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Ordinary People

A Novel

by Diana Evans ...

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the Rathbones Folio PrizeWinner of the South Bank Sky Arts Award for LiteratureA Washington Post “Lily Lit” Book Club SelectionHailed as a “lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart” (Naomi Alderman), London-based author Diana Evans received international acclaim for Ordinary People. In ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the Rathbones Folio PrizeWinner of the South Bank Sky Arts Award for LiteratureA Washington Post “Lily Lit” Book Club SelectionHailed as a “lyrical and glorious writer; a precise poet of the human heart” (Naomi Alderman), London-based author Diana Evans received international acclaim for Ordinary People. In
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A House for Alice

A Novel

by Diana Evans ...

**ANEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR• Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction • A sweeping and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch"Each character here is richly and deeply drawn...This is a novel that encourages us to stand in life’s burning doorways, and to think long before we walk away ... Read more

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**ANEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR• Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction • A sweeping and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch"Each character here is richly and deeply drawn...This is a novel that encourages us to stand in life’s burning doorways, and to think long before we walk away
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Key States, High Stakes

Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections

by Charles S. Bullock III, Charles S. Bullock III, Dante J. Scala, Daniel C. Reed, Amy Widestrom, Christopher Dennis, Susan A. MacManus, David J. Bonanza, Mary L. Moss, Joel Turner, Scott Lasley0, Stanley P. Berard1, M Jean Kingston2, Robert Rupp3, Costas Panagopoulos4, Joseph D. Giammo5, Michael A. Maggiotto6, Raymond H. Scheele7, Janna L. Deitz8, Edward Anegon9, David Nice0, Diana Evans1, Geoffrey Peterson2, Andrew Dowdle3, Ted G. Jelen4 ...

The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for ... Read more

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The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the potential to transform the composition of congress and set the stage for the nation's politics for
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Distributive Politics in Developing Countries

Almost Pork

by Mark Baskin, Michael L. Mezey, Joel D. Barkan, Harry Blair, Diana Evans, Robert Mattes, David Ndii, Steven Hippo Twebaze, Horace Bartilow0, Nelson Kasfir1 ...

This book explores the increasing use of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) in emerging democratic governments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Oceania. CDFs dedicate public money to benefit parliamentary constituencies through allocations and/or spending decisions influenced by Members of Parliament (MPs). The contributors employ the term CDF as a generic term although such funds have a ... Read more

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This book explores the increasing use of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) in emerging democratic governments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Oceania. CDFs dedicate public money to benefit parliamentary constituencies through allocations and/or spending decisions influenced by Members of Parliament (MPs). The contributors employ the term CDF as a generic term although such funds have a
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A House for Alice

A Novel

by Diana Evans ...

Narrated by Natalie Simpson ...

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11 hours 53 min

**ANEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR• Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction • A sweeping and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch"Each character here is richly and deeply drawn...This is a novel that encourages us to stand in life’s burning doorways, and to think long before we walk away ... Read more

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**ANEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR• Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction • A sweeping and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch"Each character here is richly and deeply drawn...This is a novel that encourages us to stand in life’s burning doorways, and to think long before we walk away
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What Writers Read

35 Writers on their Favourite Book

by Pandora Sykes ...

Narrated by Pandora Sykes, Elizabeth Day, Nick Hornby, Diana Evans, Paris Lees, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Paul Mendez, Sara Collins, Nina Stibbe, Tessa Hadley0, Damon Galgut1, Simon Darwen2, Aysha Kala3 ...

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3 hours 32 min

Bloomsbury presents What Writers Read by Pandora Sykes, read by Pandora Sykes, Elizabeth Day, Nick Hornby, Diana Evans, Paris Lees, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Paul Mendez, Sara Collins, Nina Stibbe, Tessa Hadley, Damon Galgut, Simon Darwen and Aysha Kala.A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHIn this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents What Writers Read by Pandora Sykes, read by Pandora Sykes, Elizabeth Day, Nick Hornby, Diana Evans, Paris Lees, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Paul Mendez, Sara Collins, Nina Stibbe, Tessa Hadley, Damon Galgut, Simon Darwen and Aysha Kala.A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHIn this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling
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Delphi

A Novel

by Clare Pollard ...

Narrated by Emma Lowndes ...

Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

A GuardianBest Book of 2022 * “Clever and surprising.” —BuzzFeed * “Brilliantly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Ingenious.”—The Millions * “Powerful.” —Harper’s BazaarA captivating debut novel about a classics professor immersed in research for a new book on a prophecy in the ancient world who confronts chilling questions abo... ... Read more

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A GuardianBest Book of 2022 * “Clever and surprising.” —BuzzFeed * “Brilliantly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Ingenious.”—The Millions * “Powerful.” —Harper’s BazaarA captivating debut novel about a classics professor immersed in research for a new book on a prophecy in the ancient world who confronts chilling questions abo...
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A Spell of Good Things

A novel

by Ayobami Adebayo ...

Narrated by Babajide Oyekunle, Ore Apampa ...

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12 hours 40 min

BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The New York Times).Eniola is tall for his age, a boy ... Read more

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BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The New York Times).Eniola is tall for his age, a boy
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Crooked Seeds

A Novel

by Karen Jennings ...

**A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family’s troubling past in this taut and daring novel about national trauma and collective guilt—from the Booker Prize–longlisted author of An Island.“Extraordinary . . . unputdownable.”—Roddy DoyleLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Guardian, Irish Times, CrimeReads**Cape Town, 2028. The land cracks ... Read more

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**A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family’s troubling past in this taut and daring novel about national trauma and collective guilt—from the Booker Prize–longlisted author of An Island.“Extraordinary . . . unputdownable.”—Roddy DoyleLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Guardian, Irish Times, CrimeReads**Cape Town, 2028. The land cracks
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Beyond the Door of No Return

A Novel

by David Diop ...

Translated by Sam Taylor ...

A Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature | Longlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardOne of The Atlantic’s 10 Best Books of 2023A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 | Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews“A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . .... ... Read more

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A Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature | Longlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardOne of The Atlantic’s 10 Best Books of 2023A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 | Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews“A hypnotic, powerful historical novel in which stories nest within one another like dolls . . ....
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The Road to the Salt Sea

A Novel

by Samuel Kolawole ...

WINNER OF THE 2025 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTIONPEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST • ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLISTAs wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice.Able God works for low pay at a four-star hotel where he must ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2025 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTIONPEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST • ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLISTAs wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from Nigeria to Libya to Italy, from an exciting new literary voice.Able God works for low pay at a four-star hotel where he must
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Bear

A Novel

by Julia Phillips ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end” (People, Book of the Week).NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK!FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end” (People, Book of the Week).NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK!FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE •
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