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“Recipe for a Perfect Wife is a bold, intoxicating, page-turner. Karma Brown has long been a favorite of mine and this book is proof she just keeps getting better and better. This is a thrilling, audacious story about women daring to take control.”–Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six When Alice Hale […]
في سياق دولة ذات حضور طاغ في تفاصيل حياة المواطنين مثل مصر الناصرية، لا حيلة للناس للتخفيف من وطأة ذلك الحضور إلا اللجوء إلى وسيلتين: “الشائعة” و “النكتة”. عبر الشائعة والنكتة يخفف الناس من وطأة الظروف الصعبة، أو يوجهون نقداً لا يستساغ إن تم توجيهه في صورة خطاب جاد. في أفلام المهندس وشويكار تضافرت النكتة […]
“البيريتا يكسب دائماً”، والرواية كما يكشفُ عنوانها، هي سيرةُ مسدَّسٍ مشبوهٍ يتنقَّل بين المهرّبين ورجال الشرطة والمخبرين واللصوص والعشيقات والإعلاميين والكتّاب. مسدَّسٌ ملعونٌ ملطّخ بكل تاريخ القتل والتصفيات السياسية والعاطفية، يجوب الجيوب يبحث عن واحد فقط يجرؤ على الانتحار، في بلد طار سقفه وسقطت المشانق على الثوَّار والحائرين. كاتب تونسي يحقق بمخبئه في قضية انتحار […]
قبل أن يشقى فكتور فرانكشتاين، في رواية ماري شيلي، وراء وحشه، كان يعيش قلقا وحزنا بسبب موت أمه، فانهمك في العمل على أبحاثه ليصنع الوحش. إن مشاعر اليتم الخلاقة هذه هي نفسها التي كان يتخبط فيها الشعب التونسي قبيل انتخاب سعيّد، فقد فشل هذا الشعب في العثور على حل لتيهه التاريخي بعد إسقاط دكتاتور كان […]
Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear. Vera grows up in a small town, removed and isolated, pressed up against the mountains, cloud-covered […]
From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada’s finest and most celebrated writers, comes a brilliant new novel that vividly examines the seemingly incongruous worlds of science, religion and desire. Nurul Islam is a world-renowned physicist, professor at Imperial College, London, and one half of the Islam-Rosenfeld theory, the first step in a […]
One of the greatest European historical epic comics ever written continues. A DREAM COMES ASHORE Thorfinn’s travels have taken him from Iceland to England, Denmark, the distant trading posts of the Byzantine Empire, and back home again. On the journey, he has amassed scars, losses, and sins to atone for, but also found strength in […]
Two best friends, five hot guys, one dream vacation. What could possibly go wrong? Lori is beautiful, smart, and athletic. The one thing she can’t do is speak up for herself: she can’t stand up to a creepy guy at the gym, she can’t speak to her crush, and she certainly can’t tell her parents […]
In a novel as compelling as the forbidden love at its heart, Alissa York, one of Canada’s most distinctive writers, evokes an era of unspoken desires in which pain and longing are braided together along treacherous lines. It’s 1922 at Far Cry Cannery, a quarter-mile of boardwalk and wooden buildings strung along the rocks of […]
From Giller Prize-winning novelist David Bergen, an electrifying novel set in Ukraine amidst the chaos of war and revolution. Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seems in early 20th-century Ukraine during the tumult of the Russian Revolution. As anarchists, Bolsheviks, and the White Army all come and go, […]
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated communities. In 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discovered an island where they could make a life together. More […]
South is a hallucinatory reimagination of life in a world under totalitarianism, and an individual’s quest for truth, agency, and understanding. B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes on an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, […]
What would life feel like without fear and oppression? Is it possible to find solace in the power of chosen family, underground art collectives, and ultimately revolution? Set in Beirut, Lebanon, a city once known to be a vibrant cultural center of the region. It’s 30 years after the end of the civil war, and […]
Acclaimed author Elizabeth Ruth explores what happens when hearts freeze and begin to thaw. In December 2013, an ice storm echoing one that took place seventy years earlier buries the city where realtor Laura Keys is preparing to sell a semi-detached house for the comatose homeowner. Hanging around the house and wanting inside is a […]
It’s the last year of highschool, and everything has changed . . . After a summer spent in the Philippines with her family, Lara Dela Cruz is eager to start her senior year and, most importantly, reunite with her three besties, Carol, Jasmine, and Kiera. Of course summer is the season of change, and Lara […]
The sequel to The Bad Boy and the Tomboy continues the love story of Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill as they face new challenges and new opportunities. Macy Anderson and Sam Cahill are embarking on a new adventure, attending university on soccer scholarships while figuring out what comes next for them both. Macy’s life has […]
Dance like everyone’s watching. Because they are. As the only Black student at her ballet academy, Naomi Morgan knows her feelings of isolation and artistic sacrifice are the price she has to pay in order to win the Youth American Grand Prix, the country’s most prestigious dance competition. Winning means access to a spot in […]
Bibbit is a little frog who sometimes forgets how to swim—but he’s a jumping expert. He can jump very high, very far, and in many different ways. Although this is a great advantage, he feels nervous about what the day will bring; he knows he’s not perfect. Join Bibbit on a journey through ten ordinary […]
A library-loving dinosaur reminds us how it feels to be transported by story in this picture book for young children. Leilong’s friends are taking him to story time at the library. But it’s difficult for a large, clumsy brontosaurus without a library card to follow all the rules. Especially when enthusiastic Leilong gets caught up […]
Ismael, a successful novelist, has been suffering from writer’s block for two years, trying to get inside his female narrator’s head and failing. However, he tells no one about this problem and continues to spend each day in his study, supposedly writing. When his mother is taken into hospital, he is forced to spend time […]
