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Oct 6, 2017
October is Black History month in the UK, an annual series of events and a celebration of the contribution that black people have made to the history of this country. Here are some great books:
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter
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'A devastating front-line account of the police killings and the young activism that sparked one of...
The Hate u Give
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A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old...
Race police shooting black lives matter prejudice witness murder
Ghana Must Go: A Novel
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A “buoyant” and “rapturous” debut novel (The Wall Street Journal) about the transformative...
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The Color Purple
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The classic, PULITZER PRIZE-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. Set in the deep...
The Lonely Londoners
Samuel Selvon and Nasta Susheila
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Both devastating and funny, The Lonely Londoners is an unforgettable account of immigrant experience...
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MuggleNet Academia
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MuggleNet Academia discusses literature aspects of the Harry Potter book series. Brought to you by...
Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare
Sophie Chiari and Mickael Popelard
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To the readers who ask themselves: 'What is science?', this volume provides an answer from an early...
Lgbtq Young Adult Fiction: A Critical Survey, 1970s-2010s
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Young adult literature featuring teenage lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning...
Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Oct 5, 2017
The British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for his “novels of great emotional force”. Here are some of his books:
The Remains of the Day: Faber Modern Classics
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The Remains of the Day won the 1989 Booker Prize and cemented Kazuo Ishiguro's place as one of the...
The Buried Giant
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'There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay...' This is the extraordinary new novel from the...
An Artist of the Floating World
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It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting...
When We Were Orphans
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England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the...
Never Let Me Go
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In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of...
Wir haben Raketen geangelt
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BESTSELLER. Hailed by many as the new voice in German literature, Köhler delivers a collection of...
Suswatibasu (1702 KP) shared Books Editor 's list
Oct 2, 2017
The best books of the past year are about China, language, microbes, hereditary power, inequality and medieval manuscripts.
The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
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'A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating' The Observer 'A peerless intellectual...
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR...
Patient HM: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
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In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe...
Science medicine biography
The Gene: An Intimate History
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Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail...
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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This was selected as a New York Times Non-Fiction Book of the Year. It is also New York Times...
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Philosophy as a Literary Art: Making Things Up
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Despite philosophers' growing interest in the relation between philosophy and literature in general,...
Erika (17789 KP) rated Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded in Books
Feb 1, 2020
It's an interesting study on Pamela, and spawned so many great, satirical novels. This is definitely a must read if you like classic literature and enjoy reading the novels that shaped the literature of today.