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Annis est encore une enfant quand sa mère est vendue à un autre propriétaire. Et n'est guère plus âgée quand son maître, qui est aussi l'homme qui a violé sa mère, se débarrasse d'elle avec d'autres esclaves. Lors de leur terrible marche vers les plantations de La Nouvelle-Orléans, Annis tente de se raccrocher à la vie et aux enseignements de sa mère : se battre, toujours, avec les armes et les sagesses qu'elle lui a transmises.

Un soir, Amani, soixante-sept ans, femme de ménage à la retraite dans une cité HLM paisible en bordure de forêt, s'en va. Père et fils tentent de comprendre ce qui a poussé le pilier de leur famille à disparaître. Il pressent que ce départ est lié à l'histoire de ses parents, orphelins émigrés de Tunisie.

Dans ce village, c'est du corps des femmes qu'on tire l'argent qui fait vivre les familles. Car ici, on vend une denrée précieuse : le lait maternel. Sylvaine, son propre enfant à peine sevré, accueille chez elle comme tant d'autres une « petite de la ville ». Mais une nuit, en pleine forêt, elle découvre un bébé abandonné dans une clairière et à ses côtés un carnet qui raconte son histoire.

İstanbul’dan Ankara’ya uzanan bu küçük apartmanda, kapı aralıklarından sızan hayatın seslerini duyacaksınız. Ayaşlı İbrahim Efendi, eski alışkanlıklarını cebinde taşıyan kurnaz bir ev sahibi; kiracılarıysa Cumhuriyet’in ilk yıllarında yeni bir düzen arayan insanlar: bir memur ailesi, evlilik hayalleriyle savrulan genç bir kadın, ay sonunu getirmeye çalışan idealistler, dedikoduya meraklı komşular…

In a cluttered rent-controlled apartment in the middle of Manhattan, Barbara Rosenberg—old world yenta, committed homophobe, accomplished jazzercizer—is terminally ill, high on opioids, and writing the story of her life. Forget about her late husband, her career as the receptionist for an Upper East Side plastic surgeon, and her failed aspirations to be an actress.

As the daughter of Korean bodega owners, Jia Song promised herself that she would have every luxury when she grew up. Now she’s made junior partner at her prestigious law firm, and it’s all finally within reach. So when her boss asks her to sit in on the hush-hush family implosion of a client, she accepts without hesitation – only to find out that it is one of the most famous Korean families in the world. The Parks and their mega successful Korean beauty brand are worth a billion dollars.

Rhyme and Reason takes you from a medieval accountant (called Chaucer) trying to entertain his lord, past a doomed love affair in the Tower of London, through adoring sonnets and notebooks filled with dirty poems, through Byromania and the Victorian hearth, understanding why people simply enjoyed poetry. From the poems of housemaids to the rhymes of kings it's the history of Britain through the poems that people read, recited and loved.

The deliciously book-length story of "The Vineyard" is set in and around the little house in Oyster Ponds where the poet spends the summer months. In freeflowing lines and pages that turn with the calendar, the poem unspools impressions that seem confided rather than written, as Galassi observes the "pretend peace'' of this quiet village house and garden, his oasis in the great swirl of dailiness.

Born in Palestine on the precipice of 1948’s Nakba, Sufien is forced to leave the only home he’s ever known, the one on the hill with a beautiful blue door. This is the precise moment when time stops making sense. He spends the rest of his life propelled forward, always on the way—although in search of what, he is never quite sure.

In this collection of essays, the author of Demon Copperhead and The Lacuna brings to us (out of one of history's darker moments) an extended love song to the world we still have. From its opening parable gleaned from recent news about a lost child saved in an astonishing way, the book moves on to consider a world of surprising and hopeful prospects ranging from an inventive conservation scheme in a remote jungle to the backyard flock of chickens tended by the author's small daughter.

Dana Blair has spent her life letting others take the wheel, from her relationship with her husband to her business. Now, with her marriage unraveling, her son in crisis, and her career on the verge of collapse, Dana is left wondering whether she ever really had control of anything at all. Padma Paulsen is the opposite: a brilliant, fiercely driven ER doctor who’s given her all to her career. Her friendship with Dana has been the one constant in her high-pressure life. But then a tragedy on Padma’s watch leaves Dana’s daughter in critical condition and their bond in tatters.

Olivia owes everything to Celia's Place. It’s where she learned how to be a great chef. It’s also where she first fell in love. But at nineteen, Olivia had a wanderlust she couldn’t deny. And Carmello, whose mother owned the restaurant, couldn’t leave Celia's Place behind any more than he could force Olivia to stay.

C'est l'histoire de Mara, de Robert, de Sept Lieues, d'Henrique, de Bruce, de Clotilde, de cet homme qu'on appelle Le Breton, de Flora et d'Árpád. Un retraité, un joueur de guitare, un cow-boy, un exégète de Claude Simon, une brunette maigrichonne, un taiseux, une grande bourgeoise fatiguée, un gars que la vie un jour a pris pour un punching-ball.

Joy Is My Middle Name documents crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasy cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with conversational ease.

Across the nation’s history, American writers have produced a compelling and diverse body of literary expression, which joins the great literatures of other cultures to create unique perspectives on human life flowing from America’s trailblazing political system, innovative spirit, and history of immigration. In A Literary Tour of the United States, you’ll take an epic excursion across America, from the wide expanse of the continental states to Alaska, Hawaii, and beyond, delving into the jewels of writing that distinguish our nation’s literature across three centuries.

In an Italian monastery, an infamous sculptor lays on his death bed. During Mimo's final hours, he reveals his life story: his impoverished childhood, his unlikely rise to fame and most importantly, his meeting with Viola, the daughter of a powerful aristocratic family. Mimo and Viola are instantly drawn to one another. Together, they traverse the unrest of the twentieth century. While Mimo becomes a celebrated artist, Viola fights to claim her education and independence.

Caroline will tell the story of how she came to Tasmania, when it was still called Van Diemen's Land, many times. She will cast her inventions into the future. Those who carry them on will call it history, but she will call it her life. Van Diemen's Land, 1839. A young woman of means arrives in Hobart. Leasing an old cottage next to an abandoned vineyard, Caroline Douglas must navigate an insular colony of exiles and opportunists to create a new life on this island of extreme seasons and wild beauty.

Johnnie, un antiguo plantador de azúcar convertido en espía americano, se infiltra en La Habana, una ciudad llena de tensión y falsas victorias. Mientras los ciudadanos celebran noticias infladas y ficticias, Johnnie juega su papel entre las sombras, arriesgándolo todo por una información que podría cambiar el rumbo del conflicto.

Margarita, una joven cuya belleza solo es superada por su fría determinación, se ve atrapada entre el amor del misterioso señor Smith y el eco de un pasado que parece perseguirla. Mientras tanto, al otro lado del mundo, soldados y insurgentes se enfrentan en un violento conflicto que podría cambiar sus destinos para siempre. Crane construye una historia donde los lazos de amor, lealtad y venganza se entrelazan como una red imposible de desenredar.

Lo que comenzó como una tranquila travesía se convierte en una desesperada carrera por la supervivencia cuando dos cañoneros españoles aparecen en el horizonte, dispuestos a dar caza al pequeño barco americano. Shackles, los periodistas y la tripulación se enfrentan al miedo, la incertidumbre y la constante amenaza de ser alcanzados y destruidos.