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K'amnikte' es la búsqueda constante de una identidad a partir del viaje por la memoria, por nuestra historia, por nuestra alegría. La manera de aproximarnos a nuestra raíz que, más allá de un simple concepto, es la fuerza máxima proveniente de los colores, de las flores, de los vientos, del canto, de la música, de la comida y del abrazo de la madre luna.
Las historias que aquí se cuentan, cargadas de pasión y de energía ancestral nos invitan...
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"A moving, splendidly realized story of courage and grit in modern-day Kabul."
-Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire
A harrowing yet tender novel-Bend It Like Beckham in a burka-The Taliban Cricket Club is a moving and unforgettable tale of one woman's courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny. Set in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan, this extraordinary new fiction by Timeri N. Murari, acclaimed author of the international bestseller,...
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HarperVia
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2023
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A gritty and darkly hilarious novel about a queer, First Nations Australian woman who returns home to face her family and protect their ancestors’ land.
Winner of Australia’s Miles Franklin Award
Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent her adulthood avoiding two things: her hometown and prison. A tough, generous, reckless woman accused of having too much lip, Kerry uses anger to fight the avalanche of bullshit
...Winner of Australia’s Miles Franklin Award
Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent her adulthood avoiding two things: her hometown and prison. A tough, generous, reckless woman accused of having too much lip, Kerry uses anger to fight the avalanche of bullshit
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"A rich, emotionally-nuanced story about a woman's deeply held connection to her family and her past. With an evocative setting and finely-drawn characters, Corporon creates a beautiful world you won't soon forget." - Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author
On a beautiful Greek island, myths, magic, and a colorful cast of characters come together in When the Cypress Whispers, Yvette Manessis Corporon's lushly atmospheric story about...
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Having fled the violent breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic is now a professor of literature at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches a class filled with other young Yugoslav exiles, most of whom earn meager wages assembling leather and rubber S&M clothing at a sweatshop they call the "Ministry." Abandoning literature, Tanja encourages her students to indulge their "Yugonostalgia" in essays about their personal experiences during their homeland's...
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As the Celtic pirate, Anwen, presses her hard iron dagger against a Roman's throat, memories of fated lovers, druids, and sacrifice, stay her hand.Kaeso is captivated by dreams of the woman he loved in a previous life, the mirror image of Anwen. In this lifetime they are foes, Roman and Celt. Can Anwen and Kaeso steer their timeless voyage to a happy destiny or will they be robbed of love once more?
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Jose se enamoro de Dana si saber que era su media hermana, creyendo en esa mentira inventada por lo padres de ambos, mentiras que son como dagas que no penetran tu piel, pero si tu corazon y tu alma, ellos sufrieron por muchos años por tanto amor que se tenian, pero el tiempo es un juez implacable, todo depende de el para ver quien es el vencedor.
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Many devoted couples began as foes, so why not lay down the sword and conquer your enemy with a rose-like you'd entice a lover?
Tryffin is a fearless champion when it comes to battling Saxons but fighting for Aelfrida's love proves a greater challenge. Can he trust a Saxon?
The Welsh Prince, Tryffin, will do anything to make the Saxon maiden, Aelfrida, his bride.
But to her, he's a sworn enemy. She can never give her heart to him.
To save her...
9) Fortuné
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Élevé par ses grands-parents, à la mort de sa mère, "Fortuné", chanteur baroque, ne sait rien de son père et s'interroge sur ce prénom qui évoque l'Afrique. Nadia est substitute du Procureur de La Rochelle, en charge des mineurs. Improbable rencontre. Entre la naissance d'un amour, la quête des origines, le partage des blessures de l'enfance, de Paris à Bamako, la musique irradie. Surviennent les drames de l'année 2012…
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"Des bruits fugaces" est un recueil de sept nouvelles qui plongent dans des vies hors du commun de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Elles explorent les conséquences des guerres, les remous de mai 1968, les tourments de l'amour, et des histoires passionnantes. Entre cauchemars, tragédies, quête spirituelle jusqu'à Calcutta et Bénarès, et souvenirs d'une époque révolue, ces pages vous dévoilent un regard non conformiste et parfois empreint...
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From Welsh myth springs the tale of Rhiannon and Pwyll. Chief Pwyll's life is changed forever the day Goddess Rhiannon rides pass him on her magic horse. Forbidden romance smolders between the goddess and the chieftain. With the use of an enchanted bag, Rhiannon breaks free of an unwanted betrothal. Happily, she weds Pwyll, but a harrowing mystery tears them apart. Will Pwyll's suspicion and duty as chieftain prevail or will love win out?
12) Queen Of Kings
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As wild and beautiful as the land she rules, all men lust for her, warriors and kings bow to her might and magic, but one champion comes forth to gift her with a white bull and true love… but can the handsome stranger best her skills and win her heart?
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Algonquin Books
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2021
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The International Bestseller
New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionWinner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship
"[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." -The New York Times Book Review
"A triumph, a novelistic rendition of one of the most difficult times in Vietnamese history . . . Vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting." -VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The...
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