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The Natural Way of Things

by Charlotte Wood

Published: 2016-06-28

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WINNER OF THE 2016 STELLA PRIZE, THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BEST FICTION BOOK AND OVERALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSThe Natural Way of Things is at once lucid and illusory, a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of mankind's own vast contradictions—the capacity for savagery, selfi...

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The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ultimate Guide to Winning Without Confrontation

by Chin-Ning Chu

Published: 2010-02-09

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Forget everything you think you know about strength, strategy and success. This brilliant adaptation of the ancient masterpiece The Art of War shows women how to use Sun Tzu’s philosophy to win in every aspect of life.Would you like to transform your weaknesses into strengths? Succeed a...

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The Buried Book

by D. M. Pulley

Published: 2016-08-23

Paperback: 410 pages

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When Althea Leary abandons her nine-year-old son, Jasper, he’s left on his uncle’s farm with nothing but a change of clothes and a Bible.It’s 1952, and Jasper isn’t allowed to ask questions or make a fuss. He’s lucky to even have a home and must keep his mouth shut and his ears o...

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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

by Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Published: 2013-04-23

Paperback: 400 pages

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From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs

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The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Published: 2014-04-08

Hardcover: 384 pages

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A compelling debut novel asks what happens when children develop inexplicable abilities—and the government sees them as a threat. They’re known as Firestarters. Boomers. Skychangers. The government calls them Illegals — children with inexplicable abilities — and detains them in men...

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* * * * Beautiful,
Inspiring,
Optimistic

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel

by Fredrik Backman

Published: 2015-06-16

Kindle Edition: 385 pages

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A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove.Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, a...

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The Extra

by A. B. Yehoshua

Published: 2016-06-07

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From Israel’s highly acclaimed author, a novel about a musician who returns home and finds the rhythm of her life interrupted and forever changed??Noga, forty-two and a divorcee, is a harpist with an orchestra in the Netherlands. Upon the sudden death of her father, she is summoned home...

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Before

by Carmen Boullosa

Published: 2016-08-02

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One of BBC's 10 Books to Read in August"an altogether fresh take on the coming-of-age story...Boullosa manages to merge humor with panic seamlessly." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review"Carmen Boullosa is, in my opinion, a true master."—Alvaro MutisPart bildungsroman, part ghost story, ...

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Gesell Dome

by Guillermo Saccomanno

Published: 2016-08-09

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Winner of the 2013 Dashiell Hammett PrizeRecipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Award"Through a skillful weaving of characters and plotlines, coming together like a completed puzzle, Saccomanno has crafted a monumental novel where individual stories unnerve us while building to the unexp...

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The Bedlam Detective: A Novel

by Stephen Gallagher

Published: 2013-02-05

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From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent Sebastian Becker is sent to interview Sir Owain Lancaster at his country estate. They wealthy industrialist returned alone from a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon, claiming that wild...