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1. The last white man

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Author:
Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-
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English
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"From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. Across the land, people are awakening...

2. The last innocent white man in America, and other writings

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Author:
Leonard, John, 1939-2008
Publisher:
New Press
Pub. Date:
1993
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English
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3. My Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. and the Last Stand of the Angry White Man

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Author:
Powell, Kevin
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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Written in the tradition of works by Joan Didion, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Eve Ensler, this "profoundly insightful and brilliantly inciting" (Dominique Morisseau, Obie Award-winning playwright) exploration of the soul of the United States-the past, the present, and the future Kevin Powell wants for us all, through the lens and lives of three major figures: his mother, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Ten short years ago, Barack Obama became president...

4. 50 horror classics

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Publisher:
Emson
Pub. Date:
[2005]
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English
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5. Moby Dick

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Author:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Series:
Longman critical edition
World's classics
Library of America paperback classics
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Lexile measure:
1150L
Language:
English
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3.7 stars
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Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick are allegorical references to life - and even the universe - in this masterpiece by Herman Melville. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick...

6. The last of the Mohicans

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Author:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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Oxford world's classics
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Lexile measure:
1210L
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English
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Set in 1757, during the American colonial wars between the English and French, this second of Cooper's five tales shows both camps united in dispossessing the native Indians and concentrates on the adventures of three men on their way to join the besieged Fort William Henry on Lake George.

7. Razorblade tears

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Author:
Cosby, S. A.
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English
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"A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss. Derek's father Buddy Lee...

8. NYPD red

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Author:
Patterson, James, 1947-
Series:
NYPD Red
NYPD red mystery volume 1
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English
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NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival, they are the first ones called.

9. Passing

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Author:
Larsen, Nella
Series:
Penguin classics
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HL: High-Low 810L
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English
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3.5 stars
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Irene Redfield, married to a successful physician, enjoys a comfortable life in Harlem, New York. Reluctantly, she renews her friendship with old school friend, Clare Kendry. Clare, who like Irene is light skinned, "passes" as white and is married to a racist white man who has no idea about his wife's racial heritage. Clare is very persuasive and Irene, despite misgivings, can't resist letting her back into her world. As tensions mount between friends...

10. The call of the wild

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Author:
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Series:
Scholastic classics
Classic literature
100 greatest masterpieces of American literature
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Lexile measure:
1120L
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English
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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. The domesticated life of a powerful St. Bernard-Shepherd mix named Buck is quickly turned on end when he is stolen away from his master and put to work as a sled dog in Alaska. His once life of luxury turns into a life of survival...

11. Neighbors: a novel

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Steel, Danielle
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"Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment's hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbors...

12. The deerslayer

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Author:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Series:
Leatherstocking Tales volume 1
Penguin classics
Great illustrated classics
Lexile measure:
1340L
Language:
English
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4 stars
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Set in the 1740s, just after the start of the French and Indian wars, James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer tells the story of a young Natty Bumppo, most famously known as 'Hawkeye', and his Mohican 'brother' Chingachgook, as they attempt to rescue Chingachgook's betrothed, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Hurons. When Bumppo's friends Harry March and Tom Hutter are also...

13. Beautiful ruins: a novel

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Author:
Walter, Jess, 1965-
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A novel that spans fifty years. The Italian housekeeper and his long-lost American starlet; the producer who once brought them together, and his assistant. A glittering world filled with unforgettable characters.

14. Spawn

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Author:
McFarlane, Todd
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Image Comics
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"War To 300," Part Two Last Issue Before Spawn 300! Witness the debut of Todd McFarlane's newest creation The Rapture! Heaven's answer to the mythic Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, these eternal warriors are tasked with eliminating the plague called humanity from the face of the Earth. The War To 300 rages! Next month, new allegiances will form, new enemies will rise, and history will be made! Hollywood News! Soon to be a major motion picture from...

15. The inheritance games

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Author:
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Series:
Inheritance games volume 1
Lexile measure:
640L
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English
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When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

16. Beautiful world, where are you

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Author:
Rooney, Sally
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New York Times Best Sellers Fiction
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English
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"A new novel by Sally Rooney, the bestselling author of Normal People and Conversations with Friends"-- "Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young--but life is catching up with them. They desire...

17. Empire falls

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Author:
Russo, Richard, 1949-
Series:
Thorndike Press large print Americana
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English
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Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it's Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, who's taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it's the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in...

18. Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance

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Author:
Obama, Barack
Lexile measure:
910L
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English
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4 stars
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Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity. The son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. Obama retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of...

19. Black Beauty

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Author:
Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878
Series:
Great classics for children
Treasury of illustrated classics
Puffin classics
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Lexile measure:
900L
Language:
English
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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

20. Wrong alibi

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Author:
Dodd, Christina
Series:
Murder in Alaska volume 1
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English
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"Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. But her bright hopes for the future are shattered when Donald White disappears, leaving her to face charges of theft, embezzlement--and a brutal double murder. Her protestations of innocence count for nothing. Convicted, she faces life in prison...until fate sends her on the run. Evie's escape leaves her scarred and in hiding, isolated...
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