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East Goes WestA wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by the father of Korean American literature A Penguin Classic Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase...
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Memoirs of an Infantry Officer: The Memoirs of George SherstonThe second volume in Siegfried Sassoon's beloved trilogy, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, with a new introduction by celebrated historian Paul Fussell A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies...
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Five FingersFive-year-old Laura was born in one of Joseph Stalin's prison camps in Siberia. When the book opens, she and her parents are on their long journey back to Latvia, a country Laura knows only from the exuberant descriptions that whirled about the Gulag. Upon...
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To Sir, with LoveThis schoolroom drama that inspired the classic Sidney Poitier film is "a microcosm of the racial issues . . . A dramatic picture of discrimination" (Kirkus Reviews). With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air...
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My Struggle, Book FourAt eighteen years, old Karl Ove moves to a tiny fisherman's village in the far north of the arctic circle to work as a school teacher. No interest in the job itself, his intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding...
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Changes at FairacreTimes are changing in the charming downland village of Fairacre, and Miss Read isn't certain that it's all for the best. The new commuter lifestyle has caused a drop in attendance at the local school, and officials are threatening closure. Miss Read worries about...
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Mas Alla de Mi Reaching Out Spanish EditionFrom the perspective of the young adult he once was, Francisco Jimenez describes the challenges he faces when continuing his education. During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave...
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The Blithedale RomanceA superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. In language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his...
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Fake Italian: An 83% true autobiography with pseudonyms and some tall talesNew York, 1987: In a city torn apart by racial tension, Damien Cavalieri is an adolescent without a tribe. His mother-who pines for the 1950s Brooklyn Italian community she grew up in-fears he lacks commitment to his heritage. Damien's fellow Staten Islanders agree, dubbing...
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Optic NerveIn this delightful autofiction―the first book by Gainza, an Argentine art critic, to appear in English―a woman delivers pithy assessments of world-class painters along with glimpses of her life, braiding the two into an illuminating whole. ―The New York Times Book Review, Notable Book...
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The Dinner GuestIn 1977, three terrorists broke into Gabriela Ybarra's grandfather's home, and pointed a gun at him in the shower. This was the last time his family saw him alive, and his kidnapping played out in the press, culminating in his murder. Ybarra first heard...
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Legend of a Suicide"The reportorial relentlessness of David] Vann's imagination often makes his fiction seem less written than chiseled. A small, lovely book has been written out of his large and evident pain."--New York Times Book Review In Legend of a Suicide, his heartbreaking semi-autobiographical debut story-collection,...
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One Man's Bible"Courageous ... One Man's Bible is driven by the sweeping panorama of history and the suffering and reconciliation that underlie it."-- Washington Post Book WorldPublished to impressive critical acclaim, One Man's Bible enhances the reputation of Nobel Prize-winning Gao Xingjian, whose first novel, Soul...
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Recuerdos Y DesinformaciónNada de esto es real, pero todo es verdad Jim Carrey. Recuerdos y desinformaci n es una novela casi autobiogr fica que nos abre las puertas al lado oscuro de Hollywood. Recuerdos y desinformaci n es un viaje al coraz n de esa f...
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The Linden TreeA delightful fictional memoir about César Aira's small hometown. The narrator, born the same year and now living in the same great city (Buenos Aires) as César Aira, could be the author himself. Beginning with his parents--an enigmatic handsome black father who gathered linden...
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Scalping Columbus and Other Damn Indian Stories: Truths, Half-Truths, and Outright Liesvolume 60Adam Fortunate Eagle has been called many things: social activist, serious joke medicine, contrary warrior, national treasure, enemy of the state, living history. Characterizing his style as "Fortunate Eagle meets Mark Twain, Indian style," the author relates the traditions, joys, and frustrations of his...
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Not OkayPeter Wilson searches for healing from child sexual abuse and mental illness in the 1980's. With the resources at his disposal inadequate, he turns to the pop psychology self help book, I'm OK You're OK, wisecracks, and a little bit of murder.Author: Brett AxelPublisher:...
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Where the Sun Never SetsIf you find someone's diary, would you dare open it? Well, if you chance upon your old diary, would you dare read through your past? Iti is forced to move back to her hometown of Mussoorie amid worldwide lockdown to work on her first...
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Sons and LoversSince its publication in 1913, D. H. Lawrence's powerful and passionate third novel stands as one of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. Here is the story of artist Paul Morel as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother,...
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An a from Miss KellerHow did Patricia Polacco become a writer? A perfect companion to the classic Thank You, Mr. Falker, The Art of Miss Chew, and Mr. Wayne's Masterpiece, this book celebrates a teacher who inspired a young Patricia Polacco to become the writer and storyteller she...
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