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A New York Times Notable Book: The award-winning debut novel of race and family that “casts a new light on urban life in Brooklyn” (Time Out New York).
“Like the characters of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry . . . [our] unnamed narrator is a black man concerned with identity in a decidedly white America”. He’s a father of three in...
“Like the characters of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry . . . [our] unnamed narrator is a black man concerned with identity in a decidedly white America”. He’s a father of three in...
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Hubert knows he brings shame on himself and on the Lord by being a queer — his grandad and the pastor of his evangelical church tell him as much all the time. So when he dies in a freak accident, he's as delighted as he is surprised to waltz right through the Pearly Gates, no questions asked. He even gets a beautiful angel named Bartholomew as his very own guide to the Afterlife.
But when the angel makes brazen overtures, Hubert realizes his...
But when the angel makes brazen overtures, Hubert realizes his...
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When Drew Schilling wakes up with a world-class hangover, he isn't especially proud of himself. He's almost forty-five years old — really, by now he should know better. He certainly knows better than to bring home a hook-up like Esau Wallenberg. His friendly face, his super-hero physique ... charming qualities that appeal to Drew, naturally, but in a guy old enough to rent a car. This kid's barely eighteen. Once they're out of bed, Drew just...
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Just when barbecue boss Spencer Worthington is convinced nothing in the world could be hotter than Colorado Springs this summer, along comes Ethan, sizzling ribs with his dad at a rival booth. Just looking at him makes Spencer sweat, and when Ethan's dad reveals himself to be a homophobic heckler, Spencer's temper flares. Conflict erupts, and a passerby proposes a civilized solution: a reality TV cook-off — such as the one she happens to produce...
5) You Again?
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Henry Kavalauskas spends most of his time at YVR, Vancouver's international airport. He works there, he hangs out there — he knows the world is bigger than his fast-food job and his parents' living room, and he wishes he could find a guy to take him out into it. Someone to shepherd him through its teeming cities and sleep beside him in its fine hotels.
Someone like Zack Hoffman, to be quite specific, although Henry's first encounter with the...
Someone like Zack Hoffman, to be quite specific, although Henry's first encounter with the...
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Hansel is an aspiring photographer with a greater passion for the half-naked models he works with than for his art. Gretel is a Drag Superstar — or will be, she's convinced, the moment she's discovered by ... anybody. One night, out in the tony gay-borhood The Woods, they stumble upon The Sugar Shack, a second-story nightclub they're both delighted to discover, Gretel for the nightly drag shows of which she'd thrill to be a part, Hansel for the...
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When seventeen-year-old Mark Potts fell from a balcony, he lost both the use of his legs and any faith in heroes. Now twenty-nine, he's long-since come to terms with his injury. His job provides more opportunities for eye-rolling than for riding to anybody's rescue, but with two kids to bring up, he barely has time for his husband, much less for heroics. Besides, Starr Bradford is a policeman — how many heroes does one family need?
Mark and Starr...
Mark and Starr...
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In this challenging book, Thomas Michael Hogg reveals the success formula of companies with high profitable growth. The typical key success factors of German companies are presented in an inspiring manner to motivate each decision maker taking action immediately. The 7-step profitable growth methodology published in this book is a proven blueprint implemented at leading enterprises in multiple countries and will transform your business mindset. Use...
13) Birdking: Vol. 2
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From the creators of Raiders, Daniel Freedman and CROM, comes this second installment of the dark fantasy graphic novel of epic adventure and magic.
Bianca and Birdking continue their quest to reach Atlas, entering the domain of Hinnom, an insurmountable mountain range that is the birthplace of a dead dark empire and the battlefield in the war between the kingdoms of the North and South. Old friends, new allies, and scores of enemies await them...
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Three tales set in the time of the Clone Wars. Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker face the Shadowmen on the night-world Nivek; Mace Windu and Saesee Tiin must discover new ways to use the force against an entire droid army; and Kit Fisto hunts for the Separatists' secret base and their leader.
17) Conversations
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"Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists. He has explored non-Western music and American vernacular music from jazz to rock, as well as groundbreaking music and video pieces. He toured the world with his own ensemble...
18) Kali
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"Stabbed in the back, poisoned, and left for dead by her own biker gang, Kali sets off on a one-way road of vengeance across a war-torn desert battlefield. With impending death coursing through her veins and a fascist army hot on her tail, she will stop at nothing to get her revenge, even if it's the last thing Kali ever does."--
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Obsessed with finding the truth behind the destruction of his life, the man who calls himself "Yamashita" follows a trail of clues that leads him back to the mysterious building where he was imprisoned and kept incommunicado for ten years before being dumped unceremoniously and without explanation into a world he no longer knows. Armed with a pistol, a remorseless conscience, and a brutal imagination, he begins the process or unraveling the net of...
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Imprisoned for a decade without trial or explanation -- and then released just as unceremoniously -- and now warmed with a cell phone that his former torturer has provided for him, will Goto be able to hunt down the truth behind his decade in hell, or will he become even more his tormentor's plaything? No doubt, Goto's adversary still has a few surprises in store, and if Goto wants answers, he'll have to fight like the devil to get them.