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Author
Publisher
Garnet Pub
Publication Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
A tale of two Palestinian brothers, one full of anger and hate, the other trying to build a bridge through scientific endeavour. Gifted with a mind that continues to impress the elders in his village, Ichmad Hamid struggles with knowing that he can do nothing to save his friends and family. Living on occupied land, his entire village operates in fear of losing their homes, jobs, and belongings. But more importantly, they fear losing each other. On...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2026]
Language
English
Description
"Natalie and Asher's marriage has long been marked by fault lines, quiet rifts in how they view their fellow Americans and navigate AI-suffused life in 2045. After twenty-three years together, and after surviving the two years of civil war in the 2030s, Natalie in rural Tennessee (part of the new Free American Republic) and Asher in San Francisco (in the now smaller United States). Natalie and Asher's relationship mirrors America's own unraveling--confused,...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Liz Millanova has stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn't speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage. She thinks of herself as someone who'd rather die than sit through a support group, but now that she actually is going to die, she figures she might as well give it a go. Mercy's Thriving Survivors is a hospital-sponsored group held in a presumably less depressing location: a Nordstrom's employee training...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Edith, just out of school, has been sent from her quiet English life to rural Italy. It is the 1960s, and her mother has issued strict instructions: tend to her ballerina sister, Lydia, in the final weeks of her scandalous pregnancy; help at the birth; make a phone call that will summon the nuns who will spirit the child away to a new home. Decades later, happily divorced, recently moved, and full of new energy, Edith has fashioned a life of contentment...
Publisher
Yoto Limited
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Join Peppa at home in this collection of cosy short stories featuring fun activities from Babysitting to Painting! Come join Peppa and all her friends as they explore and play in this collection of 10 stories with originally created sound effects based on her hit TV show, Peppa Pig. -- Yotoplay.com