Books set in United States of America (1034)
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1031.
Zeal by Morgan Jerkins EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and Caul Baby returns with an epic, multi-generational novel that illuminates the legacy of slavery and the power of romantic love. Harlem, 2019. Ardelia and Oliver are hosting their engagement party. As the guests get ready to leave, he hands her a love letter on a yellowing, crumbling piece of paper . . . Natchez, 1865. Discharged from the Union Army as a free man after the war's end, Harrison returns to Mississippi to reunite with the woman he loves, Tirzah. Upon his arrival at the Freedmen's Bureau, though, he catches the eye... continue
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Zebras im Schnee : Roman by Florian Wacker DE
GermanyDescription:
Bei seinen Recherchen zum 75-jährigen Jubiläum des Bauhaus-nahen Stadtplanungsprogramm Neues Frankfurt kommt der New Yorker Kunsthistoriker und Architekt Richard Kugelman an ein Ende der 1920er-Jahre aufgenommenes Foto seiner Mutter Franziska Goldblum. Fotografin ist eine gewisse Ella Burmeister. Immer tiefer taucht Richard während einer Reise in die Main-Metropole in ihre Lebensgeschichte ein – würde er mehr Material von dieser nach dem Krieg völlig zu Unrecht vergessenen Künstlerin finden, wäre seine geplante Ausstellung nicht weniger als eine Sensati... continue
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental question... continue
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Zorro : A Novel by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal in... continue