A Country You Can Leave
: A Novel
by Asale Angel-Ajani
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Paperback: Mar 2024
A stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert.
A Crime So Monstrous
: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
by E. Benjamin Skinner
Hardcover: Mar 2008
Paperback: Mar 2009
To be a moral witness is perhaps the highest calling of journalism, and in this unforgettable, highly readable account of contemporary slavery, author Benjamin Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told -- and ...
Cahokia Jazz
: A Novel
by Francis Spufford
Hardcover: Feb 2024
From "one of the most original minds in contemporary literature" (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of Golden Hill delivers a noirish detective novel set in the 1920s that reimagines how American history would be different if, ...
California
by Edan Lepucki
Hardcover: Jul 2014
Paperback: Jul 2015
A gripping and provocative debut novel by a stunning new talent, California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future, in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience force us to question how far we will go to protect ...
Two sisters navigate the thrilling, euphoric early days of California surf culture in this dazzling saga of ambition, sacrifice, and the tangled ties between mothers and daughters.
Call and Response
: Stories
by Gothataone Moeng
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Paperback: Feb 2024
Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate relationships, tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world.
Call Me American
: A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin
Hardcover: Jun 2018
Paperback: May 2019
The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card.
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