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Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Selected Writings, Volume 2, Fictions

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Published: 2006-10-15

Hardcover: 408 pages

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The Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in European letters. Yet outside Europ...

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He's Always Been My Son: A Mother’s Story about Raising Her Transgender Son

by Janna Barkin

Published: 2017-08-21

Paperback: 320 pages

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This inspiring and moving story, told from the heart of an extraordinary family, recounts the emotional and uplifting journey of raising a transgender son.Janna Barkin's family has come a long way since their child, Amaya, first told them he was a boy and not a girl and this captivating me...

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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir

by Amy Tan

Published: 2017-10-17

Hardcover: 368 pages

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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORYIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimat...

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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life

by Annie Spence

Published: 2017-09-26

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life.If you love to read, and presumably you do since you’ve picked up this book (!), you know that some books affect you so profoundly they forever change the way you think...

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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

by Masaji Ishikawa

Published: 2018-01-01

Hardcover: 172 pages

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An Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book.The harrowing true story of one man’s life in—and subsequent escape from—North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes.Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a ...

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The Salt Line

by Holly Goddard Jones

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 400 pages

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"Great, near-future sci-fi...A propulsive, character-driven thriller...I really love this book."—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners In the spirit of Station Eleven and California, award-winning novelist Holly Goddard Jones offers a literary spin on the dystopia...

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Monsterland (Volume 1)

by Michael Okon

Published: 2017-10-02

Paperback: 232 pages

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Welcome to Monsterland—the scariest place on Earth.Wyatt Baldwin's senior year is not going well. His parents divorce, then his dad mysteriously dies. He’s not exactly comfortable with his new stepfather, Carter White, either. An ongoing debate with his best friends Melvin and Howard Drucker over...

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Mustard Seed

by Laila Ibrahim

Published: 2017-11-07

Paperback: 284 pages

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The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home.Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s be...

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The Bloom Girls

by Emily Cavanagh

Published: 2017-03-14

Paperback: 256 pages

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A tender, heartfelt story of three sisters, their late father’s painful past, and the power of forgiveness.When the news of their father’s death reaches them, sisters Cal, Violet, and Suzy Bloom have to set aside their own personal crises, and their differences, to gather in Maine. Res...

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Pendant

by M L Hamilton

Published: 2017-11-02

Paperback: 272 pages

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A field trip gone awry. A student gone missing. Haunted by a teacher's worst nightmare for more than a decade, Elaine finally stumbles onto a vital clue--and discovers someone will do anything to keep the truth buried. When her life is threatened, she allows the one person she trusts to whisk her away...