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The City of Dreaming Books : a novel from Zamonia
by Walter Moers
A translation of a follow-up to The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard finds young writer Optimus Yarnspinner inheriting from his beloved godfather an unpublished anonymous short story, a bequest that takes him to the city of Bookholm in search of its writer.
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Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold : a novel
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A century-old Tokyo coffee shop rumored to offer patrons the chance to travel back in time, where four customers reevaluate their formative life choices.
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Human Acts : a novel
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Han Kang
A U.S. release of an award-winning, controversial best-seller from South Korea follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones.
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Howl's moving castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
by Hiro Arikawa
An internationally best-selling ode to kindness, sacrifice and the power of small things traces the experiences of adventurous Nana the cat and his owner, Satoru, as they embark on a road trip across Japan to visit three old friends.
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Why we sleep : unlocking the power of sleep and dreams
by Matthew P Walker
A first book by the director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab outlines a groundbreaking exploration of sleep that explains how to harness its transformative power to improve overall health and life quality, covering subjects ranging from caffeine and REM sleep to sleep patterns and the role of sleep in illness.
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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
by Young-ha Kim
Amid the emotional desolation and stark despair of Seoul, Korea, the unnamed narrator assists the lost and hurting find an escape through peaceful suicide, and two brothers are torn by their mutual love for the same woman, in a collection of interwoven stories set against the backdrop of contemporary Korea.
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Regarding the pain of others
by Susan Sontag
An examination of the role of imagery in modern culture considers how depictions of violence, from wartime photographs to footage of the September 11 attacks, are used and how they impact the world. By the author of On Photography.
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Sweet Bean Paste
by Dorian Sukegawa
Working in a confectionary shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with a sweet paste made of red beans, Sentaro, a down-on-his-luck aspiring writer with a criminal record, finds his life forever changed when he meets Tokue, a disabled woman, but as their friendship blossoms, societal prejudices become impossible to ignore.
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