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A Walk in the Night and Other Stories

by Alex La Guma

Published: 1968-01-01

Paperback: 129 pages

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Of French and Malagasy stock, involved in South African politics from an early age, Alex La Guma was arrested for treason with 155 others in 1956 and finally acquitted in 1960. During the State of Emergency following the Sharpeville massacre he was detained for five months. Continuing to w...

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Xala

by Ousmane Sembène

Published: 1997-08-01

Paperback: 112 pages

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A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonialist in French-speaking Africa.

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THE LONGEST TRIP HOME: A memoir. First Edition by John Grogan. (2008) Paperback

by John Grogan

Published: 2008

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The Longest Trip Home is a book for any son or daughter who has sought to forge an identity at odds with their parents', and for every parent who has struggled to understand the values of their children. It is a book about mortality and grace, spirit and faith, and the powerful love of family. With his...

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A Tangled Web: Mata Hari: Dancer, Courtesan, Spy

by Mary W. Craig

Published: 2017-11-01

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In this new biography, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of her execution, Mata Hari is revealed in all of her flawed eccentricity; a woman whose adult life was a fantastical web of lies and half-truths. Following a bitter divorce and the death of a young son, Hari reinvente...

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Skink--No Surrender (Skink Series)

by Carl Hiaasen

Published: 2015-12-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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Carl Hiaasen serves up his unique brand of swamp justice in the New York Times bestseller Skink—No Surrender.   A National Book Award Longlist Selection   When your cousin goes missing under suspicious circumstances, who do you call? There’s only one man for the job: a half-crazed, h...

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Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox

by Barbie Latza Nadeau

Published: 2010-04-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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Despite all the airtime devoted to Amanda Knox, it’s still hard to reconcile the fresh-faced honor student from Seattle with the sexually rapacious killer convicted of the November 2007 murder of her British roommate. Few Americans have heard all of the powerful evidence that convinced a...

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Ordinary People: A Novel

by Diana Evans

Published: 2018-09-11

Hardcover: 320 pages

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A New Yorker Best Book of the Year October 2018's Selection for the Washington Post's "Lily Lit" Book Club One of The Millions' "Most Anticipated" Books of 2018Evoking the sharp insight of Little Fires Everywhere and the sweep of NW, an incisive portrait of the bliss and torment of domesti...

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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli

Published: 2016-06-07

Paperback: 464 pages

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The #1 New York Times bestselling biography of how Steve Jobs became the most visionary CEO in history.   Becoming Steve Jobs breaks down the conventional, one-dimensional view of Steve Jobs that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted frie...

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The Symbiont (The Symbiont Time Travel Adventures Series, Book 1): Young Adult Time Travel Adventure

by T.L.B. Wood

Published: 2016-02-11

Kindle Edition: 226 pages

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Loved this book from the first sentence!" -Judy, eBook Discovery reviewerWhat happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?In 1586 America, English colonists, trying to eke out a new life, welcome into their midst a young woman and her dog--victims of a ship wreck. But Petra and Kipp are not wha...

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Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

Published: 1993-09-28

Paperback: 160 pages

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In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to cha...