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What happens when you look on the face of the Grim Reaper? What waits for us after this life is over? What happens when children don't feel loved, or when fathers lose the thing they love the most? From the depths of the Gulf of Mexico, to the tallest mountain peak ever imagined, these tales encompass life, death, inspiration, and heartache. Touching on centuries old legends, and myths from our own backyard, this set of largely Appalachian-based tales...
2363) Le rêve contrarié
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TENGA : une merveilleuse île placée sous la protection des esprits bienveillants qui en ont fait un lieu de prédilection en y résidant en permanence auprès du peuple tenganien et le protégeant contre toutes nouvelles tentatives d'agression des occupants jetés à la mer selon la prédiction de la prophétie légendaire des aborigènes à la suite de l'insurrection d'un peuple jusqu'alors opprimé!
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Khélil et Fatima quittent à leur grand regret leur Algérie natale ravagée par la guerre. Poussés par la misère, ils décident de se rendre en France afin de trouver du travail et essayer de bâtir une vie meilleure. Après une traversée éprouvante et une arrivée tout aussi difficile, le couple est confronté aux défis de l'hébergement et de l'intégration. Parviendront-ils à surmonter ces difficultés et à s'établir dans leur nouvelle...
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Here is a superhero who has magical abilities, who has to fight others with supernatural powers like his. This action adventure book is full of suspense and excitement.Simba the Fireboy is now a teenager and has left his village in Africa to travel to the United States, where he is studying. He plans to go home and help develop his land once he finishes his education.Simba's first year in the US has been fairly uneventful – he lives like a normal...
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Imagine living deep in the Alaska wilderness where survival depends on your ability to hunt, fish, and gather. A place where as far as you can see is dense forest, rivers and sparkling lakes, set against a backdrop of majestic, snow covered mountains where the only sounds are those of nature; the caw of a raven, the lonesome howl of a wolf, or the sharp cry of the loon. In this place education means pulling the brush up around your snare to prevent...
2368) Le jour se lève encore
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La vie n'est pas un long fleuve tranquille. Citoyens anonymes, travailleurs sociaux, migrants, et bien d'autres, tous sont confrontés aux aléas de l'existence, à ses épreuves, à ses défis et à ses espoirs. Parce que la vie est un combat que chacun mène à sa manière, perturbé par les imprévus, mais toujours animé par la résolution de rebondir. Les nouvelles de ce livre nous font découvrir les histoires de personnes anonymes qui ont choisi...
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The classical Chinese story recounts the Chinese Don Juan's most famous affairs: his pursuit of the beautiful, seductive Madam Slender Li. The classic of Chinese literature is charmingly retold in words and original illustrations by the well-known Hong Kong artist Kwan Shan-mei, in such a way as to recapture the full flavor of the original. The romance book also provides remarkable insights into Chinese life and feelings, while the pictures, based...
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In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge...
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La collecte des contes présentés dans l'ouvrage a débuté il y a vingt ans. Ils proviennent essentiellement de l'ethnie Diola en Casamance, cette région de l'extrême sud du pays o les auteurs, munis d'un petit dictaphone, ont séjourné assez longtemps, et de la région de Dakar. Les histoires sont classées par thématique : les contes « étiologiques » (histoires courtes, o l'on explique l'origine des choses ou des éléments qui nous entourent),...
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The first book in The Good Life in Galicia series. The book that came from from the 2016 competition, the book from the 2017 competition is also now available. Galicia is a fascinating part of Green Spain, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula, and sits in the north eastern most part, surrounded on two sides by the sea and on a third by Portugal. This short anthology contains writings about Galicia, including several pieces about the Ribeira...
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Nkengé et Zean, les secrets enterrés dans la forêt Ndombé est un conte bakongo qui relate l'histoire d'une famille livrée à elle-même en temps de famine. Nkengé et son frère Zean cherchent des solutions pour venir en aide à leurs parents. Seulement, un jour, Zean disparait. Sa sœur va à sa recherche dans la forêt et découvre quelque chose d'incroyable…
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2375) Uptown on Saturday
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These are fictional representations of clients I have known before, during, and after addiction. Relish the depth of profound experiences shared by those who have survived and thrived. Plus, there's a memorial to a dear friend who passed and left me with a mountain of good to always cherish.
2376) Mother of All Pigs
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The Sabas family lives in a small Jordanian town that for centuries has been descended upon by all manner of invader, the latest a scourge of disconcerting Evangelical tourists. The border town relies on a blackmarket trade of clothes, trinkets , and appliances - the quality of which depends entirely on who's fighting - but the conflict in nearby Syria has the place even more on edge than usual. Meanwhile, the Sabas home is ruled by women - Mother...
2377) Tender
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October promised herself a happily ever after, but sometimes the afterlife has other plans.
A year after the kingdom is finally at peace, October Grace isn't sure all is well. Allie's occasional blackouts are one thing, but when Ollie goes missing, October knows the blissful life she was promised is still too far away to touch.
When Judge takes it upon himself to join the tumultuous world October has tried to keep him away from, they stumble upon...
2378) Alien Stories
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Celebrated Nigerian-born writer E.C. Osondu delivers a short-story collection of nimble dexterity and startling originality in his BOA Alien Stories.
These eighteen startling stories, each centered around, an encounter with the unexpected, explore what it means to be an alien. With a nod to the dual meaning of alien as both foreigner and extraterrestrial, Osondu turns familiar science-fiction tropes and immigration narratives on their heads, blending...
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Muana N'soni n'a pas choisi sa famille, mais il choisit de prendre sa vie en main pour se construire une meilleure vie ailleurs.
Muana N'soni est orphelin de mère. À 15 ans, il quitte le toit parental par manque d'estime de son père et de sa marâtre. Il fait de petits boulots, loue un studio à Dibodo, un quartier négligé de la ville. Trois jeunes, qui traînent dans les rues, squattent une maison en chantier et vivent des larcins, lui proposent...
2380) Sugar Money: A Novel
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Set in 1765 on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Martinique, Sugar Money opens as two enslaved brothers - Emile and Lucien - are sent on an impossible mission forced upon them by their masters, a band of mendicant French monks.
The monks run hospitals in the islands and fund their ventures through farming cane sugar and distilling rum. Seven years earlier - after a series of scandals - they were ousted from Grenada by the French authorities, and...
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