Book type: fiction (8789)
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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock EN
EnglandDescription:
Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment with unexpected consequences. It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen. Hidden away in their glass sanctuary from the disapproving tattle of Victorian London, they are free to follow their own interests without interference. For Simon, this means long hours in the dark bas... continue
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A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
An audacious novel set in a near-future America under the dual manipulations of technology and surveillance, A Brief History of Living Forever tells the epic, exhilarating story of a long-lost brother and sister on a mission to reclaim their mother from oblivion. When Adela discovers she has a terminal illness, her thoughts turn to Tereza, the American-raised daughter she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her moody, grown son, Roman, in their native Czech village, she flies to the United States to find the long-lost daughter who never knew her. Yet the country, in the year 2029, is steeped in s... continue
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A Brief History of Seven Killings : WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 by Marlon James EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
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A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE 2015 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER, WITH A BRAND-NEW FOREWORD AND A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR * With a new foreword by Bernardine Evaristo * * One of the New York Times' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' * Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. In A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James reimagines the story behind this near-mythical event, chronicling the lives of a host of unforgettable characters from street kids, drug lords and journalists, to prostitutes and secret servi... continue
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A Burning by Megha Majumdar EN
IndiaDescription:
For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise-to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies-and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. This is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe. They seek to rise-to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies. One is Jivan, a Muslim girl from the slums accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train bec... continue
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A Burnt-out Case by Graham Greene EN
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Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation.
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A cabeça do santo by Socorro Acioli PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Desenvolvido na oficina de Gabriel García Márquez, o romance de Socorro Acioli conta a história de um jovem que descobre possuir o fantástico dom de ouvir as preces das mulheres para santo Antônio. Pouco antes de morrer, a mãe de Samuel lhe faz um último pedido: que ele vá encontrar a avó e o pai que nunca conheceu. Mesmo contrariado, o rapaz cumpre a promessa e faz a pé o caminho de Juazeiro do Norte até a pequena cidade de Candeia, sofrendo todas as agruras do sol impiedoso do sertão do Ceará. Ao chegar àquela cidade quase fantasma, ele encontra abrigo num lugar curioso: a cabeça oca e gigan... continue
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A Call to Action : Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing discrimination and violence against women and girls. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and “owned” by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable and their c... continue
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A Cambodian Prison Portrait. One Year in the Khmer Rouge's S-21 by Vann Nath EN
CambodiaDescription:
Account of an artist's experiences in prison during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.
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A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie EN
Description:
Miss Jane Marple investigates the death of Major Palgrave, an old soldier with an unfortunate weakness for reliving the past.