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  • American Histories
    American Histories
    by John E. Wideman
    Hardcover: Mar 2018
    Paperback: Mar 2019
     
    With characters ranging from everyday Americans to Jean-Michel Basquiat to Nat Turner, American Histories is a journey through time, experience, and the soul of our country.
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  • The American Lover
    The American Lover
    by Rose Tremain
    Hardcover: Feb 2015
    Paperback: Jan 2016
     
    Rose Tremain awakens the senses in this magnificent and diverse collection of short stories.
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  • An American Marriage
    An American Marriage
    by Tayari Jones
    Hardcover: Feb 2018
    Paperback: Mar 2019
     
    An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward - with hope and pain - into the future.
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  • American Pastoral
    American Pastoral
    by Philip Roth
    Hardcover: Jun 1997
    Paperback: Feb 1998
     
    A magnificent meditation on a pivotal decade in our nation's history, is in every way different from the profane and sclerotic antihero of Sabbath's Theater.
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  • American Princess
    American Princess : A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt
    by Stephanie Marie Thornton
    Paperback: Mar 2019
     
    "Presidential darling, America's sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt's swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman."' - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
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  • Americanah
    Americanah
    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    Hardcover: May 2013
    Paperback: Mar 2014
     
    Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
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  • Amity & Sorrow
    Amity & Sorrow
    by Peggy Riley
    Hardcover: Apr 2013
    Paperback: Feb 2014
     
    Amity & Sorrow is a story about God, sex, and farming. It's an unforgettable journey into the horrors a true believer can inflict upon his family, and what it is like to live when the end of the world doesn't come.
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  • Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    by Ian McEwan
    Hardcover: Dec 1998
    Paperback: Nov 1999
     
    A contemporary morality tale that is as profound as it is witty. Ian McEwan at his wisest and most wickedly disarming.
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