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The Bondwoman's Narrative

by Hannah Crafts

Published: 2003-04-01

Paperback: 365 pages

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Tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a young slave working on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, who runs away in a bid for freedom up North.

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Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

by Robyn Davidson

Published: 1995-05-30

Paperback: 288 pages

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A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a heroine who combines extraordinary cour...

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Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade

by Assia Djebar

Published: 1993-03-15

Paperback: 227 pages

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In this stunning novel, Assia Djebar intertwines the history of her native Algeria with episodes from the life of a young girl in a story stretching from the French conquest in 1830 to the War of Liberation of the 1950s. The girl, growing up in the old Roman coastal town of Cherchel, sees ...

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Mao II: A Novel

by Don DeLillo

Published: 1992-05-01

Kindle Edition: 260 pages

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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner AwardFrom the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K"One of the most intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America" (The New York Times), Don DeLillo presents an extraordinary new novel about words and im...

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond Ph.D.

Published: 2017-03-07

Paperback: 528 pages

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"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."?Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societie...

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Sarajevo: A War Journal

by Zlatko Dizdarevic

Published: 1993-10

Hardcover: 193 pages

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Originally written as columns for a Croatian newspaper, Sarajevo vividly describes a life in which unspeakable horrors are daily occurrences. While witnessing the gradual destruction of his city, Dizdarevic emphasizes the heroism of Sarajevo's citizens as they try to survive. Recipient of the International...

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Hanging Up

by Delia Ephron

Published: 1995-07-18

Hardcover: 307 pages

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While wrestling with her own anxieties over aging and loneliness, Eve Mozell struggles with her alcoholic father over the telephone, pursues her workaholic sister, and meets a man who rivals her husband. A first novel.

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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo, Revised Edition

by Zlata Filipovic

Published: 2006-02-28

Paperback: 240 pages

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The child's diary that awakened the conscience of the worldWhen Zlata’s Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it...

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Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child

by Noel Riley Fitch

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 612 pages

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Julia Child entered the lives of millions of Americans with her bestselling cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking; her popular and long-running cooking show, The French Chef; and her beloved memoir, My Life in France. In this intimate and revealing biography, based on exclusive int...

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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas: An Andy Carpenter Mystery (An Andy Carpenter Novel)

by David Rosenfelt

Published: 2017-10-10

Paperback: 336 pages

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Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter usually tries to avoid taking on new cases at all costs. But this time, he’s happy?eager, even?to take the case that’s just come his way. Andy’s long-time friend Martha “Pups” Boyer takes in stray puppies that the local dog rescue center can’t hand...