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• Interpreter of Maladies

  Stories

  Lahiri, Jhumpa,

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  Also available as eBook. First published in 1999, this collection of nine short stories from Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri traces the quotidian challenges of Indians and Indian Americans navigating the junction of two different worlds.

• Claire of the Sea Light

  Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

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  Also available as eBook. Edwidge Danticat is the definitive voice of the modern Haitian diaspora, and Claire of the Sea Light, her vivid and lyrical 2013 novel, is a fictional story rooted in the deep struggles and truths of a nation. The book hooks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Memory

  Gappah, Petina, 1971-

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  Memory is a construct, yes, but in Petina Gappah’s fierce debut novel, Memory is also a protagonist. The story zooms straight into the maximum-security unit of a prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, where Memory, an albino woman on trial for murder, is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Hologram for the King

  Eggers, Dave

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  Also available as eAudiobook and as a DVD adaptation. Set amid Saudi Arabian sand dunes during the American recession, Dave Eggers’s A Hologram for the King is a meditation on globalism, excessive wealth, and the utter fragility of the modern…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snow

  Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-

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  Also available as eBook. Poet Ka returns to his homeland, Turkey, after 12 years in exile, settling in the city of Kars, where a spate of teenage suicides has shaken the community. It’s no coincidence, of course, that Ka and Kars both sound like…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kafka on the Shore

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  Also available as eBook. Nothing and everything seems to make sense in Kafka on the Shore, the intergenerational tour de force from Japanese literary master Haruki Murakami. The tale is bookended by the 15-year-old Kafka and the elderly Nakata, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Token

  Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke

  Lawler, Andrew,

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  A sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths--about race, gender, and immigration--exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In 1587, 115 men, women, and children arrived at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Notes From a Small Island

  Bryson, Bill,

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  Also available in hardback cover

• The Road to Little Dribbling

  Adventures of An American in Britain

  Bryson, Bill,

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  Also available in hardback cover.

• Every Day in Tuscany

  [Seasons of An Italian Life]

  Mayes, Frances

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  Also available in hardback cover

• The Widows of Malabar Hill

  Massey, Sujata,

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  Also available as eAudiobook and in hardback cover "[Massey] does a wonderful job of taking life in India at the beginning of the 20th century. She gives enough cultural details without overwhelming readers with facts. The two plot lines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Year in Provence

  Mayle, Peter

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  Also available in hardback cover and DVD adaptation. Peter Mayle personally recounts the pleasures and frustrations of life in Provence - sharing in a way no one else can, the unique and endearing culture that is Provence.

• Eat, Pray, Love

  One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

  Gilbert, Elizabeth

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  Also available in hardback cover. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life.

• A Walk in the Woods

  Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

  Bryson, Bill

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  Also available as eAudiobook and in hardback cover. Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Under the Tuscan Sun

  at Home in Italy

  Mayes, Frances

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  Also available in hardback cover. Frances Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of Italy with gusto and passion. Under the Tuscan Sun is a feast for all the senses, a celebration of the extraordinary quality of life in Tuscany.

• A Year in the World

  Journey of a Passionate Traveller

  Mayes, Frances

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  Also available as eAudiobook. A Year In The World tours readers through the art, architecture, and history of Europe and parts of Africa.

• On the Road

  Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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  Also available as eAudiobook and DVD adaptation. Based on Kerouac’s real adventures and like Bryson, the story captures the heart of the baby boomer generation. Hedonism, experimental drugs, freedom. On The Road is a fictional travel story about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Into Thin Air

  a Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

  Krakauer, Jon

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  Also available as eBook. Jon Krakauer is a famed travel journalist and travel writer with the ability to transcend the typical memoir genre with his poignant life undertakings. Into Thin Air is about his fight to stay alive on Mount Everest during…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Who Travel

  Trilivas, Nicole,

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  A hilarious, deftly written debut novel about a woman whose wanderlust is about to show her that sometimes you don’t have to travel very far to become the person you want to be…

• A Cook's Tour

  in Search of a Perfect Meal

  Bourdain, Anthony

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  Also available as eBook. A Cook’s Tour lays out Bourdain’s life as a chef and his initial travels. A Cook’s Tour is a powerful book about human connection. Food brings people together, is the conversation starter, makes you think about food and…Read moreRead more of this annotation