"While The Sun Is Above Us takes readers deep into the extraordinary world of Sudan through the intertwined narratives of two women. In the midst of a bloody civil war, Adut is brutally captured and held as a slave for eight years....
Violence
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Author:Schnell, MelanieSummary: -
Author:Bowen, GailSummary:The latest novel in the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve series opens in the month of May, a time of beginnings when all things seem possible. Joanne's husband, Zack, recently elected mayor of Regina, is optimistic that he can garner the public...
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Author:Phillips, GarySummary:O'Conner needs a place to hole up after an especially bloody job. Tooling his sputtering motorcycle into the suburban community of Willow Ridge, he expects to find a place of refuge. Instead, he tumbles headfirst into a world of...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
Bill Browning heads the trauma unit at San Francisco's busiest emergency room, SF General. With his ex-wife and daughters in London, he immerses himself in his work and lives for rare visits with his children. A rising star at her...
- Author:Hunter, TravisSummary:
Jermaine Banks is a pot dealer in his Philadelphia neighborhood. He's also father to a three-year-old boy and a committed partner to his pregnant girlfriend. As he approaches his 30th birthday and suffers the loss of a close friend...
- Author:Burke, James LeeSummary:
A young Kentucky miner grows up in the Appalachian Mountains, where he's torn between his family and the lure of the city.
- Author:Burroughs, William S.Summary:
A futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates...
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Author:Moore, WesSummary:In this memoir, Moore tells the story of his life as a child of Baltimore and the Bronx, an army officer in Afghanistan, a Rhodes Scholar, and a former White House Fellow. In detailing his journey from troubled adolescence to successful...
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Author:Scheidel, WalterSummary:Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today,...
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Author:Kinch, MichaelSummary:Under siege in the harsh African desert. Their only choice: rise up against ruthless renegades... or die. After weeks of suffering from exhaustion and starvation, Jaym and D’Shay, conscripted NorthAm Blenders, have helped dozens of...
- Author:Koch, HermanSummary:
Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.
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Author:Comeau, JoeySummary:Now in one volume, Lockpick Pornography and its thematic sequel, We all Got it Coming
Lockpick Pornography is a genderqueer adventure story, and We All Got It Coming is about a young couple...
- Author:Manguel, AlbertoSummary:
In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. The end of ethnic nationalism -- building...
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Author:Kinch, MichaelSummary:In the year 2069, turning seventeen means mandatory Global Alliance work assignments that range from backbreaking drudgery to deadly canal labor. Trying to survive in a world that's been ravaged by plagues and environmental disasters,...
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Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
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Author:L'AMOUR, LouisSummary:In 'Riders of the Dawn', a young gunslinger is changed for the better by a meeting with a beautiful woman. A classic range-war western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American...
- Author:Magini, RogerSummary:
Ce roman au ton intimiste propose une réflexion sur l’oubli et la banalisation de l’horreur. Assis à la terrasse d’un café de Cholula, l’antique Cité Sacrée du Mexique, un journaliste écrit un article sur « Hiroshima, soixante ans plus...
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Author:Sontag, SusanSummary: -
Author:Cole, SusanSummary:Frank, clear-eyed and consistent, this collection of Susan G. Cole's writings bucks the backlash against feminist ideas. With a twist on 'Lesbian Chic,' Madonna and other icons, Cole analyzes the many forms of violence against women....
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Author:Ward, LizaSummary:Liza Ward's spellbinding first novel is told from the very different points of view of three narrators mysteriously linked by a shocking crime and their efforts to heal the past. Based on the Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann...
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