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Books 1 - 10 of 70 next » by Boubacar Boris Diop
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W]hat is true of Rwanda is true in each of us; we all share inAfrica. -- L'Harmattan This novel] comes closer thanhave many political scientists or historians to trying to understand why this smallcountry... sank in such appalling violence. -- Radio... (read more) New - Trade Paper 
by Eva Hoffman
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Selected as one of Oprah.coms 20 Tantalizing Beach Reads Selected as a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Isabel Merton is a renowned concert pianist, whose performances are marked by a rare responsiveness to the complexities of... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Yvette Christianse
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A 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award finalist: "Impossible to put down, this work deserves a place beside such classics as Toni Morrison's Beloved and Edward P. Jones's The Known World."—Library Journal (starred review) Slavery as it existed in Africa has... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Megan Voysey-Braig
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Till We Can Keep an Animal is about a middle-aged woman who was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by armed robbers, Voysey-Briag says "I keep her alive so that her story continues. I invite her family members, those who are alive and dead, to tell... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by Tayeb Salih
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'\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more) Sale - Trade Paper
by K. Sello Duiker New - Trade Paper
by Michael Ondaatje
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In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Thomas Pynchon
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It's Christmas Eve, 1955, and ex-seaman Benny Profane — a schlemihl and human yo-yo — is back in Norfolk, Virginia, with some old Navy buddies and Paola Maijstral, the enigmatic barmaid from Valletta, Malta. By January, he and Paola are in New... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Thomas Pynchon
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I'm no pro from Dover, but I think that there are as many ways of looking at a work by Pynchon as he has storylines in each book. Inherent Vice is definitely one of the more approachable works by a guy who can have the reader wading hip-deep through... (read more) Used - Hardcover
by Colin Beavan
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What does it really take to live eco-effectively? For one year, Colin Beavan swore off plastic and toxins, turned off his electricity, went organic, became a bicycle nut, and tried to save the planet from environmental catastrophe... (read more) Used - Hardcover
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