength at any...
267) Moffie
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A gay South African endures military conscription during the Angola Bush War in this autobiographical novel of persecution and hope.
Nicholas van der Swart always knew he was different, but to avoid the violent punishments that come with being gay in Apartheid South Africa, he has carefully kept his true self a secret. By the standards of his brutal father and the machismo culture of Afrikaners, "moffies" like him deserve nothing but scorn.
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268) La terre qui erre
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« Mère, est-ce qu'on va devenir des chiens errants ? », ainsi s'adresse cet enfant, déporté avec sa mère, comme 172 000 autres Coréens, dans les zones dépeuplées d'Asie centrale. En 1937, Staline décide le transfert des Coréens de l'Extrême-Orient russe par trains entiers pour les distinguer des ennemis japonais. Trains de l'exode, nostalgie du pays d'accueil, nostalgie du pays natal, La terre qui erre est l'histoire vraie de ces Coréens...
269) The Celtic Fox
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Many devoted couples began as foes, so why not lay down the sword and conquer your enemy with a rose-like you'd entice a lover?
Tryffin is a fearless champion when it comes to battling Saxons but fighting for Aelfrida's love proves a greater challenge. Can he trust a Saxon?
The Welsh Prince, Tryffin, will do anything to make the Saxon maiden, Aelfrida, his bride.
But to her, he's a sworn enemy. She can never give her heart to him.
To save her...
270) In Search of a Human
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In a world filled with noise and distractions, where technology and virtual interactions dominate our lives, there is a yearning for something more. A yearning for genuine human connection, for emotions that touch the soul, and for stories that resonate deep within us. It is in this search for a human, a search for authenticity and meaning, that Abdulkader Safar Hamdan Al-Ghamdi takes us on a captivating journey through his collection of very short...
271) The Young Lions
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Irwin Shaw's classic novel stands among the best fictional depictions of World War II Told from the points of view of one German and two very different Americans, this sweeping fresco brings home the reality of the most important historical event between the Great Depression and September 11, 2001: the Second World War. Considered by critics to be one of the most lucid visions of war in American fiction, The Young Lions remains a benchmark of twentieth-century...
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Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck's classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman's coming of age as she's torn between Eastern and Western cultures. Kwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl, taught by her mother to submit in all things, 'as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.' Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she's surprised by one aspect of her anticipated life: Her husband-to-be has been educated abroad...
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A novel in six episodes, this stunning debut by Mary McCarthy follows a young intellectual on her reckless bohemian journey through life and dangerous love in 1930s New York City Margaret Sargent is young and fearless, a deep thinker inspired by the bohemian energy that abounds in New York City in the years leading up to the Second World War. With careless abandon, she destroys her marriage and numerous love affairs as she moves through the social...
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Anatomie d'une dictature militaire, "Dans les limbes des nuits guigoziennes" explore les tourments du peuple comorien sous la tyrannie. Offrant un voyage interne à travers les angoisses de la narratrice, ce roman oscille entre désir de révolte, parfums cathartiques et rêve de liberté. Découvrez le mois de Ramadan dans un contexte oppressant, enveloppé par l'amour salvateur de la fratrie.
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A sympathetic and often humorous account of an obscure episode in the history of the remote island of Anguilla, in the northeast Caribbean, The Night of the Rambler revolves around a haphazard attempt by a dozen or so locals to invade neighboring St. Kitts, in an effort to topple the government of the recently established Associated State of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. Ostensibly, the action maps the fifteen hours that lapse between the moment when...
276) Mémoire vive
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Sofia n'a jamais connu ses grands-parents. Elle sait peu de choses de leur vie, si ce n'est qu'ils ont migré des Pouilles vers Milan, donné naissance à de nombreux enfants, souffert de la guerre et de la précarité. Pourtant, elle se sent liée à leur mémoire. Transgressant certains silences et certaines peurs, la jeune femme décide de mettre en lumière ce qu'elle ressent comme une entrave à son propre chemin et reconstitue l'histoire de...
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Au début des années 1630, Venise subit une épidémie de peste qui dura seize mois. La narratrice l'apprend en lisant un livre rapporté d'un séjour dans la Sérénissime en février 2020. Le carnaval a été interrompu par l'annonce d'une possible pandémie. Elle et ses enfants, placés en quarantaine à leur retour, habitent une autre lagune, en France ; ils espèrent reprendre rapidement une existence normale. Le temps semble toutefois retourner...
278) Shorts: Stories
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Fuguet's own bicultural upbringing has provided him with the sensitivity to delve into the impact of America's pop culture in Latin America as well as the influence of all things "Latin" in the USA. He explores the cultural contradictions, the similarities, and how this cultural friction has influenced one another.
Shorts opens our eyes to the wider spectrum of Latinos living in America; those who migrate into the U.S. in order to be a part of what...
279) Trail of Courage
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Will the western sun dissolve the shadows of the past…Megan Floyd needs resolution before she can think about moving on with her life. Needing answers regarding the fate of her brother after her parent's murder, she joins an eastbound wagon train, but nothing goes as planned when they are attacked by marauding Comanche.Retired U.S. Cavalry officer Bryan MacConnell just wants a family of his own. When his home is destroyed, he decides to start fresh...
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La vie de Léna est un roman. Pourquoi erre-t-elle désespérément avec sa seule valise pour compagne d'infortune ? Quelle blessure immense cherche-t-elle à fuir aussi intensément ? Ses cahiers intimes, trouvés dans une malle après son décès, nous éclairent sur les raisons de son insensé vagabondage. Cette histoire nous conduit tout au long du vingtième siècle, des berges de la Seine à celles de la Mithi River à Bombay, des rives du Léman...
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