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• Babel

  or the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

  Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.),

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  Oxford University's Royal Institute of Translation, also known as Babel, is the world's center for translation and magic.

• Monstrilio

  Cordova, Gerardo Samano,

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  A unique story about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes.

• Martyr!

  Akbar, Kaveh,

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  Cyrus Shams is a young American man grappling with his Iranian heritage and self-identity. His obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past.

• The Overstory

  a Novel

  Powers, Richard, 1957-

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  A novel of activism and the natural world told in interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways to save the continent's few remaining acres of untouched forest.

• Americanah

  Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-

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  Ifemelu and Obinze were once young and in love. They separate when they both leave Nigeria for the West - one for the US, the other for the UK. What happens when they are finally able to reunite 15 years later?

• All Down Darkness Wide

  a Memoir

  Hewitt, Seán

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  This love story and memoir between the author and Elias is an honest and emotional portrayal of what it's like to be caught in the undertow of a loved one's deep depression.

• Beasts of the Southern Wild

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  The fairy-tale like story of Hushpuppy, an optimistic and imaginative six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community, who goes on a journey to save her father from a mysterious illness.

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