Books like 'Dancing Arabs'
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Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven by Johan Harstad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMAX HANSEN er søvnløs i Midtvesten. Han er teaterinstruktør på turné tvers gjennom USA. Det kan være at han har blitt amerikaner. Han har ikke vært hjemme på over tjue år. HELST SKULLE HAN aldri forlatt stedet han ble født, en forstad til Stavanger hvor man fikk bråke så mye man orket mens fedrene var ute på plattformene i Nordsjøen og hvor stillheten la seg tung over husene når de kom tilbake... -
![Goat Days by Benyamin]()
Goat Days by Benyamin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNajeeb’s dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape of his village and of his loving family haunt Najeeb whose only solace is the companionship of goats...Categorized as:
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![A Place to Start Over - Second Edition by Susan Mackie]()
A Place to Start Over - Second Edition by Susan Mackie
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecond Edition with five new Bonus Chapters.Can one bad decision change your life?While recuperating from her biggest mistake, Harriet’s had time to plan a fresh start, away from the city.With a business plan on her laptop and determination in her heart, she leaves Sydney, heading north... -
![The Flaw by Antonis Samarakis]()
The Flaw by Antonis Samarakis
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA man is seized from his afternoon drink at the Café Sport by two agents of the Regime - though what exactly he is suspected of we do not know, and neither, apparently, does he.What follows is a journey by car toward Special Branch headquarters, and the interrogation that undoubtedly awaits him there... -
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![El regalo by Eloy Moreno]()
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![Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart]()
Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInfiltrating Mr. Hotshot's house in the middle of the night?Yes, that was the plan.Getting my hands on his family jewels?Definitely what I was going for.And I mean actual jewelry, not the other round ball kind of things, alright.Now, catching the guy practically naked in his house?Oh God, definitely not what was supposed to happen... -
![Le Démon de la colline aux loups by Dimitri Rouchon-Borie]()
Le Démon de la colline aux loups by Dimitri Rouchon-Borie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUn homme se retrouve en prison. Brutalisé dans sa mémoire et dans sa chair, il décide avant de mourir de nous livrer le récit de son destin.Écrit dans un élan vertigineux, porté par une langue aussi fulgurante que bienveillante, Le Démon de la Colline aux Loups raconte un être, son enfance perdue, sa vie emplie de violence, de douleur et de rage, d’amour et de passion, de moments de lumière.. -
![The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange]()
The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2007, KenyaLong held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to run in the next election, these shadows threaten to consume her home. Unable to bear this darkness,Kavata plots to escape. As her family falls apart, so too does her country...Categorized as:
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![The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter]()
The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThese ten short stories explore loss and sacrifice in American suburbia. In idyllic suburbs across the country, from Philadelphia to San Francisco, narrators struggle to find meaning or value in their lives because of (or in spite of) something that has happened in their pasts. In Hole, a young man reconstructs the memory of his childhood friend's deadly fall... -
![Die vierte Wand: Roman by Sorj Chalandon]()
Die vierte Wand: Roman by Sorj Chalandon
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKann Theater Frieden schaffen?Paris 1982: Georges verspricht seinem sterbenskranken Freund Samuel, einem Theaterregisseur, seinen Herzenswunsch zu erfüllen: die Aufführung von ›Antigone‹ im vom Bürgerkrieg zerrütteten Beirut, direkt an der Front, in einem zerbombten Kinosaal, mit einem Ensemble, das sämtliche Kriegsparteien repräsentiert... -
![درماندگی بزرگ ما by Barış Bıçakçı]()
درماندگی بزرگ ما by Barış Bıçakçı
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsدر یکی از روزهای سرد زمستان، دو دوست قدیمی در کنار هم بر سر تپهای در میان ابرها ایستادهاند. در برابرشان دریای سیاه است، و پشت سرشان استانبول با هزار خاطره و رؤیا. هر دوی آنها در آن لحظه به یک چیز فکر میکنند: به کسی که حالا در دوردستها روزگار میگذراند... -
![Live for Me by Emma Thomas]()
Live for Me by Emma Thomas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-seven-year-old Ophelia Lux Taylor is feisty and driven; she also happens to have bipolar disorder. Although she's had her ups and downs, life is good now: she lives with her twin brother, Onyx, and another friend in an artsy community in Cincinnati and is pursuing a master's degree in psychology... -
![Night Jasmine by Mary Lou Widmer]()
Night Jasmine by Mary Lou Widmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTWO MEN...ONE LOVE... Brutally exposed to the naked facts of life, Katie Raspanti fled the dingy hovels of the slums to become a kitchen maid in New Orleans's most elegant household. She was no more than a child, but all too soon she became the tantalizing beauty who commanded the hearts of two brothers, both willing to abandon family and fortune to be at her side... -
![Following His Heart by Donna Fasano]()
Following His Heart by Donna Fasano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***USA Today Bestselling Author*** Sara Carson is a 30-something widow with a busy life. Two fun-loving best friends, a caring mom who needs her, and a thriving sweet shop. What more could a woman want? But when the ancient plumbing in her shop springs a leak and a gorgeous, dark-eyed stranger rushes to her rescue, hilarity unfolds—and Sara quickly sees exactly what she’s been missing... -
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![Signals: New and Selected Stories by Tim Gautreaux]()
Signals: New and Selected Stories by Tim Gautreaux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017Containing twelve new stories and nine classics from previous collections, Signals is Tim Gautreaux at his best. Effortlessly conjuring the heat and humidity of the author's beloved South, these stories of men and women grappling with faith, small town life, and blue-collar work are alternately ridiculous and sublime...Categorized as:
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![Dearest Mary Jane by Betty Neels]()
Dearest Mary Jane by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The moment I set eyes on a handsome, rich man I shall marry him." So said Felicity, and as she was the glamorous sister with a successful career as an international model, Mary Jane had no reason to doubt her. Mary Jane was the stay at home with no talents to speak of and a face that never merited a second glance... -
![Unstrung by Laura Spinella]()
Unstrung by Laura Spinella
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven as a violin prodigy, Olivia Klein courted trouble. But when her marriage to high-stakes investor Rob Van Doren takes another wrong turn, Olivia acts out once too often. A night of bad behavior results in community service hours. Time is to be served with Theo McAdams, an inner-city teacher whose passion for music eclipses Olivia’s... -
![One Last Wish by Ella Harper]()
One Last Wish by Ella Harper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRosie and Nate had the perfect relationship. But they struggled to cope with the devastating news their daughter Emmie has incurable cancer. It feels like their world – and their relationship – has come crashing down. They must do everything to support their little girl, but can they stop their marriage falling apart? Unbeknownst to her parents, Emmie is on a mission... -
![The Gospel According to Blindboy by Blindboy Boatclub]()
The Gospel According to Blindboy by Blindboy Boatclub
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Gospel According to Blindboy is a surreal and genre-defying collection of short stories and visual art exploring the myths, complacencies and contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland... -
![Cómplices by Taibo]()
Cómplices by Taibo
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJulián ha luchado contra el aburrimiento de todas las maneras posibles. Desde que le diagnosticaron hepatitis, ha recreado en su cabeza conversaciones imaginarias entre ostras que no tienen nada que hacer, ha buscado formas fantasiosas en las manchas de la pared, ha lanzado mocos al aire. Pero es feliz porque no tiene que ir a la escuela... -
![The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo]()
The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Indonesian island is hastily given independence, and a Chinese-educated homosexual who was born on the island returns from his Canadian university to find his life radically altered. The story, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, represents an account of a post-colonial disaster... -
![Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990 by Eavan Boland]()
Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990 by Eavan Boland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"[Boland is] an original, dazzlingly gifted writer.... Uncompromising intellect, wry perception, and verbal brilliance.... A wonderfully elegant and sensual writer, keenly attuned to the pleasures of form and sound.... She's as musically gifted and as uncompromisingly intelligent as Seamus Heaney, and deserves comparable attention... -
![My Boss’s Daughter: Bossed by the Billionaire by Kelli Walker]()
My Boss’s Daughter: Bossed by the Billionaire by Kelli Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m not the kind of man who denies himself,I’m a powerful billionaire.I take what I want.Even if that means my boss’s daughter.The moment I reached out and pulled her to me,The moment her lips touched mine,I was paralyzed.I shouldn’t have given in.I shouldn’t have claimed her.The moment my boss assigned her to work for me,I knew I was in trouble... -
![Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser]()
Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCartoons that draw their creator into another world; demonic paintings that exert a sinister influence on our own. Fairy tales that express the secret losses and anxieties of their tellers... -
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![Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder]()
Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA quiet tour de force, Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and poignant challenges of a vulnerable, imaginative father as he lives his everyday American existence... -
![É sempre a hora da nossa morte amém by Mariana Salomão Carrara]()
É sempre a hora da nossa morte amém by Mariana Salomão Carrara
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDepois do arrebatador “Se deus me chamar não vou”, Mariana retoma seu jorro neurótico, humano e delicioso contando agora a história da septuagenária Aurora, encontrada desmemoriada e descalça na beira da estrada e procurando por uma certa Camila... -
![Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan]()
Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families and their rising―and declining―fortunes.Campbell Flynn, art historian and biographer of Vermeer, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public―yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much... -
![Eunoia: The Set (CD and Book): The Set (CD and Book) by Christian Bök]()
Eunoia: The Set (CD and Book): The Set (CD and Book) by Christian Bök
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe word `eunoia', which literally means `beautiful thinking', is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram (the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter only E, etc.)... -
![Dawn: Stories by Selahattin Demirtaş, Maureen Freely]()
Dawn: Stories by Selahattin Demirtaş, Maureen Freely
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new novel from Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint, SJP for Hogarth: Written from behind bars, the unforgettable collection from one of Turkey’s leading politicians and most powerful storytellers.In this essential collection, Selahattin Demirtaş’s arresting stories capture the voices of ordinary people living through extraordinary times...Categorized as:
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![The Big Switch: It's never too late by John Thomas]()
The Big Switch: It's never too late by John Thomas
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat does a 24-year-old man want in life? Love? A decent job? Keith has both. He is a software engineer at a reputable company and has a girlfriend whom he loves a lot. Yet, there is something missing in his life. He is not even close to being happy. Only after losing his girlfriend, he realizes what the reason for his unhappiness is. He realizes that he is caught up in the wrong career... -
![The Few: A Novel by Hakan Günday]()
The Few: A Novel by Hakan Günday
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I am here. Where are you?” These desperate words link the two protagonists of Hakan Günday’s raw and fearless novel The Few. Derdâ is an eleven-year-old girl pulled out of boarding school by her mother who, without telling her, plans to sell her as a wife to a conservative tribesman. She goes with her new husband to London, where for five years he abuses and all but imprisons her... -
![Korowód by Jakub Małecki]()
Korowód by Jakub Małecki
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKim jest ten trzeci, który zawsze idzie obok ciebie?Mężczyzna z dzieckiem w ramionach uciekający przez zamarznięty Bałtyk. Zakochany Feliks i jego listy pisane na statku podczas sztormu. Barbara Brzozowska, autorka poczytnych międzywojennych powieści oraz genialny matematyk Tomasz Wilczewski. Wreszcie pisarz Jakub M... -
![ë by Jehona Kicaj]()
ë by Jehona Kicaj
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEin stilles und zugleich sprachmächtiges Buch, das vom Verlust der Heimat durch Krieg, von Schmerz und Sprachverlust erzählt. In diesem ergreifenden Debüt findet die Autorin eine großartige eigene Sprache.Der ungewöhnliche Titel »ë« steht für einen Buchstaben, der in der albanischen Sprache eine wichtige Funktion hat, obwohl er meist gar nicht ausgesprochen wird... -
![Rabbit Novels: Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest by John Updike]()
Rabbit Novels: Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe third and fourth novel in John Updike's acclaimed quartet of Rabbit books -- now in one marvelous volume. RABBIT IS RICHWinner of the American Book Award andthe National Book Critics Circle Award"Dazzlingly reaffirms Updike's place as master chronicler of the spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of the Middle-American male... -
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![Easy Reading by Cristina Morales]()
Easy Reading by Cristina Morales
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn explosive and daring novel about bodies, sex, politics and disability by the prize-winning Spanish writer Cristina MoralesÁngela, Patricia, Marga and Nati are cousins living together in Barcelona... -
![The High Road by Terry Fallis]()
The High Road by Terry Fallis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA brilliant follow-up to the Stephen Leacock Award-winner The Best Laid Plans , this deeply funny satire continues the story of Honest Angus McLintock, an amateur politician who dares to do the unthinkable: tell the truth... -
![The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière]()
The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWindsor Laferrière is an exiled Haitian writer, forced to flee his homeland as a political dissident. He has lived in Montreal for thirty-three years and now suffers from writer's block. His father of the same name has just died in New York, where he himself lived as an émigré for the fifty years... -
![A Village Life by Louise Glück]()
A Village Life by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Village Life, Louise Glück's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place:All the roads in the village unite at the fountain.Avenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees—The fountain rises at the center of the plaza;on sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub... -
![A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow]()
A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll about love, lust, and loneliness, the book introduces Vic Brown, a young working-class Yorkshireman. Vic is attracted to the beautiful but demanding Ingrid, and as their relationship grows and changes, he comes to terms the hard way with adult life and what it really means to love...Categorized as:
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![The Society of Reluctant Dreamers by José Eduardo Agualusa]()
The Society of Reluctant Dreamers by José Eduardo Agualusa
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSwimming in the clear blue waters of the Rainbow Hotel, Daniel Benchimol finds a waterproof camera, belonging to Moira, a Mozambican artist, famous for a series of photos depicting her own dreams – a woman he, Daniel, dreams about repeatedly... -
![Unbroken Threads by Jennifer Klepper]()
Unbroken Threads by Jennifer Klepper
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJessica Donnelly’s life is beginning to unravel. When the attorney turned stay-at-home mom tentatively volunteers to represent Amina Hamid, a woman seeking asylum, Jessica must learn an unfamiliar area of the law. Soon, rising opposition to Muslim immigration and unexpected prejudices put her relationships on shaky ground... -
![Ironopolis by Glen James Brown]()
Ironopolis by Glen James Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStranded on the outskirts of Ironopolis — nickname to a lost industrial Middlesbrough — the Burn Council Estate is about to be torn down to make way for regeneration. For the future .. -
![The Hashtag Life of Isobel Irving : A hilarious romantic comedy by Alice Ross]()
The Hashtag Life of Isobel Irving : A hilarious romantic comedy by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsobel Irving's life has taken a serious downward turn:- She’s been asked to leave the job she hated in London.- The boyfriend her mother labelled ‘Perfect Son-in-Law Material’ has dumped her.- And thanks to a dishy waiter in tight trousers, the cheap holiday to Santorini that she jets off to with her best friend, turns out to be far from the relaxing, cultural break she'd planned... -
![The Promise: A Passionate Romance by M.V. Kasi]()
The Promise: A Passionate Romance by M.V. Kasi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo billionaire brothers. Two village belles. A promise. A charade. And falling in love... Vikram and Vishal are the heirs to the well-known Saaho Group fortune. London bred and educated, the handsome brothers are accustomed to a jet-setting lifestyle while they win cutthroat business deals, date beautiful women and spend time with their doting family... -
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![Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery]()
Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They've returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood... -
![real ones by Katherena Vermette]()
real ones by Katherena Vermette
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to Indigenous identity.June and her sister, lyn, are NDNs—real ones.Lyn has her pottery artwork, her precocious kid, Willow, and the uncertain terrain of her midlife to keep her mind, heart and hands busy...Categorized as:
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![Never My Love by Kathryn Shay]()
Never My Love by Kathryn Shay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe finally finds a woman he can love, but she wants to be president of the United States!Annalise Manwaring inherited the ambition gene from her presidential father. She planned her schooling and each of her jobs all to reach her goal of occupying the Oval Office. Nothing’s going to stop her.Luke Branson has always resented Annalise, even before he met her... -
![Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada]()
Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Moszkva tér kocsmáitól a népligeti fákig, az Oktogon hajszalonjaitól a Bartók Béla úti mecsetig sokféle tájat bejárnak Závada Péter versei, akit legtöbben a kortárs underground kultikus zenekara, az Akkezdet Phiai tagjaként ismernek, ám a dalszövegei mellett évek óta publikál rangos irodalmi folyóiratokban is... -
![Le Chant Du Bouc by Dermot Healy, Michel Lederer]()
Le Chant Du Bouc by Dermot Healy, Michel Lederer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a wind-battered cottage in western Ireland, playwright Jack Ferris tries to salvage something from his broken love affair with actress Catherine Adams. Misunderstandings, alcohol, religious differences, and despair have driven them apart. When Jack recreates Catherine in his imagination, the two world's of Catholic and Protestant run together back to the present... -
![Manhattan by Ronni Cooper]()
Manhattan by Ronni Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaine: Born in Brooklyn, the undisputed queen of the City, Raine owns the sexiest, starriest nightclub in New York - and no one is ever going to take her crown. Mei-Lin: The beautiful, enigmatic madam moves in all the right circles - but it wasn't always that way. Now her American dream has become a nightmare and she may have to pay the ultimate price for freedom...
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