On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, the bold and bracing debut novel by acclaimed poet Ocean Vuong, centers on Little Dog, the son of a Vietnamese immigrant mother and an absent ...
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Rachel Hullett
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Beyond the Book: Vietnamese Amerasians
When U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam in 1975, the 1.3 million lives lost would prove to be only the beginning of the war's lasting impact on both countries, especially for many of the children born in Vietnam amid the bloodshed. Initially coined... Beyond the Book
Daisy Jones & The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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In this evocative novel written in the format of an interview with members of a fictional music group, author Taylor Jenkins Reid paints a vivid portrait of the rock 'n' roll ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: The History of the Sunset Strip
Titular character Daisy Jones from Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Daisy Jones & The Six comes of age in the 1970s, visiting rock clubs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. This 1.6 mile stretch of music venues, nightclubs, restaurants and retail ... Beyond the Book
The Age of Living Machines
by Susan Hockfield
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In the face of looming global challenges, such as overpopulation, resource depletion and disease, Dr. Susan Hockfield shows that sustainable solutions—those that can be ...
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Jamie Chornoby
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Beyond the Book: Funding Research in STEM
In The Age of Living Machines, Susan Hockfield tells readers about the work of Angela Belcher, a chemist and bioengineer who found a way to make affordable, clean and natural renewable energy. Belcher and her colleagues did this by harnessing the ... Beyond the Book
The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner
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There is palpable tension between expectation and reality in Rachel Kushner's third novel. The protagonist, 29-year-old Romy Hall, is an inmate at a Central Valley ...
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Lisa Butts
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Beyond the Book: Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber
In The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner provides excerpts from Ted Kaczynski's journals to draw parallels between the Unabomber and her character Gordon Hauser, the man that teaches an English class at Stanville Prison. Ted Kaczynski was a reclusive U.S. ... Beyond the Book
Travelers
by Helon Habila
A startlingly exploration of the African diaspora in Europe, by an acclaimed international writer.
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Patsy
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
A haunting depiction of immigration and womanhood, and the silent threads of love.
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Girls Burn Brighter
by Shobha Rao
An extraordinary and heart-rending tale of two girls with all the odds against them.
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The Guest Book
by Sarah Blake
"An American epic in the truest sense."
—Entertainment Weekly
Based on real events and told through the "minutes" of the women's all-female symposium, ...
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Lisa Butts
An exquisite, slender first novel set on the American frontier about a restless widower ...
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Dean Muscat
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a novel published in the year 2007 to unprecedented acclaim, and the novel turned to be a huge critical and popular ...
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
by Adib Khorram
This book has a teenage male protagonist but readers of all ages and genders will be able to relate to the difficulties he faces. Darius's Persian ancestry makes him a ...
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Becoming
by Michelle Obama
By the time my name came up to get this from the library, I was more than a little burned out on political autobiographies, so started this half-heartedly. Boy was I ...
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The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
This is not my usual choice, I happened across it at a duty free shop at an airport many years ago. I opened it and read the prologue and bawled my eyes out. I felt ...
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Her Kind of Case
by Jeanne Winer
There are not many books that get a 5 star rating from me. However this book rose right to the top. I had to often remind myself that this book is fiction. In story and ...
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The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is a brilliant story teller. If life can be hard, life is harder in Alaska. Leni, the main character moves here from Washington with her mother and her ...
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