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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Ghost The Ghost Danielle Steel After his ten year marriage comes to an abrupt end, Charlie Waterston finds solace traveling through New England and in the pages of the diary of a woman named Sarah who first came to American in 178… OL10614070W
O Pioneers! O Pioneers! Willa Cather "Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend." "The heroic battle for survival of simple pioneer folk in the Nebraska cou… OL12795W
Tea-bag Tea-bag Ebba Segerberg,Henning Mankell La vida del célebre poeta sueco Jesper Humlin puede ser tan regalada como vacua, tocada por el desasosiego de la sociedad de la abundancia, sumida en una inanidad apenas salpimentada por las trifulca… OL158652W
Reading by lightning Reading by lightning Joan Thomas Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restle… OL16576188W
Entre las sombras del sueño americano Entre las sombras del sueño americano Julissa Arce "When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her v… OL19723206W
Las tierras arrasadas Las tierras arrasadas Emiliano Monge "Epitafio y Estela son miembros de una organización criminal dedicada al tráfico de personas, cuyas víctimas son, en su gran mayoría, migrantes centroamericanos que en su afán de alcanzar mejores con… OL20023691W
Tasting diversity Tasting diversity Rosemary Brown In support of the Working Women Community Centre in Toronto, Canada, women from around the world tell the stories of their arrival and settlement in a new country. And like a group of friends around … OL20137607W
Sept mers et treize rivières Sept mers et treize rivières Monica Ali Analyse : Roman de société. Roman psychologique (intime). OL22065094W
Les brumes de San Francisco Les brumes de San Francisco Paul Couturiau Catherine, jeune Française du XIXe siècle, part pleine d'espoir à la conquête de l'Ouest américain mais son expérience du Nouveau Monde est tragique. Alors que son mari est assassiné et son fils kidn… OL24839296W
Run away Run away Jeanhee Kang The true story of a Korean immigrant who survived prostitution, slavery, domestic violence and rape, yet became a millionaire through hard work and determination. OL28957155W
The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of t… OL455305W
Unequal Freedom Unequal Freedom Evelyn Nakano Glenn "The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the e… OL5107455W
Writing the pioneer woman Writing the pioneer woman Janet Floyd "Focusing on a series of autobiographical texts published and private, well known and obscure, Writing the Pioneer Woman examines the writing of domestic life on the nineteenth-century North American… OL5955941W