Narrative theme: coming of age
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La vida verdadera / Real Life
£20.85
Fingerprint! Publishing Little Women
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£17.09
Double 9 Booksllp Great Expectations
£24.74
Double 9 Booksllp O Pioneers !
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£11.69
Kopernik Tomboy: An Epic Journey of A Child Refugee
Book SynopsisThe novel, Tomboy, is a coming of age sports fiction based on true events. The setting -- the waning days of the Balkan War, is followed by the two main characters, Jarmila Bartanovic and her mother Sanela, as they struggle to survive their war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having escaped the carnage and devastation of their homeland, mother and child soon face a different set of life challenges living in their new home of America.This book is a paean to the unconquerable spirit of hope and survival, as the protagonist rose from a homeless refugee to becoming the highest paid female athlete in the world. Her story is a testament to all who dreamed, believed, and achieved, despite formidable adversities. As we travel with the Bartanovics, from one continent to another, the story expands slowly, becoming emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.
£21.25
The American University in Cairo Press The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor
Book SynopsisAspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 1980s Syria. And at the tender age of thirteen, she is exiled to live with her grandparents in England. Many years later in London, she meets Hilal, the son of a humble tailor from Aleppo and no match for Dunya, daughter of the great heart surgeon Joseph Noor. But, dreamy, restless Dunya falls in love with Hilal and they decide to return to Syria together, embarking on a journey that will change them both forever. Rana Haddad’s vivid and satirical debut novel captures the essence of life under the Assad dictatorship, in all its rigid absurdity. With humor and an unexpected playfulness, this is a story of love and light against the forces of conservativism and oppression.Trade Review“An amazing book . . . peppered with satire and comic moments . . . [you] understand that there is so much more to this extraordinary country [Syria] than just war.”—Sanam Shantyaei, Middle East Matters, France24"Quirky, very readable...I recommend The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor for its lightness of tone and the weight of its concerns. And because it’s part set in Lattakia – not many novels wear that particular honor."—Robin Yassin-Kassab, Qunfuz“Very enjoyable reading . . . it is to be hoped that we will see more from Rana Haddad.” —The Modern Novel"I loved this book! Magical writing and such a beautiful story. Thank you for this novel whose characters with their glorious curly hair will stay with me! Read this."—Mona Eltahawy“A vivid debut . . . infused not only with comedy but with a gentle lyricism. This is a story about love in its many shades, its pleasures and its pain, and how it feels to have the political intrude upon the intimately personal.”—i News"Telling satire for anyone who knows Syria.”—Gareth Smyth, The Arab Weekly"While Haddad's novel depicts the context of Syria's conflict, aspects of it could be happening anywhere. For this is not so much a novel about Syria, but a novel about the strangeness and difference between what is said and unsaid, what is understood and what is not.” —Usman Butt, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed“[An] exceptional debut novel. Satirical and witty . . . there is a skillful lightness to Haddad’s writing.” —Arab News
£11.92
The American University in Cairo Press The Girl with Braided Hair
Book SynopsisArt historian Yasmine has been working on restoring an unsigned portrait of a strikingly beautiful girl from the Napoleonic Era, when she discovers that the artist has embedded a lock of hair into the painting, something highly unusual. The mysterious painting came into the museum’s possession without record, and Yasmine sets out to uncover the secret concealed within this captivating work. Meanwhile, at the close of the French Campaign in Egypt, sixteen-year-old Zeinab, the daughter of a prominent sheikh, is drawn into French high society when Napoleon himself requests her presence. Enamored by the foreign customs of the Europeans, she finds herself on a dangerous path, one that may ostracize her from her family and culture. Seamlessly merging fiction with history, art and politics, modern day Cairo with its opulent past, this compelling story of two women caught between worlds and entangled in matters of the heart launches an entrancing new literary voice.Trade Review"Delightful . . . Adly’s inspired story of art and resistance to colonization hits the mark."—Publishers Weekly"Adly has created a wonderful homage to Cairo's past and present. Her vibrant descriptions of the city in the 21st century and during the Napoleonic era bring its rich urban street scenes to life. Adly's novel also gives voice to Egypt's successful resistance against French colonization . . . Recommended"—Library Journal"A must-read book set in Cairo"—Electric Literature“Extraordinary. . . .From Ottoman palaces, battles and love stories, Adly’s novel is brilliantly detailed and complex."—Arab News"Can be read with pleasure"—David Tresilian, Al-Ahram Weekly“Rasha Adly, with skilled language and characterization, has sought a deep excavation of the relationship between power and art.”—Badiaa Zidan, Al-Ayyam“Through the context of Egypt’s history during the French occupation, Adly dives into the interior life of a woman to present her feelings and desires, the conflict between her intellect and her emotions, her petty selfishness, and the relationship of these urges to collective suffering, with elements of tragedy that often accompany fierce love.” —Abdelrahman Ziada, Ahram“The aura of historical places in Cairo, and a knowledge of art history are both reflected within the cosmos of the novel.”—al-Rai Media"A multi-textured story of love, war, and the ruthlessness and privileges of the invader. Sarah Enany’s subtle and beautifully crafted translation is a wonderful vehicle through which to introduce readers to such a significant addition to the tradition of the Egyptian and Arabic novel."—Judges' comments, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
£12.80
Armida Publications Immoral Tales
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£12.78
Armida Publications Betwixt and Between
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£13.50
Aisha Urooj The Nine Muses
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£7.19
Blackstone Publishing The Ravaged
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£16.65
Jose Rodriguez Enfrentando el Laberinto: Diario de Una Tímida
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£11.20
Bookbaby Days of Eight
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£20.83
Independently Published Bright Like Midnight-Special Edition
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£13.27
Independently Published Sins of the Shadow Walkers
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£11.33
Independently Published Beyond the Black Mist
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£12.33
Hub City Press The Big Game is Every Night
Book SynopsisTold in the keen, honest voice of a young man growing up on the rural South Carolina coast, The Big Game Is Every Night grapples with masculinity, race, and family in contemporary blue-collar America.Grady Hayes’s whole life revolves around football. When he breaks his leg starting a game against a rival high school, his life comes unglued. As he recovers, Grady grows bored and angry. He no longer relates to his mom, his cousin, or the girl he’s been talking to, and loses interest in catfishing and eating family suppers on the weekends. When Grady tries to return to the team, his spot has been filled, and there are rumors flying about why Coach made Grady a starting running-back in the first place.Frustrated and alone, Grady falls in with Hambone, a brooding older classmate, who takes him deep into the swamps to hunt raccoons and experiment with drugs. After an ugly confrontation with another player in the locker room, his relationship with Hambone turns dark and violent. Out of options, Grady’s mom calls in his estranged father to set him straight, and Grady realizes that his dad isn’t the man he remembers.In his debut novel, Robert Maynor delivers a literary Lowcountry Friday Night Lights that shines a harsh light on the ways American men are steeped in violence, and how hard it can be to shake loose the toxic norms that unchecked can keep us all so far apart.Trade Review“Robert Maynor knows South Carolina. He knows catfishing and football. More than anything, though, he knows how to spin a yarn. Each line of his poignant debut bleeds raw emotion and powerful, dark energy. The Big Game Is Every Night hits like a linebacker on a backside blitz. Not to be missed.” —Eli Cranor, author of Don't Know Tough “Written in spare yet evocative prose, Robert Maynor’s The Big Game is Every Night is a quiet and powerful meditation on broken families, fractured friendships, the pain of reckoning with having the thing that most defines you taken away in an instant, and the legacy violence leaves in its wake.” —John Vercher, author of After the Lights Go Out “One of the most honest works of fiction I have ever read. The Big Game Is Every Night is a bruised and brutal debut about a boy on the precipice of manhood and all the terror it entails. Maynor’s novel made me want to cradle my two sons and never let go.” —J.C. Sasser, author of Gradle Bird “The Big Game Is Every Night is a Southern coming-of-age novel that grapples with serious questions about the difference between being a man and being a good man." —Jeff Fleischer, Foreword Reviews “Maynor’s novel is at its best when documenting Grady’s depression and alienation. A heartfelt story of ambition, family, and frustration.” —Kirkus Reviews
£12.34
Hub City Press The Crocodile Bride
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£15.30
Thorndike Press Large Print Elsewhere
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£35.78
Thorndike Press Large Print Nobody's Magic
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£35.29
Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Company Winterland
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£37.52
Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Company Maybe Not: A Novella
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£36.10
Wheeler Publishing Large Print The Night Ship
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£35.15
Wheeler Press Factory Girls
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£34.67
Thorndike Press Large Print Never Never
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£39.90
Cengage Learning, Inc Under the Magnolias
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£31.43
Thorndike Press Large Print Five Years from Now
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£39.15
Thorndike Press Large Print I See London
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£31.34
Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Company Some Desperate Glory
£34.74
Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Company The St. Ambrose School for Girls
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£35.93
Thorndike Press Large Print Sword Catcher
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£38.00
Large Print Press Never Never
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£20.69
Academic Studies Press An Amateur Performance: (Reminiscences of a
Book SynopsisTranslated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernity in their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.Despite being Russia's best Jewish writer of the nineteenth century, Lev Levanda (1835–1888) is barely known in the English-speaking world, with some of his most famous works, like the 1873 novel Seething Times, having yet to be published in their entirety. Another such work is An Amateur Performance (Reminiscences of a Student in the 1850s), which appears here in English for the first time, translated with elegance by Hugh McLean and edited by Brian Horowitz and Conor Daly. A classic in Russian-Jewish literature from 1882, An Amateur Performance describes the rush by Jews to government schools, secular education, and the lights of enlightenment, while also revealing the struggles of these Jewish students on the cusp of modernity, including keen observations on their lack of preparation, their confusion over the new ideas, and their confrontation with the repressive power of the Russian government. In short, it’s a brilliant sociological study of Russian Jewry in the 1850s as remembered by a writer who fought for progress and Jewish integration. Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface, by Professor William Craft Brumfield Introduction1. An Amateur Performance (Reminiscences of a Student in the 1850s)2. On Hugh and a Berkeley PhD: Recollections of Hugh McLean, Translator and Professor of Slavic Studies, by Brian HorowitzPhotographs1. Lev Levanda in his youth. From the New York Public Library Collections.2. Lev Levanda in middle age. From the New York Public Library Collections.3. Invitation to the funeral service for Lev Levanda. From the New York Public Library Collections.4. Brian Horowitz. Photograph courtesy of Brian Horowitz. 5. Hugh McLean. Photography courtesy of the Slavic Department at UC Berkeley.6. William Brumfield at Dwinelle Plaza, June 1966. In background: Wheeler Hall and Campanile. Photograph courtesy of William Brumfield Collections.7. Sproul Plaza meeting, fall 1967. In background: Sproul Hall. Photograph: William Brumfield. Courtesy of William Brumfield Collections.
£17.09
Anori Press LC I Asked the Moon
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£11.39
G & D Publishing No Heart for a Thief
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£15.19
