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By: Geda, Fabio
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
$18.00PaperbackRead moreWhat would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?
In early 2002, En- Author: Geda, Fabio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0307743829
- Language: English
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By: Bellow, Saul
Ravelstein
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartThis Penguin Classics edition commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of Viking’s first publication of Ravelstein. Featuring a new introduction by Gary Shteyngart, it is the final novel of Nobel Prize … [more below]
- Author: Bellow, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0143107577
- Language: English
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By: DeWitt, Helen
Your Name Here
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartA major literary event over two decades in the making, Your Name Here marks the seismic return of Helen DeWitt (The Last Samurai), and will introduce readers to the riveting voice of Ilya Gridneff.
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- Author: DeWitt, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1628976268
- Language: English
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By: White, Edmund
Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cart“This hotel of dreams is not the one in history; it’s within Edmund White, a heartbreak hotel where, in a dreamlike fugue of styles, gay life past and present commingle in the streets of a lost New Yo
- Author: White, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 14 2008
- ISBN10: 0060852267
- Language: English
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By: Lock, Norman
Eden’s Clock
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartA disabled Civil War veteran makes an epic, westward journey toward a fateful encounter with author Jack London, only hours before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Rendered mute at the Battle of Getty
- Series: American Novels
- Author: Lock, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1954276389
- Language: English
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By: Burke, Cody
Take Me Back to Oklahoma: A Children’s Picture Book About Travel, Adventure, and Coming Home
$26.99HardcoverAdd to cartThomas can’t wait to leave Oklahoma-but when his family takes a road trip, he discovers there’s no place like home.
“Get me out of Oklahoma!” Thomas declares. He’s excited for his family’s summer road
- Author: Burke, Cody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1960810928
- Language: English
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By: McNair, Shanna
Soul Retrieval
$40.00HardcoverAdd to cart- Author: McNair, Shanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 26 2025
- ISBN10: 1962931455
- Language: English
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Many Things at Once
$18.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn this poignant picture book about family and belonging, the child of a Jewish mother and a South Asian father hears stories about her family history. Sometimes she doesn’t feel Jewish enough or Sout… [more below]
- Author: Hiranandani, Veera
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0593643909
- Language: English
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By: Brooks, Paulette
Not Just a Homemaker: The Extraordinary Life of Sheila MacGregor
$14.99PaperbackAdd to cartRead this if you like your dual-timeline historical fiction with a strong sense of place and an everywoman’s zeal.
At the end of her remarkable life of ninety-three years, spanning a world war and thre
- Author: Brooks, Paulette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 9798991287302
- Language: English
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Harlem Rhapsody
$29.00HardcoverAdd to cart“A gripping narrative, don’t miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”–People Magazine
“A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us… [more below]- Author: Murray, Victoria Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593638484
- Language: English
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By: Rolland, Alain
Six Years of Absence: The Captivating Odyssey of a French Soldier in WWII Based on True Events
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartWar changes a man in ways he never imagined.
Summer 1939, France
Alexandre lives peacefully with his wife and newborn child in Brittany. Suddenly, war is declared. He is enlisted on the Eastern Front li
- Author: Rolland, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: July 04 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990601017
- Language: English
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By: Kinsky, Esther
Seeing Further
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartIn this autobiographical novel by a leading German author and translator, the narrator attempts to revive a run-down Hungarian movie theater–an unpromising endeavor that soon leads into a considerati… [more below]
- Author: Kinsky, Esther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1681378515
- Language: English
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By: Lippens, Nate
Ripcord
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartA novel about escape and connection, class, sex, and queer intimacy in the American Midwest.
The oldest story: an insider pretends to be an outsider and receives praise for his empathy and imagination- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Lippens, Nate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902169
- Language: English
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By: C, Sailee
Curiosity and Me
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cartTen-year-old Jaya dreads going to her Patti’s house every week. Maybe it’s because Patti is grouchy. Maybe it’s because Patti never talks. Maybe it’s because Jaya doesn’t know what to say. But with th
- Author: C, Sailee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 46
- Publish Date: October 30 2024
- ISBN10: 9798894439334
- Language: English
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By: Knight, Eliza
The Queen’s Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan
$27.99PaperbackRead moreFrom USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth; Hanna Penwyck, the fictionalized Keeper of
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 006338650X
- Language: English
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By: Dobbs, Alda P.
Al Otro Lado del R?o / The Other Side of the River
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cartDe la autora de Los sue?os descalzos de Petra Luna, Libro de Honor Pura Belpr? 2022, llega una nueva y fascinante novela sobre una ni?a de doce a?os que construye una nueva vida en Estados Unidos.
Pe- Series: Petra Luna
- Author: Dobbs, Alda P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1644738449
- Language: Spanish
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By: Escobar, Mario
The Forgotten Names: A Tale of Heroism and Reclaiming Identity in Nazi-Occupied France
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartFor fans of The Book of Lost Names and The Way We Hide!
In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it become
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1400248418
- Language: English
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By: Escobar, Mario
The Forgotten Names: A Tale of Heroism and Reclaiming Identity in Nazi-Occupied France
$31.99HardcoverRead moreFor fans of The Book of Lost Names and The Way We Hide!
In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it become
- Author: Escobar, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1400248515
- Language: English
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By: Knight, Eliza
The Queen’s Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth; Hanna Penwyck, the fictionalized Keeper of
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0063281015
- Language: English
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By: Hopson, Carole
A Pair of Wings
$29.99HardcoverAdd to cartAn airline captain crafts a riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the remarkable true life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation and found free
- Author: Hopson, Carole
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1250347211
- Language: English

















