Calypso
by David Sedaris
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David Sedaris' Calypso is every bit as hilarious and irreverent, as clever and incisive, as brilliant and entertaining as he has ever been. Whether you're a long-...
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Natalie Vaynberg
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Beyond the Book: Can Non-Fiction Be Too Revealing?
On May 24, 2013, Tiffany Sedaris, sister of writer David Sedaris, committed suicide. Shortly after, David penned an essay for the New Yorker, entitled Now We are Five. In true Sedaris fashion, the essay doesn't focus entirely on Tiffany or ... Beyond the Book
The Word Is Murder
by Anthony Horowitz
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A wealthy widow enters a London funeral home to make arrangements for her own funeral. Six hours later, she is strangled in her apartment with a cord from her own curtains, ...
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Meara Conner
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Beyond the Book: Anthony Horowitz: Creating Across Medias
Anthony Horowitz has had a prolific career writing across multiple media including books, TV, film and stage plays. Since publishing his first novel in 1979, he has written over forty books for both adults and children, his screen credits include ... Beyond the Book
Call Me American
by Abdi Nor Iftin
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As a boy growing up in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin loved watching action movies in a makeshift theater. By doing so, he learned enough English to ...
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Cynthia C. Scott
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Beyond the Book: Qat
As a young boy growing up in war-torn Mogadishu, the capital of the East African country of Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin and his brother Hassan often looked for enterprising ways to support their family. They stumbled onto a lucrative business when they ... Beyond the Book
Driving Miss Norma
by Ramie Liddle, Tim Bauerschmidt
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In my cultural life, I've met and been awed by two Normas: The demanding, clueless, fiercely determined gangster's moll Norma Cassidy (Lesley Ann Warren) in the ...
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Rory L. Aronsky
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Beyond the Book: Retired RV Adventurers
When Norma joined her son Tim Bauerschmidt and his wife Ramie Liddle on the road, Tim was 57 years old. 'Ramie and I had been able to retire early because of many years of frugal living, our lack of debt, and forgoing having a family,' he writes in ... Beyond the Book
A Place for Us
by Fatima Farheen Mirza
A deeply moving story of love, identity and belonging--the first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint.
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Salt Houses
From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home.
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If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel
Patel's stories introduce a bold and timely new literary voice.
A love letter to city life, however shiny or sleazy, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by ...
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
Reading this novel I felt I was watching a story unfold page by page, character by character. It showed the beauty and allure of Alaska along with the reality of life in...
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Warlight
by Michael Ondaatje
"It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in...
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The Twelve-Mile Straight
by Eleanor Henderson
When I read the premise on the first few pages, I was underwowed. As I read on, I changed my mind as the author wove this through the plot in a believable and clever way....
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Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
The meaning of the title is noted three fourth of the way through the book when the family patriarch, Atef, reminisces, “the houses glitter whitely…like structures made ...
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The Twelve-Mile Straight
by Eleanor Henderson
Warning: Many readers may find this book too dark, sad and brutal - unfortunately it is probably a very accurate of life at the time (1930's) and place (Georgia). As ...
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The Last Ballad
by Wiley Cash
Written in the true-to-life battle of workers rights, Wiley Cash does what he is so good at.
It is 1929 in Appleton County North Carolina and Ella Mae Wiggins ...
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