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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

by Saidiya Hartman

Published: 2019-02-19

Hardcover: 304 pages

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A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century.In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free lov...

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The Pecan Orchard: Journey of a Sharecropper's Daughter

by Peggy Vonsherie Allen

Published: 2009-11-17

Kindle Edition: 270 pages

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This is a true story of the struggle, survival, and ultimate success of a large black family in south Alabama who, in the middle decades of the 20th century, lifted themselves out of poverty to achieve the American dream of property ownership. Descended from slaves and sharecroppers in the...

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Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland

by Jonathan M. Metzl

Published: 2019-03-05

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to helpNamed one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston GlobeIn the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn t...

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A Lily in the Light

by Kristin Fields

Published: 2019-04-01

Hardcover: 275 pages

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A harrowing debut novel of a tragic disappearance and one sister’s journey through the trauma that has shaped her life.For eleven-year-old Esme, ballet is everything—until her four-year-old sister, Lily, vanishes without a trace and nothing is certain anymore. People Esme has known her...

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The Queen's Rising

by Rebecca Ross

Published: 2018-02-06

Hardcover: 464 pages

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In this epic debut fantasy, inspired by Renaissance France, an outcast finds herself bound to a disgraced lord and entangled in his plot to overthrow the king. Perfect for fans of Grave Mercy and Red Queen!Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron....

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The Far Field

by Madhuri Vijay

Published: 2019-01-15

Hardcover: 448 pages

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“The Far Field is remarkable, a novel at once politically timely and morally timeless. Madhuri Vijay traces the fault lines of history, love, and obligation running through a fractured family and country. Few novels generate enough power to transform their characters, fewer still their ...

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The Volunteer: A Novel

by Salvatore Scibona

Published: 2019-03-05

Kindle Edition: 432 pages

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"All of it — all of it — is just so ridiculously beautiful." — Jason Sheehan, NPR.org“The rewards are enormous. This is a spectacular work of fiction." – San Francisco ChronicleA long-awaited new novel from a National Book Award Finalist, the epic story of a restless young m...

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Sins as Scarlet: An Inspector Iwata Novel

by Nicolas Obregon

Published: 2018-12-18

Hardcover: 320 pages

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"A dark, brutal ride through the underbelly of LA." ?Anthony Horowitz, author of Magpie MurdersIn this follow-up to Nicolás Obregon’s critically acclaimed Blue Light Yokohama, Inspector Iwata returns?in a murder case in his new home of Los Angeles.After a brutal investigation ripped apa...

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

by Bright Summaries

Published: 2016-10-12

Paperback: 56 pages

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Little Faith

by Nickolas Butler

Published: 2019-03-05

Hardcover: 336 pages

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In this moving new novel from celebrated author Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church  Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural W...