Robin Miles
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"A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
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"Acclaimed historical novelist Vanessa Riley is back with another novel based on the life of an extraordinary Black woman from history: Haiti's Queen Marie-Louise Coidavid, who escaped a coup in Haiti to set up her own royal court in Italy during the Regency era, where she became a popular member of royal European society"--
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A Long Day in Lychford is the third book in Paul Cornell's increasingly popular Witches of Lychford series.
It's a period of turmoil in Britain, with the country's politicians electing to remove the UK from the European Union, despite ever-increasing evidence that the public no longer supports it. And the small town of Lychford is suffering.
But what can three rural witches do to guard against the unknown? And why are unwary hikers being led over...
4) Blessings
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According to Upscale magazine, Sheneska Jackson, the highly acclaimed author of best-seller L'il Mama's Rules, "reveals the priceless, inextricable bond between motherhood and sisterhood, and shows why she's become a beloved chronicler of the heart of women." Her third novel, Blessings has received widespread praise. Heartbroken after a failed attempt to adopt a child, Pat finds a way to nurture others after all. "Hooking up hair was the ultimate...
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Literary Ladies Guide to the Writing Life serves as a beacon of inspiration.
Popular author Nava Atlas explores what it is like to live the writing life through the journals, letters, and diaries of twelve celebrated women writers, including such renowned authors as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Madeleine L'Engle, Anais Nin, George Sand, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf.
Atlas's own insightful commentary, newly updated, lifts the curtain on these...
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Professional Book Nerds
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2023
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Joe speaks with acclaimed audiobook narrator, Robin Miles! Robin's most recent project as narrator is The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Robin chats about the industry, displays her expertise at seamlessly switching between accents and so much more.
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Dorothea Benton Frank is a treasure of American letters with numerous New York Times best-sellers to her credit and a portfolio full of critical acclaim. Mixing high drama and high jinks, her third Lowcountry novel follows the fortunes of the dysfunctional Abbot family. Looking to set her life aright, Anna Lutz Abbot returns to her South Carolina lowcountry hometown. And as she attempts to right past wrongs, Anna receives help and support from a quirky...
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This definitive history is a celebration of the first African American ballet company, from its 1960s origins in a Harlem basement, to the performances, community engagement, and education message of empowerment through the arts for all which the Company continues to carry forward today. Illustrated with hundreds of never-before-seen photos from the founding during the Civil Rights Movement by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook through to today, this...
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An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit, climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment.
Not Too Late is the book for anyone who is despondent, defeatist, or unsure about climate change and seeking answers. As the contributors to this volume make clear, the future will be decided by whether we act in the present-and we must act to counter institutional inertia, fossil...
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Within a dying star system, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and uncovers a universe-shattering secret.
Orphan, refugee, and soldier-for-hire Asala Sikou doesn't think too much about the end of civilization. Her system's star is dying, and the only person she can afford to look out for is herself.
When a ship called The Vela vanishes during what was supposed to be a flashy rescue mission, a reluctant Asala is hired to team...
11) Having Our Say
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Warm, feisty, and intelligent, the Delany sisters speak their mind in a book that is at once a vital historical record and a moving portrait of two remarkable women who continued to love, laugh, and embrace life after over a hundred years of living side by side.
Their sharp memories show us the post-Reconstruction South and Booker T. Washington, Harlem's Golden Age and Langston Hughes, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Paul Robeson. Bessie breaks barriers to...
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Park Row Books
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[2023]
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"In 1944, four friends, part of the only unit of Black women to serve overseas in World War II, work tirelessly to reunite soldiers with their loved ones through the letters they write and find things taking a personal turn when a backlogged letter upends their lives."--