Cultural Heritage
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Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Folklore: Ninety Stories about Ghosts, Demons and Other Supernatural Beings from the Konjaku Monogatari
$17.99 Add to cartSupernatural tales from the most famous anthology in all of Japanese literature!
The Konjaku Monogatari Shu is a collection of tales from Buddhist and popular Japanese folklore that was compiled in th- Author: Koriyama, Naoshi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 4805318643
- Language: English
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Sensitive Anatomy
$15.95 Read moreIn the era of compulsive touch-ups and digital poses, perhaps it is time to re-read our body in order to rescue perhaps it is time to re-read our body in order to rescue it and embrace it with joy. it
- Author: Neuman, Andr?s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 196038502X
- Language: English
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The Electrician and the Seamstress
$18.95 Add to cartBased on a true story of a couple torn apart during World War II, The Electrician and the Seamstress is a beautiful tale of resilience, courage, and love.
Germany, 1936. Bruno, an electrician, and Karl
- Series: Timeless Legacy
- Author: Granlove, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990434707
- Language: English
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Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa
$17.95 Add to cartDissent, disease, disaster: introducing Disruption, a short story collection from new and emerging African writers, many for the first time on North American shelves. Spanning genres, eras, and the Af… [more below]
- Author: Snyman, Jason Mykl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1946395579
- Language: English
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Room Service
$12.95 Add to cartBestselling author Rochelle Alers’ heartwarming and seductive series follows four very different women risking second chances deep in the sultry heart of New Orleans . . .
New Yorker Jasmine Washingt- Series: Innkeepers #3
- Author: Alers, Rochelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1496707346
- Language: English
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The Last Chinese Chef
$17.99 Add to cartThis alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food.
When Maggie McElroy, a widowed… [more below]- Author: Mones, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0547053738
- Language: English
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Women in Sunlight
$18.00 Add to cartThe story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an exceptional year, from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun.
Don’t miss Frances Mayes in P- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0451497678
- Language: English
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Iola Leroy: Or Shadows Uplifted
$16.00 Read moreA landmark account of the African American experience during the Civil War and its aftermath
First published in 1892, this stirring novel by the great writer and activist Frances Harper tells the s- Series: Penquin Classics
- Author: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 26 2010
- ISBN10: 014310604X
- Language: English
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Murder in Jerusalem
$16.99 Add to cartThe sixth and final novel from beloved and critically-acclaimed Israeli crime novelist Batya Gur–a stunning tale of a beautiful and secretive woman’s murder, set against the politically charged backd
- Series: Michael Ohayon #6
- Author: Gur, Batya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 22 2020
- ISBN10: 0060852941
- Language: English
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Too Late the Phalarope
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Cry, The Beloved Country comes a powerful novel of terror and remorse “written in exquisitely balanced prose” (Chicago Sun-Times) about a white policeman who has an affair with a na… [more below]
- Author: Paton, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 03 1996
- ISBN10: 0684818957
- Language: English
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Beyond the Tinsel
$16.00 Add to cartRecall the experience of gathering in a festively decorated church sanctuary with a lighted candle in your hand, the sanctuary aglow in candlelight, singing the beloved Christmas hymn, “”Silent Night,… [more below]
- Author: Schomer, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: May 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1666705748
- Language: English
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The Henna Artist
$18.99 Add to cartVivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lu
- Author: Joshi, Alka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 533
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1432885065
- Language: English
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Stand a Little Out of My Sun
$14.95 Add to cartStand a Little Out of My Sun – “An elegant . . . compelling multigenerational drama . . . the text is entertaining and vibrant, rich with details of Greek American culture, ’50s and ’60s Chicago.” Kir
- Author: Voss, Angelyn Christy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1734726008
- Language: English
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A Taste of Sage
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the International Latino Book Award for Best Novel-Romance
From talented new writer Yaffa S. Santos, a hilarious and heartwarming rom-com about chefs, cooking, love, and self-discovery–a cro
- Author: Santos, Yaffa S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 006297484X
- Language: English
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Velvet
$18.95 Read moreWinner of The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
Winner of the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary TranslationA novel of enormous power and great beauty, in which a Palestinian woman
- Series: Hoopoe Fiction
- Author: Habayeb, Huzama
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 9774169301
- Language: English
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Equal of the Sun
$19.99 Add to cart*”Gripping.” —The Washington Post * ” A story of intrigue and action…[whose] scheming and parricide rival A Game of Thrones.” —San Francisco Chronicle*
Based loosely on the life of Princess Pari K- Author: Amirrezvani, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 1451660472
- Language: English
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The Murder of Amos Dunn: A Sidney Lake Lowcountry Mystery
$14.99 Add to cartA small business owner, Amos Dunn, has been found murdered in the lowcountry town of Morgan, South Carolina. The initial reaction of the local police is that the robbery of Dunn’s convenience store go… [more below]
- Series: Sidney Lake Lowcountry Mystery
- Author: Holland, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1644372282
- Language: English
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To Fill a Yellow House
$18.99 Add to cartLyrical, witty, moving and timely, To Fill a Yellow House is a story of community, friendship and the power of creativity and connection.
When Kwasi’s family moves abruptly from one side of London to t
- Author: Anie, Sussie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0063087413
- Language: English
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The Dead Chip Syndicate
$21.32 Add to cartOffered the chance to run his twin brother’s A.I. company, Anthony Wilson ditches his failing screenwriting career to start anew in Macau. The job turns highly lucrative when Anthony’s new client, Cas
- Author: Pearson, Andrew W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986330570
- Language: English
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver: A Ballad Novel
$28.00 Add to cartThe New York Times Bestseller
Set in the Appalachian wilderness and blending legends and folklore with high suspense, this stellar novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, is considered one of McCrumb’s c- Series: Ballad Novels #5
- Author: McCrumb, Sharyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 26 2013
- ISBN10: 031238887X
- Language: English
