Out of Darkness, Shining Light
By: Petina Gappah
3.43
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
“This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Living…
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1. The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates , Toni Morrison
4.20
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominat… read more
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"Harriet Beecher Stowe did not write Uncle Tom’s Cabin for Tom, Aunt Chloe, or any black people to read. Her contemporary readership was white people, those who needed, wanted, or could relish the rom…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
"One purpose of scientific racism is to identify an outsider in order to define one’s self. Another possibility is to maintain (even enjoy) one’s own difference without contempt for the categorized di…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
"It took some time for me to understand my unreasonable claims on that fisherwoman. To understand that I was longing for and missing some aspect of myself, and that there are no strangers. There are o…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
"How hard they work to define the slave as inhuman, savage, when in fact the definition of the inhuman describes overwhelmingly the punisher. When they rest, exhausted, between bouts of lashing, the p…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
2. Sculptor's Daughter
By: Tove Jansson
4.00
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of h… read more
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"Life is an isle of sorrow, you live today and die tomorrow!"-Tove Jansson, Sculptor's Daughter
"Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful."-Tove Jansson, Sculptor's Daughter
"She put on a white dress and went around all day with roses in her hair and sang hymns."-Tove Jansson, Sculptor's Daughter
3. Tie Myrskyluodolle
By: Anni Blomqvist , Björn-Christer Lindgren , Osmo Omenamäki
0.00
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
"Tie Myrskyluodolle" on ensimmainen Anni Blomqvistin viidesta saaristolaisromaanista, jotka yhdessa… read more
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4. The Last Quarter of the Moon
By: Zijian Chi , Chi Zijian
3.79
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
'A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weather… read more
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5. Rósa & Björk (Hildur, #2)
By: Satu Rämö
3.63
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Kun vallanhimo iskee, tulee ruumiita! Rósa & Björk on toinen osa nordic noirille uskollista Hild… read more
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6. Elolliset
By: Iida Turpeinen
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more
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7. Kaarna
By: Tommi Kinnunen
4.24
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Ihminen ei voi tulla entisekseen, jos ei tiedä, kuka on ollut. He kiertävät poron etäältä. Se py… read more
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8. 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia
By: Sirpa Kähkönen
3.59
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Kirjailija Sirpa Kähkösen äiti Riitta (s. 1941) kuoli maaliskuussa 2022 pitkään sairastettuaan. Elä… read more
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9. Pienen hauen pyydystys
By: Juhani Karila
4.35
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Elina Ylijaako palaa kotiseudulleen Itä-Lappiin saattamaan loppuun sen, mikä on pantu alulle vuosia… read more
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"- Tiiäkkö sinä että sulla on peijooni takapenkillä. - Tiedän. - Ei sitte mittään."-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys
"Néha úgy tűnik nekem, hogy a világ nem süllyed bele a tengerbe, nem is sivatagosodik el, csak egyszerűen elmocsarasodik. A mezőket elnyelik a mocsarak. Az útjelzőket, a körforgalmakat, a felhőkarcoló…"-Juhani Karila, Pienen hauen pyydystys
10. Erään kissan tutkimuksia
By: Katja Kettu
3.93
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Katja Ketun huikaiseva romaani kieppuu aikojen lävitse ja antautuu villille luonnolle ja perillistä… read more
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11. Huono tyttö
By: Sara Al Husaini
4.03
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Vuoden pakolaisnaisen omakohtainen esikoisromaani ravistelee ytimiä myöten. Äiti saattaa pelosta… read more
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12. Jakob (Hildur, #3)
By: Satu Rämö
3.32
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
Joulu on juhlista julmin. Milloin tulee vastaan piste, jossa paraskaan tarkoitus ei enää pyhitä … read more
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13. Samaan virtaan: Putinin sota naisia vastaan
By: Sofi Oksanen
4.41
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Vaikuttava essee siitä, miten Venäjä toistaa Ukrainassa vanhaa ohjekirjaansa, jota Katariina Suuri … read more
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14. Panics
By: Barbara Molinard
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradic… read more
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15. Out of Darkness, Shining Light
By: Petina Gappah
3.43
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
“This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Living… read more
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- adult
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16. Kapitalismin suuri illuusio
By: Riina Tanskanen
4.30
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
Kapitalismi on täynnä virheitä. Riina Tanskanen ja Samu Kuoppa esittelevät yhdeksän keskeistä valhe… read more
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17. Los Angeles -esseet
By: Aino Frilander
3.78
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
Taidokasta proosaa ikonisesta kaupungista. Esikoiskokoelmassa sekä antaudutaan nostalgian vietäv… read more
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18. In the Company of Men
By: Véronique Tadjo
3.84
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Drawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely f… read more
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19. Nainen joka rakasti hyönteisiä
By: Selja Ahava
3.71
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
1600-luvun noitavainoista nykypäivän Berliiniin Selja Ahavan neljäs romaani tutkii luonnon ja ih… read more
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20. The Mission House
By: Carys Davies
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In The Mission House, Hilary Byrd flees his demons and the dark undercurrents of contemporary life … read more
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21. Meren muisti
By: Petra Rautiainen
3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Mestarillinen kertomus 80-luvusta, Norjan Lapista, öljynporauksesta ja merten suojelun alkuhämärist… read more
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