A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West.
Fragile Cargo
: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
by Adam Brookes
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Paperback: Oct 2023
The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China's Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond.
Fragrant Harbor
by John Lanchester
Hardcover: Jun 2002
Paperback: Sep 2003
Set in Hong Kong, from the intrigue and double-dealing of the 1930s, through the savagery of the Japanese occupation, to the year 2000, this novel depicts a tumultuous time and place, peopled with extraordinary characters.
Frankissstein
by Jeanette Winterson
Hardcover: Oct 2019
Paperback: Sep 2020
What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? In fiercely intelligent prose, Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realize. Funny and furious, bold and clear-sighted, ...
Freakonomics
: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Hardcover: Apr 2005
Paperback: Apr 2006
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? What kind of impact did Roe v. Wade have on violent crime?...
Free
: A Child and a Country at the End of History
by Lea Ypi
Hardcover: Jan 2022
Paperback: Jan 2022
A reflection on "freedom" in a dramatic, beautifully written memoir of the end of Communism in the Balkans. Longlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
Freedom
: A Novel
by Jonathan Franzen
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: Sep 2011
Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. An indelible and deeply moving portrait of ...
Freeze Frame
: The Fourth of the Enzo Files
by Peter May
Hardcover: Mar 2010
Paperback: Mar 2010
A promise made to a dying man leads forensics ace Enzo Macleod to the study which the man's heir has preserved for nearly twenty years. Enzo rashly boasted he could solve the case - but that proves to be more difficult than he thought...
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