Fiction

Jacob Klund, curious about what's in his deceased grandma's attic, snoops around. He finds a trunk full of old papers. Jacob's father, a history teacher, identifies this as a great treasure because of the dates on the papers, diaries, letters, and...

This study, based on anthropological field research over a period of thirty-four years, focuses on pastoralism, politics, policies and development in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. The authors present a detailed ethnographic view of recent events...

Making perfect spaghetti is a delicate art. Italian cooks spend hours in the kitchen selecting the best ingredients, grating the cheese and mixing the finest spices, a pinch of this and dab of that. It takes time, patience and a great recipe. Growing up...

Lies, infidelities, and unfettered desires leave you breathless until the last steamy page in this novel that proves that there's always a price for passion. Lies, infidelities, and loads of drama are what three couples--Brenda and Roselle Woods;...

Nicole-Marie Handy has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut of ordinary living and experience something new, she goes to Paris, leaving behind work, ailing parents and a...

A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICK Soon to be a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, Nella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. Clare Kendry is living on the...

A NETFLIX BOOK CLUB PICK The powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today, with an introduction by Emily Bernard. Now a major motion picture starring Tessa Thompson and Alexander Skarsgård A...

Passing is a remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries. Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to...

Passing is a remarkably candid exploration of shifting racial and sexual boundaries. Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TESSA THOMPSON AND RUTH NEGGA Two women in 1920s New York discover how fluid and dangerous our perceptions of race can be in this electrifying classic of the Harlem Renaissance--with an introduction by Kaitlyn...

When Kathrina first travels to the United States from Manila with her family, she is excited to see a new country and experience a new culture. In an unexpected turn of events, she remains in the US and lives there. Years later, Kathrina finds herself...

After being thrust into a world that she'd only ever read about; a world she could never have dreamed existed, Izzy must learn to survive as a newly bitten werewolf, and find her place in the pack.The pack welcome Izzy into the fold, nurturing her and...

Fraser Island, Australia, 1882. Following a series of brutal massacres, the population of the Badtjala people is in sharp decline. When German scientist Louis Müller offers to sail Bonny, Jurano and Dorondera to Europe to perform to huge crowds, Bonny...

With my seer powers finally under my control, I'm ready to plunge into the unknown to find my father. He may have abandoned me, but I'll go to the ends of the Otherlands to save him from his torment. Only problem? With unexpected allies and even more...

Fatima and Cory are fighting their very existence for the chance of love and commitment--and in the process they find out more about themselves and their pasts than they bargained for, and they'll have to try to rid their demons for good in order to...

"Throughout the book, Parables of Milk and Might, the central theme presented is the inter-relationship between power and wealth and its influence on the political, economic, social and military development in the world. With power, wealth can be amassed...