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Landfalls
An epic voyage, undertaken with the grandest of ambitions. Lapérouse leaves France in the Spring of 1785 with two ships under his command, knowing that he sails with the full backing of the French government. This is to be a voyage of scientific and geographical discovery - but every person on board has their own hopes, ambitions and dreams. As the ships move across vast distances in their journey of nearly four years, the different characters step forward and invite us into their world. From the remote Alaskan bay where a dreadful tragedy unfolds, to the wild journey Barthélemy de Lessups undertakes from the far east of Russia to St Petersburg, the reader is irresistibly drawn into a extraordinarily vivid world. Landfalls is a profoundly moving and intensely evocative novel about scientific exploration, human endeavour and individual tragedy,
Lightning Flowers
This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her ...
Precious
A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging
All In
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice. “A story about the personal strength, immense growth, and undeniable greatness of one woman who fearlessly stood up to a culture trying to break her down.”—Serena Williams In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career—six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the...
The Year We Left Home
A "New York Times" bestseller and a National Book Award finalist, "The Year We Left Home" chronicles the lives of the Erickson family as the children come of age in 1970's and '80's America.
The Star Side of Bird Hill
Two sisters are suddenly sent from their home in Brooklyn to Barbados to live with their grandmother, in Naomi Jackson’s stunning debut novel This lyrical novel of community, betrayal, and love centers on an unforgettable matriarchal family in Barbados. Two sisters, ages ten and sixteen, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados after their mother can no longer care for them. The young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, live for the summer of 1989 with their grandmother Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah. Dionne spends the summer in search of love, testing her grandmother’s limits, and wanting to go home. Phaedra explores Bird Hill, w...
Disobedience
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND RACHEL MCADAMS By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man. But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind. From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017, Naomi Alderman's Disobedience is an insightful and witty novel on the search for love, tolerance and faith. 'Funny, tender and insightful' Guardian 'A wonderful novel . . . rich and fresh and fascinating' Sunday Times
Jamie Wraps It Up in Rio
The Circle 12 Series will take you on a worldwide adventure with awesome kids. You will experience new cultures, places, languages and history like never before! In this book, Jamie Florentino is just another Brazilian teenager with the usual summer plans. All was right with her world until she finds out that her role as an average teenager is anything but. Jamie's life changes fast and is sure to keep you guessing. How will she handle her new role as an extraordinary member of an elite twelve member organization? While enjoying this awesome adventure, you will also learn a lot about Brazil and the language of Portuguese.
Annabell Unlocks the Case in London
The Circle 12 Series will take you on a worldwide adventure with awesome kids. You will experience new cultures, places, languages and history like never before! Join Annabell on a quest to solve the mystery at Buckingham Palace. Who is at the root of these crimes? Could it be the Queen? Does Annabell have what it takes to get to the bottom of this mystery? While enjoying this adventure, you will also learn about the history of Great Britain as well as English culture, customs and landmarks.
Dave Saves the City that Never Sleeps
The Circle 12 Series will take you on a worldwide adventure with awesome kids. You will experience new cultures, places, languages and history like never before! New York City is in complete turmoil and it is up to 12-year-old David Willifred Thunder to find out why. Along with all the changes happening in his life, Dave has to figure out what is happening to this city that literally never sleeps. Will he save the city before it lays in complete ruin? While enjoying this adventure, you will also learn about the history, diversity and energy that makes New York City great.
