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Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood

by Barbara Demick

Published: 2012-04-17

Paperback: 272 pages

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Logavina Street was a microcosm of Sarajevo, a six-block-long history lesson. For four centuries, it existed as a quiet residential area in a charming city long known for its ethnic and religious tolerance. On this street of 240 families, Muslims and Christians, Serbs and Croats lived easi...

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Cinnamon and Gunpowder

by Eli Brown

Published: 2013-10-23

Hardcover: 685 pages

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Kidnapped by a ruthless early 19th-century woman pirate and ordered to serve exquisite Sunday dinners or forfeit his life, renowned chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals while the pirate queen pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer. (historical...

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Sister Mother Husband Dog: (Etc.)

by Delia Ephron

Published: 2014-08-26

Paperback: 240 pages

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Bestselling author Delia Ephron shares a deeply personal collection of stories and essays, anchored by a loving remembrance of her sister Nora. In Sister Mother Husband Dog, Delia Ephron brings her trademark wit and effervescent prose to a series of autobiographical essays about life, lov...

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The Hands of War: A Tale of Endurance and Hope, from a Survivor of the Holocaust

by Marione Ingram

Published: 2013-03-06

Hardcover: 160 pages

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Marione Ingram grew up in Hamburg, Germany, in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She was German. She was Jewish. She was a survivor.  This is her story.As a young girl, Marione was aware that people of the Jewish faith were regarded as outsiders, the supposed root of Germany’s many proble...

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The Death of Lucy Kyte: A New Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey (Josephine Tey Mysteries)

by Nicola Upson

Published: 2014-06-10

Paperback: 368 pages

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In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpected inheritance plunges beloved British mystery author Josephine Tey into a disturbing puzzle of dark secrets eerily connecting the present and the past.When Josephine Tey unexpectedly inherit...

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Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda's Daughter

by Maggie Anton

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 400 pages

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Fantastic tales of demons and the Evil Eye, magical incantations, and powerful attractions abound in Enchantress, a novel that weaves together Talmudic lore, ancient Jewish magic, and a timeless love story set in fourth-century Babylonia.     One of the most powerful practitioner of th...

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Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country

by Mike Kim

Published: 2008-07-29

Kindle Edition: 256 pages

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The first of its kind, this book provides a unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. Mike Kim, who worked with refugees on the Chinese border for four years, recounts their experiences of enduring famine, sex-trafficking, and torture, as well as the inspirational...

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The Genius of Language: Fifteen Writers Reflect on Their Mother Tongue

by Wendy Lesser

Published: 2005-07-12

Paperback: 256 pages

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Fifteen outstanding writers answered editor Wendy Lesser’s call for original essays on the subject of language–the one they grew up with, and the English in which they write.Despite American assumptions about polite Chinese discourse, Amy Tan believes that there was nothing discreet about the Chinese...

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My Land and My People: The Original Autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet

by The Dalai Lama

Published: 1997-12-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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Schooled behind ancient palace walls to become the leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama has become a spiritual leader to the world and a leading civil rights advocate. My Land and My People tells the story of his life.

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A Life Intercepted: A Novel

by Charles Martin

Published: 2014-09-02

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Twelve years ago Matthew "the Rocket" Rising had it all. Married to his high school sweetheart and one of the winningest quarterbacks in the history of college football, he was the number one NFL draft pick. But on the night of the draft, he plummeted from the pinnacle of esteem. Falsely a...