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How to pronounce Aminatta Forna: A-mi-na-tta FOR-na
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Half of a Yellow Sun, ... (more)
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Ancestor Stones
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The Thing Around Your Neck
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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Russell Banks was raised in New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts. The
eldest of four children, he grew up in a working-class environment, which has
played a major role in his writing.
Mr. Banks (who was the first in his...
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Ancestor Stones
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A dazzling debut by Jemimah Wei about ambition, sisterhood, and family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Serial Killer Games
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Awake in the Floating City
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