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  • Unaccustomed Earth
    Unaccustomed Earth
    by Jhumpa Lahiri
    Hardcover: Apr 2008
    Paperback: Apr 2009
     
    Eight stories—longer and more emotionally complex than any Lahiri has yet written—that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers, daughters and sons, ...
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  • The UnAmericans
    The UnAmericans : Stories
    by Molly Antopol
    Hardcover: Feb 2014
    Paperback: Oct 2014
     
    The UnAmericans, a stunning exploration of characters shaped by the forces of history, is the debut work of fiction by Molly Antopol, a 2013 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree.
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  • Unbowed
    Unbowed : A Memoir
    by Wangari Maathai
    Hardcover: Oct 2006
    Paperback: Sep 2007
     
    Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya.
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  • Unbroken
    Unbroken : A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
    by Laura Hillenbrand
    Hardcover: Nov 2010
    Paperback: Jul 2014
     
    In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human...
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  • The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
    The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
    by Kristopher Jansma
    Hardcover: Mar 2013
    Paperback: Feb 2014
     
    An inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe
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  • The Uncommon Reader
    The Uncommon Reader : A Novella
    by Alan Bennett
    Hardcover: Sep 2007
    Paperback: Sep 2008
     
    A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who ...
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  • Unconfessed
    Unconfessed
    by Yvette Christiansë
    Hardcover: Nov 2006
    Paperback: Sep 2007
     
    A fiercely poetic literary debut re-creating the life of an 19th-century slave woman in South Africa.
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  • Under the Banner of Heaven
    Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith
    by Jon Krakauer
    Hardcover: Jul 2003
    Paperback: Jun 2004
     
    A multilayered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, savage violence, polygamy, and unyielding faith. This is vintage Krakauer, an utterly compelling work of nonfiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behavior.
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