As the acclaimed Patternist science fiction series begins, two immortals meet in the long-ago past-and mankind's destiny is changed forever. For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small...
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Auteur: Butler, Octavia E.Sommaire:
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Auteur: Pearce, SheldonSommaire:
A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the summer of 2020...
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Auteur: Alexander, TameraSommaire:
Widow Rachel Boyd struggles to keep her Colorado ranch afloat and provide for her young sons. When her cattle grow sick, she turns to Timber Ridge's doctor, Rand Brookston, for help. She tries to...
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Auteur: Colvin, JeffreySommaire:
A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family...
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Auteur: Austin, Lynn N.Sommaire:
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead...
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Auteur: Hurston, Zora NealeSommaire:
The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
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Auteur: Alexander, TameraSommaire:
Stepping off the train in 1876 Colorado Territory, Professor Molly Whitcomb, Ph.D, makes a distasteful choice she sees as her only chance to recover a fraction of what she's lost.
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Auteur: Okorafor, NnediSommaire:
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella! Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution...
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Auteur: Clark, Heather A.Sommaire:
Thirtysomething Nicky Fowler has it all-- a rewarding career, a loving husband and the perfect home. But when she and her husband suffer a complicated tragedy, the strain of two people dealing...
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Auteur: Tyson, CicelySommaire:
In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history." - President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor...
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Auteur: Kincaid, JamaicaSommaire:
This collection is Jamaica Kincaid's earliest published writings: her inspired, lyrical short stories. These stories plunge the listener gently into another way of perceiving both the...
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Auteur: Reid, IainSommaire:
Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to...
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Auteur: Due, TananariveSommaire:
The home that belonged to Angela Toussaint's late grandmother is so beloved that the townspeople in Sacajawea, Washington call it the Good House. But that all changes one summer when an unexpected...
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Auteur: Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love. Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity,...
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Auteur: Spalding, LindaSommaire:
Shunned by his Quaker community for marrying a servant girl, Daniel Dickinson pursues a new life on the Virginia frontier, where his family's values are tested by the challenges of homestead life...
Genre: Religious fiction