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• The Employees

  a Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

  Ravn, Olga

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  The crew of the Six Thousand Ship are interviewed about their deep attachment to the mysterious objects they’ve discovered. This is a story that questions what it means to be human.

• Who Will Bury You?

  and Other Stories

  Muchemwa, Chido

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  Intimate stories about Zimbabweans in moments of transition that force them to decide who they really are and choose the people they call their own.

• Small Boat

  Delecroix, Vincent

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  A fictional account exploring the moral complexities facing a French navy officer who receives calls for help from a capsizing migrant boat in the English Channel.

• A Minor Chorus

  a Novel

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray

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  A man abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to Northern Alberta, to a town that literature has neglected to explore.

• Embers

  One Ojibway's Meditations

  Wagamese, Richard

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• Hostage

  Sharabi, Eli, 1972-

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  In a raw and unflinching memoir, Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seascraper

  Wood, Benjamin

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  Haunting, timeless, and stunningly atmospheric, Seascraper tells the story of a quiet existence upturned over the span of one day, and a young man hemmed in by his circumstances, striving to achieve fulfilment far beyond the world he knows.

• Winter in Sokcho

  Shua Dusapin, Elisa,

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  A French cartoonist visits a small town on the border of North and South Korea, and the receptionist at his guesthouse becomes fascinated with him.

• Clear

  a Novel

  Davies, Carys

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  John, an impoverished Scottish minister has accepted the job of evicting Ivar, the only resident of an island north of Scotland. But in a twist of events John now requires Ivar’s help.

• Neighbors and Other Stories

  Oliver, Diane

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  A collection of short stories featuring characters navigating life amid Jim Crow racism in 1950s and ‘60s America.

• Orbital

  a Novel

  Harvey, Samantha, 1975-

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  A snapshot of one day in the lives of 12 people as they hurtle around the planet.

• We Should All Be Feminists

  Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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  In this personal essay, adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

  a Novel

  Hwang, Sŏn-mi, 1963-

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  No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, Sprout glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild—and to hatch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Door-to-door Bookstore

  a Novel

  Henn, Carsten, 1973-

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  An unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.

• We Meant Well

  a Novel

  Hasan, Erum Shazia

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  A novel of harrowing eloquence, We Meant Well explores compelling cultural contrasts and the ambiguity of charitable outreach.

• Manam

  Elkouri, Rima

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  With the help of a Kurdish filmmaker and guide, Léa visits her ancestral village, Manam.