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Sundown
John Joseph Mathews
Challenge Windzer, the mixed-blood protagonist of this compelling autobiographical novel, was born at the beginning of the twentieth century "when...
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Fools Crow
James Welch
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Eartha
Cathy Malkasian
Malkasian’s stunning landscapes and depictions of nature, gestural character nuance, and sophisticated storytelling are on display in her latest graphic...
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American Nations
Colin Woodard
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of...
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Mislaid
Nell Zink
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A sharply observed, mordantly funny, and startlingly original novel from an exciting, unconventional...
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Brown
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Winner of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the...
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No god but God
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