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Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi EN
GhanaDescription:
As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the hard reality of immigrant life in the American South, their family of four becomes two - and the life Gifty dreamed of slips away. Years later, desperate to understand the opioid addiction that destroyed her brother's life, she turns to science for answers. But when her mother comes to stay, Gifty soon learns that the roots of their tangled traumas reach farther than she ever thought, deep into the dark heart... continue
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Travels with Charley : In Search of America by John Steinbeck EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In 1960, when he was almost 60 years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover the United States, feeling he might have lost touch with its sights sounds and the essence of its people. This book decribes his travels in a pick-up truck across nearly 40 states with his dog Charlie, a French poodle.
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Trust by Hernan Diaz EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2022 Trust is a sweeping puzzle of a novel about power, greed, love and a search for the truth that begins in 1920s New York. Can one person change the course of history? A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife. Together, they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. Now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage. Who will have the final word in their story of greed, love and betrayal? Compose... continue
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie EN
IndiaDescription:
"Once upon a time, in a world just like ours, there came "the time of the strangenesses." Reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. A simple gardener began to levitate, and a powerful djinn -- also known as the Princess of Fairyland -- raised an army composed entirely of her semi-magical great-great-great-grandchildren. A baby was born with the ability to see corruption in the faces of others. The ghosts of two philosophers, long dead, began arguing once more. And a battle for the kingdom of Fairyland was waged throughout our world for 1,001 nights -- or, to be more precis... continue
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Una forma de vida by Amélie Nothomb ES
BelgiumDescription:
Presentación del editor: Todo empieza cuando una novelista llamada Amélie Nothomb recibe una carta de uno de sus lectores, un soldado norteamericano, Melvin Mapple, que le escribe desde Irak. Mapple contrae una enfermedad, común entre los soldados. Y es la existencia de este padecimiento lo que deja al lector en estado de shock, lo hechiza y lo sume en un relato alucinante en el que, como en otras novelas de Nothomb, el protagonista absoluto es el cuerpo. Un cuerpo distinto, repudiado, que, para sobrevivir, alumbrará una nueva identidad, Scherezade, con la que el yo desdoblado de Mapple inicia... continue
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Unburnable : A Novel by Marie-Elena John EN
Country: North America / 
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Description:
Set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, this debut novel deftly intertwines the cultures of blacks in the United States and the West Indies as an extraordinary multigenerational family saga unfolds.
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Unsere verschwundenen Herzen : Roman by Celeste Ng DE
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Der zwölfjährige Bird lebt mit seinem Vater in Harvard. Seit einem Jahrzehnt wird ihr Leben von Gesetzen bestimmt, die nach Jahren der wirtschaftlichen Instabilität und Gewalt die »amerikanische Kultur« bewahren sollen. Vor allem asiatisch aussehende Menschen werden diskriminiert, ihre Kinder zur Adoption freigegeben. Als Bird einen Brief von seiner Mutter erhält, macht er sich auf die Suche. Er muss verstehen, warum sie ihn verlassen hat. Seine Reise führt ihn zu den Geschichten seiner Kindheit, in Büchereien, die der Hort des Widerstands sind, und zu... continue
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Vanderbilt : The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family, the Vanderbilts. Few names are as synonymous with wealth and glamour as "Vanderbilt." When Cornelius Vanderbilt, the teenaged son of a ferryman in New York Harbor who was born at the end of the eighteenth century, decided to go into business on his own, few would have believed that within six decades he would epitomize American wealth, magnate of a shipping and railroad e... continue
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Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
From the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune comes a new delightful novel about exploring all the magical possibilities of life in the most extraordinary city of all: Paris. Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes—or misfortunes—in tealeaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. To avoid blurting out their fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those around her. To add to this plight, her romance life is s... continue