This is the story of a small family in Lobengula township, Bulawayo: a shoemaker, Ngwenya, his wife, MaVundla, and their two children, Ambition and Senzeni, whose lives are turned upside-down when Senzeni joins the local youth militia....
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- Author:Mlalazi, ChristopherSummary:
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UNICEF estimates that Tanzania has over three million orphans. The Bethsaida Orphan Girls Secondary School seeks to help the most vulnerable of Tanzania's children. Founded by Mrs. Anna Machary in 2005 under the auspices of the non...
- Author:Kuhlken, KenSummary:
Sequel to The Loud Adios, this mystery explores the consequences of one tragic accident upon three generations of a singular and gifted family. When his young singer disappears, nightclub owner/PI Tom Hickey soon learns that she is on a...
- Author:Hoba, LawrenceSummary:
Much has been said over the last decade about the forcible eviction of the white farmers in Zimbabwe, less about the plight of the farm-workers, while the voice of the new settlers, and militia manipulated for a cause, has remained...
- Author:Nyamnjoh, FrancisSummary:
Dieudonné's life is spun from the threads of one of Africa's grand moral dilemmas, in which personal responsibility is intertwined with the social catharsis occasioned by ambitions of dominance and ever diminishing circles. We...
- Author:Handey, JackSummary:
The reliably unreliable narrator Jack Handey and his friend, Don--who might be familiar to fans of "Deep Thoughts"--go on a quest for the Golden Monkey that takes them into the mysterious and stinky foreign land of Honolulu....
- Author:Casey, DonisSummary:
It’s a sad duty that brings Alafair Tucker to Enid, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1915. Her sister Ruth Ann’s husband, Lester, is not long for this world, and the family is gathering to send him to his reward. Alafair’s eldest daughter...
- Author:Gowda, Shilpi SomayaSummary:
From the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son comes a poignant, unforgettable novel about a family's growing apart and coming back together in the wake of tragedy.The Olander family embodies the...
- Author:Meade, GlennSummary:
Dr. Laura Pavlov, a forensic archaeologist, discovers two bodies perfectly preserved in permafrost on the outskirts of the Russian city where the Romanov royal family was executed in 1918. What she learns sheds light on the death of...
- Author:Ewen, Pamela BinningsSummary:
This novel based on the real life of Coco Chanel reveals an unseen side to the celebrated icon as she trades fashion for espionage during World War II to protect her name, her business, and her legend.
- Author:Winslow, DonSummary:
This explosive novel takes you deep inside the drug trade, a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tijuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on...
- Author:Pearce, MichaelSummary:
It's World War I. Britain's shadow government, headed by its Agent and Consul General under the nominal authority of Egypt's hereditary ruler the Khedive, has ruled Egypt since 1881. The head of the Secret Police is the...
- Author:Johansen, IrisSummary:
When Eve Duncan's daughter, Jane MacGuire, becomes a madman's target, Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from the #1 bestselling author of Smokescreen . Forensic sculptor Eve...
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for 15 years, they have a wonderful daughter, successful careers, and a beautiful house. They also have a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs.
- Author:Calvino, ItaloSummary:
A parody of medieval knighthood told by a nun. Executed with brilliance and brio"(Chicago Tribune). Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
- Author:Talton, JonSummary:
The private-detective business starts out badly for former Phoenix Deputy David Mapstone and his old friend Sheriff Mike Peralta. Mapstone and Peralta are investigating a suspicious death involving a young Arizona woman who fell from a...
- Author:Reynard, SylvainSummary:
Acacia Santos excels at her job as concierge at the prestigious Hotel Victoire in Paris. When her superior, Marcel, is attacked in a supposed random mugging, she is tasked with serving one of the hotel's most mysterious and attractive...
- Author:Sparks, NicholasSummary:
After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.
- Author:Bathanti, JosephSummary:
In a weaving together of contradictory realms' past and present, rustbelt city and rural/urban South, old-world Catholicism and backwoods Protestantism — Joseph Bathanti draws readers into the 1970s as protagonist George Dolce...
- Author:Stansel, Ian.Summary:
"One of the most compelling novels I've read in a long time." -Eowyn Ivey, author of the To the Bright Edge of the World and the Pulitzer finalist The Snow Child A contemporary Western debut about two brothers locked in a...