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1) The postcard
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years after the arrival of an anonymous postcard with the names of her maternal great-grandparents and their children-all killed at Auschwitz-Anne Berest is moved to discover who sent it and why and embarks on a journey to learn the fate of the Rabinovitch family.
2) Belle Greene
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
New York in the 1900s. A young girl fascinated by rare books defies all odds and becomes the director of one of the country's most prestigious private libraries. It belongs to the magnate J. P. Morgan,darling of the international aristocracy and one of the city's richest men. Flamboyant, brilliant, beautiful, Belle is among New York society's most sought after intellectuals. She also hides a secret. Although she looks white, she is African American,...
3) Disoriental
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Kimiâ Sadr fled Iran at the age of ten in the company of her mother and sisters to join her father in France. Now twenty-five and facing the future she has built for herself as well as the prospect of a new generation, Kimiâ is inundated by her own memories and the stories of her ancestors, which come to her in unstoppable, uncontainable waves. In the waiting room of a Parisian fertility clinic, generations of flamboyant Sadrs return to her, including...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Emilienne's life is Paradise, her isolated farm at the end of a winding path. After the sudden death of her daughter and son-in-law, this is where she farms alone, with her courage and her land as her only resources, along with her two little grandchildren: Blanche and Gabriel. As seasons pass, Blanche grows older and develops an even stronger connection to her home and the generations of women who have guarded it, like her mother and grandmother...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1871, the Paris Communes bloody week sees the climax of the clashes between the Communards and the French Armed Forces loyal to Versailles. Amid the chaos, a photographer fascinated by the suffering of young women takes suggestive photos to sell to a particular clientele. Then the young women begin disappearing, and when Caroline is counted among the missing, her fiance Nicolas, a member of the Communes National Guard, and Communal security officer...
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The world J.R.R. Tolkien created is one of the most beloved in all of literature, and continues to capture hearts and imaginations around the world. From Oxford to ComiCon, the Middle Earth is analyzed and interpreted through a multitude of perspectives. But one essential facet of Tolkien and his Middle Earth has been overlooked: science. This great writer, creator of worlds and unforgettable character, and inventor of language was also a scientific...
