New York Times bestseller • 2005: Welcome to Nocal and Socal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former...
Twenty-first century
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Author:Gibson, WilliamSummary: -
Author:Schama, SimonSummary:It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents—from India to...
- Author:Perkins, NicholeSummary:
Examining pop culture's impact on her life, Nichole Perkins takes listeners on a rollicking trip through the last twenty years of music, media, and the internet from the perspective of one southern Black woman.
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Author:Summary:Included in this unparalleled collection are Christian Bok, Anne Carson, and Erin Moure, whose experiments with genre have landed them international acclaim; Lisa Robertson and Ken Babstock, whose explorations of the pastoral and the...
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Author:Patel, ShailjaSummary:The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves...
- Author:Robertson, David A.Summary:
A son who grew up away from his Indigenous culture takes his Cree father on a trip to their family's trapline, and finds that revisiting the past not only heals old wounds but creates a new future. The son of a Cree father and a non-...
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Author:Hitchens, ChristopherSummary:A collection of essays on a wide range of political and cultural issues in America from past to present
