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"When her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly, Annie Shaw finds her OCD coming back with a vengeance, and when the investigation zeroes in on her, her mind increasingly fractures and the only thing she knows is this: she will do anything to protect her daughter even if it means losing herself."--
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"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...
5) One life
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Tells the true story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Germans on the verge of World War II. Half a century later, he is haunted by the memory of those he could not save"--
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Chantha Nguon recounts her life as a Cambodia refugee who lost everything and everyone--her house her country, her parents, her siblings, her friends--everything but the memories of her mother's kitchen, the tastes and aromas of the foods her mother made before the dictator Pol Pot tore her country apart"--
7) Exordia
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Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Anna Sinjari--refugee, survivor of genocide, disaffected office worker--has a close encounter that reveals universe-threatening stakes. Enter Ssrin, a many-headed serpent alien who is on the run from her own past. Ssrin and Anna are inexorably, dangerously drawn to each other...While humanity reels from disaster, Anna must join a small team of civilians, soldiers, and scientists to investigate a mysterious broadcast and unknowable horror. If they...
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Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"From Tigray to the World, A Love Story Through Food Mother-daughter duo Tekebash and Saba tell their story, and the story of their homeland, Ethiopia, through the lens of food, demonstrating how sharing food from another culture can offer us all a path forward, towards empathy and understanding, and a world that is more cohesive and connected. Born in Tigray, Tekebash escaped the civil war at the age of 17 to join other refugees in Sudan. She has...
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Dzanc Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Tulsi Gurung arrives in Pennsylvania on a day so impossibly damp and gray he wonders if he's landed on the underside of the world. He is sixteen and brimming with wonder and fear. Born and raised in Refugee Camp Goldhap, Tulsi is technically a refugee from Bhutan, a land he's never set eyes on. Reunited with his grandfather, Tulsi struggles to navigate his new life, his new country, and a raw separation from his beloved sister, Susmita, the one person...
12) Fremont
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Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Her service as a translator for the U.S. military gave twentysomething Afghani Donya entry to America, where she now lives a solitary existence in Fremont, California, scripting the contents for a fortune cookie factory. Her days spent trying to carve out a new life, and contending with the ghosts of her old one, are wryly observed in this affecting, Jarmusch-resonant effort"--
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of times and migrations past are intimately linked to our exclusion and demonization of migrants in the present When and how did migration become a crime? Why did "Greek ideals" become foundational to the West's idea of itself? How have our personal migration myths -and our nostalgia for a lost world of clear borders and values - shaped our troubling new realities? In 2020, Lauren...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the heaviest bombardment by the United States against communist Pathet...
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DeepFocus Productions, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Follows the journey of a survivor who dedicated his life to seeking justice for his people. Clips from the iconic movie, The Killing Fields, combine Hollywood glamour with history and personal storytelling, while animation is fused with the spoken word, interlacing a rare palette of archival material anchored by an adaption of Dr Ngor's inspiring autobiography that chronicles an enduring love for his wife"--Container.
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Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pub. Date
20240507
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English
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Forced to flee Kurdistan by the Iraqi government, young refugee Mevan travels from country to country seeking safety and feels more and more alone until a stranger's gift changes everything, in this true story and moving reminder of how powerful one act of kindness can be.
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Columbia Global Reports
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Putin's Exiles is an indispensable work for anyone trying to understand Russia today-to go beyond Putin's propaganda and the tightly controlled nar- rative inside the country and look outside its borders to the diaspora of Russian exiles, who are imagining and fighting for the future of their country"--
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Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The Water Wars have scrambled the world. Flood refugees are on the run. Disrupters and the nostalgia militia roam the roads wreaking havoc. Invisible Darknet Lords troll the Internet, solidifying their power, while Cinnamon, her three Circus-Bots, and two dogs work with a community of farmers, Motor Fairies, and Wheel-Wizards to provide housing, health care, and education for flood refugees. As Cinnamon confronts threats from the Darknet Lords and...
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