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The Book of Negroes

Abducted as a child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. But years later, she forges her way to freedo…
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Self

A modern-day Orlando -- edgy, funny and startlingly honest -- Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer and traveller who finds his gender changed overnight.

From the Trade Paperback editio…
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The Illegal

Keita Ali is on the run.

Desperate to flee Zantoroland, a mountainous island that produces the fastest marathoners in the world, Keita Ali signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, who provide…
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The Bittlemores

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada's Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creat…
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The Stone Diaries

The Stone Diaries is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy Stone Goodwill drifts through the roles of child, wife, widow, and mother, and finally into her old age…
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Najgorsze randki świata i kilka udanych

Randkowanie w późnym kapitalizmie to sport ekstremalny. W kulturze zdominowanej przez wszystko, wszędzie, naraz trudno jest znaleźć miłość. Za to szybko można doświadczyć rozczarowania.

Agata Romaniuk …
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I Know This Much Is True

On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother, Thomas, entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut, public library, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God the sacrifice he was…
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Watching You

Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighbourhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It’s not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their ow…
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A Fine Balance

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India.

The time is 197…
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Sweetland

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Galore comes another unforgettable novel. By turns darkly comic and heartbreakingly sad, Sweetland is a deeply suspenseful story about one man's struggles…
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The Mermaids Singing

There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Murúch -- the Island of the Mermaids -- a world where myth is more powerful than truth, and love can overcome even death. It is here that L…
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The Bishop's Man (The Cape Breton Trilogy #2)

The year is 1993 and Father Duncan MacAskill stands at a small Cape Breton fishing harbour a few miles from where he grew up. Enjoying the timeless sight of a father and son piloting a boat, Duncan ta…
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In Winter I Get Up at Night

From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable life.

In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of ru…
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Any Known Blood

Spanning five generations, sweeping across a century and a half of almost unknown history, this acclaimed and unexpectedly funny novel is the story of a man seeking himself in the mirror of his family…
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Manolito Gafotas (Manolito Gafotas, #1)

Manolito Gafotas es un niño de Carabanchel que observa el mundo desde su barrio y cuenta todo lo que ve con las palabras que atrapa de los mayores, de las películas y de la televisión. Con su abuelo N…
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Un momento de ternura y de piedad

Un descubrimiento original y rompedor sobre el amor y la familia que devorarás en lo que dura una merienda

«De momento, mi novela femenina favorita del año. Y la más inesperada».
Pedro Almodóvar

La asesi…
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Fray Perico y su borrico (Fray Perico, #1)

En el siglo XIX, la llegada de Fray Perico y su borrico Calcetín va a trastornar la apacible existencia de los veinte frailes de un convento de Salamanca que viven haciendo el bien, y repartiendo lo p…
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Estuve aquí y me acordé de nosotros: Una historia sobre turismo, trabajo y clase

Una brillante radiografía de las dinámicas laborales en el sector del turismo.

El turismo ha cambiado la faz de muchas ciudades. Quizá fue motor económico, pero ha generado efectos indeseados y es hoy …
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Fuego en la garganta

«Todo parecía ir bien, pero Blanca sabía que nada iba bien en realidad». Una novela generacional, fresca y mordaz.

Una mañana de 1993, la vida de Blanca se rompe cuando su padre le anuncia que su madre…
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Quiero y no puedo: Una historia de los pijos de España

Una radiografía de lo pijo en España, desde los señoritos del s. XIX a los cayetanos, pasando por la gauche divine o los yeyé. Un ensayo revelador sobre un fenómeno que va más allá de un arquetipo, y …
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