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The Great Derangement Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? Ghosh examines our inability—in literature, history, politics—to grasp the scale and violence of... |
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The Farm George Benda The Farm, set in the second global energy crisis, juxtaposes Jack's high-flying energy career with his pursuit of an idyllic life with his new bride, Anna. Together with Jack's old philosophical friend, Ben, and Ben's wife, Rebecca, the couples explore a path to practical wisdom in the nuclear age. Jack and Ben, learning from... |
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The Age Of Light Enshrined The year is 1895, an audience gathers in the darkened basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. What they see there will set a new age in motion... what they see there is nothing short of light enshrined. In The Age Of Light Enshrined Poet Zachary Ramsey (Forward To An American Odyssey, Fields of Life... |
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I Eat Men Like Air Alice Berman With the snow falling fast on a New Hampshire mansion, seven 20-somethings assemble to celebrate an upcoming marriage in a debaucherous weekend that will change their lives irrevocably. The lavish trip to celebrate Will and Jessica's upcoming nuptials brings together a cast of... |
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Vapour Trails Abdul Qadir Two friends living a legally questionable life decide one day to leave it all behind and turn over a new leaf. They soon realize that actions have consequences, and getting out is much harder than getting in. A transgressive tour of Pakistan, Vapor Trails describes a world that is painted in strange... |
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Api's Berlin Diaries Gabrielle Robinson Moving and provocative, Api's Berlin Diaries offers a personal perspective on the fall of Berlin 1945 and the far-reaching aftershocks of the Third Reich. After her mother's death, Robinson found her grandfather's diaries and discovered that he had been a member of the Nazi party. Her memoir juxtaposes her grandfather's harrowing account serving as... |
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More than Marmalade Rosanne Tolin Michael Bond never intended to be a children’s writer. Though an avid reader, he was by no means a model student and quit school at 14. He repaired rooftop radio transmitters during the bombing of Britain in World War II and later joined the army. He wrote about the war and more, selling stories... |
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For the Love of God: A Memoir Jackie Guinn In 1972, Jackie was twenty-two years old, married twice, and divorced once. After finally getting out of her turbulent second marriage, she learns that her baby daughter, Jenny, is profoundly brain-damaged. To finance Jenny’s disabilities and still have a social life, she works as a cocktail waitress... |
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Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation Alice McVeigh Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as she can… But how is she to guess that Harriet has a secret? Meanwhile, the brilliant, penniless Jane Fairfax consents to a clandestine engagement with Frank Churchill – though not daring to... |
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Botticelli's Muse Dorah Blume A provocative historical fiction about Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, his conflicts with the Medici family of Florence, and the woman at the heart of his paintings. In 1477, Botticelli is suddenly fired by his prestigious patron and friend Lorenzo de' Medici. In the villa of his irritating new patron, the artist’s creative well runs dry... |
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Strengthening Your Identity Mwati Mwila We all know life has its ups and downs, but when Mwati Mwila was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while a college student, she thought her life would mostly be down from that point on. Not understanding why she had been chosen to suffer, she found herself on an incredible... |
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Breathe for Me Donna B. Comeaux Robert Aaron Jaeger no longer has the emotional fight to outlast his grief. Less than a month ago, his wife and four-year-old daughter were in a terrible accident on the downtown streets of Seattle. The four-year-old came away with scratches. His wife, Christina, succumbed to her injuries. Under the disguise of rafting through the Glenwood... |
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Godfrey's Crusade Mark Howard Godfrey's Crusade is the first installment of the Griffin Legends series. It's a fantasy novel with a mixture of martial and religious themes; we're going on a crusade here after all if the title didn't give it away, it has a carefully chosen combination of fantasy and real historical elements, its plot structure is increasingly complex throughout... |
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Facts Are Stubborn Things Richard A. Danzig Facts are Stubborn Things is the story of Chance Cormac, a litigator, boxer and lapsed Catholic who confronts some hard facts about the law and himself when he reluctantly agrees to represent a client in a divorce action as a favor to another attorney. It is a story of corporate intrigue, international... |
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Ingrid Robert Golino When young art prodigy Ingrid Kraemer is told that the woodland elf that has befriended her is actually an android, she can't believe it. Neither can the NRG robotics corporation that dominates the country with tyrannical control. With a virtual monopoly on all robotics, they know this android masquerading as an elf isn't one of theirs. |
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A Touch of Terror Gary Ponzo A rogue Russian agent known as The Machine has infiltrated the U.S. border with a case of uranium powerful enough to destroy the entire west coast. FBI agent Nick Bracco recruits his mafia-connected cousin Tommy to help track down the case and try to save the nation from... |
