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Combining memoir with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, HEARTLAND is an uncompromising look at class, identity and the particular perils of having less in a country known for its excess.
Very few readers know that the subject of Vladimir Nabokov’s LOLITA was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, THE REAL LOLITA tells Sally Horner’s full story for the very first time.
A young woman travels home to Butternut Lake, confronting her past and the tragedy she and her friends have silently carried with them for over a decade while also facing an unknown future.
Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel --- Sarah Jessica Parker's newest ALA Book Club Central pick --- reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond.
In CAN DEMOCRACY WORK?, James Miller traces the lively, surprising saga of democratic aspirations, beginning with self-rule in ancient Athens and proceeding through bloody uprisings and mob rule in Europe and the evolution of Jeffersonian democracy.
THE GOLDEN STATE is a gorgeous, raw debut novel about a young woman braving the ups and downs of motherhood in a fractured America.
Bestselling author Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first-generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success.
An instant New York Times bestseller, IN THE MIDST OF WINTER is about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
A son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him.
Set in Naples, Italy, THE PIRANHAS is the saga of a city under the rule of a criminal network, and the Neapolitan boys who create their own gang.
