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Scenes from village life
By Amos Oz. 2017
Strange things are happening in Tel Ilan, a century-old pioneer village. A disgruntled retired politician complains to his daughter that…
he hears the sound of digging at night. Could it be their tenant, that young Arab? But then the young Arab hears the digging sounds too. Where has the mayor's wife gone, vanished without a trace, her note saying "Don't worry about me"? Around the village, the veneer of new wealth--gourmet restaurants, art galleries, a winery--barely conceals the scars of war and of past generations: disused air raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left wherever they stopped. A memorable novel-in-stories, an unsettling glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday life. 2017. Uniform title: Temunot me-ḥaye ha-kefar.Street divas (Griot audio)
By De'Nesha Diamond. 2012
Four powerful women vie for total control of the Memphis hood, and they aren't about to let past loyalties get…
in their way. While Lucifer is hitting the streets to get her revenge for a deadly shooting, Essence is hitting the sheets - with her best friend's man. And Yolanda knows her path to power lies with her baby's hustler father, but Queen G Leshelle is dead set on keeping this game all to herself. 2012.Stalker (Griot audio)
By Brenda Hampton. 2017
After a brutal divorce, Abigal Wilson vowed to never love again, but when Brent Carson crosses her path, she simply…
can't resist his good-guy persona that exemplifies perfection. From A to Z, Brent appears to have it all. Abigal falls head over heels for him--until the unthinkable happens. Brent's announcement, "I'm just not that into you," sends Abigal on a downward spiral. She can't cope with ill treatment from another man, and now nothing would please her more than to see Brent making his way to the gates of hell. In a rush to get him there, Abigal takes on an unforgettable, head-shaking and shocking role as--Mrs. Stalker. 2017.Single ladies (Single ladies. #1.)
By Blake Karrington. 2016
Life is complicated for five inner city friends as Tammy deals with being a single mom, Lamar and Falisha find…
their friendship complicated after they have sex, Kim is too job-focused, and Lisa's boyfriend returns from prison. Followed by "Single ladies 2". 2016.Storm child (Time of our lives)
By Brenda Bellingham. 1985
Store up the anger
By Wessel Ebersohn. 1981
This novel, based on the death of South African black leader Steve Biko, opens with the detention and interrogation of…
a young black nationalist, Sam Bhengu. Sam reviews his life in flashbacks, beginning with his childhood in Sophiatown. 1981.Still here
By Linda Grant. 2002
Alix Rebick is a survivor of the sexual revolution, but at forty-nine is resigned to spending the rest of her…
life alone. Returning to the bedside of her dying mother, Alix receives a final message that forces her to uncover family secrets that lie in pre-war Dresden. Joseph Shields, an American architect, is in a war - with Liverpool's underworld, with his wife back in Chicago who has left him and with memories of his time as a combat soldier. He is not interested in an affair with the woman who unlocks the city's secrets for him and is consumed with desire. Strong language. Descriptions of sex. 2002.Smuggled: a novel
By Christina Shea. 2011
Smuggled out of Hungary to escape the Nazi menace, five-year-old Eva Farkas now lives with her aunt and uncle in…
Romania. Renamed Anca Balaj, she's told to forget her Hungarian past and language and accept a new identity. But when communism smothers her adopted homeland, Anca fights to survive. After the Iron Curtain lifts decades later, she returns to Hungary in 1990, hoping to reclaim her forgotten heritage. 2011.Slumberland (Griot audio)
By Paul Beatty. 2008
Ferguson Sewell, aka DJ Darky, is a jazz enthusiast who does porno film scores to make money. Claiming to have…
a phonographic memory, Sewell is obsessed with the Schwa - a brilliant musician who supposedly disappeared into Cold War Berlin in the 1960s. When Sewell receives an already-scored production from a West Berlin bar called Slumberland, he’s certain the film’s incredible soundtrack is the work of the Schwa. So Sewell heads to Berlin, soon finding himself an exotic object of desire and watching as the city’s walls crumble around him. 2008.Somebody's sinning in my bed (Griot audio)
By Pat G'Orge-Walker. 2009
Her marriage to a minister compromised by numerous infidelities on both sides, Chyna turns for advice to her sister Janelle,…
who still harbours resentment for Chyna's affair with Janelle's own husband. 2009.Soul mountain: [Ling shan]
By Mabel Lee, Xingjian Gao. 2002
So you call yourself a man (Griot audio)
By Carl Weber. 2006
All's good for James and his wife Cathy--especially between the sheets. But then a woman shows up with James' love…
child and demands to get paid. Undeniably suave Brent's got trouble too as he's tempted by another after finding happiness with a born-again churchgoer. And long-time friend Sonny needs help from his two best friends if he's to keep his wife from leaving him. Doing the right thing isn't easy, but with each other's help, James, Brent, and Sonny are going to become the men they want to be. 2006.Some great thing
By Lawrence Hill. 1992
Disillusioned and apathetic after four years of college in Toronto, Mahatma Grafton returns to Winnipeg to work on a local…
newspaper. His assignments increase his economic, social and political awareness of the city and Canada. Strong language. c1992.Somebody's baby: a novel
By Elaine Kagan. 1998
In 1959 Jenny Jaffe, a Jewish high school senior, falls in love with ex-con Will McDonald. When Jenny becomes pregnant,…
they decide to elope, but Will never shows up. Thirty-five years later, their daughter, who had been put up for adoption, reunites them. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. c1998.Sophie's choice (Virago Modern Classics)
By William Styron. 2004
Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in…
a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate and destructive relationship as witness, confidant and supplicant. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, the concentration camp and - the essence of her terrible secret - her choice. 2004, c1979.Songs of enchantment
By Ben Okri. 1993
Azaro the spirit child is a reluctant traveller in the realities of this world. In this story of love and…
transformation, his adventures begin with the disruption of his family, when, under the pressure of poverty and myth, his mother goes off to follow the legendary Madame Koto. An obsession for a beautiful beggar girl ensnares his father into forbidden visions. Sequel to “The Famished Road”. 1993.Skinner's drift
By Lisa Fugard. 2005
South Africa's Skinner's Drift was Eva van Rensburg's home. Years pass and the summer storms finally arrive. The violence that…
was buried beneath the parched earth begins to break through and looks set to shatter the lives of all who remain. And Eva knows she must flee the place she loves if she is to survive. 2005.Sister, sister
By Eric Jerome Dickey. 2002
Simple recipes: Stories
By Madeleine Thien. 2001
A collection of seven stories on the theme of family relationships. It examines the experience of alienation and the conflict…
between generations and cultures. Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award. Regional Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Some strong language. 2001.Singapore: a Virgil Tibbs mystery novel
By John Dudley Ball. 1986
Detective Virgil Tibbs is in Singapore at the request of Miriam Motamboru, widow of a deceased African president. Miriam has…
been charged with murder, but she is sure Tibbs can prove her innocence. 1986.