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Updated December 26, 2023
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Americanah
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful new novel--a story of love and race centred around a young man and woman from Nigeria who...
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The wind knows my name : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' - KHALED HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' - DAILY MAIL 'What a joy it must be to...
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Dog Island
Claudel, Philippe
Paper Book
From the author of Grey Souls and Brodeck's Report: a chilling island fable of murder, exploitation and complicity "A parable about modern migration that is also the kind of detective story Mikhail Bulgakov might have written: visionary and darkly humourous"...
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What strange paradise
El Akkad, Omar
Paper Book
'Deserves to be an instant classic. I haven't loved a book this much in a long time . . . What Strange Paradise . . . reads as a parable for our times . . . Such beautiful writing . . . This is an extraordinary book.' - New York Times From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Akkad,...
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The night diary
Hiranandani, Veera
Ebook
A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK "A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults." ...
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Sea prayer
Hosseini, Khaled
Paper Book
A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations
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When stars are scattered
Jamieson, Victoria
Paper Book
A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.
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The beekeeper of Aleppo : a novel
Lefteri, Christy
Paper Book
The International Number One Bestseller, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Kite Runner.
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The Refugees
Nguyen, Viet Thanh.
Paper Book
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City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp
Rawlence, Ben
Paper Book
To the charity workers, Dabaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort. Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement,...
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Where you come from
Staniši?, Saša
Paper Book
A powerful exploration of identity and belonging, Where You Come From is the major new novel from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Sasa Stanisic Sasa Stanisic's Where You Come From is a novel about a village where only thirteen people remain, a...
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous A Novel
Vuong, Ocean.
Paper Book
**THE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** **WINNER OF THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD 2020** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2020** Brilliant, heart-breaking, tender, and highly original -...
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The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after
Wamariya, Clemantine
Paper Book
____________________ 'Sharp, moving memoir . . . Wamariya tells her own story with feeling, in vivid prose. She has remade herself, as she explains was necessary to do, on her own terms.' New York Times A riveting tale of dislocation, survival, and the...
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The bookbinder : a novel
Williams, Pip
Paper Book
As World War One brings women unexpected new freedoms, bookbinder Peggy has the chance at a new future. 'A wonderful book' Fiona Valpy, author of The Dressmaker's Gift 'Your job is to bind the books, not read them.' When...
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We are displaced : my journey and stories from refugee girls around the world
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
In this powerful and emotional New York Times bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai shares various stories of displacement, including her own. Part memoir, part communal storytelling, We Are Displaced introduces readers to some of the incredible girls...
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