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In "The Village," a young man returns home to his village. He finds that his family and friends are gone due to government decree. This decree is based on suspicion and discrimination. The young man takes matters into his own hands. In "The Question," an investigator is given an assignment by an old man to find the source and meaning of life.
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Beautiful Mandy Lee enjoys an elegant and genteel life in North Carolina, but hides an unconventional past. Raised by gunfighter Dan Quint, Mandy is quick on the draw and harbours a burning need for revenge against Monte Steep, the man who murdered her family. And when she learns that Dan, who has his own reasons for hunting Steep, has finally tracked him down, she has to decide whether to forego her life of luxury and her rich fianc? to rejoin Dan...
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By turns bleak, nostalgic, and lighthearted, Jerusalem Stands Alone explores the interconnected lives of its mostly Palestinian cast. This series of quick moving vignettes tells the story of occupied Jerusalem-tales of the daily tribulations and personal revelations of its narrators. The stories, entwined around themes of family and identity, diverge in viewpoint and chronology but ultimately unite to reveal the tapestry of Palestinian Jerusalem....
65) Black Hills Gold
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Since the signing of the Laramie Treaty six years earlier, the tribes of the Plains have practised their nomadic lifestyle within the boundaries of the lands set aside for their use. The dwindling herds of buffalo and deer which provide the staple requirements of their existence are a growing source of discontent but while the Americans, the wasicun, stay out of the tribal lands the tenuous peace is maintained. One word, however, uttered at a riverside...
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In the tradition of Amy Tan and Jhumpa Lahiri, a moving portrait of three generations of family living in Vancouver's Chinatown. From Knopf Canada's New Face of Fiction program, launching grounds for Yann Martel's Life of Pi and Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees, comes this powerfully evocative novel.
At age eighteen, Seid Quan is the first in the Chan family to emigrate from China to Vancouver in 1913. Paving the way for a wife and son, he...
67) Au Soleil
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2023
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Extrait : "La vie si courte, si longue, devient parfois insupportable. Elle se déroule, toujours pareille, avec la mort au bout. On ne peut ni l'arrêter, ni la changer, ni la comprendre. Et souvent une révolte indignée vous saisit devant l'impuissance de notre effort. Quoique nous fassions, nous mourrons ! Quoique nous croyions, quoique nous pensions, quoique nous tentions, nous mourrons."
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alternating points of view, a repressed woman begins an ancestral quest through
the prairies of Iowa, awakening family secrets and herself, while in the late
1800s, a repressed ancestor, Tante Kate, creates those secrets.
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69) The Heir
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In this thrilling sequel to Henry Luk's acclaimed China Bride, an all-American woman gets caught up in a deadly struggle to preserve her Chinese husband's ancient family empire amidst clashes of mores and customs, both business and private.
Beth O'Connor, former US Olympic runner, came to Hong Kong the wife of the heir apparent to the Chang family empire . . . only to encounter deep-seated disapproval as a foreign bride. Hated in a culture where...
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"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." -The New York Times Book Review
A transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee's escape from civil war-and the healing power of community.
A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way. She is an outsider, a mute voyeur, safe behind her windows, and she sees it all-the sex, the fights, the happy and unhappy...
71) New Year Magic
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The year always begins with power and energy, we can feel that force like the waves in a sea.We can feel that enthusiasm and that passion, as everyone is ready to go out and to win. A New Year holds so many promises for us, there are so many new things to be done. A fresh New Year is filled with opportunities, a chance to climb mountains and sail seas.As the year progresses, we all slow down. the year seems to stretch on and on. Every day seems so...
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Two sociologists infiltrate a cult from which madness might be the only escape Once the nation's most popular sociologist, Tom McMann has fallen out of style lately. Desperate for a last shot at relevance, he targets the Truth Seekers, an up-and-coming cult that seems destined for the big time. An irresistible mixture of New Age cranks and sci-fi nerds, they are ruled over by Verena, a beautiful young telepath who believes she has a hotline to another...
73) The 9th District
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Set in North Queensland during the great depression when men's lives are cheap, immigrants are expendable, and a mysterious disease is sweeping through the cane fields, Mark Anders has had enough. He challenges the powerful sugar industry, and the fight becomes brutal. Mark's weakness is Beatrice, the daughter of his nemeses who will stop at nothing to discredit a godless Bolshevik.
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The die has been cast and Flavius, driven by the ghost of his publicly executed father due to the failed Revolt of St. Titus, has made a fateful decision. He intends to return to Crete, along with Ramazan, the famed pirate of the Black Ram, and confront his nemesis, the beautiful and brilliant Constanze Kallergis who is now the Duchess of Crete since the death of her husband. She has one goal as well, that of bringing Flavius under her charge, and...
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The Next Generation. The Scent of Lemons delves into the Licata family saga, where addiction, corruption, entitlement, and success shape their destiny. The pursuit of integrity becomes a relentless battle as the American dream converts into an American struggle. Follow the journey of Joe Licata, his Uncle Nick, and his cousin Carlo as they grapple with the persistent struggle to stay faithful to family and to the truth. At the heart of it all, Nick...
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Finalist for the National Book Award: A deftly comic novel of family and society set in 1960s Chicago "Being free with the permission of society is not being free at all," says William Popper, the central character in this quietly ironic first novel. William and his girlfriend, Jane, are sensible University of Chicago graduates, happy lovers, children of good families-and self-described anarchists. When William accidentally runs over an elderly woman...
77) Namaste
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For thousands of years, Bharatvarsh has been the centre of power for the entire world. It is also a source of knowledge for the global human community. This story is an extraordinary tale of power struggles that took place in Bharatvarsh at the end of the Dwaparyuga and the beginning of the Kaliyuga. The story begins with the Mahabharata war that occurred in Kurukshetra. After the war, Yudhishthira became the king of Bharatvarsh, and he was succeeded...
78) Perpetual West
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"Stunning . . . A forceful addition to the literature of the U.S.-Mexican border and its ongoing history of tragedy and joy."
-Jennifer Clement, The New York Times Book Review
"Suspenseful, seductive . . . A thrill ride from cover to cover."
-Oprah Daily, "The 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2022"
The riveting new novel by the acclaimed author of Sugar Run, Perpetual West is a brilliant and evocative story of borders-between countries,...
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In the heart of South Africa's bustling city of Johannesburg, where the echoes of oppression once reverberated, a tale of love, resilience, and transformation unfolds in "The Power of Love in a Broken World: Emracing hope" by the acclaimed author Khomotjo Peter Mashita.At the center of this gripping narrative are Lerato and Mpho, two young souls whose love for each other becomes the catalyst for a remarkable journey. Lerato, whose name means "love,"...
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Ballads of a Victorian Christmas is a quaint little book of poems that will fill you with cheer and goodwill. Just as the title suggests, these poems will transport you back in time of the Victorian era. So sit back and grab that warm cup of spiced apple cider and enjoy this sweet holiday treat!
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