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by Colm Tóibín
A young Irish woman navigates the quiet ache of homesickness and the tentative bloom of independence as she forges a new life in 1950s Brooklyn, torn between duty and desire.
Discover the timeless path to spiritual renewal through faith, repentance, and surrender, illuminated by evocative imagery.
by Paul R. Goldin
Explore thousands of years of Chinese thought to understand Confucius's lasting wisdom and diverse legacy, informed by many scholarly views.
by V. S. Naipaul
In Trinidad, a failed schoolteacher becomes a respected mystic, entrepreneur, and politician, navigating a world of odd characters and social quirks with wit and charm.
by Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett shows how J.P. Morgan's credit derivatives, conceived at a Boca Raton poolside, sparked a banking revolution that ultimately fueled the 2008 financial crisis through a mix of ambition and greed.
by Lars Kroijer
Cut through financial jargon and build a simple, low-cost portfolio tailored to your needs to achieve superior investment returns without the stress of market beating.
by Dave Pelzer
A brutally honest and harrowing account of a young boy's journey through the foster care system, desperately searching for a place to belong after escaping his mother's abuse.
This foundational sociology textbook from Damera Press dissects the intricate web of human societies, revealing the invisible forces that shape our interactions, institutions, and identities.
by Candice Carty-Williams
Caught between cultures and reeling from a breakup, Queenie Jenkins, a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman, navigates a series of questionable romantic encounters and confronts her own identity while striving to find her place in London.
by Sigmund Freud
Freud plunges into the nocturnal theater of the human mind, arguing that our most bizarre dreams are meticulously coded messages from the unconscious, revealing our deepest desires and unresolved conflicts.
by Jerry Z. Muller
Jerry Z. Muller traces conservatism's intellectual history from Enlightenment critiques to modern thought, showing its unique identity and repeated arguments across centuries and cultures.
by J. M. Coetzee
In war-torn South Africa, Michael K, a simple and resilient man, embarks on a journey to return his ailing mother to her rural home, navigating a chaotic world of armies and seeking a life of quiet dignity.
by Mona Susan Power
On a North Dakota reservation, generations of Sioux grapple with ancestral spirits and the enduring power of love, rivalry, and magic.
Unmask the sinister tactics of manipulation and reclaim agency from those who seek to dominate your thoughts and actions.
In a dystopian future where her touch is lethal, a girl with a dangerous gift must choose between a tyrannical regime and the rebels who see her as their most powerful weapon.
by Nicola I. Campbell
Before being taken to residential school, young Shi-shi-etko carefully gathers the beauty and wisdom of her home, from dancing sunlight to her grandfather's paddle song, to hold as cherished memories against a coming, generational loss.
Enola Holmes must navigate the treacherous, flower-laden secrets of Victorian high society to unmask a kidnapper threatening her dearest friend, Lady Cecily.
by David Herbert Lawrence
A young artist's suffocating devotion to his possessive mother wages a destructive war against his burgeoning desires and romantic prospects in a Nottinghamshire mining town.
by Bruce Holsinger
In a medieval Oxford where plague ravages and piety clashes with pragmatism, a young physician's pursuit of justice for a murdered colleague unravels a conspiracy reaching the highest echelons of the church.
by André Malraux
In the chaos of 1927 Shanghai, revolutionaries like Kyo and Gisors struggle with their beliefs, their humanity, and the harsh reality of a communist uprising about to be betrayed.
by Arthur Zulu
In an empire filled with plots and prejudice, Queen Esther, a resilient black woman, risks her crown and life to stop a genocide against her people in Medo-Persia.
by Henry Fielding
In 18th-century London, the good but naive Amelia faces constant misfortune, betrayal, and the moral lapses of her charming but careless husband, Booth, as they seek a peaceful home life.
by Christopher J. Olson
This book examines how exorcism films, since 'The Exorcist,' consistently show possessed young women needing male salvation, often reflecting and reinforcing societal anxieties about female empowerment and sexuality.
by John A Booth
Learn how Costa Rica built a stable democracy despite Central American unrest and outside pressures, through its unique institutions, political involvement, and foreign policy.