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The Cordillera
In the novel "The Cordillera", a complex would-be rancher faces dramatic events in international locations. In Luis Rousset’s novel "The Cordillera", a young man’s future is derailed when he’s offered a position as an international...
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A Volga Tale
Guzel Yakhina’s spellbinding, fabulistic novel "A Volga Tale" views the Russian Revolution from within a small agrarian settlement. In the pastoral time before the Revolution, Jacob is a schoolteacher who lives alone in Gnadenthal...
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Immortalised to Death
"Immortalised to Death" is a lively mystery novel that delights in the particulars of Charles Dickens’s Victorian England. In Lyn Squire’s rollicking mystery novel "Immortalised to Death", the sudden demise of Charles Dickens is...
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To a High Court
The story of ordinary citizens who petitioned the Supreme Court to gain the right to sue formidable entities, "To a High Court" is a memoir about a historic, power-shifting legal quest. Neil Thomas Proto’s memoir "To a High Court"...
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Anita
Confident and celebratory, "Anita" is a memoir about self-discovery across several continents. Traversing multiple countries, Ana B. Castano’s memoir "Anita" is a decisive story of love, loss, and self-awareness. When she was young,...
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Disrupting Racism
Focusing on Asian American experiences, this accessible essay collection puts academic theories to use in the fight against racism. Peter H. Huang’s essay collection "Disrupting Racism" makes scholarly arguments for positive social...
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Delta of Cassiopeia
"Delta of Cassiopeia" is a bright literary collection whose poetry and prose pieces function like stars in a career-spanning constellation. With subjects variously quotidian and mythological, Ted Morrissey’s satisfying literary...
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Chasing the Daylight
Written by a former ballerina and trained linguist, the memoir Chasing the Light covers an unpredictable military rise. Joanna Rakowski’s memoir Chasing the Light is about immigration, ballet, and working in military intelligence....
