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The Sheikh's Surrogate Bride - A Sheikh Buys a Baby Romance by Holly Rayner, Ana Sparks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sheikh needs an heir, And for that, he needs a bride. It’s meant to be temporary arrangement, But it might just last forever… Sheikh Yasin has a dilemma: he needs an heir to his prestigious title, but the customs of his kingdom dictate that he finds a bride first... -
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His Accidental Baby by Holly Rayner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEngaged to a sheikh, but for real this time! Now she’s having his baby A beautiful, adorable, accidental heir to the sheikh… Alyssa: Everything is perfect At least, that’s what I thought... -
![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... -
![Pastor Needs a Boo by Michele Andrea Bowen]()
Pastor Needs a Boo by Michele Andrea Bowen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichele Andrea Bowen made a name for herself years ago during the African-American inspirational fiction craze. Now, in Pastor Needs a Boo, she’s back with an amazing journey of faith, drama, and love... -
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![Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner]()
Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Homebody/Kabul, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America, has turned his penetrating gaze to the arena of global politics to create this suspenseful portrait of a dangerous collision between cultures... -
![What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt]()
What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA viral video reveals a teen’s dark family history, leaving him to reckon with his heritage, legacy, and identity in this fiery, conversation-starting novel.Eran Sharon knows nothing of his father except that he left when Eran was a baby...Categorized as:
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![Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha]()
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative AwardFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in PoetryThese poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living one’s entire life in Gaza, making a life for one’s family and raising a family in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack...Categorized as:
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![The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates]()
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTa-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories—our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking—expose and distort our realities. The first of the book’s three intertwining essays is set in Dakar, Senegal... -
![The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits by Mihaela Noroc]()
The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits by Mihaela Noroc
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBased on the author's online photography project, this stunning collection features portraits of 500 women from more than 55 countries, all accompanied by revelatory captions that capture each woman's personal story. Since 2013 photographer Mihaela Noroc has traveled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity of beauty all around us... -
![We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman, Erin Bennett]()
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman, Erin Bennett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight... -
![Go Ahead In The Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib]()
Go Ahead In The Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially conscious record, We Got It from Here . .Categorized as:
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![An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan]()
An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis inspiring memoir by the Gold Star parent and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family's pursuit of the American dream and why--especially in these tumultuous times--we must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most... -
![The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole]()
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists...Categorized as:
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![Deutschland Erinnerungen Einer Nation by Neil MacGregor, Martin Daske]()
Deutschland Erinnerungen Einer Nation by Neil MacGregor, Martin Daske
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA major new series from the makers of "A History of the World in 100 Objects," exploring the fascinating and complex history of Germany from the origins of the Holy Roman Empire right up to the present day. Written and presented by Neil MacGregor, it is produced by BBC Radio 4, in partnership with the British Museum... -
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![The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib]()
The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib's first full-length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. A regular columnist for MTV.com, Willis-Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us...Categorized as:
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![Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses]()
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA groundbreaking resource for fiction writers, teachers, and students, this manifesto and practical guide challenges current models of craft and the writing workshop by showing how they fail marginalized writers, and how cultural expectations inform storytelling... -
![Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer]()
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“[A] profound reflection on one of the great paradoxes of American life—and a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.” — Patrick Radden Keefe “[A] searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reported account... -
![Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd]()
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPerfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.Palestine is a microcosm of the on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified... -
![I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet]()
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification, and would have to leave my cell phone, audio recorder, watch, and purse at my hotel. . . .” For her whole life, Souad Mekhennet, a reporter for The Washington Post who was born and educated in Germany, has had to balance the two sides of her upbringing – Muslim and Western... -
![Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson]()
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe“A vibrant, and essential history of America's unending, enraging and utterly compelling struggle since its founding to live up to its own best ideals… It's both a cause for hope, and a call to arms...Categorized as:
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![We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai, Liz Welch]()
We Are Displaced by Malala Yousafzai, Liz Welch
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAfter her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother.Zaynab was out of school for two years as she fled war before landing in America. Her sister, Sabreen, survived a harrowing journey to Italy.Ajida escaped horrific violence, but then found herself battling the elements to keep her family safe in their new makeshift home... -
![Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman]()
Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring four years of war in Bosnia, over 100,000 people lost their lives. But it was months, even years, before the mass graves started to yield up their dead and the process of identification, burial, and mourning could begin... -
![Talking To My Country by Stan Grant]()
Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe acclaimed national bestseller - moving, passionate, deeply felt and powerful. In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only in Australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media...Categorized as:
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![The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power]()
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Escaped Isis: This Is My Story by Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann]()
The Girl Who Escaped Isis: This Is My Story by Farida Khalaf, Andrea C. Hoffmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn August 2014, Farida, like any ordinary teenage girl, was enjoying the summer holidays before her last year at school. But Farida lived in the mountains of northern Iraq — and what happened next was unimaginable. Her village was an ISIS target.ISIS jihadists murdered the men and boys, including her father and brother, before taking Farida and the other women prisoner... -
![Why We Matter: Das Ende der Unterdrückung by Emilia Roig]()
Why We Matter: Das Ende der Unterdrückung by Emilia Roig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWie erkennen wir unsere Privilegien? Wie können Weiße die Realität von Schwarzen sehen? Männliche Muslime die von weißen Frauen? Und weiße Frauen die von männlichen Muslimen? Die Aktivistin und Politologin Emilia Roig zeigt – auch anhand der Geschichte ihrer eigenen Familie, in der wie unter einem Brennglas Rassismus und Black Pride, Antisemitismus und Auschwitz, Homophobie und Queerness,... -
![Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos]()
Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn award-winning journalist's deeply reported exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politicsDemocrats have historically assumed they can rely on the Latino vote, but recent elections have called that loyalty into question...Categorized as:
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[...]: Poems by Fady Joudah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers, an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians.Fady Joudah’s powerful sixth collection of poems opens with, “I am unfinished business,” articulating the ongoing pathos of the Palestinian people. A rendering of Joudah’s survivance, [.. -
![Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha]()
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA candid, horrific, and deeply touching new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli army bombed and destroyed his house, pulverizing a library he had painstakingly built for community use, he and his family fled for their safety... -
![Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad]()
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the award-winning novelist of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative.Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University nine days before October 7th, 2023...
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