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  • Build Your House Around My Body

    A Novel

    by Violet Kupersmith ...
    Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice).**FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Frangipani Hotel

    Fiction

    by Violet Kupersmith ...
    An extraordinarily compelling debut—ghost stories that grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam WarA beautiful young woman appears fully dressed in an overflowing bathtub at the Frangipani Hotel in Hanoi. A jaded teenage girl in Houston befriends an older Vietnamese gentleman she discovers naked behind a dumpster. A trucker in Saigon is asked to drive a dying young man home to his village. A plump ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Build Your House Around My Body

    A Novel

    by Violet Kupersmith ...
    Narrated by Quyen Ngo ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 23 min

    Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice).**FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Find Him!

    A Novel

    by Elaine Kraf ...
    Series series Modern Library Torchbearers
    An uncanny novel which provides keen insight on patriarchal violence and female identity by the author of feminist cult classic The Princess of 72nd StreetWith an introduction by Violet KupersmithUnderstand my beginning with Oliver. You will see that my love for him is not a romantic fantasy. Every bit of this love was formed from the reality of primary needs—ingestion, excretion, simple pleasure ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Frangipani Hotel

    Fiction

    by Violet Kupersmith ...
    Narrated by Elyse Dinh, VyVy Nguyen, David Lee Huynh, Carolina Do, Trieu Tran, Quyen Ngo ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 54 min

    An extraordinarily compelling debut—ghost stories that grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam WarA beautiful young woman appears fully dressed in an overflowing bathtub at the Frangipani Hotel in Hanoi. A jaded teenage girl in Houston befriends an older Vietnamese gentleman she discovers naked behind a dumpster. A trucker in Saigon is asked to drive a dying young man home to his village. A plump ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Find Him!

    A Novel

    by Elaine Kraf ...
    Narrated by Kristen Sieh ...
    Series series Modern Library Torchbearers

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    An uncanny novel which provides keen insight on patriarchal violence and female identity by the author of feminist cult classic The Princess of 72nd StreetWith an introduction by Violet KupersmithUnderstand my beginning with Oliver. You will see that my love for him is not a romantic fantasy. Every bit of this love was formed from the reality of primary needs—ingestion, excretion, simple pleasure ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Whistleblower's Dilemma

    Snowden, Silkwood and Their Quest for the Truth

    by Richard Rashke ...
    Narrated by Jamie Renell, Shannon Nicole Locke ...

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    In June of 2013, Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former CIA employee, leaked thousands of top-secret National Security Agency (NSA) documents to journalist Glen Greenwald. Branded as a whistleblower, Snowden reignited a debate about private citizens who reveal government secrets that should be exposed but may endanger the lives of others. Like the late Karen Silkwood, whose death in a car ... Read more

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    The Bohemians

    Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature

    by Ben Tarnoff ...
    Narrated by Jim Frangione ...

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    The unforgettable story of the birth of modern America and the western writers who gave voice to its emerging identityThe Bohemians begins in 1860s San Francisco. The Gold Rush has ended; the Civil War threatens to tear apart the country. The bards of the moment are the Bohemians: a young Mark Twain, fleeing the draft and seeking adventure; literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    A Passage North

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    by Anuk Arudpragasam ...
    Narrated by Neil Shah ...

    Unabridged

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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • A young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war from the author of The Story of a Brief Marriage.“A novel of tragic power and uncommon beauty.”—Anthony Marra“One of the most individual minds of their generation.”—Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE • ONE OF... ... Read more

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    The Chosen and the Beautiful

    by Nghi Vo ...
    Narrated by Natalie Naudus ...

    Unabridged

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    A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal"Gatsby the way it should have been written—dark, dazzling, fantastical."—R. F. Kuang"Luxurious, thrilling, and sexy."—Adrienne CeltImmigrant. Socialite. Magician.Jor... ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    How Beautiful We Were

    A Novel

    by Imbolo Mbue ...
    Narrated by Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson, Allyson Johnson, Lisa Renee Pitts ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 7 min

    A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers.**ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The ... Read more

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    Wicked River

    The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild

    by Lee Sandlin ...
    Narrated by Jeff McCarthy ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 44 min

    Acclaimed journalist and author Lee Sandlin delivers a riveting glimpse of a dangerous and colorful place in America's historical landscape-the Mississippi River of the 19th century. Long before it was dredged into a shipping channel or romanticized into myth, the untamed Mississippi-the lifeblood of communities that rose and fell along its banks-spawned a motley array of pirates and dignitaries, ... Read more

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