The Orphan Sky
By: Ella Leya
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
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1. The Pearl Thief
By: Noor Al Noaimi
3.10
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a lovely little short story about Hassan, a poor Bahraini islander, who finds himself in de… read more
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- international
- fiction
2. The Sandcastle Girls
By: Chris Bohjalian
3.89
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
The Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian's Armenian heri… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. The Book of Chameleons
By: José Eduardo Agualusa , Daniel Hahn
3.83
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
This unusual novel about the landscape of memory and its inconsistencies follows Felix Ventura as h… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Era como se chovesse noite."-José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
"A coragem não é contagiosa; o medo, sim."-José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
"What life expects of us is that we celebrate."-José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
"Na grande literatura são raros os amores felizes."-José Eduardo Agualusa, The Book of Chameleons
4. Annie John
By: Jamaica Kincaid
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Annie John is a haunting and provocative story of a young girl growing up on the island of Antigua.… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Like father like son, like mother like daughter!"-Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
"I began to feel alternately too big and too small. First, I grew so big that I took up the whole street; then I grew so small that nobody could see me — not even if I cried out."-Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
"I went back to my cabin and lay down on my berth. Everything trembled as if it had a spring at its very center. I could hear the small waves lap-lapping around the ship. They made an unexpected sound…"-Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
"She smelled sometimes of lemons, sometimes of sage, sometimes of roses, sometimes of bay leaf. At times I would no longer hear what it was she was saying; I just liked to look at her mouth as it open…"-Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
5. Beka Lamb
By: Zee Edgell
3.80
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
Set in Belize, Beka Lamb is the record of a few months in the life of Beka and her family. The poli… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"When the rains finally came that drought year, Beka's Dad tried to persuade Lilla to concentrate on bougainvillea, crotons, and hibiscus. Plants like these grew easily and luxuriantly in the yard, bu…"-Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb
"We creoles are so different, one from the other, that it's hard for us to mix properly amongst ourselves, let alone among Carib people who have a lot more things in common. Maybe its because Carib pe…"-Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb
"We can't sit down and keep rehashing what people did to us in the past, Ma, or use those injustices as any kind of complete excuse for our present situation. Every people have some kind of grievance.…"-Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb
"Peace and happiness!' Miss Ivy was laughing an ugly laugh that hurt Beka's ear. She jumped off the platform and went to stand a the kitchen door. There was a hurt look on Lilla's face, and seeing it,…"-Zee Edgell, Beka Lamb
6. Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
By: Lawrence Durrell
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus is Lawrence Durrell's unique account of his time in Cyprus, during the 1950… read more
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7. The Piano Teacher
By: Joachim Neugroschel , Elfriede Jelinek
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
The Piano Teacher,the most famous novel of Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize i… read more
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- fiction
8. Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music
By: Angelique Kidjo
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
Grammy Award-winning singer Angelique Kidjo is known for her electrifying voice and fearless advoca… read more
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- music
9. The Orphan Sky
By: Ella Leya
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Paperback
The Los Angeles Review of Books describes The Orphan Sky "as authentic, disturbing and brilliant as… read more
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- music
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- international
- mythology
10. Yummah
By: None
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Khadeeja is a child who is forced into womanhood early. She is compelled to marry a man much older … read more
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11. Prayers for the Stolen
By: Jennifer Clement
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Hardcover
A haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroine Ladydi Garc… read more
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12. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more
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- fiction
"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
13. A Place Far Away
By: Vahan Zanoyan
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lara Galian is a hauntingly beautiful sixteen-year-old from a poor village in Armenia. In a newly i… read more
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14. Three Apples Fell from the Sky
By: Narine Abgaryan
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
An unforgettable story of friendship and feuds in a remote Armenian mountain village In an isolated… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Prasmė neturėtų keistis nuo to, kas tuos žodžius taria."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"...най - голямата болка е да не можеш да прегърнеш онези, които не са успели да те дочакат"-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"Nėra rojaus, ir pragaro nėra, <....>. Laimė - tai ir yra rojus, sielvartas - tai ir yra pragaras."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
"През май, свечери ли се, небето е ниско и лепкаво, с мастилен оттенък. Прокараш пръст по него и то се отдръпва уплашено, плисва се на вълни и оголва мекото си като кадифе живо лоно."-Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell from the Sky
15. God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories
By: Arinze Ifeakandu
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broke… read more
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- fiction
16. 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
By: Mirinae Lee
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Joining the acclaimed ranks of Pachinko and A Woman is No Man, a riveting and genre-bending debut o… read more
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- historical
- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
17. The Shepherd's Hut
By: Tim Winton
4.05
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Tim Winton is Australia's most decorated and beloved novelist. Short-listed twice for the Booker Pr… read more
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- fiction
"Liam Rector’s “Song Years"-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut
"Peace, that’s all I’m after."-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut
"God is what you do, not what you believe in."-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut
"...discretion will generally keep a fella safe."-Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut
18. Cantoras
By: Carolina De Robertis
4.38
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of The Gods of Tango, a revolutionary new novel abo… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Safe is never given. Safe is what you make with your own hands."-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
"Maybe everyone bore the wounds, no matter what had or hadn't happened to them; maybe they were all part of the same vast, bruised body in the shape of a nation. A body groping for the slightest illus…"-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
"Only later, as their bodies merged, would she feel Malena's own hunger under the surface, waiting, quiet, like a creature unsuited to the hunt. It was enough and a relief to Romina. It seemed, at tim…"-Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras
19. It Would Be Night in Caracas
By: Karina Sainz Borgo
3.72
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman’s desperate battle … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"Mientras redactaba la inscripción para su tumba, entendí que la primera muerte ocurre en el lenguaje, en ese acto de arrancar a los sujetos del presente para plantarlos en el pasado. Convertirlos en …"-Karina Sainz Borgo, It Would Be Night in Caracas
20. Call and Response
By: Gothataone Moeng
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate… read more
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- fiction
21. Co-wives, Co-widows
By: Adrienne Yabouza
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows … read more
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- fiction
