Cultural Heritage
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Second Person Singular
$18.00 Read more“Part comedy of manners, part psychological mystery . . . Issues of nationalism, religion, and passing collide with quickly changing social and sexual mores.” —Boston Globe
From one of the most impor- Author: Kashua, Sayed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0802121209
- Language: English
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Brick Lane
$20.00 Add to cart“A book you won’t be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she has an arranged marriage (and children) and the fiery political a… [more below]
- Author: Ali, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0743243315
- Language: English
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The Bastard of Istanbul
$19.00 Add to cartA “vivid and entertaining” (Chicago Tribune) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese’s Book Club Pick)
“Zesty, imaginative . . . a Turki- Author: Shafak, Elif
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143112716
- Language: English
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The Death of Jim Loney
$15.00 Read moreJames Welch never shied away from depicting the lives of Native Americans damned by destiny and temperament to the margins of society. The Death of Jim Loney is no exception. Jim Loney is a mixed-bloo… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Welch, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143105183
- Language: English
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The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai
$15.99 Add to cartA novel of Dubai, The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash offers readers a fascinating glimpse into another corner of the world. Set in the 1950s in what is now the United Arab Emirates, The Sand Fish tells the
- Author: Gargash, Maha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 20 2009
- ISBN10: 0061744670
- Language: English
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Secret Daughter
$15.99 Add to cart“Moving and thought-provoking and informative and imaginative and beautifully executed. What a wonderful story “
–Mary Jane Clark“This book is a must for anyone touched by adoption, or India, or the
- Author: Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061928356
- Language: English
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The Forgery
$15.95 Add to cartA failing artist turned forger, an architectural masterpiece hidden behind high walls, an impish vagabond, and some very resourceful, very intimidating twins–Forgery pays homage to greats like Juan R
- Author: Barrera, Ave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1913867153
- Language: English
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Beer in the Snooker Club
$18.00 Add to cartSet amidst the turbulence of 1950s Cairo, Beer in the Snooker Club is the story of Ram Bey, an over-educated, under-ambitious young Egyptian struggling to find out where he fits in. Ram’s favorite hau… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Ghali, Waguih
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 10 2014
- ISBN10: 0804170746
- Language: English
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The Last of the Angels: A Modern Iraqi Novel
$19.99 Add to cart
From a legendary writer both beloved and banished by Iraq — a fine work of Arabic literature in the vein of Naguib Mahfouz and Elias Khoury, and a magical and moving comic novel about the birth of m… [more below]- Author: Al-Azzawi, Fadhil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 1416567453
- Language: English
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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez Qué Le Pasó a Ruthy RamÃrez (Spanish Edition)
$18.99 Add to cartGanadora del PEN/FAULKNER AWARD 2024 PARA FICCI?N
Las Ram?rez de Stanten Island orbitan alrededor de la ausencia. Cuando Ruthy, a los trece a?os, desapareci? sin dejar rastro despu?s de un entrenamien
- Author: Jimenez, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0063280477
- Language: Spanish
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Provinces of Night
$19.00 Add to cartIt’s 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth is finally coming home to Ackerman’s Field, Tennessee. Itinerant banjo picker and volatile vagrant, he’s been gone ever since he gunned down a deputy thirty years before… [more below]
- Author: Gay, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 09 2002
- ISBN10: 0385499280
- Language: English
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The Land Beneath the Light
$12.93 Add to cartFrom her rural farmhouse at the bottom of the hilltop surrounded by the Occupation, Khadija’s life changes forever when the shadows descend, causing destruction in her village.
In the wake of upheaval
- Author: Malherbe, Shereen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: January 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1912356503
- Language: English
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The White Girl
$17.99 Add to cart“A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.”–Guardian
Australia’s leading indigenous st
- Author: Birch, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0063213532
- Language: English
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The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana
$16.99 Read moreBy the winner of the 2018 Alternative Nobel prize in literature Born in Guadeloupe, Ivan and Ivana are twins with a bond so strong they become afraid of their feelings for one another. When their moth… [more below]
- Author: Condé, Maryse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1642860697
- Language: English
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The Harafish
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz is perhaps the best-known living Arab writer. His books have had great success in this country, particularly The Cairo Trilogy. Fans of… [more below]
- Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 17 1997
- ISBN10: 0385423357
- Language: English
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Snow in August
$19.99 Add to cartDeeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time — and another triumph for Pete Hamill.
Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have- Author: Hamill, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 0316242829
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist
$15.00 Add to cartThis award-winning novel-in-translation is clever tragicomedy that demonstrates the complex life of a Palestinian living in Israel.
Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggr- Author: Habiby, Emile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 169
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1623717027
- Language: English
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The Crooked Branch
$19.00 Read moreFrom the national bestselling author of American Dirt and A Rip in Heaven comes the deeply moving story of two mothers from two very different times.
After the birth of her daughter Emma, the usually- Author: Cummins, Jeanine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0451239245
- Language: English
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The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel
$26.99 Read moreDon’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center sta
- Series: Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel #5
- Author: Hillerman, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 006239195X
- Language: English
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Where Wild Peaches Grow
$14.95 Add to cartIn a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they’ve made and confront circumstances beyond their control.
Nona “Peaches” Davenp
- Author: Bentley, Cade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 291
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1542031214
- Language: English
