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1) The namesake
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"With a new afterword"--Cover.
"Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs"--
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"Filled with action, emotion, and lyrical writing, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Namesake, the final book in the captivating Fable duology. Trader. Fighter. Survivor. With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug's scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership...
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SUMMARY & ANALYSIS
THE NAMESAKE
BASED ON THE BOOK BY JHUMPA LAHIRI
SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: GOLDEN BOOKS PUBLISHING
CONTENT
A New Life
The Naming
Setting Down Roots
Expanding Family
The Weight of a Name
A Journey Home
American Education
Nikhil's Transformation
A New Beginning
Analysis
ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK
In Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, The Namesake, the story follows Gogol Ganguli, an American-born son of Indian immigrants, and his...
9) The namesake
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The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.
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Steve Orlando (Supergirl: Rebirth, Midnighter) brings us his only original series of 2016, a gripping story about the nature of identity. Once every seven years, Earth overlaps with Ektae, a world where alchemy is not pseudo-science but the driving force of industry. For seven days, Ektae breaches our world, bringing dirty magic and ideas. Jordan Molossus was born of Earth and Ektae and abandoned by both, but when he receives two cast iron urns containing...
11) Namesakes
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Cursed with a face so ugly it's lethal, there's only one place seventeen-year-old Medusa can turn in hope of a counterspell: Her best friend's coven.
Wicca offers the solace Medusa longs for; its peaceful rites and heady power drawing her into a life of magick where high-school students have midnight gatherings, faery heritage, and high UAI scores.
As rampant cyber-bullying and a string of untraceable curses leave police stumped, it falls to Medusa...
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The disappearance of Matteo Arconti, an innocent insurance man from Milan, is no mistake. That much becomes clear when his body is discovered mere feet away from the office of another Matteo Arconti—a court magistrate known for his close scrutiny of mafia movements.
This namesake killing broadcasts a clear message of defiance and intimidation from a powerful crime syndicate. But whom, exactly, is the murder intended to intimidate?
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This namesake killing broadcasts a clear message of defiance and intimidation from a powerful crime syndicate. But whom, exactly, is the murder intended to intimidate?
Commissario...