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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. In "So Late in the Day," Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently; in "The Long and Painful Death" a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll...
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Publisher
New Vessel Press
Language
English
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"A letter has beckoned to Raimundo since he received it over fifty years ago from his youthful passion, handsome Cícero. But having grown up in an impoverished area of Brazil where the demands of manual labor thwarted his becoming literate, Raimundo has long been unable to read. As young men, he and Cícero fell in love, only to have Raimundo's father brutally beat his son when he discovered their affair. Even after Raimundo succeeds in making a...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. Naturally, that's when his phone rings. Tom does what he always does -- answers the call. And therein lies either the beauty or dysfunction, (or perhaps both) of the sometimes too tight ties that bind families together"--
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson, and Jacqueline Woodson.Tony dreams about life after high school, where his poetic voice can find freedom...
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Publisher
Belt Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Darius Stewart spent his childhood in the Lonsdale projects of Knoxville, where he grew up navigating school, friendship, and his own family life in a context that often felt perilous. As we learn about his life in Tennessee, Texas, and Iowa, he details the obstacles to his most crucial desires: hiding his earliest attraction to boys in his neighborhood, doomed affairs, his struggles with alcohol addiction, and his eventual diagnosis with HIV. A...
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Karla Nikole Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Haruka is alive, but not quite living. Surviving but not thriving. As an elite purebred vampire in the twenty-first century, he is broken. Content in his subpar existence. He is done with life. But life is not finished with him. When he receives a formal request to oversee an antiquated vampire ritual at Hertsmonceux Castle, Haruka grudgingly leaves his home to meet another purebred. The vampire is not what he expects. Truly, he is unlike any vampire...
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"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor--but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated...
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Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show -- until she's found dead in her hotel suite. When frenemy Sarah Lee is discovered in the room with...
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Quietly heartbroken, Edwin Tully lives alone in the house he used to share with the man he once loved. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past. Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons offers Edwin the hope of something he thought...
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Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Early in his career, actor Courtney B. Vance lost his father to suicide. Recently, he lost his godson to the same fate. Still, as mental health discourse hits the mainstream, it leaves the most vulnerable out of the conversation: Black men. In America, we teach that strength means holding back tears and shaming your own feelings. In the Black community, these pressures are especially poignant. Poor mental health outcomes-- including diagnoses of...
11) Pritty
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be...Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy. Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn't about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors...
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Katherine, an ambitious New York City attorney, gets diagnosed with a concussion and must be monitored for forty-eight hours to make sure it doesn't get worse. Unfortunately, she forgot to update her emergency contact, so the person they call is her ex-husband, Tom. Unable to be left alone, Katherine reluctantly agrees to travel to Chicago with him for the holidays. But thanks to a blizzard, what should have been a quick plane ride turns into an...
14) Plan B
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Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The final, posthumous installment of the ground-breaking Harlem Detectives series, a novel of explosive, apocalyptic violence, and a startling vision of the effects of racism in America. The roots of racism and persecution in Tomsson Black's ancestry are deep and staggering. In his own lifetime, his misfortunes have become unbearable and, as they mount, serve as an impetus for a final and cataclysmic act of vengeance-the violent overthrow of white...
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Series
Forest novels (Shion Miura) volume 1
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is 'take it easy.' At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a...
16) Lando
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Series
The Sacketts volume 8
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In this episode from the Sackett saga, Orlando Sackett has survived a Mexican prison through his determination to return to his family and the woman he loves. He is now determined to find the hired killers who framed him, even if it costs him his life.
17) Se busca novio
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"Luc pertenece a una familia de estrellas del rock. Su padre se ha pasado veinte años entrando y saliendo de programas de desintoxicación. Ahora que ha regresado, Luc vuelve a estar en el ojo público y una foto compremetedora lo estropea todo. Para limpiar su imagen, Luc debe contrar una relación bonita y normal... y Oliver no podría ser más bonito y normal. Es abrogado, vegetariano y no ha provocado un escándalo en su vida. Por desgracia,...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur...
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Publisher
The Overlook Press, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
""Triumphant . . . Captivating, fresh, witty and brilliant, Lefferts is a true, original, American voice and this novel is not to be missed." -Kristopher Jansma, author of Why We Came to the City In this searing debut novel, a striving finance student confronts the line between ambition and greed and the disordered politics of his era Alistair McCabe comes to New York with a plan. Young, handsome, intelligent, and gay, he hopes to escape his Rust...
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