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Indelible: Scrolls From the TeatroWhen the opportunity arose in a conference room of a bustling hospitality company, the unveiling of plans for an international resort destination, a Moroccan jewel, Marjorie awakened to the calling and headed across the Atlantic. Despite the camaraderie and lively cafe scene in Marrakech, when the financiers' scuffle broke out, a coercive attempt by their competition, the mysterious disappearance of her colleague,...
82) The Druids
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Irish Short Stories: The Druids is a combination of research and fictional stories about the early wise men of ancient Ireland.This is the time before St. Patrick 432 AD. The druids were men who predicted weather, war, and seasons of the year. They began the tradition of story-telling, poetry, and legends of ancient Ireland: Eire. Some say the reading is heavy and ponderous. Most say it is thought provoking and captures the mood of the druid. Enjoy...
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Meet Marialena Villanueva, a twenty-six-year-old Mexican-American, living in a city overflowing with strangers. Marialena prefers the companionship of films with stories she can lose herself in; especially films by her favorite director, Esteban Gutierrez.
Esteban Gutierrez is nearing fifty. His confidence is at an all-time low due to a writer's block he hasn't been able to kick. It isn't until he's introduced to Marialena through a hysterical case...
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This is a Summary & Analysis of A Spool of Blue Thread. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler is the poignant story of four generations of the Whitshank family living in Baltimore. They are an ordinary family like any other, but they are also special in their own quirky ways. The members of the family love and care for each other, but they also harbor jealousies, rivalries, and carry secrets. This companion to A Spool of Blue Thread includes: • Summary...
86) The Sand Rose
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Only in complete silencewill you hear the desert. Bedouin Proverb Gaylen Mackenzie, a young, single American woman from Texas, is offered a position at her company's headquarters in Saudi Arabia. While excited by the idea of living and working in another country, she must confront the challenges of residing in a society that largely excludes women from just about every freedom she grew up taking for granted. Gaylen settles into her new job and living...
87) Prisnms
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The news of an old friend's murder throws Eugene Coard, a St Lucian psychiatrist in the USA, into reflections on his own successful migrant's journey. Trouble is, Coard is a devious liar and self-inventor who has turned American paranoia about race to his own advantage. A witty and satirical novel that challenges the reader to ask: just what can they believe?
88) Margarito and Me
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Shortly after his mother's death in the early 1970s, Ricardo Deveaux, leaves college and walks off his job. Without knowing why or what lies in store for him, he packs a few clothes in a backpack and hitchhikes across two thirds of the country to the only destination he can think of... New Mexico and his maternal grandmother. Whom he hasn't seen in twelve years.
Things don't always go smoothly in an isolated mountain village for a young man raised...
89) The Orphan Sky
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Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist...
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In 1999 in Santa Cruz, California, 19-year-old Johnny Bartooth is unexpectedly visited by Heron, an ageing hippy, his father's old friend. Heron has come to give Johnny a journal which the boy's father, Bartooth, wrote many years before. In 1978, Bartooth went to China, and one night made the fateful mistake of going for a walk by himself through dark streets in Guangzhou. He was attacked, stabbed and clubbed by a gang of bandits. He found himself...
91) Yuma's Smile
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Amani is a child of middle eastern immigrants, trying to escape the horrors of her home life. Amani hopes to the gain the approval of her abusive mom by doing well in school, but when her mom fails to show up for her high school graduation and berates her instead, Amani realizes that she will never get her moms approval. To make matters worse, Amani's father, a lifelong con artist, is released from prison and returns home.
Tired of the family atmosphere,...
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Notre M�re nous avait con�us chacun � midi, mes deux fr�res cadets et moi, et nous avait accouch�s dans la nuit, dans la douleur. Notre vie de mis�rables dess�ch�e par les rayons br�lants de midi, d�gageait une puanteur acerbe que nul enfant de lumi�re ne d�sirerait. C'est le soleil qui m'a br�l�e. Notre P�re, nous ne le voyions qu'une fois la journ�e, les midis o� il n'�tait pas vraiment � nous. C'est Notre M�re...
93) Winter's Fire
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In the England of James I, it is better to keep one's own counsel, especially when the Gunpowder Plot is afoot. Lady Elizabeth Cary has been invited for a stay at Baynards Castle by her friend and mentor Countess Mary Herbert. The two are attending a play at the Globe when Countess Mary's son Philip appears and tells his mother of the plot against the king. When the play ends, Countess Mary's party returns to Baynard's, where all await news of the...
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Book II Song of Chagos: Hunger and Heroes, Songs Across the Sea A long sea voyage to a distant land after losing hearth and home… broken hearts adrift at sea… a storm of memories in the midst of treacherous weather… an imagination running wild releasing the bonds of a world entrapped by greed a future brewing with unknowns…. finding ways to live, called "surviving" Music, dreams and a call for justice… After the long sea passage from the...
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Studying aboard is supposed to be the most exciting time in one's life. Not for Casey. After living in Essen, Germany for ten months. Casey becomes severely depressed. After finally coming home Casey gets a jobs at a golf course and thinks about life and the cultural differences between the U.S. and the E.U.
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This book is dedicated to the present generation of American children whose lives are enriched by the multi-cultural diversity of people coming from all over the world. In particular, this book focuses on the traditions and customs of Filipino culture and how Filipino American children could trace and find the roots of their identity through their parents beautiful cultural heritage.
97) Poor White
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Hugh McVey moves from Missouri to the agrarian town of Bidwell, Ohio. He invents a mechanical cabbage planter to ease the burden of famers, but an investor in town exploits his product, which fails to succeed. His next invention, a corn cutter, makes him a millionaire and transforms Bidwell into a center of manufacturing. McVey, perennially lonely and ruminative, meets Clara Butterworth, who attends college at nearby Ohio State and is perennially...
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When Mike Bennek's ailing grandfather asks him to take time off from work for a research holiday to Ukraine, Mike eagerly accepts. Along with his brothers and a few friends, he looks forward to connecting with his family's past.
Mike finds his grandfather's birthplace with the help of the beautiful, strong-willed Natasha. Through her, he learns more about his culture and family than either he or his grandfather thought possible.
Five years after...
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In the tradition of Isabel Allende, the debut novel from Chilean-American Florencia Mallon-a family saga that explores the lives touched by the tragedies of Chile's vibrant history In the political aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup, Eugenia Aldunate is imprisoned and tortured. Her lover, Manuel, is savagely killed, one of the countless "disappeared" that would haunt Chile's collective memory for decades. While still in the torture camp, Eugenia...
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In 865AD, Vikings attack the female Bramingham Monastery in the Kingdom of Northumbria. The building is looted with everything of value taken by the pagans. Abbess Jane and senior nuns are slaughtered and the younger nuns abducted into slavery. Maiden Kendra, minding the monastery sheep on the top plateau during the attack survives. This is her story. PART 1 KNOW THINE ENEMY In 865AD Vikings attack the female Bramingham Monastery in the Kingdom of...
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