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Men Without Women: Stories

by Haruki Murakami

Published: 2017-05-09

Hardcover: 240 pages

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A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation ...

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Umami

by Laia Jufresa

Published: 2016-09-13

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Shortlisted for the Best Translated Fiction Book Award, 2017?Ms. Jufresa: Where the f*#! did you learn to tell a story so well?” ?Álvaro Enrigue, award-winning author of Sudden DeathAs heard on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott SimonIt started with a drowning.Deep in the heart of Mexico ...

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Writing the Other (Conversation Pieces Volume 8)

by Cynthia Ward, Nisi Shawl

Published: 2005

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During the 1992 Clarion West Writers Workshop attended by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, one of the students expressed the opinion that it is a mistake to write about people of ethnic backgrounds different from your own because you might get it wrong—horribly, offensively wrong—and so it is better...

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Groupie (Volume 1)

by Susan Daugherty

Published: 2016-11-28

Paperback: 256 pages

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*WINNER OF THE READERS' FAVORITE FIVE STAR SEAL* Moving to a new city isn’t the magic fix Lexie Travis hoped it would be. Sure, she put some mileage between herself and her feuding parents, her miserable dating history, and the memories of a life-altering injury. However, she still f...

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The Radium Girls: They Paid with Their Lives. Their Final Fight Was for Justice.

by Kate Moore

Published: 2016-06-16

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Ordinary women in 1920s America. All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for. 'The first thing we asked was, "Does this stuff hurt you?" And they said, "No." The company said that it wasn't dangerous, that we didn't need to be afraid.' 1917. As a war raged across the world,...

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The Crime Writer

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From acclaimed novelist Jill Dawson comes this imaginative psychological thriller—a dark and compelling snapshot into the life of Patricia Highsmith that immerses readers into the intoxicating, nightmarish psyche of this brilliant, complex author.  When novelist Patricia Highsmith moves...

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The Last Neanderthal: A Novel

by Claire Cameron

Published: 2017-04-25

Hardcover: 288 pages

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International BestsellerOne of the most anticipated books of 2017: The Millions, CBC, Chatelaine, Globe and Mail, Maclean'sFrom the author of The Bear, the enthralling story of two women separated by millennia, but linked by an epic journey that will transform them bothForty thousand years...

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Every Wild Heart: A Novel

by Meg Donohue

Published: 2017-03-14

Paperback: 304 pages

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From USA Today bestselling author Meg Donohue comes a mystery, a love story, and a mother-daughter tale about two women on a precarious journey to uncover their true selves.Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail’s husband announce...

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Twenty Chickens For A Saddle -

by Robyn Scott -

Published: 2008

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An exquisitely rendered portrait of an African childhood from an astonishing new talentWhen Robyn Scott ’s parents decide to uproot their young family from New Zealand and move to a converted cowshed in rural Botswana, life for six-year-old Robyn changed forever. In this wild and new lan...

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The Red Heart

by James Alexander Thom

Published: 1998-09-28

Mass Market Paperback: 533 pages

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The Slocum family of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the best of the white settlers, peace-loving Quakers who believe that the Indians hold the Light of God inside. It is from this good-hearted family that Frances is abducted during the Revolutionary war.As the child's terror subsides, she i...